City are like us in the early 2000’s in that so many games are won before they even start. Everyone is shit scared of playing them.
Premier League Gameweek 20 (26th - 28th December 2017) - Boxing Day
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Seems to be a family issue. Hopefully whatever it is, they'll be okay.
Shelvey shoots from kick off.
What a pleb.
What a pleb.
Kompany already pulled up!
Kompany shot already.
I’d assume that this was planned. Bournemouth did almost the same against City.
Thanks, I hope so too.
This isn't Fifa!
Possibly the greatest gif I've ever seen.Any excuse to post this:
Any excuse to post this:
what Arsenal is that?Good Luck Newcastle. You're going to need it.
Bringing on a striker to replace your centre back? After ten minutes of watching this Newcastle set up that's a great shout.
Jesus coming on?! 
Tough choice between that and another Eboue gif where he pretends to understand what the South Korea coach is telling one of his players:
Only Aguero in the box yet Fernandinho finds him with a cross, yet we spend whole matches crossing shite even with 3 6ft players in the box
Newcastle just letting City come at them for 90 minutes aint going to work.
I don't think I've ever seen as few games in the PL as this season.
Player? Emmanuel Eboue
Thanks. That's a great gif.
That's hystericalTough choice between that and another Eboue gif where he pretends to understand what the South Korea coach is telling one of his players:
Pep is just toying with the league now. Who needs 3 subs in such a form?
Read this about Eboue the other day. Pretty sad.....
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/emmanuel-eboue-lifts-lid-bitter-11747562
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/emmanuel-eboue-lifts-lid-bitter-11747562
Prem managers have been pathetic va City this season. How are Newcastle supposed to score when they have no intention of playing?
Bernardo Silva doesn't look like a €50m player.
How he made it as a pro I have no idea. Still loved his sub appearance where he was taken off after tackling his own players.Tough choice between that and another Eboue gif where he pretends to understand what the South Korea coach is telling one of his players:
Red card? State of Neville already.
De Bruyne‘s crossing is just brilliant.
How did Bayern beat Barca? Pressing. No one presses City, no one tackles, no ones aggressive. The prem is an utter joke if no team even tries to play against City. Block the third man!, City constantly have a 3rd pass option. Its pathetic. The Benitez tactics are awful. This game is boring. No, lets give them time and space to play, lets even let there CBs make runs into the midfield uncontested. Its absolute nonsense. Pep gets way too much respect, maybe if teams started those sneaky, petty, hard fouls against City, instead of just taking them from City.
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Ederson is constantly the only person in City's half
That was a horrible tackle though. Could have ended very badly for Gundogan.
Liverpool might if they can keep a full quota of players on the pitch.
Bayern didn’t beat Pep’s Barca.
These teams can be beaten but maybe even more important is what you do with the ball. Simple tactic, defend with nine, go long with every clearance to an area or zone and your man gets on it. If you know it's going to him, transition and gamble forward.
I honestly have no idea what Newcastle think they're doing there on the pitch. Probably admire City playing from up closer than anyone else.
Looked an obvious red.
City dispossess most opponents with ease. Must be the psychology of chasing shadows for 80% of the game.
Yes my mistake, it was the sabatical year. Still had the same players and system, though. Also, BVB figured out those same tactics to beat Madrid.
Ederson is playing infield!
So much money involved in the league and yet both technically and tactically La Liga bottom clubs are on another level.
FSW wants to provoke a rant from Guardiola about anti-football so he isn't the guy with the most cringeworthy rant in PL history anymore.