yep, hope we can win the middle, our wingbacks will have a tough fight. hit them hard on the counter.
i think we got this COYB

guess Delph side is their weakness..

who knows. Pep can always change on the fly. fernandinho might even be a half back to slot between 2 CB, then Delph and Walker play as Inverted Wingbacks.

either morata or batshuayi upfront
our AM all short. unless put Bakayoko.

seems like it. our atk straightaway stopped after Morata off. no target man upfront to play off now.

probably both. they play very high line and we desperate to go for the counter

pedro and batman. go for the draw

hazard coming off?

hazard for pedro
bakayoko for Batman

batman on, suddenly atk look better with a striker to play off

as long Conte shouting, still got chance. get that draw!

2nd loss at home.
defense did the best they could, but no attack upfront to lift the pressure from them. eventually crack to Man City's attack. passing was also rubbish and slow to press.

dropped 8 pts in 4 home games in 2017-2018. 2 more than whole of 2016-2017

i think he went defensive approach due to players fatigue.
many games in a span of 21 days.

but that Willian sub was really bad. should have subbed Batman, but then again, he ended up not doing really much either.

Man City totally outplayed us, stopped us from counterattacking and took the wind out of our sails when we picked up some attacking momentum. worst performance this season

take this L and move on. hopefully Conte learn from it.
cant expect him to be right ever single game too.

Don't forget we less time to prepare for this game, coming off a hard game with Atletico.

First part of first half wasn't that bad. We look comfortable to sit deep and hit them on the counter. Got into good position as well until Morata came off injured then we really toothless.

i agree. when Batman came on, it looked like we had a focal point of attack for a while.
then Man City took possession and take the wind out of our sails by passing it around themselves. suddenly Batman also not effective at all since we couldn't keep the ball at all.

i think one thing to compare JM to Conte is if JM subbed Willian on, then turned out it was a bad decision, he would immediately sub Willy out. I think Conte sticked with it and didnt want to sub willy in and out, hence he subbed hazard out instead.

think this is just trying to start some shit. Pep always like to talk to players after the game.

chill guys. feel like in crisis mode already. the last time we lost in september, we went on a 13 run win. anything still can happen

We sold Lukaku to Everton and KdB to Wolfsburg.
So we didn't sell the main rivals. Mata and Matic was direct to main rivals tho. Cech too.

squad depth still a problem. we always have a striker problem.. main striker hard to replace, once he is injured/suspended also always face headaches.
Batshuayi honestly not good enough to lead the line. becoming a good impact sub, but we need someone to fill between the gaps.
hopefully in Jan we look for another striker.

might also need to look to replace Pedro and Willian. Pedro is getting old and above 30, his contract will be renewed by the year. Willian needs more competition or something. the guy hasn't improved enough.