Erling Haaland's adventures in Manchester City

Haaland will help City in these end to end match ups, and it seems like Pep will play 4 CB's for extra defensive stability. I think these two changes alone make City more CL-ready than previous years. I think they'll get past Bayern, but Madrid is less likely.

Ederson is the question mark though. This guy is an idiot. In the 6 years he's been with City he never once made a big save in the CL, and he has a history of losing his head with brainfarts.

Pep binned Jesus, Sterling, Cancelo, and has benched Laporte. He just needs to add benching Ederson to that list, and if he does then I'm putting money on City winning the CL.

Vibe wrote:Ederson is simply not a top GK, he just fits Pep's system as a distributor.

And as Curtois showed last season, a top GK can be the difference between winning and losing the CL.

Knockout football isn't played in the midfield anymore. It's played in the boxes. Clutch goalies and strikers are the most important thing. Courtois last year and Martinez in the WC are excellent examples.

Ruled out from Norway's friendly matches against Spain and Georgia with groin discomfort. Time for Alexander Sørloth to step up his game!

Casciavit wrote:

Vibe wrote:Ederson is simply not a top GK, he just fits Pep's system as a distributor.

And as Curtois showed last season, a top GK can be the difference between winning and losing the CL.

Knockout football isn't played in the midfield anymore. It's played in the boxes. Clutch goalies and strikers are the most important thing. Courtois last year and Martinez in the WC are excellent examples.

One of the worst top club goalkeepers ive ever seen. A rich man's Bravo. Every time I see anyone get a shot at City's goal I always think it'll be a goal lmfao

Jibs is a top footy mind here and glad he agrees Ederson is trash.

I mean else is he known for beyond his ball-playing skills to which in itself are overrated.

I never want to hear him compared to Alison again.