Weird goal, but City have been by far the better side in this half.

City gifted a goal

City deservedly ahead, poor from psg

GooneriC wrote:

Two gifts , unbelievable

There's a reason these guys aren't even top of the league. Their highs are high, but their lows are really low.

PSG chasing shadows here.

crazy tackle, so relieved the player isn't worse off though he's still down

jelbana wrote:
KingslandBarge wrote:

Jermaine Jenas is not the ferrari of commentators, I'll tell you that much

Better to have it on mute than to listen to him. His punditry is US house league coach level.

I've got some music on just loud enough to dull most the commentary :p

PSG wall parting like the Red Sea there.

I'd like us to embolden Pépé and give him license tommorow in a similar way to Mahrez tonight. Mind, Mahrez has earned his fun through a decent defensive shift.

KingslandBarge wrote:

I'd like us to embolden Pépé and give him license tommorow in a similar way to Mahrez tonight. Mind, Mahrez has earned his fun through a decent defensive shift.

Mahrez has a much better first touch than Pépé. He also has a good ability to go to the wrong side, which always leaves defenders guessing as they are backpedaling. If Pépé works on these aspects, he can be extremely dangerous.

That rings true Claude. Just a casual speaking here but Pépé's body often seems unbalanced and a little too extended for a lot of his first touches comparatively. Re wrong side, I do think Pépé is a class destabilizer because the threat on either side but perhaps it isn't on the same level. Hope Arteta sees the dangerous potential anyway.

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Gundogan is brilliant.

so is Foden

Claudius wrote:
KingslandBarge wrote:

I'd like us to embolden Pépé and give him license tommorow in a similar way to Mahrez tonight. Mind, Mahrez has earned his fun through a decent defensive shift.

Mahrez has a much better first touch than Pépé. He also has a good ability to go to the wrong side, which always leaves defenders guessing as they are backpedaling. If Pépé works on these aspects, he can be extremely dangerous.

i remember when we signed pepe, i'd hoped he would develop to be as good as mahrez. still nowhere near him almost 2 years later. outside of robben and messi, i haven't seen anyone use their left foot as both a striking weapon and a tool to force the defense to hedge as well as mahrez. it's so simple looking and somewhat cheesy, but it's very hard to stop

6 days later

Double nutmeg goal from Mahrez. Don't see that often. Terrific forward pass from Ederson.

Mahrez is in hot form right now. And that was a great goal right from the goalie distributing it. Sharp. Direct.
This is a team that sits Sterling, Jesus and Aguero. A billion pounds.

Claudius wrote:

Mahrez is in hot form right now. And that was a great goal right from the goalie distributing it. Sharp. Direct.
This is a team that sits Sterling and Aguero. A billion pounds.

Its insane. Pep has every resource to realize his ambitions. Anything less than a final berth tonight is a failure in their context.

We can talk about the great players Pep is able to sit, but several people on here didn't/don't even think Mahrez is a good player so I guess it must be very impressive to get these results with him in the frontline.

Dias has been awesome.

What a great goal from Mahrez. Foden leading the charge.

PSG have been terrible.

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

We can talk about the great players Pep is able to sit, but several people on here didn't/don't even think Mahrez is a good player so I guess it must be very impressive to get these results with him in the frontline.

He cost them £60 million and had been one of the best players for Leicester when they won the league. 😆

DiMaria hammering the final nail in the coffin.

Tbf to PSG I was about to turn this off but they're making it interesting still 😆

Qwiss! wrote:

PSG have been terrible.

Verrati's been class though; not much to work with but great decision making, couple dribbles and great turns to generate attacks.

Commentator chalking it up to "that Latino temperament."

...

Jesus De Bruyne is a force of nature. Guy is on a mission.

Foden is just top quality.

Foden is ridiculous. Easily more talented than Sancho or whatever wonderkids

Neymar over rated?

Neymar accurately rated.