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Man City v Chelsea - The Champions League Final...

Who will win the Champions League final?


  • Total voters
    163
  • Poll closed .

Redfrog

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Kanté is fecking everywhere, unreal how much he improved again under Tuchel.
Kanté is the only player I will be happy for to win the champions league from this lot.
My favorite French player and the nicest human being playing football. He is just so quiet and humble. Did not forget where he came from. Love him.
 

JPRouve

can't stop thinking about balls - NOT deflategate
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Our record vs. Big teams is pretty poor this year though? The only games I'd say we "raised" were maybe PSG (away) and City - in the sense they were surprising in some way. The other times we've got results vs. big teams this year have really just been us playing at our level /haven't been surprising.
This year yes but my point was about more than a year and the level of our performances in general, not just the results.
 

giorno

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Rudiger with the Sergio Ramos special

De Bruyne concussed
 

MU655

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Mahrez, Bernardo, Sterling, KDB, Foden... All awful
Yep, but Guardiola has made some odd decisions. Not really sure why Foden is pretty much playing striker when has played left wing most of the season.
 

kiristao

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Any idea what material Rudigers face mask is made of? Could it cause damage if he makes contact with an opponent?
 

tjb

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I don't see how people compare Kante and Fred's technical ability. It's not close, Kante is superior. He may not be a great passer, but he can hold the ball and knows when to release it. He knows how to position himself well enough to keep the ball against opposition pressure.

Look how chelsea's midfielders are able to provide good options for their defence. They can hold the ball, move it quickly, switch play.....this is how you build up against pressure. It's not coaching, its personnel. Their midfielders can both do this, which buys the defence more time on the ball. How does anyone expect us to be able to attack when we can't build up. Chelsea is showing how you do it. Midfield has to be our number one position of interest.
 

ha_rooney

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Do they have concussion subs or will this count as one of the 5?
 
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100%. He seems lost on how to deal with Chelsea’s setup.

He’s won the league a while ago, and already lost to Chelsea twice. You can imagine he’s been thinking about this game for a while and yet still doesn’t seem to know how to go about beating them.
Play a centre forward in the centre forward position would be a start. Give the CHs something to worry about