Big examination today at Stoke.
Come on City
Caballero, Zabaleta (C), Kolarov, Stones, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Navas, Silva, Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero
Subs
Hart, Fernando, Maffeo, Nolito, Delph, Clichy, Iheanacho
Well Joe surely must know the score now.
Great refereeing giving the penalty.
Great power and confidence from Aguero to score the penalty.
Great to see Stoke under immense pressure for once.
2 0
Aguero header.
I am enjoying this match thread, no arguments, no other posters lol.
Decent first half but no more. A bit fortunate to be two up. We need to show more control second half. The difference is still there though. Mainly in the way we make effort without the ball this season. No passengers.
Quote from: gavin on August 20, 2016, 13:30:12
Decent first half but no more. A bit fortunate to be two up. We need to show more control second half. The difference is still there though. Mainly in the way we make effort without the ball this season. No passengers.
yup..no yaya
We gift back Stoke a soft penalty.
was never a penalty
Quote from: lee on August 20, 2016, 13:43:43
was never a penalty
I tried not to say that but if it was a penalty every touch inside the area will be a penalty.
Tougher second half, more scrappy from us but standing up to the test well so far. 15 to go.
Sterling needs to toughen up and learn to shot on first sight.
Did we just win 4 1 at the hell hole that is Stoke?
How clever and cool is Kelechi ?
Excellent result. I always felt we weren't far from scoring. We will play a lot better but a good win at Stoke is great.
Good performance by City and what I was impressed by is the fact that Sterling and Inacho were less selfish. Last season both would have gone for goal and screwed things up. Next. Sunday against West Ham is not going to be an easy game; I think City has the toughest start compared to the so-called big three. 😊
Quote from: Tori on August 20, 2016, 15:12:50
Good performance by City and what I was impressed by is the fact that Sterling and Inacho were less selfish. Last season both would have gone for goal and screwed things up. Next. Sunday against West Ham is not going to be an easy game; I think City has the toughest start compared to the so-called big three. 😊
Steaua Bucharest on Wednesday first. ;)
Sergio tweet:
"A very good victory on a tough playing ground. The team grows by the day and we should keep this pace. C'mon, City!"
I can envisage Sergio geting over 30 goals in the premier league this season.
The good thing about these early wins is we can play a lot better, our passing was a bit scruffy in the 2nd half but Stoke were too poor to take advantage. Stones and Sterling are looking more like £90m worth of players than Pogba did last night.
Quote from: lee on August 20, 2016, 13:43:43
was never a penalty
Nope, but the kolarov challenge earlier was so it evened out...
God match, onwards and upwards.
Quote from: bluebrendan on August 20, 2016, 18:44:36
The good thing about these early wins is we can play a lot better, our passing was a bit scruffy in the 2nd half but Stoke were too poor to take advantage. Stones and Sterling are looking more like £90m worth of players than Pogba did last night.
Bet your new tv footie pundit/expert Rachel Rag Riley wouldn't agree with you Brendo
Even though a rag, she is a bit of alright
:flagwaver: :cityscarf: :cheerleader:
Quote from: nimrod on August 20, 2016, 23:42:27
Bet your new tv footie pundit/expert Rachel Rag Riley wouldn't agree with you Brendo
I always preferred Carol Vorderman anyway. ;)
Quietly impressed by what I've seen so far.
We lost our way a bit in the second half, and a few of our boys looked tired in the latter stages of the game (presumably Pep's been working them pretty hard!) but we didn't let up trying to work the ball forward quickly. We stayed positive and always looked dangerous. A big improvement on Pellegrini's more conservative - slow-slow - quick - slow-slow style.
There are some rough edges that it will no doubt take a few weeks for Pep and the players to sort out between them, and while that's going on maybe not all these early games will go our way, but it's been a great start and this was a very good away win against a difficult opponent.
Very impressed with Stones.
Oh - and a couple of excellent substitutions.