Some serious sour grapes in the thread, Mane IMO will develop into an absolute worldy, he is head and shoulders above Sterling IMO.
Leroy Sane watch | Feb 2020: Returning to fitness with City's U23s
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Sane is better than Sterling, but Mane is not
Not very popular opinion because pep just buys superstar players
Ha! Yes, damn typo.Sane is better than Sterling, but Mane is not
Liverpool 3:0 Man City (CL QF)
Terrible today in the final third, has he even made a single accurate cross?
Useless tonight.
Agreed, absolutely useless. What a night to be shit. The reason he is so good usually is because all De Bruyne ever does is pass to him. De Bruyne must be well pissed with him tonight.
Must be his first bad game in months.
And what better moment than away at Anfield in the CL
He's good but massively overrated on here.
He got the same treatment Martial gets every game, doubled up on every time he's on the ball and basically nullifies him.
He got the same treatment Martial gets every game, doubled up on every time he's on the ball and basically nullifies him.
Yes very poor, looked dangerous but no actual end product. Been awesome this season, but poor tonight.
He was crap for Germany too.
He will regress when Pep gets tired and decides to leave.
Poor tonight but brilliant talent and would light up OT.
I was about to say. He is just as frustrating as Martial, extremely talented but his decision making is so inconsistent.
The German national team Sane appeared tonight.
He really struggles once he comes up against a full back who is as quick as him or physically stronger. e.g Fosu Mensah earlier this season.
True, but that's true for most wingers who dribble to the outside of players as they have to beat them for pace at the end of the day. He needs more variation to his game, an ability to go in and out, also not limit his movement to just standing on the touch line as he does as that harms productivity.
He was horrible.
Rob Jones and Ryan Giggs springs to mind....
His off the ball movement is very inconsistent. There were a number of occasions tonight where De Bruyne was looking for a diagonal ball to Sane but he just wasn't in position, one particular time when KDB just passed it out of play because Sane wasn't further up the pitch. You can't just rely on your pace and ability on the ball to spring defences, something that Martial should also learn sooner rather than later.
He's not the second coming of Giggs he's made out to be but I'd worry if he becomes so ingrained in Peps methods that he becomes sterile outside of it.
It could hurt his development since there's only one manager in world football who plays that way.
It could hurt his development since there's only one manager in world football who plays that way.
Played well at the start. Then it just got too predictable.
Doesn’t that hold true for every winger ever?
He was killed by the selection of Laporte behind him who had little interest in creating any width himself. He was still rubbish but starting from so wide is always going to be difficult
Alexander-Arnold was excellent tonight, but Sane (as well as many City players) were subdued by both Klopp and Guardiola’s tactics.
Felt sorry for him tonight. It was clear all city planned to do was attack through Sane and Liverpool were on to this early on and doubled up on him. Instead of trying to mix it up and help Pep just left it for 90 minutes.
Why not switch flanks etc
Why not switch flanks etc
See my post above.
Doesn’t really answer my Q; if the full back is faster and stronger, what can he do?
Speculation, of course, but I wonder if Pep’s ego won’t let him admit his initial thinking is ever wrong.
Well it does... his movement and runs need be a step ahead instead of him just waiting for the ball to come to him. There are ways to beat a defence without the ball too.
Tbh I wouldn't even say TAA is quicker than him, but most things he tried tonight didn't work.
Play 1-2's with David Silva like he has most the season? He was terrible tonight, not because he was matched physically but because he shinned everything and he still got in and missed a simple volley from 6 yards. He also cut inside many times. His downfall tonight was controlling and using the ball like Aaron Lennon as opposed to struggling with someone faster and stronger.
The contrast between Saturday & last night. Blimey.
He was so bad I think he actually deserves credit for keeping on trying & not hiding - Gabriel Jesus could have stayed hiding in the toilets for all his usefulness & will to win that was on display.
He was so bad I think he actually deserves credit for keeping on trying & not hiding - Gabriel Jesus could have stayed hiding in the toilets for all his usefulness & will to win that was on display.
He's a kid. A bit of inconsistency is expected.
Mix it up. If the fullback is faster, you can't go on the outside using just pace. However, you can either try to shimmy past, dribble past or use what space the fullback leaves. If speed and strength was all there is to it, then no winger would get past a player liker Jordi Alba or Valencia, and we know that not to be true.
He got himself in good positions and I thought got past TAA quite easily, but his final ball was horrendous. I stand by that he is one of the 3 most talented youngsters in the world, but also by far the rawest one. Can beat his man at will, has a good shot but his end product is horrible at times. He could go on a similar route to Ronaldo or doing a Nani, who knows.
Dembele is up there in that bracket but his final ball can go a miss also. I find Sane’s Decision making to be very good at this stage in his career he’s seems to have a very good football brain from what I’ve saw.
Spot on but can’t understand why Pep didn’t replace him as he was way off his game from early on.
He was still the most dangerous player for city. Jesus de bruyne silva were absolutely shit
Think it's harsh on Silva. He was playing well most of the game then seemed to run out of steam at the end.