Neymar is really growing on me. Terrific player. So unselfish.

One aspect I really like about Barca is in every instance of play they are well prepared to regain possession, like fullbacks getting to overhit crosses. Hate it when we always cross to no one and nobody is there to collect at the other end

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Neymar is really growing on me. Terrific player. So unselfish.

Yep, he's come on a lot in the last year or so.

What a pass by Neymar, this front 3 is unplayable.

What the heck, Barcelona have 3 players in the City half and a player outside the box when defending corners...

This game shows yet again how lacking the Top PL sides are in a tactical aspect.

2-0. Suarez. What a move

Clrnc wrote:

What the heck, Barcelona have 3 players in the City half and a player outside the box when defending corners...

Better than us having 11 men in the box and just inviting pressure.

That's brillaint.

Clrnc wrote:

One aspect I really like about Barca is in every instance of play they are well prepared to regain possession, like fullbacks getting to overhit crosses. Hate it when we always cross to no one and nobody is there to collect at the other end

This is what set them apart and made them unplayable at their peak. It allowed them to get away with some rickety looking back fours even in big games.

The shocking thing is, Barca should already been further ahead...

This is looking like how they played against us in 2011.

Messi is taking the piss here, could put him into Aston Villa's XI and he'd still destroy teams.

Barca ripping City a new one.

Barca play with extreme risk, but teams don't really dare press them high up the pitch.

Yikes. Barca is embarassing one of the alleged best clubs in England

This is probably as easy a game as Barcelona have played all season. It's not even like a few years ago when they used to up their game to an unplayable tempo, they've hardly had to work for this.

Rampage wrote:
Clrnc wrote:

One aspect I really like about Barca is in every instance of play they are well prepared to regain possession, like fullbacks getting to overhit crosses. Hate it when we always cross to no one and nobody is there to collect at the other end

This is what set them apart and made them unplayable at their peak. It allowed them to get away with some rickety looking back fours even in big games.

For a supposedly passing team like us, we can look at Barcelona and see how different they are with their passing. Every pass is intricate, in between little spaces even in midfield. They hardly passes back at all, every pass is always with purpose and risky. Our possession play is often too "safe".

When you field Nasri and Dzeko up against Messi and Suarez, what do you expect? The gulf in footballing ability between these two squads is a big one.