For nearly six years Manchester City have been waiting for a European classic here at the Etihad Stadium...Well here it was, one of the best games in any competition at any point in the last few years.
It was the best game played here since Sergio Aguero’s 94th minute title-decider against Queens Park Rangers, nearly five years ago.
At the final whistle the City players and fans celebrated with a mixture of exhaustion, relief and a clear sense that something had been cracked. This was not a perfect performance, it was deeply flawed and if details had gone differently City would be waking up in crisis on Wednesday morning. But this felt like the overdue emotional connection between club and competition, first hinted at in the rout of Barcelona here in the group stage in November.
AGUEROOOO!
Manchester City-Monaco was an instant classic. There were goals flying in from all angles, there was controversy, and it was just pure fun.
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Champions League: Dazzling attacking highlights wild Man City win
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The City manager vowed to maintain his commitment to attack at Stade Louis II on 15 March after a breathless first leg against the French league leaders, who twice led and missed a penalty before conceding three goals in 11 minutes late in the game. Even the Monaco coach, Leonardo Jardim, said he enjoyed the spectacle, if not the final result.
"We attack in small spaces and defend huge spaces behind, that’s why the people contracted me to come here,” Guardiola said. “It is special for football when two teams play like that."
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"We are going to fly to Monaco to score as many goals as possible. We are not going to defend [this] result. We now know each other better. We will adjust some things, they will adjust some things but we have to score goals. If we don’t score a goal in Monaco we will be eliminated.”
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“I want to go to Monaco.”
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Manchester City 5 Monaco 3: City stun manic visitors in showstopping eight goal thriller
More of this, please, when the two meet again on March 15 and with Guardiola predicting that his team will find keeping a clean sheet impossible in the second leg, one can only assume that it will end in another furious exchange of gloriously irresponsible football.
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This was deluxe Champions League football...
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It was the best game played here since Sergio Aguero’s 94th minute title-decider against Queens Park Rangers, nearly five years ago.
At the final whistle the City players and fans celebrated with a mixture of exhaustion, relief and a clear sense that something had been cracked. This was not a perfect performance, it was deeply flawed and if details had gone differently City would be waking up in crisis on Wednesday morning. But this felt like the overdue emotional connection between club and competition, first hinted at in the rout of Barcelona here in the group stage in November.
AGUEROOOO!
Manchester City-Monaco was an instant classic. There were goals flying in from all angles, there was controversy, and it was just pure fun.
http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/gallery/manchester-city-vs-monaco-champions-league-recap-score-analysis-takeaways-022117
Champions League: Dazzling attacking highlights wild Man City win
DazzlingCity
The City manager vowed to maintain his commitment to attack at Stade Louis II on 15 March after a breathless first leg against the French league leaders, who twice led and missed a penalty before conceding three goals in 11 minutes late in the game. Even the Monaco coach, Leonardo Jardim, said he enjoyed the spectacle, if not the final result.
"We attack in small spaces and defend huge spaces behind, that’s why the people contracted me to come here,” Guardiola said. “It is special for football when two teams play like that."
...
"We are going to fly to Monaco to score as many goals as possible. We are not going to defend [this] result. We now know each other better. We will adjust some things, they will adjust some things but we have to score goals. If we don’t score a goal in Monaco we will be eliminated.”
...
“I want to go to Monaco.”
"I_want_to_go_to_Monaco"
Manchester City 5 Monaco 3: City stun manic visitors in showstopping eight goal thriller
More of this, please, when the two meet again on March 15 and with Guardiola predicting that his team will find keeping a clean sheet impossible in the second leg, one can only assume that it will end in another furious exchange of gloriously irresponsible football.
...
This was deluxe Champions League football...
More_of_this_please
