I think it's mainly old pervs who hopes to get a glimpse of their belly while celebrating.
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Match Man City v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR; Saturday 19th February; KO 17:30
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Ask a proper Man City fans, not a glory hunting cockwomble who only wants to see a crushing win every week, what they think of it.
Most will say they sometimes have days where they just don't look like scoring and Saturday was one of them.
Let's be serious here, they scored 2 - one from Lloris dropping another klanger and a penalty from an unfortunate handball. Outside of that, one good save from Lloris from a long range effort was about it for them.
This is interesting
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I'm surprised our XG was lower than theirs tbh, that feels wrong.
But:
Big chances created - higher
Big chances missed - higher
Counter attacks - higher
Keeper saves - level
Long balls - slightly higher 54 vs 34 but given the bulk of play was in our half, that's not a huge difference.
Crosses - 42 for City - 4 for Spurs. Tell me we didn't force them to attack that was on purpose.
I said this when Poch was in charge and we were at our best. Just having the lions share of the ball doesn't make for good viewing.
City in for Royale for £50M???
I’d be pumped too if it was the first useful thing I’d done for my club LOL.
Their XG is higher bc of the pen. Ours was higher from open play.Ask a proper Man City fans, not a glory hunting cockwomble who only wants to see a crushing win every week, what they think of it.
Most will say they sometimes have days where they just don't look like scoring and Saturday was one of them.
Let's be serious here, they scored 2 - one from Lloris dropping another klanger and a penalty from an unfortunate handball. Outside of that, one good save from Lloris from a long range effort was about it for them.
This is interesting
xG Man City Tottenham 2.62-1.93 February 2022 | Shots Map Expected Goals MCFC 2-3 Spurs | Soccer Blog|Football News, Reviews, Quizzes
Click here for xG stats Tottenham v Manchester City February 2023 Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Man City vs Tottenham on 19 February, 2022. Spurs had only 6 shots to City’s 21, but five of those six were on target (only 4 for City though), and they pulled off ... <a...www.soccer-blogger.com
I'm surprised our XG was lower than theirs tbh, that feels wrong.
But:
Big chances created - higher
Big chances missed - higher
Counter attacks - higher
Keeper saves - level
Long balls - slightly higher 54 vs 34 but given the bulk of play was in our half, that's not a huge difference.
Crosses - 42 for City - 4 for Spurs. Tell me we didn't force them to attack that was on purpose.
I said this when Poch was in charge and we were at our best. Just having the lions share of the ball doesn't make for good viewing.
In the end we do want to be at a stage where we arent too far below in possession and keep letting them cross in the box constantly. 42 crosses from very good players is not easy to defend all game. Sooner or later our CBs (or goalie) will end up making a mistake or a lucky bounce could ruin it.
Ask a proper Man City fans, not a glory hunting cockwomble who only wants to see a crushing win every week, what they think of it.
Most will say they sometimes have days where they just don't look like scoring and Saturday was one of them.
Let's be serious here, they scored 2 - one from Lloris dropping another klanger and a penalty from an unfortunate handball. Outside of that, one good save from Lloris from a long range effort was about it for them.
This is interesting
xG Man City Tottenham 2.62-1.93 February 2022 | Shots Map Expected Goals MCFC 2-3 Spurs | Soccer Blog|Football News, Reviews, Quizzes
Click here for xG stats Tottenham v Manchester City February 2023 Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Man City vs Tottenham on 19 February, 2022. Spurs had only 6 shots to City’s 21, but five of those six were on target (only 4 for City though), and they pulled off ... <a...www.soccer-blogger.com
I'm surprised our XG was lower than theirs tbh, that feels wrong.
But:
Big chances created - higher
Big chances missed - higher
Counter attacks - higher
Keeper saves - level
Long balls - slightly higher 54 vs 34 but given the bulk of play was in our half, that's not a huge difference.
Crosses - 42 for City - 4 for Spurs. Tell me we didn't force them to attack that was on purpose.
I said this when Poch was in charge and we were at our best. Just having the lions share of the ball doesn't make for good viewing.
Their XG was higher because of the pen, you get a 1.00 when you have a penalty.
I'm not the keeper of all stats, but I would guess City, with no no.9 don't score that many goals from crosses. I'd think that's why we constantly pushed them out wide and we've done that before plenty of times.
It might even have been more micromanaged than that. It might have been to make certain individual players go wide and cross because we'd rather they were out there doing that, than trying to push through the middle. Likewise, we might have allowed some to come inside because they can cross.
Us fans haven't got a clue what really happens. We just see a list of players and our basic football brain says "343"
Or if you're one of these negative nonces on here "523"
10:24..... just watch from there... I swear the guy has a stroke live on air!
I think it's 0.75
I think Rocky 4 ended the cold war.
Maybe we need a new Rocky PDQ.
Don't think he's put a Spurs player in all season and then all of sudden - 3. And you could argue Kulu, Romero and Dier were all knocking on that door too, if not everyone.
....but just imagine a world where FIVE Spurs players made 'Team of the Week'...?
Romero, Dier, Kulu, Son and Kane!!!!
The internet would spontaneously combust!
Kulu included by Crooks - did you mean Bentancur ? But agreed plenty of options including Romero Dier and Hojbjerg as most of players looked good