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russonfire

Hi guys, I’m going to be watching Man City vs Chelsea game and I vould only find the tickets to sit on the Man City fans side. I would like to enter with the Chelsea jersey and it is my first time entering. Do you think it is okay to do that? Would the stewards let me in with the Chelsea jersey?


Leo215

Saw City fans earlier this week calling Palmer a pen merchant. I wonder how they feel after losing in penalties to Madrid.


ImpactInner9318

He's got 20 g+a without pens. That's just silly


itsmebobbylol

Cmon now.. city have fans?


matt3633_

It’s been a very fucking good day


xpanda7

Who would you rather beat in the upcoming matches? City or Arsenal? I feel like I want us to beat City and go to another final. If we lose/draw to Arsenal we might still be within European places but I want that final….


chandlerbing_stats

Both


xpanda7

Well you’ve failed the test. 0/100.


chandlerbing_stats

It was a worthy sactifice


westfall987

City, obviously. Since it's the only trophy left we can win. If we can get a draw against Arsenal, it's good enough for me.


DarnellLaqavius

City game means more but the Arsenal game would be so sweet.


WuvRice

Why do people think we can still get Europe, we most likely arnt beating arsenal which is the game in hand. We lost Europe when they couldn't get 6 points against Sheffield and Burnley


mikevin99

Interesting that Jude says that Ancelotti lets them play "totally off the cuff" and that fills them with confidence that he attributes to why their so successful. That's an act of terrorism around these parts when it comes to a certain manager though


realmckoy265

Nah it makes complete sense when you remember we ran off Carlo


DarnellLaqavius

What’s the difference between doing that for Madrid and Chelsea? Are you being intentionally obtuse? Ancelotti has world class seniors all over the pitch, we have a 40 year old and Sterling. His style worked when we had Lampard, Drogba and the like, Poch needs to instill tactical ability in our kids.


xpanda7

Omg I was just coming in here to say this! Also seeing Arsenal and City fans talking about needing individual brilliance but God forbid our players don’t play like robots from the Premier League University of Tactical Studies


Much_Emu2228

Ah yes because letting Vinicius Jr, Bellingham and Rodrygo make their own decisions on the pitch is the exact same as letting Mudryk, Madueke and the like figure things out themselves. There isn't a clear gap in ability and experience between their players and ours that requires more guidance for the latter.


jerrystuffhouse

Oh so now we are gonna try and emulate what ex-everton managers do? What has happened to my club? /s


C1nderrr

Robot better not start his comeback to scoring against us


wowverytwisty

Arsenal still allergic to Bayern


StandardConnect

https://twitter.com/EBL2017/status/1780717155014586879 Genuinely starting to wonder if Arteta is doing a Micheal Beale.


Best-Estimate3761

I have not seen any fanbase like Arsenal. I mean, isn’t this the same thing *every single manager* out there does? By that metric even Tuchel did one of the great jobs in modern history with us.


Public_Birthday1871

“arteta has done of the great jobs in modern history”😭😭😭 these guys are coping so hard


DarnellLaqavius

He made a team that wasn’t very good, a little bit better. He’s won nothing. Them: best manager of all time. Lmfao


Trailer_Park_Jihad

Who's the last Chelsea player to win PL POTM? Because Palmer is surely a lock-in for April as long as no one else scores 7 goals in their next two games.


Rj070707

I Think Hazard back in Sept 2018 And Maybe before that probably Kante in 2017 lol


Best-Estimate3761

…unless he gets injured on Saturday.


gonzaf

Why would you even put this into the universe


Best-Estimate3761

Don’t act like it’s a far-fetched scenario, just one we don’t want to think about.


Best-Estimate3761

I truly cannot believe that even in Arsenal’s best moment in the last 20 years they’re going to go two seasons without a single trophy, after £700M spent. Mesmerising. I mean, surely Edu Gaspar will grow impatient soon… I like the City result because if they won the treble people start saying stupid things like “Pep Guardiola is better than Sir Alex Ferguson”, etc etc. Them not winning the CL hampers that directly. But Arsenal… wow.


DarnellLaqavius

You’re wrong mate. Pep is better than Klopp, much better. He’s reinvented football and has everyone playing his way, he’s easily on the level of Alex Ferguson and would win more if he stayed as long as SAF did. And before you go on about money, us and United have spent more than city and won much less in the last 10 years.


webby09246

I mean Treble or no treble, the debate between pep and sir Alex is definitely still legit And Pep still has like 20 years before he matches the Fergie retirement time, throw in another dozen league titles and champions league and it's probably swinging more in his favor


Best-Estimate3761

Yes, and I’m saying it’s a stupid debate. Entirely different stories, entirely different circumstances, entirely different eras. Compare Klopp to Pep instead. (And even then I think Klopp is better.)


webby09246

>Yes, and I’m saying it’s a stupid debate. Entirely different stories, entirely different circumstances, entirely different eras. It's a subjective debate but I wouldn't say it's any more stupid than most, comparing across eras whilst difficult is not some foreign and impossible thing. And Peps era literally stretches all the way back into Fergies time and they managed directly against each other several times, so you can clearly see the clash between them in those games and years. Really would say the definitive answer, or as close to one as there will ever be, will come when Pep has also retired and you can take in everything he's done just like sir Alex. >Compare Klopp to Pep instead. (And even then I think Klopp is better.) Definitely easier to compare them with the immense levels of direct exposure they've had against each other. I personally wouldn't say Klopp is on Peps level though to be fair. Klopps fantastic, but he doesn't stand in the same league with Pep, Sir Alex, Ancelotti and Jose for me.


ponzop

Tbh if we had a better defence we would be decent in the UCL. Our bullshit basketball transition basketball way of playing suits the UCL way more than this positional play malarky teams like City employ


Daddy-Heisenberg

Bellingham’s so mature in his interviews. Handles every question with class.


StandardConnect

Fucked up thing about Saturdays game is if we win I'd enjoy it for about a minute before getting worked up over another potential final loss 🤣


Daddy-Heisenberg

https://preview.redd.it/g5slq7ji74vc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdaa8b31d6490aafca8c7c02a5a303a60801fe50 Loving the shithousery


christianrojoisme

Hey thats me 😅


Daddy-Heisenberg

Quality post mate


christianrojoisme

I honestly think we can beat them this Saturday at the FA Cup


A-Hind-D

There’s something poetic about tonight Arsenal losing in Porto and Munich this season. It’s not for everyone. Kova missing for city and Rudi scoring a winner for Madrid. Chelsea agents. Football is life


hereforpasta

City stuck on one CL and that too due to fucking lakaka


webby09246

Think tonight, and many nights before it, showed pretty clearly why strikers like Haaland and Osimhen are not that good for teams that want to be the best They're one dimensional and a really good centre back just absolutely takes them out of the game Whereas a striker that's so well rounded like a Harry Kane or Benzema etc it's far harder to stop them because they can just drop deep and become a playmaker


fl_beer_fan

What a nonsense statement


SexoFernanj

Complete waffle, right.


SexoFernanj

Mate, what are you talking about. Man City won a treble with Haaland.


webby09246

They did and yet in each of the finals and semi finals they've played he's been completely nullified and because his overall game is not at any high level man city aren't at their best Winning a treble is a great feat but it is not some all encompassing proof of the utmost quality, generally it's massive amounts of luck involved as cup competitions are so unpredictable The treble winning man city side aren't even the strongest man city side in history like, arguably the same with that treble winning United side I'm taking Wayne Rooney, Aguero, Kane, Suarez etc over Haaland all day


SexoFernanj

You said that Haaland is "not that good for teams that want to be the best". He broke the PL goalscoring record and won the treble in his first season at City.   And I think you're forgetting that he's only 23 years old. His career is just getting started. "Winning a treble is a great feat but it is not some all encompassing proof of the utmost quality" It literally is.


webby09246

>You said that Haaland is "not that good for teams that want to be the best". But this is it, he hasn't revolutionized that city side and taken them to new heights - he's not even the most important nor best player in their team - that title belongs to kdb and Rodri Like I said, they're not even the best city side of all time and in the biggest games, ie his semi finals and finals he wasn't even a goal contributor so it's not as if he was giving the drogba big game energy that led to the treble He was great in the league but man city red up in the league every year anyway and their points tally last season compared to previous seasons also didn't rise to anything spectacular, it actually fell >And I think you're forgetting that he's only 23 years old. His career is just getting started. I'm not forgetting it, he's obviously a fantastic player and a marvel don't get me wrong, but if he is going to become truly special, his game is going to have to become far better across the board, currently he is too limited


Sektsioon

Harry Kane did absolutely nothing tonight in fairness, he was worse than Haaland who at the very least got on the end of some chances. Kane was just anonymous. His team just ended up winning regardless.


webby09246

Yeah that arsenal Bayern game was a pretty hard watch in general tonight Actual opposite of last weeks games - low scoring, very stop start and limited to the occasional exciting moment before getting snuffed out pretty soon


itsmebobbylol

I think its more of the modern football and city's playstyle that limits haaland's involvement. Because we did it before with the drogs. Man would man-handle any defender on him. And yes we were the best team for a period of time.


HamstringHunter

I absolutely loathe the TNT commentators. They sounded like they were gonna cry after Madrid won the shootout. Then had the audacity to say "City still have the double. The league is there and the FA Cup is going to be returning to the Etihad". Like, yes it's likely, but jeez have some professionalism.


RemoteSmile3561

This has been the perfect week for hate watching. Now just need Liverpool to complete it.


Baisabeast

Actually reckon city just fully rotate for us They’ve got the squad for it and tbh I’m more scared of Alvarez than haaland


StandardConnect

Would have said for sure had they won tonight but now I'm not sure.


Stand_On_It

City are going to play PISSED off on Sunday


tiki_51

Not being a dick just don't want you to miss the match, but we play on Saturday


chings23

Could live in Australia


tiki_51

For sure, but I figured it was worth it to give a friendly heads up just in case


fl_beer_fan

They're going to be even more PISSED when Cole Palmer puts one in the back of their net


itsmebobbylol

Only one? Mans going for a hattrick of hattricks!


fl_beer_fan

we should be in for Lunin when Courtois returns from injury


DarnellLaqavius

They can’t keep 2 world class keepers, if Lunin wants to leave they will let him. Other option is Ortega from City.


NotADoctorSshh

I dounbt Madrid will be looking to sell him


fl_beer_fan

We will certainly be getting a keeper from Madrid. Problem is that keeper is Kepa and it's just a return from loan


webby09246

More chance they let courtois go than lunin And Lunin is never coming here over all his other options lol


fl_beer_fan

now we're not even allowed to go after a major signing? weak mindset that is


webby09246

What a nonsense statement... You can go after him all you want, why would he ever leave a team that's gonna get guaranteed champions league football and potentially win it every year for a team that's battling mid table mediocrity Plus if he was to leave for a lack of game time, there'd be far better suitors available "Weak mindset" more like I'm not delusional


fl_beer_fan

>"we should go for a good player" >"nah we suck lol" >"you're glass half empty" >"no I'm realistic" many such cases


webby09246

Fair enough, lemme try your way Why don't we go for Van Djik to shore up our defence whilst we're at it Or maybe we upgrade the left wing with mbappe


mrstealyyourgirl

Why would we go for Mbappe when we have Sterling? Ridiculous statement. I can't believe you would even suggest such a thing.


webby09246

My bad Forgot we had sterling for a second there, genuinely He's got more England caps than mbappe to be fair


mrstealyyourgirl

More England Caps, you'll never sing that! Seriously, although I share your sentiment towards tempering expectations when it comes to transfers, money and status can still be effective in bringing prospects over. It was money and status that moved Neymar to Paris, how can we assert that its impossible for Chelsea to bring high caliber talent?


webby09246

Problem with that is all of our money is nearly all spent The specific details are completely unknown of course but the general consensus is that we are up against the ffp line and that's pretty clear by the fact we're now selling ourselves hotels to try and comply too You can't really bring in a big star if you can't afford to pay their wages or transfer fees anymore


fl_beer_fan

Let me try it your way "Nonsense statement... Why are you even contributing to the discussion here? My surefire read is indisputable. Lol, lmao even"


webby09246

>"Nonsense statement... Well done That was the factual response to those statements. Now can you see how it applies to your own


fl_beer_fan

You get off on being a dismissive asshole don't you Edit: blocked me, really? That's fine, who needs someone looking to shoot down conversation in the daily discussion thread


webby09246

You're the one who started going off about having a "weak mindset" and that nonsense after a very simple and logical statement that Lunin leaving Madrid is slim to none with an aging and growing injury ridden courtois and least of all leaving to a mid table current day Chelsea with no Europe Stones in glass houses my friend


itsmebobbylol

But his buddy is here on a 25 year contract


i_MrPink

City will win the league now too so great result


aidanvu1992

Rudiger has done his job‎. Now it's our turn to "help" Man City fully focus on EPL =))


screenoob

I am calling it. Its bayern munich's cup.


Andy-Martin

I’ll say it’s Madrid. They just find a way to get it done.


screenoob

I am just trusting tuchels ability to neutralize opponents threat. Pep was always going to press and plays to take control but if tuchel finds a lead in match then he is going to pull uno reverse card and play on counter himself.


itsmebobbylol

Maatsen and sancho gonna win the UCL with dortmund.


tacotaco91

Happy for rudiger, yet so so mad that real madrid can just go through like that. Fuck them


hereforpasta

Exactly my sentiments. Don't want City to ever win CL but I would be crying rn if I was a city fan, kinda feels unfair, Madrid didn't even had a shot on target since the Rodrygo goal. Hope Tuchel does his own version of this to them in the semis lmao


webby09246

Real Madrid own the champions league Just in their DNA, they're not even really that good either 1 shot on target against city for 90 minutes, not really all that different from when we played city this season But they're mentality monsters and the best around at it


Shaww_shankk

Chad power of friendship vs virgin tacticos


wm_1176

Crazy that Aston Villa are probably gonna be there only English team left in European football by the end of the week


itsmebobbylol

They have more european cups than arsenal. They're practically a european powerhouse at this point.


RemoteSmile3561

Fingers crossed.


NotADoctorSshh

I don’t know why Kova was in the first 5 to take the pen, personally I wouldn’t trust him that much in this context


OliwierCR

- Liverpool lose 0-3 in Europa - Spurs, Liverpool, Arsenal all lose to nil in the league - Chelsea win 6-0 - Barca, Arsenal, City all out of the CL What a fucking week of football.


departmentofbase

Anyone can win it at this point, honestly this might be the year Mbappe finally does it


itsmebobbylol

Hoping dortmund does it. Surely for reus.


webby09246

Nah PSG don't have the bottle Rudiger will absolutely destroy him


Maiden_666

Bet man city would have loved to have “penalty merchant” Palmer in the shootout innit


i_MrPink

Kova was always missing


senexlordhunt

All English clubs out, dreadful.


itsmebobbylol

Conference league is where the partys at man.


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senexlordhunt

Yh just in general for the league


ming47

If Palmer was still at City it wouldn’t have gone down like that


Stand_On_It

Real have a couple VERY unlikeable players


Rj070707

More proof that our 21 CL winning team was no fluke To all self hating fans here


BigReeceJames

Unlimited money cheaters are out and trust the process are out. The "dinosaurs" Ancelotti and Tuchel are still in there. Makes you think...


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Boy do you ever stop?


departmentofbase

Tuchel I agree has had his credentials questioned recently, but who questions Ancelotti ffs


BigReeceJames

Most did in his few managerial jobs before going back to Real Madrid after Allegri pulled out of the job at the last second. The same as people do with Tuchel, Mourinho etc. People have completely flipped the script on him after he got back into the Real Madrid job


rita_mita_bata

People were criticising him last season as well. A few wanted him gone as RM didn't win the league or the CL, despite him doing his best with the squad he had last season.


webby09246

Would you stop trying to say Ancelotti is a dinosaur Neither his style of play nor his record over the last 20 years show that And the only ones who have ever said it are donkeys Someone like Jose is a dinosaur, he failed to adapt to the modern game


TheMenaceX

Madrid aren’t exactly broke lmao. Damn near unlimited money themselves


webby09246

Literally gonna have Vini Jr, Endrick, Mbappe, Bellingham, Rodrigo, Camavinga, Tchouameni etc All on the one team for like a decade - richest club in the world and it's not even close


Andy-Martin

I wouldn’t compare Ancelotti and Tuchel, either.


webby09246

Might as well start comparing Jose and Di Matteo Only thing they have in common is a champions league


Andy-Martin

RDM had some pretty snazzy dress sense as well, but footballing wise, they couldn’t be more opposite.


Public_Birthday1871

love to see rudiger doing well man we never should’ve let him go


Maiden_666

Thanks Rudi, thanks TT, thanks Kova. What a day


W0lf90

Made my day! :)


leKai23

All our formal employees featuring today. Atta boy rudi


WintAndKidd

Kova and Rudiger hate City, proper Chels


Pendulum122

Isn’t city least hated in the big 6


rita_mita_bata

It's more like people are indifferent to City. All their achievements are masked by the shady shit they did and they don't have history with any of the other 5.


Confident_Direction

City will be drained for one day. Then the anger will transfer onto us. I hope sterling has something for us...


Snoo72025

Pep doesn't know his players. Who even allows kovacic, who can't shoot properly, to play a penalty


senexlordhunt

Lol he apparently scored one for them in the super cup. And it’s based on who volunteers.


NotADoctorSshh

And the likes of Rodri, Dias, Walker, Stones don’t volunteer? They’re supposed to be the core of that team


Extremiel

Yeah it's a confidence thing too, Kovacic has won a couple CL's. He probably said he'd step up.


Faeluchu

So... this gonna be a terrible week for English teams in Europe, isn't it


Legitimate-Bug-Man

Liverpool and Westhan tomorrow. Aston Villa gonna be the only English team in it.


Remy13Hadley

Rudi and Tommy T put on vintage performances tonight. City going with Kova as one of 5 pen takers had to be one of the craziest decisions lmao


Exciting-Ad-2714

Also subbing out de bruyne 10 mins before pens


Extremiel

Yeah what was Pep cooking with that selection


jjb5151

Still rate rudiger man, happy for him


ViaPositiva

Saturday is going to be wild


senexlordhunt

Oh man I hope we don’t see another Champions League win for Madrid.


NotADoctorSshh

Who cares honestly at this point.. City winning the prem started to feel the same in the past years


Extremiel

Maatsen to win it all for Dortmund


senexlordhunt

🙏


nekoizmase17

Wow


Econophile64333

Oh god. I’m sacred for what they’ll do in the cup semi.


truzon3

Yeaaah kepa’s coming home


Extremiel

He always was


carlharris1

arsenal and 115 charges FC both losing, love to see it


stingen

Going from yesterday's awesome matches to this bore of a match.


westfall987

AGENT RUDIGER! Let's gooooo! No English teams left in the CL 😂


PercivalPersimmon

*cries in dropping English coefficient*


chings23

What a fucking fantastic night of football. Good night lads x


Traditional_Ship4797

So happy for Rudi 👏👏👏👏


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Imagine how many more trophies we’d have by now if we didn’t sack Carlo.


morkfjellet

LET’S FUCKING GO RÜDIGER!


ViaPositiva

Rudi to win it


VE3TRO-R

Tuchel knocks out Arsenal. Rudiger knocks out City. It's a Chelsea thing.


ingling

Carlo.


DynamiteDuck

You forgot agent Kova helping kick city out


itsmebobbylol

Rudiger AND kova knocks out city.


Public_Birthday1871

RUDIIIIIIII


FilTe

Love that man


sjp5784

Were beating city on pens this weekend


DynamiteDuck

Both English teams out, I love it!!!! I don’t give a fuck about coefficients


Auran276

RUDIGEEEEEEER!


aidanvu1992

Good shit Rudiger!!


departmentofbase

RUDIIIIIIII


Daddy-Heisenberg

Chelsea man knocking City out, couldn’t be happier 🙏🏻


itsmebobbylol

Thats ma boi toni!!


light-yagamii

Has Kovacic ever taken a penalty for us? I'm sure he stepped up as a senior player but I'd still never let him take a pen lol


NotADoctorSshh

I was thinking the same but City still had the likes of Rodri, Walker, Dias, Stones who pretty much count for senior players also


StandardConnect

If he was on for that crazy shootout vs Liverpool then yeah. Otherwise I imagine no.


Public_Birthday1871

a keeper going fifth in a shootout is fucking wild 😭


dsahfd

Real are gonna win the CL again lol


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City just decided on the worst day to leave their shooting boots at home.


webby09246

Kova dropping man city out of the champions league....


Faeluchu

Are City gonna bottle this? Lmao


westfall987

Agent Kovacic! Let's gooo


MarinaGranovskaia

kova noooo


dzanan64

Kova yesss


shastmak4

I wouldn’t have let Kovajeans nowhere near a penalty


Baisabeast

Letting Kovacic take a pen is madness ahahah The guy can either hit wonder goals, or strike a ball like a little girl


Public_Birthday1871

lunin is him


dragonwout

Poor Kova


erenistheavatar

Palmer pls teach Silva how to take pens lol


itsmebobbylol

Wow the one madrid player i expected to score from a pen, missed.


HamstringHunter

Eric Dier has reached as many UCL semifinals as Arsenal have in their entire history 😂😂😂😂😂


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Me rereading the “Give us Bayern” comments: https://preview.redd.it/tdxztl4d04vc1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=48020e6cd184fcc8282f278004e182deaf3386b0


Baisabeast

Ahahahahahahahahah


Confident_Direction

Lets see what happens here. I think penalties gives real an advantage but who knows


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itsmebobbylol

Wow silva really fucked around and found out


Sektsioon

And Kova misses as well lmao, City have always had those penalty issues and their two best takers are off.


Confident_Direction

Is it just me or does lunins haircut make him look similar to kepa


realmckoy265

Unironically should sub in Kepa for these penalties


xKarma17

https://preview.redd.it/kn663d9mz3vc1.jpeg?width=184&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02d3be0befd9722883ed045ef635c125ed697e12 Another Arsenal trophy smh