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Leicester City v Manchester City pre-match

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How do you think we’ll lineup against them? We beat them convincingly by countering them at the Etihad, but with the form we are in and Nacho being in the form of his life, I feel like we will use the same system as against Man United, including the high press given many players have had a rest and Man City play Dortmund on Tuesday. 
 

Only concern is our international players will have returned late, but that applies to them too. 

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1 hour ago, KingsX said:

Posts on Blue Moon about dropping points.  And now this from skysports.com  …

 

 

After this trip to the King Power, Pep Guardiola's side face Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions quarter-final on Tuesday. It's a relatively tight turnaround and this fixture will surely play second fiddle to the Dortmund game when it comes so soon after an international break. Ilkay Gundogan, Ruben Dias, Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden, Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva and Oleksandr Zinchenko all played in three games in six days for their countries while on duty. Surely Guardiola will rotate accordingly?

Of course, City's squad is built robustly and is fully capable of beating a full-strength Leicester side but the freshness within Brendan Rodgers' team makes them a dangerous opponent. Jamie Vardy and fit again James Maddison both will be raring to go.

Leicester are at their best when able to relinquish possession and hit on the counter. A scenario you can guarantee will play out here. The same scenario that occurred when Leicester stormed the Etihad Stadium earlier this year to win 5-2.

Should a team with such a hefty previous win over their opponent be such a big price to run out victorious again? The answer is no. Home win.

JONES KNOWS PREDICTS: 2-1

 

suddenly ...

 

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Oh dear....I don't like it when we are predicted to win against anyone, this is terrible.

 

It's a massive bloody compliment to our progress though.

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1 hour ago, turlo said:

saw these stats posted on blue moon about minutes played over the international break.

Minutes played by Leictser players in internationals

Timothy Castagne – Belgium – 6 + 90 + 0 = 96
Jonny Evans – Northern Ireland – 90 + 0 + 90 = 180
Wesley Fofana – France under-21s – 90 + 0 + 0 = 90
Kelechi Iheanacho – Nigeria – 71 + 87 = 158
Nampalys Mendy – Senegal – 78 + 90 = 168
Wilfred Ndidi – Nigeria – 90 + 90 = 180
Dennis Praet – Belgium – 0+ 0 + 71 = 71
Kasper Schmeichel – Denmark – 90 + 90 + 90 = 270
Youri Tielemans – Belgium – 90 + 90 + 19 = 199
Caglar Soyuncu – Turkey – 90 + 90 + 90 = 270
Danny Ward – Wales – 90 + 0 + 90 = 180

Minutes played by City Players:
Kevin De Bruyne – Belgium – 90 + 90 + 0 = 180
João Cancelo – Portugal – 90 + 72 + 90 = 252
Rúben Dias – Portugal – 90 + 90 + 90 = 270
Phil Foden – England – 45 + 81 + 86 = 212
Eric Garcia – Spain – 90 + 90 + 86 = 266
Ilkay Gundogan – Germany – 90 + 90 + 90 = 270
Riyad Mahrez – Algeria – 90
Rodri – Spain – 90 + 0 + 8 = 98
Bernardo Silva – Portugal – 88 + 90 + 68 = 246
Zach Steffen – USA – 90 + 90 = 180
Raheem Sterling – England – 45 + 90 + 90 = 225
John Stones – England – 45 + 90 + 90 = 225
Ferran Torres – Spain – 72 + 90 + 90 = 252
Kyle Walker – England – 0 + 90 + 90 = 180
Oleksandr Zinchenko – Ukraine – 90 + 90 + 90 = 270

Oil money spent on players...

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Following being humiliated by us earlier in the season, the mind-set of Moon City will be interesting.  

 

They will try to second guess our formation, our line-up.

 

They start favourites, marvellous form, they will want revenge.  But we're f'ing Leicester.  Come on City.  Do the bluemoonsters.

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6 hours ago, StriderHiryu said:

How do you think we’ll lineup against them? We beat them convincingly by countering them at the Etihad, but with the form we are in and Nacho being in the form of his life, I feel like we will use the same system as against Man United, including the high press given many players have had a rest and Man City play Dortmund on Tuesday. 
 

Only concern is our international players will have returned late, but that applies to them too. 

 

Unchanged from Man United unless Ricardo and Madders are in. 

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1 hour ago, Koke said:

Pep has a 74% win rate at Man City. I appreciate the money argument but to have a 74% win rate over a 5 year period in the Premier League is amazing. Huge sample size. His win rate at Bayern was 75% and at Barcelona was 73%. Truly spectacular manager.

Yup, hands down the best in the world over the past two decades.

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8 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

And Ederson to finally get penalised for taking out one of our players

VAR would be all over that now. 
 

It’s interesting, as I think the big game for them is Dortmund. In theory, this is the best time to play them. 

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1 hour ago, Sly said:

VAR would be all over that now. 
 

It’s interesting, as I think the big game for them is Dortmund. In theory, this is the best time to play them. 

It wasn't last season when he did it home and away on Barnes and Iheanacho!

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15 hours ago, KingsX said:

Posts on Blue Moon about dropping points.  And now this from skysports.com  …

 

 

After this trip to the King Power, Pep Guardiola's side face Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions quarter-final on Tuesday. It's a relatively tight turnaround and this fixture will surely play second fiddle to the Dortmund game when it comes so soon after an international break. Ilkay Gundogan, Ruben Dias, Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden, Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva and Oleksandr Zinchenko all played in three games in six days for their countries while on duty. Surely Guardiola will rotate accordingly?

Of course, City's squad is built robustly and is fully capable of beating a full-strength Leicester side but the freshness within Brendan Rodgers' team makes them a dangerous opponent. Jamie Vardy and fit again James Maddison both will be raring to go.

Leicester are at their best when able to relinquish possession and hit on the counter. A scenario you can guarantee will play out here. The same scenario that occurred when Leicester stormed the Etihad Stadium earlier this year to win 5-2.

Should a team with such a hefty previous win over their opponent be such a big price to run out victorious again? The answer is no. Home win.

JONES KNOWS PREDICTS: 2-1

 

suddenly ...

 

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How can City beat Leicester?  We are not playing ourselves.

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