Meh a glorified friendly...
Haha. Now now mate. Let's not do the Manc dismissive thing just because we lost one.
Gutted to lose that as you just can never have enough of the Reds lifting silverware. But absolutely made up with that second half performance that was just the absolute business which City couldn't live with when we upped the tempo. And that clearance off the line from Walker ..... you could be critical and say Mo (who I thought was head and shoulders above anyone else the park. He had Zinchenko in knots all day. Just not quite there with his finishing yet. De Bruyne MOTM? He wasn't even City's best player!) should have scored like but that's one of the most athletic, brilliant pieces of defending I think I've seen from Walker. MASSIVE kudos to him for that. Absolutely superb.
Great to have, as expected, such a competitive opener like the CS should be. An honour to play in and a just reward for your efforts in the previous season. With the season's first piece of silverware and a day out at Wembley. That was a hugely enjoyable day out. The disappointment of coming home empty handed aside. Great support second half. I'd forgotten how good it is to be in the curtain raiser. It's been a while. That was a game fitting of what these two sides now are .....
..... Just wasn't to be today but it's left everyone in NO doubt that we're every bit City's equal and these two are the clear two best sides not only in England but all of Europe. And you don't see, the next 4 days of the window not withstanding, anything from any of the other 4 that suggests they're gonna' close that massive gap to any significant degree this year.
Congratulations City. We'll get them next time.
Luckily for ourselves, we have chance #2 to add silverware a week Wednesday against Chelsea the SC.
But first things first, Norwich Friday. We are anything like that second half, may God go with you on your big return City because we're more than ready to go again in what's fixing to be another epic two-horse title race to the death.
Roll on Friday.
The European Champions are Ready!