City’s big game record this season

comment by Posh Mufc Great Hafi Not Arrogant Just Better (U6578)
posted 6 hours, 49 minutes ago
Everton should have had a stonewall penalty at Anfield but VAR doesn't review it. Man City should have had a stonewall penalty but VAR bottled and ignored it. Man Utd should have had a stonewall penalty against Palace for rugby foul but not given, 1st half Cahill takes our player out one on one from behind, doing a Solskjaer take one for the team and no red card. Absurd decisions. Southampton game they should have had 3 red cards and a penalty for us but rugby kicking our striker in the box after missing the ball and smashing our player Greenwood isn't a penalty.
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Spurs should have beaten United, if not for a poor penalty decision.

The draw versus Spurs will cost us. Think we’ll need to hope Cities ban is upheld now.

Shame as it feels as though we’re really turning a corner.

comment by Constantinople (U11781)
posted 10 hours, 15 minutes ago
Although if Laporte didn’t suffer that injury you’d wonder how good or bad their defending would’ve been too.
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It still wouldn't be great, considering he feels the need to play aging midfielders at centre back. That Fernandinho performance yesterday was a virtual replica of Luiz for Arsenal a week or so earlier

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
The draw versus Spurs will cost us. Think we’ll need to hope Cities ban is upheld now.

Shame as it feels as though we’re really turning a corner.
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Yep a lot of fans felt it was a good point. But you can't pick and choose what are good points. That's why Liverpool have been so dominant this year. As the mentality is that anything less than 3 points is a failure.

Though I should add that that mentality was specifically from supporters. As Ole sounded disappointed with the draw after the game

sandy it was a stonewall penalty, the one we got. I don’t get how you say Spurs should have beaten Man Utd when we missed about 4 great chances and pretty much dominated the whole game. You must have low standards if you think that was worthy of a win. Never seen Spurs play so bad at home against us since that 0-0 draw in 14/15 season.

comment by Imran The King Khan (U10026)
posted 11 hours, 39 minutes ago
comment by Prem (U7618)
posted 1 minute ago
At least our 3 in a row record still hasn't been broken yet.
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I think it’s underestimated what an incredible achievement it was. Especially the second time, there was some strong competition.
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Just going through this thread now.

What makes the three in a row impressive in the late 2000s is that we didn't prioritise the League either as we reached 2 CL Finals, 1 FA Cup Final, 1 FA Cup semi-final and one League Cup final in those seasons as well.

2008/09 was ridiculous as out of all the games we could have played (discounting replays) the only game we didn't play we could have was the FA Cup Final. That was an outstanding effort really.

comment by Diafol Coch 77 - A Reputable Poster (U2462)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Imran The King Khan (U10026)
posted 11 hours, 39 minutes ago
comment by Prem (U7618)
posted 1 minute ago
At least our 3 in a row record still hasn't been broken yet.
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I think it’s underestimated what an incredible achievement it was. Especially the second time, there was some strong competition.
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Just going through this thread now.

What makes the three in a row impressive in the late 2000s is that we didn't prioritise the League either as we reached 2 CL Finals, 1 FA Cup Final, 1 FA Cup semi-final and one League Cup final in those seasons as well.

2008/09 was ridiculous as out of all the games we could have played (discounting replays) the only game we didn't play we could have was the FA Cup Final. That was an outstanding effort really.
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Yep, it’s what’s most impressed me about us recently too - not just the pl wins but the domestic cup dominance as well.

To do that and win the title three times in a row is an incredible achievement.

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 - A Reputable Poster (U2462)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Imran The King Khan (U10026)
posted 11 hours, 39 minutes ago
comment by Prem (U7618)
posted 1 minute ago
At least our 3 in a row record still hasn't been broken yet.
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I think it’s underestimated what an incredible achievement it was. Especially the second time, there was some strong competition.
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Just going through this thread now.

What makes the three in a row impressive in the late 2000s is that we didn't prioritise the League either as we reached 2 CL Finals, 1 FA Cup Final, 1 FA Cup semi-final and one League Cup final in those seasons as well.

2008/09 was ridiculous as out of all the games we could have played (discounting replays) the only game we didn't play we could have was the FA Cup Final. That was an outstanding effort really.
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Yep, it’s what’s most impressed me about us recently too - not just the pl wins but the domestic cup dominance as well.

To do that and win the title three times in a row is an incredible achievement.

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It'll be interesting to see how Liverpool fare next season. Will they think that's it and relax or will they go again? It'll also be interesting to see what Klopp does for the rest of the season too. There's a reason to keep going for the points record but they could also make an argument that it'd be good to rest some of their players so they can start afresh in the new season.

I think in the post Covid world it could be an unpredictable season next season as players are only human and other things may seem to matter more if we're still adjusting to that life.

i don't think klopp will start resting many players, they've just effectively had 3 months off, albeit without any actual relaxing holiday.
and there's going to be a much shorter gap to the start of next season.
reckon he'll start each game strong, and then look to give the reserves/youngsters time once the games in control. use it to give them all more game time and embed into the 1st team more. the last 6 games ( reckon city will still want to give us a hard game. trying to regain some claim to superiority) will effectively be the start of our pre-season.

comment by 20th title coming soon. (U12879)
posted 1 minute ago
i don't think klopp will start resting many players, they've just effectively had 3 months off, albeit without any actual relaxing holiday.
and there's going to be a much shorter gap to the start of next season.
reckon he'll start each game strong, and then look to give the reserves/youngsters time once the games in control. use it to give them all more game time and embed into the 1st team more. the last 6 games ( reckon city will still want to give us a hard game. trying to regain some claim to superiority) will effectively be the start of our pre-season.
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If I were Klopp I'd absolutely use it as a kind of pre-season. I'm thinking he may well try and give the front three a bit more of a breather though as they've played a lot of football these past few years.

It's an ideal scenario in many ways. A competitive pre-season where 5 subs can be used. You'll also get the rest in August as well I suppose when the rest of the European competitions finish.