Quote Originally Posted by surge View Post
Not the better side on the day, the thing that matters, but how can be deny that they're the better side overall?

We won the game because Ayew allowed Flint free-reign in the box early on and then we played with 3 giants at CB and a back 7 which ended up being a back 8. And not the Atletico Madrid back 8 where they're disciplined/hungry defensively but skillful on the ball as well because we weren't good on the ball today.

It's not like we're facing opposition who have much bigger budgets either.

We were playing a side that has played three away games on the bounce and two games before that went to 96 minutes. We looked like the more tired side.
It was a great battling performance by City, but 3rd versus 8th isn't a huge gulf, but in footballing terms it is. I think tonight a lot of folk have been posting on a wave of adrenalin [and other stuff], and are rightly enjoying our victory along with the players. However, we're poor - very poor - in footballing terms. We've got players who will out-perform many in terms of effort and commitment and discipline. But we still can't pass the ball, or show any movement off the ball as this jeopardizes the rigid 'system' we play to. It's time for a change.