When down to 10 City still pressed us high and left gaps behind, which we fully exploited. Biss was immense all night in getting a foot in and winning numerous turnovers. Trossard kept picking it up in little pockets of space hurting them, Moder kept getting in behind, and we FINALLY made good on some of those Xg's.
Thats all.
I'd actually say losing Welbeck might have been a blessing in disguise, because Tross was ridiculous.
For those who were there or for those who watched on TV (sadly, I was unable to do either) - what did we do differently tonight that resulted in scoring THREE goals and overcoming a 2 goal deficit vs the PL Champions?
Yes, I appreciate that we were playing against 10 men, but then we did vs. Sheffield United and still huffed and puffed to a miserable 1-1 draw (although we did, predictably, blow some guilt-edged chances to win that one).
I imgaine the 8,000+ in the stadium more than played their part but did we play noticeably differently to create and convert our chances?
Got into them and ****ed them up
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they didnt park the bus to be fair and we were pretty woeful in attack until Ali j was removed and Lallana came on.
I wasn't going to start a thread, not wanting to bring up negatives on such a memorable night. But Ali J was absolute GUBBINS. He worked back a few times and put a shift in, but as an attacking influence he was trash. Every cross of his ended up in the south stand.
He's junk, and needs binning off this summer.
Exactly this, and when we backed off, we went back for more and more and more.
Trossard goal reminded me of "the dagger". Have we got a potential Vicente?
The Potter haters have insisted all season that the fans would have been booing Potter if we were losing at home. Wankers, the fans INSPIRED us.
I wasn't going to start a thread, not wanting to bring up negatives on such a memorable night. But Ali J was absolute GUBBINS. He worked back a few times and put a shift in, but as an attacking influence he was trash. Every cross of his ended up in the south stand.
He's junk, and needs binning off this summer.