NOT NOW, GREDER! #MNUFC

This DoorDash commercial never fails to piss me off... people driving by restaurants, telling their kids they are not stopping, then getting home to food delivered from those restaurants. You could have just stopped and picked it up and eliminated the delivery fee. youtu.be/SDUmhe87ziY?...

Jesus... #COYS, not #COTS. I don't even know that that hashtag is for.

Dragusin was arguably outstanding in the 2nd half, with numerous interventions, terrific positioning that denied Haaland any sniffs of the goal, just a quietly fantastic effort. We can slag him off if we want for his roles in the 2 goals, but I think his teammates let him down. /end

If Biss recognizes the trouble, he can at least make it harder for Silva to receive and turn, but Biss is light years behind the tactical recognition on this play to be of any use whatsoever. And he's supposed to be our holding mid! 15/

#COYS are dead in the water the minute Rodri plays this ball. Haaland, Semenyo, and Silva have all read the play while Biss still hasn't figured it out. Its a 3v1. I'd say City finishes at least 90% of plays like this. 14/

Now come back to Rodri playing the ball. Silva has already recognized the turnover and counterattack. Biss... has not. This is the story of Biss' tenure with #COYS... ball-carrying center mid who reads dangerous situations too late. 13/

So for starters on the 2nd goal, one of RKM or Dom need to show back to provide this outlet instead of picking their butt near the halfway line. Either not being covered in training (at this point I would believe that) or simply not reading the press correctly). 12/

The problem is when he does go long, neither Solanke nor RKM have recognized the space behind Cherki and O'Reilly, so the ball comes directly to Rodri, who is completley unpressured by Dom, responding too slowly to provide an outlet. 11/

There are 6 City attackers involved in this press, meaning 4 back, and Spurs have 6 players back to break the press, 4 forward. Dragusin choosing to go long isn't the wrong choice here. 10/

Haaland is closing down Dragusin with Nunes marking Xavi. Biss is supposed to the outlet by Silva is marking him. Dragusin could try to split Haaland and Nunes/Silva to hit Gallagher, but that would be a risky pass and O'Reilly is close enough to cause problems there. 9/

The 2nd goal starts with a stray clearance by Dragusin and the talking heads jumped on him for it, but here's the positioning of both teams before the clearance: 8/

Rob Jones (the ref) is blocking a pass to Gallagher (Jones was poor today, lots of small misses both ways and should have sent Rodri for either of 2 late fouls), but Biss needs to know he does not have time to play with the ball here. Problem is Biss also is involved in the 2nd goal... 7/

And also, let's also be fair that the weakest link today was Bissouma. This is the situation he's in right before the turnover that leads to the first goal. He's being tracked down by Silva and Haaland and has a wall of 3 City MFs in front of him. 6/

It sounds like the Romero sub at halftime was due to illness that started midweek against Frankfurt, but let's be honest, Romero was really bad today. 5/

Remember, in that first still it's 1v4. Either Bissouma or Romero should be providing 2nd man defense here and telling Dragusin to push Cherki to the line or force him to cut back. But neither one provides Dragusin the needed input. 4/

By the time Cherki shoots (having seen an opening), Romero has NOT closed down the cutback! Dragusin needs to be careful not to overplay the goal line, which creates the gap for Cherki to shoot between him and Vic to the far post: 3/

Just prior to the 1st goal, Cherki is running at him but #COYS have 4 defenders back. Dragusin points to Romero, asking him to cut off the inside cutback so Dragusin can cover the goal line if Cherki runs to it: 2/