The League Cup Manc Derby!
posted by The Blue Devil @ 2:46 PM
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Lakenheath Old Boys
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The teams out on the pitch at the Etihad:
Manchester City: Bravo, Walker, Rodri, Otamendi, Joao Cancelo, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Aguero, Sterling.
Subs: Stones, Gabriel Jesus, Zinchenko, Silva, Ederson, Foden, Garcia.
Manchester United: de Gea, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Wan Bissaka, Fred, Matic, Williams, Lingard, Greenwood, Martial.
Subs: Bailly, Jones, Mata, Andreas Pereira, Dalot, James, Romero.
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands).
And off we go!
Hey Bob,
Thanks for starting a post
Have the Prem on the TV and Cup on the computer
United already had created some chances by now in the league match...don't have as much pace as we did back then
Tom just got home...probably going to change switch matches with each device
What a great night for you last night after it started so horribly
Citeh of course have a 3-1 advantage coming into this second leg. United will have to dig deep to turn over Citeh by more than two goals on their patch. But - as the adage goes - football is a funny old game....
Line ups from The London Stadium
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Ngakia, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Noble, Rice, Snodgrass, Haller, Lanzini.
Substitutes: Balbuena, Zabaleta, Sanchez, Fornals, Cardoso, Ajeti, Randolph.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Gomez, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Firmino, Salah, Origi
Substitutes: Fabinho, Lovren, Keita, Adrian, Minamino, Matip, Jones.
It was indeed. That might well have stopped the rot for us. The match on Saturday at home to relegation threatened Wigan seems a fairly routine one. Three points from that one and we're back in business.
United survive two scares thanks to De Gea
HIya, Dave, btw.
United can't keep the ball at all
Sterling went over in the box squawking for a penalty. It'll go to a VAR check. I think it's a bit soft.
Sterling wants a pen....VAR is involved
Nothing given
Just a corner then. And wasted by the Ginger Winger.
my tv is a bit behind my lap top but I have changed anyway
West Ham are in 17th place... ahead of Bournemouth and Watford by GD... if they lose by 5 they are second bottom... and then this
Six of West Ham's remaining 14 Premier League games after this match include:
9 February: Manchester City (away)
24 February: Liverpool (away)
7 March: Arsenal (away)
20 March: Tottenham (away)
4 April: Chelsea (home)
9 May: Manchester United (away)
That's what you call tough...
United outshot 5-0 in the first twelve minutes
United look toothless
United play it out from the back... still don't like it
Played it well but the cross couldn't find a teammate...TWICE
You're right - United not in it yet.
Another decent save by De Gea....United are going to be embarrassed tonight
Wish I could see it but we aren't going to see a repeat of PSG
Good afternoon, Bob and Dave. I just turned on the Prem match on the telly and am about to turn on the Manc Derby
This is Tranmere/United !
Afternoon MUR
I snuck out of school a tad early today
I've got the match up and the impeachment trial on mute with the Guardian blog going. Busy afternoon here - don't tell the boss. Sssshhhh!
It's 0-0 in both matches . Would love nothing better than a repeat of PSG. Hard to see though
United have NO ONE that plays well out wide. No one can ever get a decent cross over or actually take on a man one on one
Great form, Dave. I'm proud of you.
Well done, Bob. I did that as well.
OH! Andy Robertson has a shot cleared off the line off a pass from Bobby Chompers , who got a pass from Salah
Pool go very close
Robertson makes a run into the box but his little dink runs wide and short
I think Brandon Williams could be a decent crosser with time even though he should be already
What amazes is when I read the match stats on FOTMOB and only 20% of the crosses are accurate. When we were LHS students that was the percent of inaccurate crosses
Crazy
Afternoon, MUR - great to have you on board for the proceedings.
Citeh passing around to run out the clock and for some reason United are not putting any pressure on the ball
Cheers, Bob. Glad to be part of the afternoon fun
Cannot believe how United stun me more and more with their ineptitude!
Greenwood fouled by Otamendi about 30 yards from goal
Free kick to United... Fred will kick it straight out of bound or won't beat first man
Chipped in... comes to nothing... of course
Matic goes down in the box off a free kick from Fred. Nothing doing. Never a pen
Mane just fails to connect on a cross from Andy Robertson. Could have been a Pool lead
Sterling thru...great tackle by Maguire
A Stelring tackle by Maguire for a Citeh corner off a pass from KDB
De Gea and Otamendi collide off a pass from MAhrez off a short Citeh corner
De Gea still down. Romero would be a competent replacement
ManYoo fans attacking Ed Woodward's house?!
Yes, they had flares and stuff by his mansion. No one was home but what MORONS
PENALTY LIVERPOOL AS HE WAS TRIPPED BY DIOUP AFTER BOBBY CHOMPERS DID WELL TO CONTROL A PASS AND LAY IT OFF
Penalty to Liverpool
VAR CHECKING TO SEE IF IT IS A PENALTY
Liverpool a chance to go NINETEEN points clear
It looks like men against boys at the Etihad....how has United fallen so far
Agreed. Absolutely disgraceful behavior when attacking Ed Woodward's house
Cor!
VAR checking for handball...penalty given
Salah to take...one nil
GOAL !!!SALAH SCORES WITH A WELL PLACED PENALTY , SENDING THE KEEPER THE WRONG WAY
United can swing in a free kick now. Good position. Come on!
Away team ahead in the League...let's have the same in the Cup please
YES! Matic with a cracker! Get in!
AND THEY DO!!
GREAT SHOT BY MATIC!!!!
One nil!
YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!! MATIC SCORES WITH A WELL PLACED SHOT OFF A PASS FROM FRED
Nothing to check for with VAR
Shocker
One more and we'll have pens. Come on!
The free kick from Fred was headed out with a poor defensive header and Matic took advantage by scoring with a great finish
United one up one the night and now trailing 3-2 on agg
Correct, Bob. No away goals rule in the LC and no ET. Straight to pens if tied after 90 minutes
If it's United vs Villa then it will be a repeat of the last time Villa made the L.C. final when it finished 0-0 and United won on penalties. I think that was in 2010
Untied could have been six down before the half in the first leg
A long range effort from the Ox was so far wide that was as if an Ox took the shot
Mark Noble fuming at being called of r a foul on Origi. I don' blame him he got all ball and Origi went down easily. He then got booked
Citeh have the ball in the net but it's ruled out for offside. He looked off right from the start.
Ball in the net....for City... but the FLAG IS UP...definitely right
PHEW! Sterling with a goal disallowed for offside. The correct call as he was about a foot offside
Sterling was stupid to drift offside there. Citeh already had a man over and he just needed to drop off a bit and probably could have still gotten to the cross.
United have also met Villa in the 1994 League Cup Final
Villa won 3-1 stopping United from winning the Domestic Treble!
Villa went back to the final two years later... beating Leeds 3-0
A Pair of stoppage time minutes at the London Stadium
United beat Villa 2-1 in the 2010 Final
United beat Spurs on pens
All three of us will not want to remember those two finals
I'm going to pick up Elizabeth from the dentist. Will be back in a few minutes
So what about De Gea making really good saves
OGS said something last season when they were on their great run....."you're allowed to have a good goalkeeper"
Half time in London
Visitors lead 1-0 at half time
De Gea comes out and just gets the ball before Aguero
Half time in Manchester as well
Visitors lead half time as well
The panel going gaga about another City move
Great move by City? The ball was put wide and the cross was put in and the guy was offside....It was useless
You lot are half way there to pens. Anything can happen!
This Moreno is SO SO SO anti-United
Be professional!
United out first waiting for City
Greenwood replaced by James
We are off
Back for the second half of both matches
Come on, United!
I'm off home to enjoy the rest of the match.
James runs on to the ball
Free kick for United about the same spot as they scored from earlier
COME ON MAN U
COME ON MAN U
COME ON MAN U
oooh....Maguire should have scored!!
Free kick by Fred headed over by Maguire. That was a great chance to score
Fabianski makes a nice save from Firmino
Bob should be with us in a few minutes
Liverpool corner cleared
The ball went into the front post...no one was there
What has happened to the corner kick!
ONE out of a 100 are dangerous
Matic in the book for a foul on Mahrez
GOAL !!! THE OX PUTS POO, TWO UP ON THE BREAK OFF A HAMMERS CORNER
West Ham have a corner....useless.... Liverpool break...THE OX scores
Ref is annoyed with Matic
Telling Mags to sort him out or he's off
It was really poor by the Hammers on the Pool break. The Hammers corner was headed out and Masuaku and Mark Noble really misjudged the bounce. Salah put through the Ox , who scored past his stranded former Gunners teammate, Flappy
This may be a good time to sub Matic
Snodgrass with a shot saved by Allison
Martial with a shot from distance... not trouble caused
A soft long range karate chopped effort is easily saved by Bravo
City fans not happy
Of course, I want United to win it outright...don't trust our pen takers.... still have to get there
Sweeper keeping by Flappy , who did not want a repeat of the last goal as the covering defender was Masuaku, one of those guilty of clown defending on the last goal
Agreed, Dave. It's always nervy during those penalty shootouts
Free kick from Snoddy headed well over by Ogbonna
ut to go through
STERLING.... MISSES!!!!
All started from a stupid pass by Lingard!
PHEW! Relieved that Sterling blew it. KDB put him through then went he went to round De Gea he took far too long to shoot and ballooned it halfway to Wigan
I think OGS agrees with me... he was screaming at a player and I think it was Lingard...he said one more time and your'e off
United pissing around with it at the back... USELESS
Rodri was booked minutes earlier for a short grab of Lindy
Allison with a full length diving save from Snoddy
WHAT IS OBI WAN DOING!
GET IT OUT
OMG... just giving the ball away in their own half!
WHAT IS THE BLOODY POINT
Bobby Chompers with a shot that nearly took a bite out of the corner flag
With Obi Wan defending like that then it wouldn't make any difference if it was Chewbacca back there defending
Pereira about to come on....probably for Lingard...he was the one that caused the Sterling chance
Perreira about to come on. This does not fill the two Daves with confidence
It may be for Matic , who is on a yellow and would be an attacking move
United STILL trying to pass the ball out of the back
GRRRRRR
Martial with a useless effort
On comes Pereira...not exactly the cavalary
Bloody hell. What was that. Great tackle then a great run and pass from Fred. Then passes to a player, whose shot was karate chopped halfway to Halifax
Dave called it . Like for like as Perreira on for Lindy
Late goal like in Paris would be nice
United STILL trying to pass the ball out
One nil win would be so annoying
David Silva on for Mahrez, who looks none too pleased about being replaced
Fabinho on for Origi as Klopp aims to shut up shop
Lindeloff heads out... wish De Gea had called for it
Of course, Villa would prefer United in the Final
United do know they need another goal, right?
OH!!! Declan Rice with a powerful close range effort straight at Allison and pushed away then nearly an OG by Van Dijck as he shoots the rebound off his own post
I sure hope United do
I am embarrassed how United are in comparison to City and Liverpool!
De Gea punches out and then a rocket from Walker punched saved by De Gea again
Long range rocket from Kyle Walker straight to De Gea , but beaten away due to the sheer power
Maa about to come on... not exactly bringing on pace
For Matic?
Agreed, Dave. Villa's two worst losses of the season have both been to Citeh . I'm sure they don't want to face them again
WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING!!
JUST RIDICULOUS!!
Lucky to survive
United look clueless now
A shot from Aguero lands in the side netting
What the hell was Maguire thinking!
THEY ARE STILL DOING IT!!
STOP!
United lose the ball EVERY TIME
Agreed. Not sure what they're thinking. Lots of faffing about by United defenders
I sure hope the next United change does Mata because it will result in United goals
Pun ignoring has started
SHOOT!!
pass pass pass pass
Lose the ball!
Now Matic with a second yellow and is off
SO PATHETIC BY UNITED!
BUGGER! UNITED DOWN TO TEN MEN FOR A SECOND BOOKING. Why didn't OGS substitute him earlier?
Keita on for TAA.
Stupid by Matic
All came from United not putting the ball in the box or shooting
NO ONE will ever say that
Pool nearly go three up. A shot from Salah clipped the outsid of the post
Why didn't United shoot or cross the ball before the yellow
Mata on for Shaw
Pun ignoring still in effect
It Shaw is a Mata of an attacking substitution for United. I Shaw hope it does Mata.
Matic went from hero to zero.
LOL, Dave!
United probably still only have two shots on target.....not bloody good enough
Agreed,. Somehow we're still in this tie
I'm finally home after a bracing walk. Really parky out there this afternoon.
Ten minutes for United to at least get another shot!
Come on, you Red Devils!
Kyle Walker down because he was karate chopped down in a challenge
United....TWO shots on target
A Martial back pass and the Matic goal
Welcome back, Bob. It's a lovely day here today. It's sunny and in the low 70s with a refreshing breeze.
It's 3-2 on agg in both semis
Not much urgency shown by United
PHEW! Aguero has a goal disallowed for offside
Ball in the net again.... offside called
Looks like VAR will confirm
Another disallowed goal for Citeh. Aguero offside this time.
Allison makes a world class acrobatic save from a header off a Hammers free kick
They do
United riding their luck
United STILL playing it out from the back
DO THEY KNOW WHERE THE OTHER GOAL IS?
STILL playing around with it!!
STUNNING
Bruno F has just landed in Manchester...we need ANYONE
Still not getting it in the box!
Maguire is tripped by Otamendi in the D, who is booked for that
Well, now - Maguire has gone down right on the edge of the D. Great free opportunity.
Who cares about keeping possession !
Maguire fouled
Free kick for United in a "dangerous" position!
Fred will take five minutes to kick it well over!
I'd have Mata take it
Maybe Pereira
NOT FRED...prove me wrong!
Fred blasts into the wall, sadly.
Into the wall by Fred. United maintain possession
It is FRED... RIGHT INTO THE WALL!
PATHETIC!!
He doesn't take a run up either
WHY DOES HE TAKE THINGS!
HOW MANY GOALS HAS HE SCORED
Is it because he's Brazilian?
Liverpool only needs 24 points to win the league
An LOB blogging trio of stoppage time minutes at the London Stadium
A late, late sub from Citeh just to ruin UWS' afternoon.
4 at the Et
Pep with a substitution ti ruin UWS's day as John Stones is on for KDB to shut up shop
A Barber Shop quartet if stoppage time minutes at the Etihad
Mike said it perfectly
This will just help OGS more... a fighting win...... plucky... brave
LOSS!!
Williams is the only one that wants to go forward.
United still going back and sideways
If I renamed myself Bobinho, would United sign me for £50 million?
KICK IT UP THE FIELD
It's over at the London Stadium and Pool win 0-2
And another late, late sub to ruin UWS' mood.
Mags wants a pen
City wasting more bloody time with bloody subbing
Liverpool win 2-0
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