@ Bodo

[gavin]

CITY XI: Donnarumma, Lewis, Khusanov, Alleyne, Ait-Nouri, Rodrigo (C), Reijnders, O'Reilly, Foden, Cherki, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Bettinelli, Ake, Marmoush, Doku, Gray, Mukasa, Noble, Mfuni, T. Samba

Strong side

[Swiss]

If Rico has another shocker, I'd say that's curtains for him. I'd like him to succeed, but RB is not for him and I don't think he's good enough to get into the middle.

[reddishblue]

I always fear the worst when I see Lewis in the starting 11.

[Stephen Paul]

Hopefully a decent win this evening

[Swiss]

I always fear the worst when I see Lewis in the starting 11.

I've never understood why Issa Kabore hasn't been given more of a go.

[KunDB]

I hope to see a real bounce back from the surrender of Saturday.

Come on City

[Swiss]

Lol

[gavin]

Jesus wept this is even more embarrassing than the derby so far.

[Hesperus]

Pep's got to be able to get us to defend better than this. Even with the injuries this is amateur level.

Ait Nouri at RB??? Where was he for both goals?

[Swiss]

Gotta laugh or you'll cry.

Haaland missing 'sitters' ain't helping

[KunDB]

56 minutes in and we still do not look like we want to win.

Sideways, backwards, slow, slower and now 3 down

[KunDB]

Our defending is pathetic, poor attacking is just as bad and where the hell is our midfield?

[gavin]

This is madness. We get back to 3-1 then Rodri gets himself sent off.

[Vickki]

Typical City 

[KunDB]

Pathetic all round.

As for Rodri he is ten or more games away from getting up to match level.

Only glimmer of good news I'm at the Galatasary game next week and it's no longer a dead rubber.

[Hesperus]

So much wrong tonight. Tactics, formation, attitude.

Foden coming off shaking his head in disgust shows so much ego. That lads been shite for 2 months and that's in the back of being shite for the whole of last season.

Reinjders non existent.

No supply for Haaland.

Ait Nouri at RB.

Playing such a high line when we have 2 inexperienced CBs.

Playing exactly the same way in the 2nd half and expecting somehow miraculously to get a different result.

They could have scored 5 or 6 again.

I could go on but can't be arsed. Seems Pep and the team can't be arsed either.

[KunDB]

I agree with Hesperus post above, but we cannot even do the basics: pass and protect the ball.

It is embarrassing.

[Vickki]

No creativity, stop Haaland, stop the team. We are clueless, just passing the ball around and hoping something will happen: the defense is another thread on its own.