Ake on people writing City off 🗣️
That’s every season. There’s a period where people write us off. We just have to make sure we stay strong together as a team, the staff and everyone together and make sure we get out of it.
That’s every season. There’s a period where people write us off. We just have to make sure we stay strong together as a team, the staff and everyone together and make sure we get out of it.
Difficult. Difficult. 3-0 up. We played quite well and had it under control, then it all changed.
At that point [conceding first goal], you just have to stay strong mentally. I think after they made it 3-1, they pushed on. I think maybe we have to go forward a bit earlier to keep pressure on them. But we stayed playing at the back and maybe invited more pressure on us.
Then when you concede the second one there’s even more pressure and I think we have to stay more mentally strong.
I think we did [give it away]. When you’re 3-0 up at home, I think you can never give it away like this. It is what it is at the moment. The only thing we can do now is fight back and stay strong.
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With three games to go in the league phase, we have eight points.
Inter are the current leaders with 13 points from five games.
We still have trips to Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as a home tie with Club Brugge.
Remember, you need to finish in the top eight to guarantee passage to the Round of 16. Coming ninth to 24th will see you into a play-off round.
Steve Howey and Paul Dickov will try to make sense of a rollercoaster game at the top of the page.
It's a point apiece.
Hwang off for Gonzalez.
Simpson-Pusey chucks the ball into the box but it's too high for Haaland.
The winger cuts in and his shot hits a foot and loops on to the bar!
Paixao sprints through the middle and beats Ederson to the ball. His cross is on to Hancko's head and it's nodded in.
CommentaryReporting by Jack Mumford @mancity