Except, these teams aren’t bad in their domestic leagues. Which is why they’re playing European games in the first place. And presumably they’re successful in their domestic leagues because they have the relative skill/talent to play possession football.

The only difference between now and last season is the ball is going into the net. City’s per-game chances last year were very high, but weren’t converted into enough goals due to poor finishing and some plain ol’ bad luck. For example, Kevin De Bruyne hit the woodwork nine times - three more than any other player and…

Unfortunately, like many young attacking players, Sane can’t be trusted defensively. Pep slotted him as left wing-back in a 3-5-2 in City’s home opener against Everton, then Sane made the mental mistake that resulted in Everton’s opening goal.

Scariest thing about Liverpool is their defensive prowess.

My understanding is that the CFG’s ownership will remain less than 50% which ostensibly circumvents the UEFA restrictions. Instead, Pere Guardiola (Pep’s sports agent brother) will have an identical ownership percentage as CFG to ensure they don’t hold the majority.

Buck just said in the press conference that Britton’s forearm symptoms are back. Hellish week continues.

Millsap? More like Mill-sad! AMIRITE!!!???

From the grays, I’ve interjected.

City gets bashed so rabidly by the entire footballing world that it’s nearly impossible to assess their mistakes & weaknesses with any real sense of perspective.

Who’s responsible for using “instead” as the opening and closing word in this post? That’s all I really want to know.

Came for the Scarface reference. Left satisfied.

I BURY THOSE COCKAROACHES!

Good reference.

A rare moment when being a shirtless guy at a sporting event seems to pan our perfectly.

I chuckled. Good work.

No one expects this. Not even Sepp...

You pay the quarter. You get on the horse. You go up....down...and around.