***City vs Bitter London T*** Official Match Thread***

[nottsblue]

The main issue tonight, and I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking this, is Jack ran off to celebrate his goal and went to take his shirt off and didn’t. Disappointing.

Said after the game he was going to but realised he was on a booking already so thankfully he didn't

[nottsblue]

The main issue tonight, and I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking this, is Jack ran off to celebrate his goal and went to take his shirt off and didn’t. Disappointing.

Said after the game he was going to but realised he was on a booking already so thankfully he didn't

[johnny crossan]

We're living the blue dream

[Rani]

He gave a great performance and deserved to win

Yalla Shoot

[CTID Hants]

He gave a great performance and deserved to win

Yalla Shoot

SPAM ALERT

[PeterParker]

Dias back at his best, but Ake, my word, what a pro.
In the first half his defensive display while he was on his ass.

Solid

[blues2win]

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Kevin getting up front and personal with Arteta stopping a quick throw in.

[Mase]

I see more is being made about Kev pushing ArTita than him having bottles and cups thrown at him.

Absolute southern monkeys

[stupot]

4 players absolutely stood out last night.
Kev- a goal, an assist and.MOTM.
Dias- playing like he did when he 1st came here. A rock at the back
Jack- been great for a good while now and totally deserved his goal.
Haaland- ran them ragged. They were terrified of him. Speed, power, workrate and he made that finish look so easy.
Great night.

[PeterParker]

I see more is being made about Kev pushing ArTita than him having bottles and cups thrown at him.

Absolute southern monkeys

I've re-watched the highlights this morning after the heat of the moment has passed and last night was one of the biggest wins we had under Pep. What happened last night was biased robbery in daylight.
- Anty gave yellow cards left and right to our players in key position to make them lose the head.
- The penalty was a travesty, rarely I've seen anything like this. First of all, look at Arsenal's players. There is no one who is asking for a penalty, none. Not even Nketiah. Secondly, we've seen zero var lines, zooms, etc. David Coote, another cunt was in the VAR room and we've never see all those angles we see when we are attacking.
Third, while Pep was asking the forth official to know what the VAR room decided, the unibrow mong Arteta is shouting it's Ederson's second card.
- Then our offside. I think they were almost ready to use US satellites to catch how Erling was off. I think it was, but not 100%. His leg was on air, not on the ground, does that count as offside?

Ultimately, when we switched to our system, the system that won us so many titles, we crushed them.
I think Pep and the boys used the fuel to play better in the second half.

Fantastic win.

[PaulieIrish]

Why wasn't Arteta booked for interfering with play when he stopped the quick throw in?

[MIAMCFC]

Great night and a funny tube trip back from Finsbury Park. Beating the entitled wankers is almost as good as beating the scum.
The city fan who played Joy Division. Legendary status. Arse fans close to tears. Pathetic.

[stupot]

Not heard one Arsenal fan claim it should have been a pen. Couldn't believe all the commentary team as one agreeing with it. Like you say PP even their players didn't appeal and that is normally the biggest indicator.

The Ederson yellow was unbelievable, the amount of timewasting keepers have done at our place over the last few years and it's always a yellow in the last couple of minutes. The Walker one was pathetic as well.

[Mase]

Glad we beat the 12 men of Arsenal. Is it a Premier League first to allow the opposition an extra man?

[john@staustell]

Trouble is, whilst I'm as clear as anyone that there is a high-level conspiracy against regarding this FFP nonsense, too many City fans are descending into complete paranoia.

The ref had Arsenal fans screaming at him a number of times, a couple of odd decisions in our favour. Haaland was offside, no shadow of a doubt. The only mystery is why they took so long, presumably because of the fuck ups last week. Whilst goalies get away with murder in general with challenges like that, it was a late challenge and if it was us I'd be sceaming for a penalty - Ederson is a clumsy great lump who as a bonus never ever gets near to saving a penalty. Fact is, if the ref hadn't given it nor would VAR - one of those in the middle ones.

We have just had a very good win at the team that was top. Let's enjoy it and get a grip, it'll be another 3 or 4 years until we hear of 'charges' again.

[Outcast]

I've been campaigning to get Dias back in the side, you can see the difference, leadership! P.s Pep, stick to playing Dias, Laporte, Walker and Ake. Akanji and Lewis as backup

[Dimples]

Lawernson was typical of the vast majority of pundits.
He said the Taylor had a really good game. That he did not give any cards until well into the game. He was asked about the penalty, waffled on about directives and letting the play flow and........

Pathetic.

[Dimples]

Re the penalty - Goldbridge emphasized it was never a penalty. He called it a FIFA penalty, one that is never given in a real match.

When Goldbridge comes down emphatically on City's side, you know we have been done like a kipper.

[Mase]

RE: the penalty - the fact Arse were given one for that and we didn’t get one for the Arsenal player trying to take Ake’s shirt off, tells you all you need to know.

[nottsblue]

Trouble is, whilst I'm as clear as anyone that there is a high-level conspiracy against regarding this FFP nonsense, too many City fans are descending into complete paranoia.

The ref had Arsenal fans screaming at him a number of times, a couple of odd decisions in our favour. Haaland was offside, no shadow of a doubt. The only mystery is why they took so long, presumably because of the fuck ups last week. Whilst goalies get away with murder in general with challenges like that, it was a late challenge and if it was us I'd be sceaming for a penalty - Ederson is a clumsy great lump who as a bonus never ever gets near to saving a penalty. Fact is, if the ref hadn't given it nor would VAR - one of those in the middle ones.

We have just had a very good win at the team that was top. Let's enjoy it and get a grip, it'll be another 3 or 4 years until we hear of 'charges' again.

I'd put my house on about hearing of the charges virtually every week from here on in. It probably won't be resolved for a good few years but it won't be left idle