Champions League | Matchday 6

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How did Liverpool have a 5 on 3 there? Not one of the Porto midfielders or full backs running back. That’s absolutely shocking stuff.
 

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The thing with Messi is that at Barcelona the entire team would look for him as soon as they put a foot on the ball and when he was on the ball they’d try to make space and runs for him.

At PSG he’s just being treated like another member of the 11 and you can see it’s hurting his confidence as much as anything else.
 

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Just tuning in. Donnaruma is fantastic. Messi is just walking around, not doing much if anything.
 

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Donnarumma is a sloppy keeper.
 

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In the current era of football where teams often have at least 10 players pressing, from the front all the way back, and especially a team like City led by Pep who was one of the pioneers of this in the modern era, it's really tough to play with a front three who aren't pressing like PSG are. Even at his prime in Barcelona, the other two front players alongside Messi were always high pressing players.
 

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Look, a manager needing to change the fortunes of a game making numerous subs 60 minutes in and not waiting for the last 10 minutes.
 

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In the current era of football where teams often have at least 10 players pressing, from the front all the way back, and especially a team like City led by Pep who was one of the pioneers of this in the modern era, it's really tough to play with a front three who aren't pressing like PSG are. Even at his prime in Barcelona, the other two front players alongside Messi were always high pressing players.
Pep might spend billions but his style is the best I’ve seen. City can spend another billion after he goes but they will be worse no matter who they bring in.