Man Of The Match: Manchester City (A)

[grange]

Haaland requiring a translator/mediator to apologize to Gabby Maga letting him know there's no beef after the game told me all I needed to know. Gabby's gargantuan.

 

[Batman]

For his body build Haaland is such a wimp. I'm surprised how easily Gabi and Saliba seem to be able to bully him physically.

There are a lot of guys who are bigger than everyone else from childhood and don't know what to do when they can't physically impose their will on the opponent. Part of the reason he's so limited as a footballer is because he's usually faster and stronger than the opponent and he's just relied on that. He's never needed to develop his game to deal with people who can match him. Now we see that pretty much every time he encounters someone with the physical tools to frustrate him, he does nothing. Compare him to someone like Zlatan who grew up bigger and stronger than everyone with good pace in his younger years but worked his ass off to be technically immaculate and as a result was still good into his late 30's. When Haaland's pace goes, it's over for him. He really will be that League 2 standard that Keane mentioned.

 

[jones]

Saliba was really good but also shaky at times. Gabriel was just flawless, definitely MOTM

White also really good but can't judge him properly as City forgot to field a left winger.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Voted for Ode who set the tempo for everything we tried to do

 

[DJ_Markstar]

Haaland requiring a translator/mediator to apologize to Gabby Maga letting him know there's no beef after the game told me all I needed to know. Gabby's gargantuan.

Maga = Making Arsenal Great Again?