Manchester City (H) CL Tue 9th April 2019 20:00

[Chavhater01]

That was an intense match. Clearly no one wanted to lose it in the 1st leg, so I guess it was understandable that it lacked real quality in the final third. Thought we defended really well and tactically we were setup brilliantly. I never felt worried after the pen.

Gutted about Harry (Delph’s challenge was particularly unpleasant and they were very lucky to have 11 men on the pitch at the end) and felt a little flat after that for a bit but Sonny seems to excel in Harry’s absence. Anyway, great resilience and character from the boys.

 

[skiathospurs]

 

[skiathospurs]

That was an intense match. Clearly no one wanted to lose it in the 1st leg, so I guess it was understandable that it lacked real quality in the final third. Thought we defended really well and tactically we were setup brilliantly. I never felt worried after the pen.

Gutted about Harry (Delph’s challenge was particularly unpleasant and they were very lucky to have 11 men on the pitch at the end) and felt a little flat after that for a bit but Sonny seems to excel in Harry’s absence. Anyway, great resilience and character from the boys.

Pep is a genius,spend a billion and set a team up to play shitehouse football like peak 80s crazy gang wimbledon.

 

[Chavhater01]

I absolutely agree with the pundits that Harry needn’t have made that challenge. I saw him going in for the tackle and thought Noooo! Tough though, when you’re as passionate as he is and the adrenaline’s pumping, but i’d have thought when you know you’ve had ankle issues, it was just an unnecessary risk, middle of the pitch on the touchline, oh well, just hope it’s not too bad, have my doubts though.

 

[Yid]

To be fair..... that's pretty impressive.

 

[Chavhater01]

Pep is a genius,spend a billion and set a team up to play shitehouse football like peak 80s crazy gang wimbledon.

Yeah, really bizarre mate, they were so defensive and showed zero ambition for pretty much the whole game. Bringing on KDB and Sane in the 88th minute says it all really.

 

[skiathospurs]

 

[skiathospurs]

Honest if you were a chelsea/arsenal fan why would you try&wind up a spurs fan tonight looool

Chav fan looks like a toilet
me says the team whos ground looks like a kitty litter tray
chav when was the last time you won a trophy
me you should know we beat you to win it,in 46 yrs I`ve seen plenty, ever attended a european final??

chav ........................ tumbleweed

 

[skiathospurs]

Mauricio Pochettino speaking about #thfc striker Harry Kane and his injury: “Maybe we are going to miss him for the rest of this season.”

 

[skiathospurs]

Oh what a night. Watching Tottenham on a Tuesday night. You play Thursday ‘cos you’re f****** s****. What a feeling, what a night

 

[skiathospurs]

Att 60,044

 

[Glenjamin]

Great all round performance.

Thought Alli was particularly good. Got at the whole game. Defense played a top notch game to. Didn't let them get at us to much.

Harry's injury is annoying. Personally didn't think Delph did much wrong. They both went in strong. Unfortunate for kane. Defo a bad one. They had him down the tunnel in seconds.

Top drawer from the support aswell. Loud all night, but stepped it up when we needed that final push.

Sons goal aswell just shows what can happen when u don't give up on what looked a lost cause.

My only gripe as always was eriksen hitting the first man every single time we got a dead ball. Give the fooking thing some height damn it!!

 

[skiathospurs]

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Mauricio Pochettino speaking about #thfc striker Harry Kane and his injury: “Maybe we are going to miss him for the rest of this season.”

Is that based on any medical report or just a throwaway line at this stage?

 

[skiathospurs]

Is that based on any medical report or just a throwaway line at this stage?

Poch`s initial reaction,they will wait a few days and scan.He left on crutches and a protective boot,but thats quite normal regardless of injury extent.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Poch`s initial reaction,they will wait a few days and scan.He left on crutches and a protective boot,but thats quite normal regardless of injury extent.

It's a huge loss. The guy is in the top 5 players in the world but we should all take a lot of heart in what Son offers in Kane's likely absence. We'll set up to counter and I really think we can get a result. City are a typical bully and when good sides stand up to them they have shown a propensity to crumble.

As to the rest of the League season, our fixture list is reasonable enough. I think we'll bank enough points to finish in the top 4.

 

[Don Diaz]

Just back from the Lane, what a fucking night, we worked so hard for the whole game and thoroughly deserved that win. Arrogant City bastards, their support was shite ours was magnificent for the whole game. We’ll deal with the issues, win on Saturday and draw at the Etihad. Brilliant night

 

[BrooklynYid]

COYMFS! What a night! What a win. Delph's a cunt for even attempting to tackle Harry. He should have been sent of for gall. Have a hunchie we are going to blow their doors off in the reverse. Think we'll be able to grind out 5 wins in the league as well. Awesome support tonight. Cheers to all who went.

 

[deejbah]

It’s disgusting, isn’t it?

We’ve lost the plot with VAR when it isn’t being used for this sort of filth. Had that been me instead of Harry, I would have ended up with a long suspension because I would have gotten up and smashed the dirty cunt.

What the fuck are the officials doing?

I have said this for a while, so it's not just a reaction to this incident but it beggars belief that major leagues don't do match reviews for off the ball incidents like they do in other sports.

 

[Dorset]

Great all round performance.

Thought Alli was particularly good. Got at the whole game. Defense played a top notch game to. Didn't let them get at us to much.

Harry's injury is annoying. Personally didn't think Delph did much wrong. They both went in strong. Unfortunate for kane. Defo a bad one. They had him down the tunnel in seconds.

Top drawer from the support aswell. Loud all night, but stepped it up when we needed that final push.

Sons goal aswell just shows what can happen when u don't give up on what looked a lost cause.

My only gripe as always was eriksen hitting the first man every single time we got a dead ball. Give the fooking thing some height damn it!!

Yep, I don't get the Delph hate, 6 and two threes for me that one. In a fair world where VAR was used properly and the ref wasn't a pussy City would have been down to 9 players, Fernandinho of course, dirty fucker that bloke and Ottamendi could have got 11 yellow cards - well at least 2!

Fantastic from Sonny, never giving up and scoring while the whingers were all waving at the ref that the ball had gone out, nope, that Sonny was offside, nope. Brilliant performance from the whole team, tough, tough, tough - deserved win. It's going to be even tougher in the away leg next week but if we can grab an away goal then they need at least 3.

After all that bollocks I wrote about always playing the best team in every game, I wouldn't be very upset seeing a B team on Saturday. What a fucking hippycrit!

 

[skiathospurs]

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...t-leg-match-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet

 

[skiathospurs]

And another on the positives of being without Kane for the return.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ester-city-spurs-kane-injury-champions-league

 

[skiathospurs]

 

[skiathospurs]

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...-champions-league-son-heung-min-a8862671.html

 

[skiathospurs]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47875609

 

[Don Diaz]

Great reporting @skiathospurs any chance of posting the To dare is To Do vid or picture from Twitter, that looked pretty cool too.

Great night.

Edit: ignore you've already done it. I'm too tired.

 

[Liam]

What an amazing performance that was! Feel fucking knackered after the drive to Tottenham and back yesterday but that soooooo worth it. I enjoyed the palace game last week but felt we really christened the place yesterday, the atmosphere was up there with best I've experienced. Gonna try to find a decent set of highlights with English commentary now. Anyone hear of a ticket for the away leg give me a shout.

 

[skiathospurs]

We really need to up our game lads if we aspire to write pure poetry like this

 

[Don Diaz]

We really need to up our game lads if we aspire to write pure poetry like this

It's a No from me.

 

[Finchbee]

I am still smiling now....what a fantastic night....my key points

their support is shit
Ref and var is shit
Every player was immense...work rate just brilliant
Atmosphere was the best i have known in years
I could watch Harry Winks play football all day and night