Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 81. (Read 68700 times)

They are in big troubles now, and their defense system is broken too easily. Feyenoord is not a too strong opponent but Manchester City, after leading 3 - 0 easily let Feyenoord to equalize it with 3 goals within last 15 minutes of the match. This draw puts Manchester City in big trouble and very tough situation in Champions League.

This draw is not a good preparation of Manchester City for their big match with Liverpool in Premier League. With current 8-point difference less than Liverpool, that match will be very decisive for Manchester City's chance to defend their Premier League crown. If they lose that match, with 11-point difference, they will nearly have no hope to catch Liverpool and defend their championship.

Especially Gvardiol made a lot of mistakes. 2 goals were scored against Manchester City as a result of his mistakes. Gvardiol was really bad. Manchester City is far from their former magnificent team image in recent matches. Manchester City will have a very difficult match against Liverpool in the Premier League. Liverpool will easily beat them if they make these mistakes. Manchester City has been looking terrible lately.

This is another failure for Pep and Manchester City because looking at what happened especially when talking about results of course this is a failure for those who are aiming for 3 points in this match.

Their dominance was good and unmistakable but it was that dominance that doomed them in the end. They made an extraordinary move at the beginning of the match where the possession of the ball and the opportunities they had looked quite dominant especially when they took the lead first. It's just that the lead was only temporary because it looked like they were struggling in the last 15 minutes and in just 15 minutes their 3 goal lead disappeared.

This is another worrying match for Manchester City and it seems that for now Pep is still not free from the criticism he currently has from football observers and Manchester City fans.

Yes, right now Manchester City is very far from being Champions League Champions. Especially the fact that they were 3-0 ahead at home and brought the match to 3-3 and got as far away from three points as possible shows this. The opponent was one of the strong teams of Holland, but to tell the truth, I don't think they are an opponent that can challenge Manchester City. Manchester City, who conceded 3 goals in 15 minutes against this opponent, should realize their mistake now.

Too many young players that dont show quality and i think they need new transfers in the winter transfer window because with how things are going they might not win a single title. In first half Feyenord didnt have a single chance and somehow in 15 minutes they scored three. So still shocked with what happened here tonight

PSG has got some good money but to me, they didn't make good investments of their money. They thought that big names win the champions league, not knowing that it is a good team that does. They had enough funds to sign upto 7 good players, but they will use all to buy and service only one player. They made a mistake of having the three most expensive players at the front of their team without due considerations to the other parts of the team. If they used the fund very well, sign young and talented players, groom them, they would have won the champions league.

The predicament befall Manchester City has though me a big lesson in life. First, we shouldn't be too quick to show our ego, because the same celebration that comes to Mr A can surely go to Mr B. Manchester City are suffering, while Arsenal are flying. This should serve as a lesson to all other clubs who feel they have arrived. They should understand that glory days dont last forever. In football, no one wears the crown forever. Manchester City are having a difficult moment right now, and in the history of Pep Guardiola this is his worst night mare ever. 5 straight losses, 1 draw and 0 win in 6 games across all competition.

Today i decided to watch the Arsenal game rather than City. And i was impressed to see the performance of Arsenals. Indeed the best player in that club is Martin Odegard the captain. I call him the "skipper". His back and other clubs should be afraid of the 8 start players. Ever since his return, Arsenal has not lost in any game and they have won the rest of the game with outstanding win. I was a bit confused to see that the same club who won against City with 4 goal to nothing, was defeated today with a score of 1:5 at their Home.

No one should doubt this. By para venture Liverpool drops point in the League table, Arsenal will be flying with the EPL trophy this season.

Pep Guardiola has a year-extended contract with Manchester City. He never anticipated that the team would lose and draw matches in this manner, especially given the quality of players they have. However, this bad time isn't likely to last, with the January transfer window approaching, for Manchester City to sign new players in their squad. If Manchester City fails to win the Premier League or the Champions League this season, it doesn't mean they are the worst team on the planet. Some teams haven't won a trophy in many years yet still compete in the Premier League and the Champions League every season without a single title to show for it. Manchester City has won trophies in the past, yet football fans are quick to criticize Guardiola for the team’s current losses as if he is the first coach to experience a challenging period in his career.

With the outcome of today's game which just ended 3-3 draw between Manchester City and Feyenoord, I literally don't see any difference with Manchester City played today and not losing, because they actually lost big time, considering the fact that Man-City was taking the lead with 3 goals to nill at 74 minutes into the game, and only for Manchester City to feel reluctant at die minutes and allowed Feyenoord to score 3 goals in less than 14 minutes. Very shocking and the least thing anybody ever expected from today's game. I think Pep Guardiola do actually have a whole lot of reform to make to revive Manchester City to the old Man-City we used to know.

What a crazy night. And this is why this competition is still the best across Europe. City fans right now can't believe their own eyes. A game that was already looking like a win for Manchester city became a nightmare before the final whistle. I'm not sure if pep has suffered this kind of defeat of bottling a game. It seems Manchester city now choose to show us different losing patterns in every game. Resigning that contract is now looking like a terrible idea. But I believe they will bounce back, probably when Rodri returns. We're all looking forward to their league game this week.

And as for Arsenal, I think that was a five star performance from all players. Today's game still proves how important Odegaard is to the team. Having five different goal scorers in one game is crazy, and we all know them for this. They where able to do what City failed to do, which proves that they are currently performing better than City.

And as for Leverkusen, they never cease to amaze me. After their last dramatic league game, they also replicate similar dominance in today's game. Congrats to all teams that won, and better luck to those that loss. Looking forward to the Liverpool Vs Madrid game tomorrow night.

Easy, calm, cool finish from Barcelona. They did their job with extraordinary style. Like always, they are on the victory streak, and once again, the Hansi Flick boys got the victory. Barcelona got a 3-0 victory against Brest. Robert Lawandoski spotted twice goals as well, and Dani olmo scored an goal to make Barcelona ahead for the UEFA champions league competition. All of the players show up his great quality especially Pedri, Olmo, Lawandoski, Raphinha etc.
 
Barcelona got the tree points and became the second place holder behind Inter Milan. As up to next we will be there to see the great job of Hansi flick to get the qualify track for Round of 16. Besides that Robert Lawandoski has made up another milestone record scoring 100 goals in the UEFA champions league competition after Messi and Ronaldo. It's a pleasure to see a guy who is 36 years old and still contributes like a young player. Still this season he is the top scorer in all competitions, like in UCL he has 7 goals in 5 matches and in league competition he scored 15 goals in 14 matches.

It is a fact, Manchester City are very dependent on Rodri role. Pep Guardiola built the team with collective strength, but without Rodri in his starting XI, they looked very difficult to win. Personally, I also did not expect Feyenoord to be able to turn things around at the end of the second half, Pep Guardiola defense line looked quite fragile. It would certainly be a big problem if Manchester City appeared with the same performance when facing Liverpool, this is the longest period for Pep Guardiola without a win.

In the first half, Manchester City was doing well though in football I don't use penalty to measure performance but the real score goals are used to determine if the team is good or not and really man City tried in the first half and in the early minutes of the second half they were also doing well and they scored two goals one after the other and it was all good and suddenly from 75 minutes of the match Feyenoord started scoring goals and finally equalized with Man City. Man City was disappointed and the goalkeeper was crying. Really the golame.was interesting. E. Haaland tried but the mistake they did was not defending their defense well like their opponent.

If someone told me before season that they were gonna lead 3-0 and end up 3-3 vs Feyenord i wouldnt believe him at all. This bad streak needs to end soon and with a game against Liverpool next,i think they are in serious trouble. No Rodri no wins and thats how important he was. I think lots of bets were lost today because of this draw.

What a night for the cityzens! Like, who would have believed this result was gonna be possible! After leading with 3 goals ahead in a game, I for ones has concluded it was a walk in the park victory tonight for Manchester city only to watch Feyenoord coming from behind in the second half fighting with everything they've got and in a grand style denied City full 3 points by taking the game to a 3:3 stalemate draw.  It's so amazing and at same time worrisome for me about City's performances this season both in the EPL and the champions league.
Seems Pep Guardiola's tactics are no more working, because we can't continue to lean on the excuse that Rodri's absence in the team is the reason behind this failing performance of 6 times consecutive loss in a row for Manchester city, something isn't just right.

 I think it's high time Gardiola take a deep breath and revisit his tactics before it gets too late for City this season in even finishing for top four in the EPL because I don't see them having much chance of qualifying for the next round of the UCL with this awful performance.

I think tonight's score was the last warning for him to come to his senses. He just extended his contract and he's here for three more years. So Pep needs to shake himself up. He's never had a period like this before in his career. After 5 defeats in a row, it's a really big shock to draw with a 3 goal lead just when they were winning. I think he will pick up the team after these shock scores. I wouldn't want to be in the dressing room and in the team meeting tomorrow.

Pep is not finished, but he is currently going through a bad time, there comes a time when opponents begin to notice how Manchester City plays because they have had most of the same squad for many seasons, but I believe that with the good financial conditions that Manchester City has, they can easily recover, they just need to sign more good players in January. Now it is a fact that for this season Manchester City has little chance of becoming champions of the European Champions League in my opinion, I would say that if they manage to be champions, then it will be thanks to a lot of luck.

You made mentioned of players who we expected to win the champions league during their time at PSG but they couldn't deliver only to take a bow at the end but still give us the same result after coming back. This encounter PSG had against Bayern Munich I don't see anything special about the Barbarians in tonight's game they played that would make the visitors to losing even without scoring a goal. A team (PSG)  that do score many goals in other encounters even during the weekend PSG won by 3 goals to nil against Toulouse but couldn't score at least 1 goal, is so disappointing even Bayern Munich are a big disgrace for not taking advantage of the red card.

I can't say this is not giving me some kind of pleasure because Manchester City and Pep have been arrogant in some ways against other teams, and just at the time when they feel they are indestructible, teams are teaching them a lesson in both the EPL and UCL. Arsenal continued with the good performance they had from the premier league last weekend, defeating Sporting CP at home and making sure Gyokores did not have a sniff at goal. Manchester City's trouble continues, Arsenal's triumph continues. Bayer Leverkusen enjoyed a good game, they did not allow the opposition team score any goal just like Athletico Madrid did.
Tomorrow we will be watching Liverpool.

Yet they conceded goal... I expected more goals though their performance today is satisfying but should have been more goals think..
Second half was a little bit different even though Barcelona was still dominant and to the brest defender,  I hope he had learn a lesson to always clear ball as far as possible when the tema is under much pressure especially within the box area.

PSG on the other hand, should forget UCL I know it will be a hard game for them... they tried their best could have been shared but the early red card ruined the fun for them (Dembele to be precise  of all people)
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Olmo added to his goals in Barcelona today ,he could be next highest goal scorer if the time permits ( probably next season)
Balde is a fine player look at his contribution to the short time play he had in today's game , just that he flops when overused without rest