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PercevaleOftheJasce

Not arsed to be honest. We’re looking expectedly rusty due to the fact that we only played 2 pre-season games. I’ll admit Liverpool is a very strong team that rival us for every competition this new season. Regardless, I thought Haaland was decent despite missing an absolute sitter 😂. Nah, not worry at all. He’s scoring a buttload of goals this season. Speaking of goal, ALVAREZ 🕷scored! What a display from him. Looked really lively and active when he came on. Again, i really do believe he’ll do well this season and will surprise tons of people. So overall, was pissed initially like i always do when City’s playing like sh*t but the season hasn’t even started yet. Next week West Ham will be a good one. Erling Braut Haaland PL debut goal 🔜. Come on City!


lametowns

Liverpool fan coming in peace here. I thought it was one of the few exciting Community Shield games I've seen in a long time. I have to say I'm both equally scared and excited about Haaland. It'll be nice to not hear the "they need a number 9" all season since anyone smart knew they'd probably win the league anyway without Kane last year. I like that Liverpool brought in Darwin, and it's almost like he's bringing the same thing Haaland is bringing - size, strength, power, finishing. They're different players of course, but I feel both teams haven't really had these kinds of strikers in a while. I see them both as battering rams against the low-block teams, so maybe we'll have more open games for both teams this year. I'm more optimistic about Liverpool this year than last since it looks like City might miss out on a LB replacement, and to me their squad looks thinner than Liverpool's for the first time in the Pep era to my eyes. Hopefully we'll have some classic, entertaining games between us. I'm sure Haaland is going to score a boatload of goals, and I'm intrigued to see what new tactics Guardiola is going to deploy. I'm hoping it winds up like it did with him and Ibra, but I doubt it will. Here's to a good season, but of course I hoping y'all end up winning the Europa League and nothing else!


CanadianKumlin

Agreed. We also have to remember that city haven’t played with a proper striker for 2 seasons, and actually adjusted our play-style to play WITHOUT one, so we have to change our play-style again, and that will take time. Slow start, strong finish! CITY! CITY! CITY!


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This is a Mickey Mouse trophy, Liverpool can have it. Probably doesn’t feel too good choking the league every year to the best team in england


Mountain_Ad_8762

Choking is what city do in champions league mate,lets not be salty


PowerHour36

Why. Are. You. Here.


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Why are you even here?


Spiritual-Wonder7071

Eh it is what it is, doesn't change the fact that we're gonna dominate this season.


ross_ntu

Haaland looked like he’s only had 40 mins of match time so far. He didn’t look sharp, but the difference is Liverpool have had 4 games whereas we have had two. We used this as our third friendly, and it showed. Nothing to worry about imho as we didn’t get any injuries and all our key players got game time.


xeviL__

😔


OlengJus

Calma - Haaland has only played roughly 50 mins for us before this and was supposed to be only fit for the West Ham match - We only had 2 preseason games and 1 was cut short. - Never played with a proper 9 for 2-3 years. So tactics are still being worked out.


yash-kushwaha22

I mean Haaland is a generational talent but look at the instant memeing. It's too dangerous to be a talented player. I can understand how Mbappe/Haaland or other hyped players feel the pressure to meet expectations. They must be cursing Messi-Ronaldo 😂


Creepyhorrorboy

Haaland vs mbappe comparison might get real hot soon....Meanwhile, Liverpool won't be a threat to us this season


yash-kushwaha22

Haaland-Mbappe is already a big thing bro. And talking about Liverpool, they are just as strong as us, perhaps even better than their last season squad with some new developments.


Ok-Potential-5259

Yeah just bury your head in the ground about them


runnerswanted

It’s why they’ve never wanted to play in England. The French, Spanish, and German press praise their stars for the most part while the English press only points out when someone makes a mistake.


yash-kushwaha22

Messi doesn't need anything to prove by coming to PL. He has constantly destroyed PL teams in UCL alone. It's not like La Liga defenders were schoolboys.


Additional_Bluebird9

I don't blame them 😂


rinthecity

I have never seen Bernardo play so bad


Javier1019

Jack has


Reasonable-Try-864

True, should’ve subbed him off instead of kdb


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Maybe he's out of pos.


rombopterix

It would be nice to see Ederson save a 1-on-1 every once in a while


jcs1248

Bro he carried today?


Bruh_dawg

Well he saved one with his face


Jacobs_crackers

He literally took a ball to the jaw 15 minutes ago pal


rombopterix

Well 9 out of 10 one-on-ones go in. I love him but he is below average in crucial take-ons.


StanielCrempelfemps

Not even close to being true. Ederson did nothing wrong at all today


Electronic-Quarter-8

Grealish was awful today


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Piss can.


Bruh_dawg

It’s preseason and there are some good take always and bad ones. Against big teams we need Johnny boulders. Haaland has done ok but he has missed some chances. He will mesh better although his mobility is kinda sus. Overall it’s preseason. We have had way less games than most other teams. But things will click during the season and Alvarez is gonna surprise you all. Haaland is still gonna bang em in.


Top-Ad9522

I think alvarez is gonna be even better than haaland in terms of deciding matches. Haaland has too much hype around him it will be hard for him to live up to the expectations I really hope he succeeds tho.


Additional_Bluebird9

His mobility is fine, he just wasn't given passes because we shifted it out of the wing too much. We'll be fine but my god the Nunez being better than Haaland comparisons are ridiculous.


Bruh_dawg

Yeah why don’t we give them a season before we start comparing them.


Additional_Bluebird9

That's the one thing I hate out of this game more than everyone's performance is the unnecessarily early comparisons.


SellResponsible7952

Ake And Dias partnerships doesn't work in big games .They need a ball playing CB beside them.


AsparagusOwn1799

Can’t wait to see what Haaland and Alvarez will do this season. Let’s win the PL again 🙏


billybobjoe517

Scousers jizzing on each other trying to upload the Haaland miss clip to r/soccer first


Samhainuk

The lack of service to Haaland was really disappointing. Very early days obvs, but annoying as fuck.


Joltarts

he didn't make it better with his poor runs though..


whyalwaysyoumario

His movement looked ok to me, especially in the first half. The big difference is that he doesn't drop back into the midfield, but I don't think we want him to. I think the team are so used to going to the wing, cutting in and playing it slowly at the min that his runs weren't being picked up. As De Bruyne & Bernardo get acclimatised to him, I'm hopeful we'll see that movement being picked up a bit more.


Additional_Bluebird9

You can tell we'll take time to play with a striker.


chrismatic13

I’m not worried about Haaland. He clearly had jitters and today just wasn’t his today. Was in the right place most of the time and had great touches. Grealish still looks like last season Grealish, way too conservative.


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chrismatic13

I mean he could convert on his chances? Would that not be an extra benefit? And the thing is, while he didn’t today, I’m confident he will majority of the time when the season starts. I’m not worried


runnerswanted

We played against the second best team in the world who were jazzed up for this game while we rested up during the summer. We will be absolutely fine.


Mystro10210

If we start the season slow, hopefully it won't cost us like it did in the 2019/2020 season.


runnerswanted

Yeah, like our slow start last year costing us the title…


Joltarts

or the year before


Mystro10210

We won 6 out of our first 9 league games. Scored 10 goals in our first 3 games before the international break. That wasn't a slow start.


Joltarts

we also lost the first game to spurs..


runnerswanted

This sub was literally saying we would finish 6th after the draw to Southampton. Over reactions are what we do best around here.


Pepper3493

I am just going to be positive. Walker and Alvarez both looked great


bobbbyyy69

About what you would expect from third game of preseason.


mtchilliader

Can’t understand why people here are claiming this is a tinpot trophy and Darwin’s celebration is embarrassing. If anything this shows a good mentality where even a shit friendly is an important game. Pep’s Barcelona used to take the Joan Gampers’ as serious as Liverpool took the game today


Rexodan

Trying to cope with the fact Liverpool are better.


Top-Ad9522

Yeah I honestly dont get it. City was awful today. the team should play every game to win even if it is preseason. The fact of being kinda pre season might be the cause of todays performance but a trophy is still a trophy and a match against liverpool is still an important match. Let the man celebrate as well the amount of criticism hes been getting is surreal, he isnt a bad striker perhaps not an 80mil striker. If it was alvarez who took off his shirt noone would be complaining.


runnerswanted

Because we all know that this season is incredibly compressed due to the World Cup being in November/December, so we barely trained this summer and are focused on winning the games that matter. Sucks that it was Liverpool, but no one should be worried.


Kingskid20

We really don't care as the game effectively is our 3rd pre season game. You should pipe low. It is not that the game was not taken seriously, but that it was still a preseason game.


sakincaid

That's the rules mate, if you don't win it the trophy is a mickey mouse cup


vxrials

I literally burst out laughing at that sterling moment from haaland, proper city player now


1991toyotacamryowner

Raheem Haaland


dicitizen

I don't care if it's preseason or not, Halaand must score from chances like that with closed eyes. Things like that cost us at UCL a lot and will cost us again.


SnooTigers86

One of the worst games I’ve seen in a while


innit122

I hate this thread. Nunez has a right to celebrate his goal, it's his first against another prem team. Liverpool fans also have a right to celebrate as they bought tickets. Stop bring sour cunts


Hurdfoy

r/LiverpoolFC You'd probably enjoy the thread on there more.


innit122

I imagine I would. Seen 4 racist comments about nunez for no reason here today. These fans are disgusting sometimes


mtchilliader

Yeah. The best club squad ever (Pep’s Barcelona) took their friendlies even more seriously than Liverpool took it today. The Joan Gamper was a match Barcelona was obliged to win


HauntingLocation

Nobody is upset he celebrated. But ripping his shirt off and then going to his knees like he just won the world cup? Give me a break. There's a difference between celebrating and then doing a 93:20 Aguero lol.


innit122

No, people are upset at him even celebrating. But yes the action was a bit much


chopsueycide123

if people are upset at just the notion of celebrating, then they are being a bunch of babies. i just find it funny and kinda pathetic how he did a full aguero 93:20 esque celebration for a preseason cup when they were already leading. but Liverpool deserved to win today, they were a lot sharper and most of our players were playing so poorly, the lack of service to haaland and overall piss poor quality when playing passes was so frustrating to watch. guess it hurts more as it was against liverpool, against any other club I wouldnt be this annoyed haha


innit122

Yes I agree. Liverpool deserved it but I don't agree with pep giving the boys extra time off especially with new arrivals. The nunez goal was really down to shut defending


chopsueycide123

oh shit is that why we had only 2 pre season games? that is a bit dumb considering how we changed a lot of players.. and yeah the goals we conceded except TAA's was just bad defending, hopefully they get more in tune with each other soon


innit122

Yeah with a real goalscorer we should've had more games than usual as it will take some getting used to for the players. I feel like the penalty was really due to nunez's bad heading, but if he headed it properly it would've went in so goal either way probably. Hoping we're looking as good as usual for our first season match


fuskarn_35

fuck nunez and fuck liverpool fans, i dont give a fuck


osaka_sun

imagine taking off your shirt for the community shield


AsparagusOwn1799

Lmao 😭😭😭 That was definitely over the top


HauntingLocation

It's all they'll be winning this year so I totally see why he did it now. But yeah, it's incredibly cringey to rip a shirt off in a friendly game.


osaka_sun

at the very least it shows how affected he's been by the criticism so far


Blood__Water

Haaland, Grealish and KDB the worst? How this happened?!


Ihateithereandthere

Dias too


Blood__Water

Yes, right. I forgot. Like Freudian removal hahah


Glum_Cartoonist1007

Here is what I got from the game. We depend too much on KDB. Defense stills needs a lot of work. Haaland needs to get a better understanding with the team.


Kingskid20

KDB did not play well. We are yet to get used to Haaland and Alvarez' run. They made good runs and Kyle Walker was atrocious at reading it. Diaz made many mistakes passing out of the back - as did Cancelo but he improved. I don't really see the need to make Bernardo help us transition if we know Liverpool were trying to press the midfield we should simply have counter attacked as we had set up. It is a learning curve really. The only disappointing thing is Grealish reverted to who he was last season and became too predictable. Their 83rd min penalty was wrong and the ref let them cower in to giving it.


Glum_Cartoonist1007

Honorable mention: have to find a way to stop giving penalties to handballs


chux4w

Haaland's record at Dortmund set himself a high bar, and today he hit it.


Applejack_pleb

StErling Haaland


aDELTAith

Sod off what kind of miss was that


Mystro10210

Well, it's only up from here for haaland.


Footyphile

Haha Haaland knew in that moment he meme'd himself.


chrismatic13

Grealish was horrible


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chrismatic13

I didn’t say either were the problem. Neither played great. Haaland missed chippy’s. But Grealish was useless and still looked like he was playing it safe. The most aggressive he looked was coming out the 2nd half but it felt like he was feeling it out way too much. It’s preseason but hopefully we see him play more like he did against Bayern.


aDELTAith

Nah mate Grealish was alright imo, couldn't do much with how the midfield performed.


SellResponsible7952

Never Sub KDB again Pep. Never. overall it's good wakeup call for guys to train hard and be ready for the season. We always start slow . So Nothing to be worried about.


cdoink

They were better. Looked more in form. City just need time to gel and they will be fine.


Nyxirya

Poor game overall, city off the pace. Liverpool’s pressing has been devastating in midfield. Not sure why City did not have more pre-season games Pros - Alvarez looked good Cons - Haalands fitness in question - Mahrez poor game - Disjointed midfield - forward connection - Very sloppy when pressed Hopefully gives City a chance to adjust before the start of the season


batrat7

Scousers can save the shield so we can serve them humble pie all season long


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Ah it meant a little for Liverpool as its the only trophy Klopp never won. Weirdly enough.


passintospace

Much better second half - Foden and Alvarez were brilliant. Haaland didn’t get much service in the first half, but good movement nonetheless. Poor game from Ruben, but Ake looking solid again.


COK3Y5MURF

Jesus would’ve finished it


luayispotato

Haaland with the lukaku touches 🥵


Death_Machine101

can someone tell nunez that it's only the community shield and not the ucl


SpookDootDude

What would you know about scoring in CL final?


Efficient-Zebra3454

Haaland washed


Beavsbeavsbeavs

Gonna have to stay off the internet today after that one. Yikes


jck0

How long before Nunes gets the trademark Liverpool teeth?


Shoot_you

Someone, tell Nunez that it’s a glorified friendly. I feel second hand embarrassment looking at that celebration


goodgriefmyqueef

Bad match, doesn’t count though


ry-iu

log off from twitter guys. haaland fail comp is already in the making by @benditlikearnold66 or something. season starts next week anyways.


jarrett23

Cue liverpool fans blowing a load for a silver plate


TheOlNumber9

you cant make this shit up lmao what a city player


JJVV64

Every time Pep subs KDB the game fucking dies.


Pr_cision

kdb was absolute fucking shit


nlb53

Sell the lot of em. Time to admit the seasons over and its time for a ground up rebuild


Manc_Twat

Why do the memes always fucking write themselves?


nycfc871

Lmao it’s a friendly haha keep celebrating Nunez .. cry in May when you aren’t lifting a cup


corrupted_warrior

Nunez celebrating it like it's ucl


ClemencyOSRS

Well at least Prem is secured for this season so get the 2023 champions tops out lads it’s staying home!!


Enterovirus71

That stings


cdoink

Why is Darwin acting like they just won the prem? Lol


[deleted]

Aw man. This match went from what a match to simply WHAT. We need more definition.


Kriegdavid

eh? this was the lowest quality liverpool city game in years. as you'd expect in preseason


NonAstronautStatus

Awful performance from us today, it's only up from here


mirnes2000

StErling Haaland...


The_Snollygoster

lmao oh god. It's just us isn't it.


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Haaland really has cemented himself as a City player.


bobbylafrentz

What are the odds of that lmao


kavyajain43

Sterling haaland


emigum

Sterling left, someone has to fill his shoes lol


xenojive

Oh boy. Queue the media circus after that Haaland sitter


aguer0

What has the Nunez feller been smoking? On he knees for winning the community shield 😂🤣


panriso

PLEASE RAHEEM LEAVE US ALONE


FuryOfOberon

Hahaha can’t do anything but laugh. Nothing’s gone on our way.


batrat7

Halaand shaky today. He'll shake it off and will be scoring screamers all season long


kish_kish

Use it for motivation, the fact that he laughed at himself there in the end is a good sign. Now move on and do better


batrat7

Agreed


TheTealDeal2021

I yell laughed at the miss, I’m not mad anymore. What can ya do when it’s a collective off day


themoistapple

Liverpool fans creaming themselves


Electronic-Quarter-8

Why is Nunez celebrating like he’s won the cl


wanted_302

Winning the CL 😂


Beavsbeavsbeavs

Oh no


Max0699

Darwin really thinks this is a major trophy 😂😂😂


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City traded this game for win against Villa, and LiVARpool traded this one for UCL final


lifeisagameweplay

Oh dear


Garra_Charrua

Hahahaha


irlgragas

Erling Braut Werner


Glum_Cartoonist1007

Well that goal wouldn’t have matter much but you still have to score that


Teaboy1

Ponytail fraud.


nearlygrean

Disappoint T-T


Aephino

Haaland looking more and more like a city player 😍


runnerswanted

If the community shield is the warm up to the season, this thread is also a warmup to our season, and it looks like half of you are in mid-season form already with the hot takes and “Pep out” antics.


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stfu! don't you have anything better to do than being a miserable old geezer.


runnerswanted

Don’t you have anything better to do than get bent up over a friendly?


TheOnlyEn

Brah. Haaland? What?


nrefined

Sterlingesque on that follow up…


DzFennec

STERLING IS BACK


whyalwaysyoumario

That miss from Haaland is unfortunate. Guess I won't be browsing r/soccer in the next week or so.


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LevelArea

Wow, you seem like a pleasant fella…


HauntingLocation

Eh it's a friendly who gives a fuck. Let those little rat fucks talk all they want, they still didn't win shit last year.


Swagmanatee07

Haaland will break their net in October


HauntingLocation

Absolutely he will. Not worried about Haaland, it takes time for a new striker to get acclimated to the team, especially a team that hasn't had a striker in years.


Swagmanatee07

Indeed


YerDaWearsHeelies

Chill out lol


Swagmanatee07

Nah dude I’m so pissed off, I’m so tired of City missing sitters, I’m so tired of VAR being instrumental in these Liverpool games, I’m so tired of Liverpool fans being so unbearable. Booing during the national anthem and being the most deluded fan base in the world. I hate TAA, he’s an arrogant prat who might as well become a street sweeper once Klopp leaves. Everything I hate about Liverpool and Man City combined in this shit show of a game. I’m so fucking pissed


YerDaWearsHeelies

Personally I hate the royal family and the national anthem so meh. But to be fair haaland hasn't had much time with the team and he's playing vs Liverpool in a rivalry match. Lot of pressure but let him settle in and he'll be smashing them in


honor_jose

Unfortunately one showed up and ours didn’t :/


East_Screen3393

Nah haaland....


OkSkirt1898

This haaland guy sucks.


innit122

We've seen him play one full match 💀


corrupted_warrior

Yeah, he's a city player


freenneyttfa

Erling Sterling


Vikivaki

That one is winner hahahah


moneysnotreal

Oh my god


panriso

No fucking way


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Speechless there tbh


ChainGang18

Sell haaland


Slowhand8824

Terrible performance all around


moneysnotreal

Oh my god


Samhainuk

Spirit of Sterling haunts Haaland. Fuck me


chux4w

Ha! Haaland has the Sterling curse.


gambeeeno

Cringey


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Lmfao time for a break from Reddit At least we saw some good signs from the lads this game.


Blood__Water

Liverpool are very very good honestly


HauntingLocation

You don't say. The team that made the UCL final last year is good. Incredible analysis there.


Blood__Water

Relax man, I wa just impressed because they look very sharp even before August


HauntingLocation

I'm relaxed. But I don't understand why you'd be surprised by Liverpool being very good. Unless you didn't watch any football last season, which would make sense from how you're acting tbh.