Man of the Match at Manchester City

[MikeO]

Current Player of the Season standings....
Alex Iwobi...155
Jordan Pickford...45
Nathan Patterson...30
James Tarkowski...29
Conor Coady...23
Amadou Onana...19
Vitaliy Mykolenko...17
Anthony Gordon...16
Demarai Gray...12
Idrissa Gana Gueye...12
Neal Maupay...7
James Garner...5
Tom Cannon...4
Dominic Calvert-Lewin...4
Seamus Coleman...4
Yerry Mina...4
Mason Holgate...1
Asmir Begović...1
Rúben Vinagre...1

Previous MOTM winners...
Wolves (H)...Idrissa Gana Gueye
Bournemouth (A)...Tom Cannon
Bournemouth (A-EFL Cup)...James Garner
Leicester (H)...Alex Iwobi
Fulham (A)...Jordan Pickford
Crystal Palace (H)...Alex Iwobi
Newcastle (A)...James Tarkowski
Tottenham (A)...James Tarkowski
Manchester United (H)...Alex Iwobi
Southampton (A)...Conor Coady
West Ham (H)...Alex Iwobi
Liverpool (H)...Jordan Pickford
Leeds (A)...Nathan Patterson
Brentford (A)...Anthony Gordon
Fleetwood Town (A-EFL Cup)...Alex Iwobi
Nottingham Forest (H)...Alex Iwobi
Aston Villa (A)...Alex Iwobi
Chelsea (H)...Alex Iwobi

[dunlopp9987]

Gray. The goal was a moment of class and magic and he worked his socks off all the way to the end 

[Shukes]

Gone with Gana, not sure long he can keep this up, but an excellent performance today. Onana is going to benefit for playing alongside him.

Gray was close. Excellent goal and was our most dangerous player. 
 

Pickford made some excellent saves, and decision making was excellent.

[Romey 1878]

Gray.

[Wiggytop]

Gray for the goal, all others for a much needed team performance 

[Cornish Steve]

Godfrey shut up Haaland very nicely.

[StevO]

Gray. He was a threat. If only a few more of our players were a threat against lesser opposition. 
 

Solid team performance. Pickford was good today too. 

[Palfy]

Gray for a wonder goal, and a gritty performance, admittedly not the only one of course so for me the goal made the difference. 

[Formby]

Gray, for obvious reasons - our most dangerous foward. Great goal.  

[Boston Toffee]

I thought Gana was outstanding today

[duncanmckenzieismagic]

Gana for me 

[msloan78]

Godfrey for me, as part of a real resolute defensive effort. Never stopped grafting against Haaland.

Gana, Gray and the rest of the defence all notable mentions aswell.

[c1982]

Godfrey probably did the most important acts of the game by getting inside Haaland’s head - without this, I don’t think we get the point…

…but, Gueye was excellent in a footballing sense so pips Godfrey and Gray (for obvious reasons) to MOTM.

[Btay]

Was actually hard to pick someone here, which is nice.

Gana was great & back to what we should expect from him.

Gray showed a moment of what he is truly capable of. One of the most naturally talented players I can remember. It’s up to him how good he can be.

Godfrey - got the vote for me. Took up the mantle of Haaland & whilst he scored, Godfrey made it an uncomfortable night for him. For a game back from injury, immense. 

Coleman also deserves a shout, thought he came on & played at a very good level. So much respect for him.

[Romey 1878]

52 minutes ago, Btay said:

Coleman also deserves a shout, thought he came on & played at a very good level. So much respect for him.

When Foden was in on goal late on his powers of recovery and then defending were something else.

[StevO]

2 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

When Foden was in on goal late on his powers of recovery and then defending were something else.

He’s still got plenty left in the tank. Now he doesn’t have to play every week he’s got so much more energy when he does play. 

[StevO]

I’ve just seen that Gana and Iwobi both had 100% passing accuracy.

[Shukes]

1 hour ago, StevO said:

I’ve just seen that Gana and Iwobi both had 100% passing accuracy.

Not surprising. They both look after the ball well. This is why I think Onana will benefit next to them. His passing was awful yesterday, but he was aiming for the right passes if that makes sense. 
Once he hits that sweet spot it will click for him.

[Palfy]

2 hours ago, StevO said:

I’ve just seen that Gana and Iwobi both had 100% passing accuracy.

Having watched the game yesterday that stat really surprised me especially with Gana, in the first half I thought his contribution was poor, in the second half he had a 10-15 minute period where he was immense in winning the ball and good forward passing, then he was taken off which to be honest surprised me and surprised him by his reaction. 

[dunlopp9987]

1 hour ago, Palfy said:

Having watched the game yesterday that stat really surprised me especially with Gana, in the first half I thought his contribution was poor, in the second half he had a 10-15 minute period where he was immense in winning the ball and good forward passing, then he was taken off which to be honest surprised me and surprised him by his reaction. 

I'm wondering if he was taken off to rest him for Tuesday's game, knowing that Onana was gonna be unavailable. Onana got the yellow in the 63rd minute, Gana went off 15 mins later. 

I'm likely just grasping at straws but trying to find some sort of reasoning behind that substitution

[Palfy]

6 minutes ago, dunlopp9987 said:

I'm wondering if he was taken off to rest him for Tuesday's game, knowing that Onana was gonna be unavailable. Onana got the yellow in the 63rd minute, Gana went off 15 mins later. 

I'm likely just grasping at straws but trying to find some sort of reasoning behind that substitution

I wouldn't like to say dunlopp but it was a strange one. 

[duncanmckenzieismagic]

Maybe he was carrying a knock or was one of the players that was effected by the virus that swept through the he squad, he was also subbed against Wolves when he was the best player on the park 

[Bailey]

22 hours ago, StevO said:

I’ve just seen that Gana and Iwobi both had 100% passing accuracy.

According to Whoscored, Iwobi had 100% but from just 16 passes and Gana had 94.7 from 19 (2 key). They both had an unsuccessful cross though the waste of spaces 

As a comparison though, Rodri attempted 104 passes but only at 86.4%. Useless.

[Palfy]

5 hours ago, Bailey said:

According to Whoscored, Iwobi had 100% but from just 16 passes and Gana had 94.7 from 19 (2 key). They both had an unsuccessful cross though the waste of spaces 

As a comparison though, Rodri attempted 104 passes but only at 86.4%. Useless.

I new I was right about Gana