I did not see that coming. The lads were outstanding in the first half. We had to battle and maybe rode our luck at times in the second half, but I am very appreciative of the effort from the lads. They gave their all these last two games and I am glad that they were rewarded.
Please know that I was over the f'ing moon on Saturday so I am not always a wet blanket.... But...
Why can't Luke Shaw deal with simply one-two's? How many times have City been able to create good dangerous chances by a simple dink over the top after Luke falls asleep and doesn't track a runner. Its maddening.
We are set up to be this dangerous counter-attacking unit, and we were in the first-half, but we were poor in the second half. I don't remember really any saves from their keeper, but its possible I forgot them. But City were throwing men forward and we failed to really punish them for this.
I thought McT was chasing shadows all game. I love him and think he is great for us, but he just couldn't get close to David Silva and KdB. Not exactly easy against those two, I understand, but I hope he will learn from this and improve. I thought it was the rare occasion when Fred was the better of the two.
I thought for sure VAR was going to punish Fred for the handball and am quite shocked that it wasn't called. I would be livid if that was against us.