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Every now and then I remember that City once had to play a UEFA Cup preliminary round match at Barnsley because they’d accidentally qualified for Europe after already having booked a Bon Jovi gig the Etihad.
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Erling Haaland and Phil Foden were both 11 the first time David De Gea conceded six in a Manchester Derby.
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No, he hasn't "ignited a debate". He's empowered a load of bigots to be bigoted and put himself front and centre of the media narrative. I'm not prepared to accept that someone's gender can affect their ability to understand and analyse football. It's just nonsense.
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Can't wait until City buy Kyle Walker-Peters and Spurs just pluck out Kyle Walker-Peters-Smith from out of nowhere.
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It's about time City got a tricky draw in one of the cups after only getting Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd in the FA Cup last season; Chelsea and Liverpool in the League Cup last season; and Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the Champions League last season.
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If you’re ever in a pub quiz and don’t know the answer to a question that is the first footballer to do something, guess at Kelechi Iheanacho.
First goal awarded by VAR in England, first fourth substitute in the FA Cup, and now this.
7 - Kelechi Iheanacho is the first player in Premier League history to score a goal on all seven days of the week within a single season in the competition. Heaven.
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Let’s be clear here: Simon Jordan is being homophobic here. If the reason a feature on LGBTQ+ fans has no place on a show is that it is a family show, you’re saying the existence of LGBTQ+ people is not family-friendly and that is homophobic.
Football Woke-us! Why are the BBC box-ticking with midday sexuality segments on a family show? And the problem with Alex Scott, by SIMON JORDAN
dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba…
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If ever proof were needed that “anyone can manage City and win titles with their spending power” is complete tripe, it’s United 2013-present.
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The "most exciting title race in Premier League history" will be the most boring again by tomorrow morning, can see it already.
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Ruben Dias, shirt off, wearing the captain's armband, thumping his chest is an absolute MOOD.
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Laporte has just called all the players out of the tunnel to come and applaud the fans. #MCFC
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I asked Alfie Haaland to do a @BlueMoonPodcast interview last year and received my favourite ever knock-back.
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"At last Arsenal have cracked the City code!"
Just play badly, hope they're not much better and grab a massive deflection? Yeah, let's run with that.
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Not entirely sure the referee should be allowing a quick free kick into the space vacated by the player he’s called over for a chat, but here we are.
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Rico Lewis is just not arsed in the slightest, is he? He's a child playing with big brutes and he's swanning around like he's been playing in this team for years. Brilliant stuff.
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That'll need to change if he's going to fit in at City.
Nathan Aké made ZERO errors leading directly to a goal in 117 Premier League games for Bournemouth.
[via @btsportscore]
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"Will Ederson be worrying about his place now?"
Tbh, I don't think Ederson has worried about anything ever.
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Probably not. Rodri was 11, Haaland was 7, De Bruyne was 16 and Ederson was 14.
THIS is pre-Abu Dhabi Manchester City.
THIS is Manchester City without oil money, without state funding.
Do Rodri, Haaland, De Bruyne or Ederson sign for THIS Manchester City?
Do Aguero, David Silva or Yaya Toure sign for THIS Manchester City?
Does Pep Guardiola join THIS Manchester City?
City want to make history, but they can’t rewrite history.
#115charges
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Virgil Van Dijk should consider a move to Manchester City | @DavidMooney
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Two game changers on the bench in Foden and Grealish. Can’t wait to see precisely Jordan Henderson introduced on 75 minutes.
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Sprinting after and shielding the ball is not interfering? That is a scandalous decision.
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“Chelsea's transfer business this summer has been what everyone thinks City do, except no one cares about them doing it.” - said by a friend of mine this morning.
If this were Newcastle, Man City or PSG spending £62 million on Cucurella, I can imagine the outcry on here. But its American private equity money so its all good I guess......
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I find it really funny that accounts like this think City fans should be ashamed of the club's history, while City fans generally absolutely love the batshit nature of it all.
Ipswich relegated City in 2001. We did a whole fucking podcast on it this week.
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Just for everyone pissing their pants: It’s not about total unavailable players, it’s about stopping the chance of this outbreak at City also becoming an outbreak at Everton.
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Get that outfield EDERSON 31 shirt printed, lads 🫡
As per @Jack_Gaughan, #ManCity now have only ELEVEN senior outfield players available against Bournemouth on Saturday! 😳
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The way the Utd content creator types are going for that Luke lad who does MCFC Lads seems quite sinister. He’s clearly articulating an opinion after being asked for an opinion and he’s backing it up with why he thinks that, and they’re queuing up to go in on him with an essay.
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If the Premier League brings this in, some of the games at the Etihad will probably carry over into the next day when all the stoppage time is added for goal kicks.
The EFL say it will be making added time more accurate next season.
Match officials will add the exact time lost when certain game events happen.
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Mahrez had only missed once for City before today. He’s the penalty taker. It really isn’t any deeper than that.
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Sam went to see The Weeknd at the Etihad this evening. They turned the stadium blue when the full time whistle went in Istanbul.
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At this rate, by Sunday evening, Liverpool’s inevitable victory is going to be the underdog story of the century.
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Carlos Alcaraz is the first Wimbledon champion who’s only ever known Manchester City as a Premier League team.
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Sorry, but why is he digging out the fans tonight? The turnout was pretty good - not a sell-out, but not far off - and we've just had a week of messing about around not being able to transfer tickets until 10 minutes before the game. Chuck in an ONGOING PANDEMIC, too.
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Put that VAR check on Liverpool’s penalty today and the VAR check on the one not given to David Silva at Bournemouth side-by-side and you see how much of a farce the current system is. If there’s no consistency, just let the referees be inconsistent on their own.
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Interesting that Anthony Taylor has just told Gundogan that he'll book Ederson if he doesn't stop slowing it down on goal kicks, given that whenever he's refereeing at the Etihad and the opposition do the same, that conversation doesn't seem to happen before 80 minutes.
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City haven't "made light work of it" today. They've worked really fucking hard to be as on top as they have been. Just look at how good they've been on second balls and the choices they've made when back in possession. It's the bald man doing bald man things.
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Can't help but really feel for Joe Hart. His legacy seems to be ruined after a poor few seasons and it's looking like he'll be remembered as bang average (at best). But for years, he was fucking fantastic for City and a big driving force behind the successes in 2011-16.
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Interesting the psychology of this because I remember Guardiola saying he once didn’t pick Mahrez because Algeria had lost and he came back from AFCON too upset to be in the right frame of mind for City.
"I would be happy if they go out at the Group stage!" 😅
Jurgen Klopp jokes about his parting words to Mo Salah and Wataru Endō before they went to represent their national teams 🇪🇬🇯🇵
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Funny how wealthy ex-pros who never have to put their hand in their pocket for tickets to games find it so easy to go there.
"There was no atmosphere at the Etihad today." 😴
@Pschmeichel1 said they're never beating the allegations 😭
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The worst bit about Foden missing that is that now that Bernardo run will be forgotten about. Thank God Sane scored when De Bruyne beat 14 Stoke players with a through ball that time.
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Would I take City not winning a thing this season to see United relegated?
Of course, I would, it’s not even a close decision.
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Ederson is literally the only goalkeeper who ever gets booked for time-wasting before the 89th minute. All for it, but fucking hell get the yellow out at the Etihad in the first half in future, then.
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I remember having to justify myself as a City fan as a kid because City weren’t winning things. I’ve given up justifying myself as a City fan because I don’t have to justify myself to anyone. Equally, the idea that it was more fun or fans were happier back in the day is wrong.
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For all of #mcfc's great football of recent years, I think this remains the best action I've ever seen in a Manchester City game.
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The biggest threat to humanity may be the paradox created by the sheer volume of people not caring about Manchester City but choosing to spend their days discussing that indifference to great length. Could eat the whole of reality and force the space-time continuum in on itself.
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Genuinely the best live game I’ve ever seen.
#OnThisDay: #ManCity 5-3 Monaco [2017]
⚽️ [26'] @sterling7
⚽️ [58', 71'] @aguerosergiokun
⚽️ [77'] J. Stones
⚽️ [82'] @leroy_sane
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⚽️ [32', 61'] Falcao
⚽️ [40'] K. Mbappé
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He's a centre-back playing out of position at left-back playing one-twos on the edge of the box and finishing with his wrong foot. Christ.
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Can’t believe I have to say this (lol I absolutely don’t) but:
1. Haaland incident isn’t a card. The defender comes from behind him, the risk is relative low. It’s hardly Mane on Ederson/Cantona on that fan.
2. Blocking a goalkeeper’s roll has ALWAYS been a foul. It just has.
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‘United’s treble winners were better because that team was shit actually’ is a hell of a take.
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It's amazing that Oscar Bobb started pre-season as a youngster who might get a few minutes in dead rubbers this season and he's surely now a fully-fledged first team member.
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I wouldn't rank that display like the previous ones at Spurs under Guardiola: Previously City have been in full control and lost on the counter. They had no control after 15 minutes today (for many reasons), but I don't think it's fair to say we've seen that before.
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Favourites for the title AND favourites to be relegated? Sounds like another one for the Manchester City batshit hall of fame.
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If there's one thing I can't stand in football it's teams buying success.
🚨 Liverpool make approach to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle United. #LFC say no formal bid + well aware #NUFC stance has always been: not for sale. But communicated interest in deal for 25yo Sweden international worth in region of £120m @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/6495057…
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I see there is the opinion today that City’s move for Rice is *another* attempt to simply stop a rival from signing a good player, as if that’s ever what City have done in the post-takeover era. They had the smallest squad last season and have just lost a player in that position.
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Real shame that Rodri is out for the season because I’ve just realised R-O-D-R-I-G-O fits perfectly to Chappell Roan’s Hot To Go send tweet
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I believe the goal was DISALLOWED on the field. The reason Chris Kavanagh was sent to the screen was to overturn the offside, not to disallow the goal.
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You might not think it, Duncan, but this is the sort of comment that encourages casual homophobia. Men who wear pink aren't "real men". Men should be red-blooded and masculine, and there's no room if they're not. Football has a problem with homophobia. Think about what you say.
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There'll be no full-backs, then. I'll tell the children.
Erm. Joao Cancelo is going on loan to Bayern Munich — now
From @polballus @David_Ornstein
theathletic.com/4138015/2023…
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Sean Dyche: "For fuck's sake, it's all fucking game, ref."
Commentator: "Apologies if you heard any industrial language."
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Sometimes Kevin De Bruyne chooses to just hit it really hard and there’s not much that can be done about it. Great fun to watch, though.
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Oh no! I've just discovered Carabao will sponsor the League Cup until 2024 - which means City will have to win the next three in a row to be the only ever winners of the Carabao Cup. The task just gets harder.
sportspromedia.com/news/cara…
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25 years ago today, #MCFC lost 2-1 away to York City. It’s widely considered the lowest point in the club’s history, leaving them 12th in the third tier for Christmas 1998.
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I’m not getting into the tribalism of who thing is better than the other’s thing because I just can’t care. But what I do care about is the fundamental misunderstanding I often sense from opposition fans that, as a City fan, I should be ashamed of City’s bad periods. I love them.
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Incredibly surreal evening, as -- having recorded with Nedum this afternoon -- he texted me and asked if I could play football tonight. So I've spent the night making a few good saves (ignore the goals that went in) for a team with Nedum, Steven Ireland and Joleon Lescott.
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I genuinely don't think there's a single person that was at City in 2009 that will have been anticipating that one image mocked up at that time would have worked as well as it has done.
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I remember when it was impossible to compete with City because of all the squad depth they have.
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There’s no other way to spin the coverage of yesterday’s MOTD news/football from GB News than homophobic. Whether its audience is enough to say “mainstream” is debatable, but that there is an audience for this sort of stuff and that they can just feel ok broadcasting it is scary.
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Does this suggest that City's achievements in 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2019 have been downplayed, given the disadvantage they had in playing games in front of open doors? 🧐
Since COVID-19 prevented clubs from playing in front of all their fans, Man City have picked up 17 more Premier League points than Liverpool 😳
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Give it a rest. There’s about 100 worse days in my lifetime, let alone anyone older than me.
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Someone in the crowd keeps screaming "Oh Canada!" whenever Alphonso Davies gets the ball.
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Leicester, managed by former City/Guardiola assistant Enzo Maresca, scoring what could have been a Manchester City goal. Football is changing (and has been for a while) and it's really interesting and entertaining to watch.
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Ranking the displays this afternoon so far:
1. Fireworks
2. Cheltenham Town
3. Manchester City
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Don’t be sad that it’s over. Be glad that you were there to see it happen. It’s been an honour, @21LVA.
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