Napoli Match Thread

[KunDB]

City XI | Ederson, Danilo, Delph, Otamendi, Stones, Fernandinho (c), Gundogan, De Bruyne, Sterling, Sane, Aguero

Cmon City.

[KunDB]

Subs | Bravo, Walker, Silva, Bernardo, Jesus, Yaya Toure, Mangala 

[Ludo]

No Walker is a strange decision.

[gavin]

A couple of surprises there but the main focus is probably having a fully fit team for Sunday. Come on City.

[Gareth]

All-time scoring record under threat - one more goal for Marek Hamsik and he equals Diego Maradona's record of 115 for Napoli. Oh, and Kun...

[Ludo]

Ripped apart...

[KunDB]

That goal was coming and deserved.

First 20 mins they have done a Man City on us.

[Neil Mcnab]

Half time cannot come quick enough.

[Ludo]

Kev's having a mare

[KunDB]

Under pressure our passing hurried and careless. DeBruyne having a stinker up to now

[KunDB]

God bless Otamendi

[Neil Mcnab]

The game has turned, hopefully.

[Moz1959]

Now stop moaning! 

[KunDB]

Sterling and Sane sensational in attack.

[Moz1959]

Sterling has looked brilliant down the right for sure.

Half time 1-1. Good to see our heads didn't drop after going 1-0 down and being dominated for 20 mins.

Also Gundogan has looked decent.

Cmon City.

[Gareth]

A half of two quarters...

[KunDB]

It is impressive and such a positive sign that we could turn the game around after 20mins outplayed. Augurs well for the future. Well done Pep and players.

[gavin]

A good competitive half of football. De Bruyne had a stinker first twenty and we didn't get going. But we're in it now and should be ahead!

[Neil Mcnab]

KDB had his worst 25 minutes I have seen him play for us - great minds, but has grown massively into the game since then. Bring it on.

[Neil Mcnab]

Reminded me of the way Liverpool have pressed us in the past under Klopp for the first quarter. No one can keep that up, can they?

[Moz1959]

Get in!

Both defenders to score would of been a good bet.

Cmon City!!!

[KunDB]

Well deserved goal for John Stones.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Whys the stadium half empty?

[KunDB]

Aguero the legend.

[KunDB]

That was a very impressive win away against a really top team. Well done all.

We look the real deal now and the pace of Sterling and Sane must frighten other teams.

[gavin]

Fantastic. They barely had a sniff even when they were chasing the game.

[bluepill]

crikey that was a game and a half

[Neil Mcnab]

A superb game, against great opposition. They were frustrated by how good we were at the end, Mertens the twot. Hope we have enough in the tank for the weekend.

[bluepill]

mertens and insinge look cracking players, that was the kind of game we would have had our arses handed to us in past seasons.

[Ludo]

Turned out nice again...

[Swiss]

A real rollercoaster match that.

We were poor, then good, then poor then counter specialists

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Great night of European football. That game will be long remembered by City fans for years to come!

[nimrod]

Great night of European football. That game will be long remembered by City fans for years to come!

Was it on Foxtel Ken ?

[zacc]

Whew that was an exhausting watch. Best comment this eve "their goal keeper is good enough to play in mid field "haha

[bluebrendan]

Whys the stadium half empty?

The local council imposed a capacity reduction on the stadium some years back because the crowd's bouncing around was causing mini earth tremors in nearby housing.

Fantastic performance tonight, is there anyone left who still thinks Sterling is crap?? 

[KunDB]

The local council imposed a capacity reduction on the stadium some years back because the crowd's bouncing around was causing mini earth tremors in nearby housing.

Fantastic performance tonight, is there anyone left who still thinks Sterling is crap?? 

He has really flourished under Pep.

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Was it on Foxtel Ken ?

Yes

[Swiss]

http://sportwitness.co.uk/best-worst-italian-newspaper-rated-manchester-citys-performance/

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Italian football might be a bit iffy these days, but Italian football papers still make UK press look like child's comics.

[goat]

la gazzetta has always been brutal with ratings, a 7 there is like the sun giving some shite 11

[Rowley Birkin QC]

la gazzetta has always been brutal with ratings, a 7 there is like the sun giving some shite 11

[goat]

just checked, 7 players have had a 10 between 1973 and 2015 and one of them was for performing cpr 

[Hesperus]

Really good performance by us in Napoli. We got plaudits for the first leg but in thought we were even better in the 2nd leg. Just keep it up and win the group.

[bbk]

This win allows us to rest players in Ukraine pre-derby.

[gavin]

Kev and Dave need some rest and Gundog and Bernard should have the quality to cover. Sergio and Jesus can interchange. And Sane and Sterling can mix it up with the others too. Options to rest people up top. Still a bit light in places at the back tho.