Claudio Bravo

[top1whoisman]

From when Bravo (was about to be, or) signed for City.

"Claudio is a fantastic goalkeeper and an excellent addition to our squad.

"He has experience and great leadership qualities and is in the prime of his life. He is a goalkeeper I have admired for a number of years and I'm really happy he is now a City player."

Pep Guardiola has passionately explained why it is so important that his goalkeepers are good with their feet as he prepares to bring Claudio Bravo to the Etihad Stadium.

Guardiola admitted on Tuesday that a deal to sign Bravo for Barcelona is close, although he would not comment further until the transfer is finalised.

But he did explain, at length, why Hart is struggling to break into his line-up and why a goalkeeper's ability in possession is so important to his style of play.

From when Barca signed him.

The men behind his signing at the Camp Nou were the assistant coach Juan Carlos Unzué and Andoni Zubizarreta, the sporting director. Both had been goalkeepers there under Cruyff, team-mates of Guardiola. “He has character, a good relationship with the defence, good one on one, and excellent with his feet. And for me that is a key element,” Zubizarreta said. Excellent with his feet? Well, he had scored a free-kick for Real Sociedad, against Numancia. “I know I am going to have to participate not just as a goalkeeper but also as a centre-back,” Bravo said.

To be fair, on the last point, he was about as good on the ball as City’s CBs tonight.

 

[VorZakone]

Weird brainfart.

 

[Snow]

I honestly believe cabellero is better than both hart and bravo....based on what I have seen of him...

He was but he's aged since joined City and hardly played in years so that hasn't helped him.

 

[lysglimt]

City and Liverpool's hope of winning the League could easily be destroyed by highly mediocre goalkeepers. We have de Gea, Arsenal with Cech, Chelsea with Courtois and Spurs with Lloris....and then you have Bravo and Karius. The first 4 look extremely solid - the latter 2 look to be in over their heads.

 

[senorgregster]

City and Liverpool's hope of winning the League could easily be destroyed by highly mediocre goalkeepers. We have de Gea, Arsenal with Cech, Chelsea with Courtois and Spurs with Lloris....and then you have Bravo and Karius. The first 4 look extremely solid - the latter 2 look to be in over their heads.

Agreed and yet keepers are still undervalued in the market.

 

[doodle]

Worst keeper in the Premier League?

 

[Xaviesta]

That was a brain snap of the highest order from Bravo. There was no need for him to rush out like that.

 

[Lawman]

Worst keeper in the Premier League?

The Liverpool GK looks up there!

 

[izec]

Escaped somehow a lot of criticism this season so far, but he looks bang average. Today he saved feck all. It is not even the high balls, he looks shit on the line too and his ball playing skills are overrated. Willy looks a better keeper for City.

 

[K2K]

I'm not saying he is a fraud but this goalkeeping thing doesn't seem a strength for him.

 

[Enigma_87]

Escaped somehow a lot of criticism this season so far, but he looks bang average. Today he saved feck all. It is not even the high balls, he looks shit on the line too and his ball playing skills are overrated. Willy looks a better keeper for City.

Below average for me. He's been lucky enough some of his antics didn't cost City even more points.

 

[cyberman]

He just seems to fall down for every save he makes. Anything low to either side of him and he struggles

 

[Ban]

I'm repeating myself but I just remembered again there was a guy who claimed he's better than DDG.

 

[cyberman]

I'm repeating myself but I just remembered again there was a guy who claimed he's better than DDG.

He said 'There are those in Spain' so he had an out if it went tits up

 

[rooney1905]

His angles were terrible for Willian's goal. The far side of the goal was huge from the camera angle i was watching from. He has some quality assets in terms of being an extra man for the defense to use but in terms of shot stopping he leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[Enigma_87]

His angles were terrible for Willian's goal. The far side of the goal was huge from the camera angle i was watching from. He has some quality assets in terms of being an extra man for the defense to use but in terms of shot stopping he leaves a lot to be desired.

when you are coming outside your line, you should make yourself look bigger. Not rooted to the spot. He was terrible at 1v1 today just standing there like an oaf.

 

[Raees]

Should have made an attempt for Willians effort .. Amateurish

 

[B20]

Basically a ball playing lamp post.

 

[C3Pique]

Willian's goal was within 2 feet of him and he didn't move. The only dive he did was out of the way of Hazard's goal.

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

How is he not getting pelters from every corner of the media for not being fit for the Premier League like De Gea got? He doesn't even make up for his shortcomings by being a good shot stopper like De Gea did in his very early days. Apart from being a decent passer (when he's not being closed down), he's not got much going for him.

Joe Hart's goal kicks and clearances might always sail in to the stands, but he'd be doing a much better job than Bravo right now, IMO.

 

[Unmutual]

Commentators on sky gave him an easy ride there, that was awful goalkeeping by Bravo. He didn't dive for that Willian goal even though it was only a foot or so away from him. Whether that's because his reactions are slow, or because he got his feet all wrong and couldn't adjust, that was shit keeping.

 

[TwoSheds]

Should have done much better on the first 2 goals. Clownio.

 

[LazyBones]

He wears a goalkeepers jersey so I guess he is a goalkeeper, I'm still not 100% sure though.

 

[kouroux]

Should have done much better on the first 2 goals. Clownio.

At the very least, he should have made himself bigger and closed down space.

 

[SomeRandomPerson]

His angles were terrible for Willian's goal. The far side of the goal was huge from the camera angle i was watching from. He has some quality assets in terms of being an extra man for the defense to use but in terms of shot stopping he leaves a lot to be desired.

when you are coming outside your line, you should make yourself look bigger. Not rooted to the spot. He was terrible at 1v1 today just standing there like an oaf.

Agreed.

Maybe I'm being harsh but I also feel both him and Otamendi could've done much better for the first goal too. Both of them had shockers today.

 

[Sylar]

Thought he could have done better for the last goal when Hazard takes that touch to take him away from Kolorov. He kinda stands, then falls so quickly without making himself big. thought he would close the space and make Hazard at least do something more.

 

[Hugh Jass]

They could have done with Hart today.

 

[prath92]

Hart for all his passing inabilities is pretty good when it comes to making himself look big and shot stopping

 

[Ainu]

He's poor at actual goalkeeping and I haven't seen anything special about him with the ball at his feet. Even if he had the ball playing skills of Beckenbauer, what use is it when he's shit at keeping the ball from going into the net? At least Hart made some match saving stops once in a while to make up for his gaffes.

 

[top1whoisman]

Felt like he was one of those guys who was put in goal by his friends in a kick about, and didn’t want to dive ’cause his elbows would hurt.

 

[PeteManic]

Nothing special at all. Still better than Hart but doesn't inspire course confidence. And he's 35 FFS!

 

[Nighteyes]

Joe Hart is quite blatantly a better keeper. It was quite obvious. As someone put it when Bravo signed, the the ball playing GK bollocks is just a fad.

 

[MUFC07]

Joe Hart is quite blatantly a better keeper. It was quite obvious. As someone put it when Bravo signed, the the ball playing GK bollocks is just a fad.

Bravo is one of the most popular players in Chile and Alexis was already stealing all Prem sales in the country. They HAD to do something about it. There's a big difference on how many shirts Hart sales and how many Bravo sales. No surprise.

 

[SwansonsTache]

Bravo is one of the most popular players in Chile and Alexis was already stealing all Prem sales in the country. They HAD to do something about it. There's a big difference on how many shirts Hart sales and how many Bravo sales. No surprise.

I don't think a top4 PL team base their choice of keeper on how many shirts they will sell in Chile of all places. Pep the hipster just wanted someone more ball playing than Hart, since Hart to be fair is awful with his feet. Too bad that their new gk can't actually goalkeep though, just like their new ball playing CB can't defend.

 

[MUFC07]

I don't think a top4 PL team base their choice of keeper on how many shirts they will sell in Chile of all places. Pep the hipster just wanted someone more ball playing than Hart, since Hart to be fair is awful with his feet. Too bad that their new gk can't actually goalkeep though, just like their new ball playing CB can't defend.

Well it's certainly better than Hart, even in that aspect.

 

[bosnian_red]

This guy doesn't save anything. Its actually shocking how no matter where the shot is, he doesn't even get close to the shots. Shocking goalkeeper

 

[Scholesy]

Agree he is not suitable for this league

 

[VorZakone]

But apparently he's "good on the ball".

 

[cyberman]

He just seems to fall down in the general direction of the ball rather than diving to save it.
If he was on the take and throwing matches he couldn't make it more believable that he was letting them in.

 

[El Zoido]

Wasn't he ranked higher than De Gea in a recent list?