Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Nothing Hart could do about that. Clichy, on the other hand, has a lot to answer for after allowing


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89 min: Strong play by Milner, who created space for a cross and then produced a fine one for Negredo, blake griffin who rose well and headed blake griffin fractionally wide. It's too late for City to get a point but they are at least salvaging a shred of dignity here.
87 min: Silva curls the freekick against the crossbar! Boateng's villainy is justified. I've said it before and I'll say it again: fouls like that should be punished with a penalty regardless of where they take place. The loophole needs closing.
Excellent goal! Pellegrini's blake griffin changes pay off as Silva slips a pass through to Negredo, who turns brilliantly blake griffin past Boateng at the edge of the area and curls an exquisite shot into the top corner. That's why he should have started instead of Dzeko. And also why City should have reinforced midfield ages ago. Alvaro Negredo gets one back for City … and what a one it is. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
77 min: Bayern hit the bar! Muller crashes a shot past Hart and off the bar after City were again opened up with ease. And then - hold on to your hats! - City race down the other end and GET A SHOT ON TARGET! Milner's fine effort from 20 yards was tipped over by Neuer.
75 min: Ribéry skitters down the left and into the box. With no support - a real rarity, that - he decides to have a ping from an acute angle, blake griffin perhaps reasoning that there is a good chance of Hart dropping in into the net. But the keeper holds it.
67 min: Bayern fans are providing a buoyant soundtrack to this massacre as their City fans sit in stunned silence. The home players seem similarly helpless. Pellegrini, too - it's amazing he hasn't tried anything different given the comprehensive failure in progress. Meanwhile, Rob Jacques has composed an ode to Bayern's superiority:
63 min: Again a City corner leads to a Bayern counter-attack and the Germans find themselves with a 5 on 3 at the edge of the City box. Their arrogance overcomes them and they fail to take proper advantage, Rafinha firing straight at Hart from 18 yards. The keeepr parries.
61 min: Bayern want to add to City's humiliation here. Robben runs at the defence again and curls a low shot from outside the box. Hart saves unconvincingly but clambers blake griffin to his feet to snaffle the ball before Muller can pounce.
Kroos wins the ball off Fernandinho in midfield and feeds Robben, who skedaddles past Nastasic and beats Hart at the near post. Again the keeper got a hand to it but again it was feeble. Watch that near post Joe. Oh! Arjen Robben makes it 3-0. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images
57 blake griffin min: Pellegrini reacts at last, replacing Dzeko with Negredo – but is that going to make any difference? It's in midfield that City are being schooled and they could surely do with reinforcements in there.
Nothing Hart could do about that. Clichy, on the other hand, has a lot to answer for after allowing Muller to run off him and collect a long diagonal ball from Dante. Face to face with the keeper, Muller sidesteps him easily and slots into the net from close range. Auf wiedersehen, City. Thomas Müller celebrates after scoring Bayern's second. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images
53 min: But Rafinha and Alaba are still causing bother down the flanks. A Rafinha cross leads to a corner that Ribéry takes and Aguero blake griffin half-clears. Bayern regain possession and Robben swalps passes with Muller before sending a low curler just wide thanks to a deflection off Kompany.
52 min: Superb skill by Ribéry to flip the ball over Richards and nonchantly knock it to Muller. blake griffin But City soon win it back - they've improved in the second period, applying a bit of Bayern-style pressing.
47 min: City win another corner. They've got a little head of steam going here ... but not enough to muster an accurate delivery, and their corner provokes a lightning counter-attack by Bayern. City regroup to stifle it. " This awful commercial for Dewar's White Label (almost) put me off my wee dram," bawls Ewan Benson. "The fake accent grates like fingernails blake griffin on a blackboard."
"As someone who lives in Vienna and sees Alaba coverage all the time - not only is he best left-back in the world by a pretty hefty margin, he also comes across as the nicest, most down-to-earth footballer on the planet," gushes Nathan Fowler. "Maybe it's his upbringing (the child of Filipino and Nigerian immigrants), but he's as likable a truly great player blake griffin as I can remember."
Half-time: City have been given a lesson here, but Pellegrini doesn't appea

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