What was Allison thinking? They were 2-0 up with 15 minutes to go. You don't need to be doing that sort of stuff. Then they went and scored anyway and now he's banned for a couple of games. Liverpool were lucky to hold onto the lead at the end.
Anyone else feel like Pep's time with City might be coming to an end? Not sure what else he can do, IMO not winning CL with the team they had the last few years is a travesty but perhaps both Pep and City need a new challenge. Don't want to jump on any bandwagon (if there even is one) but I'm not sure, looking at Pep when they have these "bad" games I'm not sure what to make of it.
I think that's pretty cynical thinking, but then again given the current climate of sacking managers for losing a few games or not winning anything it's probably more realistical than anything else. They're still in with a good shot at the CL and I'm sure that's what he's going to focus on now, but not winning it isn't a big deal given the strong competition from all around Europe and there's always next year. A Liverpool/City CL final would be great though.
I have sooo many thoughts about this.
1. the CBs would have easily got in behind to block the lob. Alisson really didn't need to do that. Did he know he was outside the box? He had to, it wasn't like he rushed out.
2. Adrian could have saved the goal I don't know why he didn't even try. We were lauded for catching Barca napping but here we have Brighton catching us napping. Absolutely stupid and I hope we learn from this.
3. Adrian was totally unprepared. Not sharp. Let his guard down and then almost spilled into goal. But he still gave us a good couple of saves so he is okay.
4. We have Alisson out for 2 or 3 games? Adrian couldn't have expected this but okay, we need to get through Everton, Bournemouth and Watford. Not the most challenging of teams and Adrian has pulled us through a lot this season so I'm not TOO worried.
I suppose we could do with making all these mistakes now and still winning. But wow we needed VVD today.
And yeah on Pep. Ridiculous to think you sack him for not getting CL but yeah, I'm expecting it any time now. Domestic treble last season, but people have short memories. There is no more logic in club ownership now.
. That late equaliser cost me a perfect score but can't be mad when they're taking away points from Liverpool. Nobody actually went for the draw or the Newcastle win not unsurprisingly. Anyone watching the Liverpool game? Two headers scored from van Dijk to make it 2-0.
