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foreigner go foreigner My God, we asked for 45 exciting minutes, we asked for goals and we got it was two-zero in the afternoon for the Spurs and Manchester City is over, four Spurs, two, four goals in 45 minutes, um Michael Brown, one incredible second half. football for Man City, honestly I was just laughing, wondering what's going on here. I was joking this morning, right, I did something and I was like oh, three, three, you know? It's huge, but that number of goals is becoming credible between these two teams. The

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We had Mario's second half. Wow, there is nothing better. I mean, entertainment-wise, obviously the Spurs played a part in that Good chance, remember Lewis when he went off the post bar etc. and then City kept coming and how exciting it was when they went so fast with that Tempo OK and then the finish with that little touch of composure for Real Marriage. I think I finished it and finished it and just calmed everyone down, it really was, I mean, it was a match display by Mana from Riyadmare, as he got it here in the stadium and, rightly so, it was two assists and two goals, but there were so many.

In many Poland they came out almost as if you knew they had a firecracker in the back. I guess I told you half

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never came. They've done it so many times and I bet that was mentioned and they changed rooms at halftime in the second one too. half of little Temple um wants them without changing the ball I'm glad I mentioned Rico Lewis, that's theater, that's like three points, he probably has us there, you know, um, but not just sensational, everyone, nathanaki, I thought it was outstanding, John Stones, Broadway, Gundagan, um, great. see Howlin back on the school sheet too and Rio Mars was unplayable Sick Enough yeah it really wasn't and Steve how many teams do you think can do what City did there to go two nil at half time against the Conte Spurs?

Well, I mean, they're not stupid, um, but coming back not only wins, but he wins and he does it the way we did it with four goals. Are there many teams that can do that? No, really, um, I mean, that's why I said halfway. Still, and I said before the game, I really believe that Man City will win the

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and that's why, as you've said, you know there aren't many teams that can go with two and they'll go down, you know, two lead. goals in the first half it's a tough one to get in there, obviously the coaches talked to them, but that's what you know, the character, the resilience, the togetherness, three goals in 12 minutes, that's what it was, you know, the quick change how and, to be fair, the Spurs were initially.

Shocked, they came back and had a chance and it could have been 3-3, obviously the rigor that Lewis said comes out of his heel bat and it's kind of a bar post, but it was fantastic. Performance in the second hour I think Tottenham added to that. I have to be honest, so you know the will to move forward, but obviously defensively, Tottenham you have to say they made a couple of mistakes, but they were absolutely punished and punished, you know when? I got mahrez, I was just saying the Dickie when you look at mahrez when he runs towards you you don't know where he's going to go because he can go left, he can go right, he has that job, he has to go over it and it must be the nightmare from a defender, I mean, he scores the first goal, you probably have to look at the goalkeeper's contempt sign, although he hits it with some fero

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, the second goal is a great goal, again, a defensive error, but the composure and the hit as Well, but it was a wonderful performance in the second half.

I mean, Dickie again just mentioned the players. I think you could really name any of them and I thought they were excellent. Know. Aki for me was excellent. he said you can just check the equipment, the coach will be buzzing there, the players will be buzzing there. I guess Arsenal fans won't be the best cops with that, but performances like that when you're prime minister and, um, that's a trademark. of Man City and what they have done time and time again. I know you say: the national fans, the national players saw that too and at half-time they would have been thinking, you know what? and then let's go watch that second half knowing that. they've got United and they've still got their players twice as good, getting their heads together a bit, yeah we talked about that, sorry, sorry, we talked about that too because I think, going deeper into the point, Manchester City too knows how to work. result and the Arsenal players and I'm not being disrespectful to the Arsenal players suddenly now they think and they thought they probably would have thought to listen even if Man City got a fairly fair point yeah um but they.

I've found a way to win again and finally win comfortably by photo, yes, absolutely, let's dig into them, those four goals and we said the first goal was going to be crucial, also the second, but it came, I mean, I remember watching the clock. and only 10 minutes had passed and I turned to our son and it was like in 10 minutes, well, that was the first goal, it was key and it was a well executed goal, well worked, Michael, it was well worked and obviously you felt that the rhythm was going to come quickly from City and then ultimately in those areas, it did and I think it was time too.

You know, to me, if it comes early, you kind of hit the Spurs as confidence so they don't develop? Um, I just thought there were some wonderful goals today and I felt, you know, Alvarez scored, yeah, plus a big advantage for Manchester City in that supporting role for Harland, so they said it was a great team performance and is what we can talk about individuals, we can talk about goals, but the work really was the diagonal change that came from Red Mahrez that finally created overloads and then obviously the rest is history, it boiled in the box, yes, and it was a suitable The poacher's goal, I think it was by Alvarez to put it in the net and then I think it was, I think it was two minutes and five seconds later, Paul, the second goal goes into the tie again.

I actually thought the prep plate from that was really worth it, it was great, wait for the angry announcement. Mario, you have enough, you already took a lot of credit. He had a great career with it. I'm sorry and he brought the defender with him that looks like and you don't when you look. in Riyadh, you look at his technical ability, you're not in this, I'm certainly jumping at the defenders and keeping them at bay and he jumped and took the hit and we said sit down at half-time with Ellen. Helen has opportunities on and around the field. boxing score, yeah, and it's just that one time it was electric, and you know and you're like, can we take me?, but in the back of my head I'm always a constant killer, oh I know you are even when it was three turns a pair.

There were minutes left before we scored the fourth. I'm thinking. I remember Tottenham in the Champions League in the last minute coming out of virtual reality. I remember last season there was an Angela moment after we came back in, so, um, but to score. four goals like that in the second half. I looked at Holland when she was going to head in here and I thought, is she really going to go in like he looks so tall? It is not like this? I'm wondering if he's going there. we gotta go down and he's this big when he jumps and he literally went to the ceiling, it was a beautiful goal and also, man, you know, I mean, they weren't busy sets, there was no golden route, they didn't score a couple. of games.

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for 22 years? I go to the Junior League 28 and old competitions too and he is not far away. I'm not far from last year's Golden Boot score, phenomenal, so of course we got the tie and I think it was a member a moment later, I think five minutes, something I just saw, Harlan was just saying that They calmed down a little now that we have 2-2 and then the main man comes in, he had had two. assists and thoughts that I want to write down on the scoresheet and Mahrez's shot was great, it was yeah, like I said as a defender when he runs at you, even if you have an idea of ​​where he was going to go.

There's still not much you can do about it because he puts you on that back foot when you take a step and if he doesn't take a step, he can go left, he can go right, like I said, he has the cut and then whips It's just that you don't know what he's going to do, like I said when you face him for the first time, you basically just hope that there is someone behind you to come and help you, in the end there wasn't, it's a big blow. I think, like I said, I think the goalkeeper will be a little disappointed, it's the near post, but at the same time, like I said, he hits it with power and drills it and passes it.

The goalie really reacts, but it's a fantastic story unless he gets tense, isn't it? Yeah, and he literally thought that he would get it if he stayed on the safe side against the defender, where you're going to win. Have the composure to wait and also, By the time he's back at the Spurs, I think it was Davey who went back to the corner and then, because he can retreat to that left and that angle is good for him, in It doesn't really go to the right and if there is a touch, a slight touch, I can be gentle. to Hugo Laurie, but near the post he was hit, yes, it would be disappointing as you said, but I think it was like that, I think it was well deserved by Real Marriage.

I couldn't agree more 3-2 and we have alluded to it. Before, although it was crucial, Brock from young Rico Lewis, who by the way, in the first half, I thought was brilliant and the Spurs were also behind him, but he showed great resilience and then you know blocking Paul, the important thing that was. which at that point in the game that was huge because even though in a way it was three, two up, Tottenham were getting back into the game a little bit and got us on the back foot and it seemed like the competition was on the brick um and obviously for It was the moment I saw that I didn't know if Ederson had saved him.

We don't know there are a couple of rickishes, but for them to come back to the forefront of football knowledge, it's a young kid coming back to it. position when he knows the ball has passed them um shows a great mentality and physically he's great and technically he's great. I thought he was amazing, yeah, and he was dead on his feet when he walked away and that's all we can ask for. Seeing the danger he was in, he crossed and literally slid off the back of his heel and bounced. I think Edison also crossed over and does it very well.

You know he made that mistake, yes, in the first half, but he actually crossed Perisic. The signs were obviously waiting for him to go, but he recovered from the front and was also down, so Rico lost who got the block, but I feel like Edison was in and around to make the save too, so it's a great moment of The play that Kulzewski played on the right side with that space my brother also told me, although now we will see with Rico Lewis, not only us, as we said, it seemed like he had been on the team, you know? for two or three seasons now, but Paul actually seems to be improving now.

I mean, every performance seems to be more and more accomplished, it's quite, you know, it feels like the sky is the limit, yeah, look at them, how confident he is, you know? for such a young child and it is not the trusted coaches that are obviously going to give them, but gaining the trust of your teammates, you know that he is playing with world class players training with them there and they do not hesitate to give them balls, but don't don't look at them and think, oh, he's 18 in a big game and he's going to go somewhere else, yeah, they constantly give him the ball, whether he's backing up, whether he's in the middle of the park with people. in and around them.

You know, they really help a lot for someone who's been involved in games like that, yeah, you know, instead of going in and losing two spikes, then there's a little bit of uncertainty about him being on the field and that change happening. I think it's just I'm going to build his confidence and then the more games you have, the less Manchester against Liverpool and Chelsea, yeah, um, and then it also came into the game when Pep says he changed the game and the stats here for this game will tell you He reads them for young people.

Rico Lewis 74 touches, had a passing accuracy of 96.3 percent, six rushing gems, one shot on target and one successful dribble, you also know his complete game. I mean, I think I've asked this before, but we've seen Pep invest those resources into central midfielders doing what he's doing at his age. Can we like each other? I guess we can overstate how good he is and how hard it is to do what he's doing. It's extremely difficult, but I believe. One thing you'd be in that locker room now is with world-class top players and he'd be absolutely pinching himself like, wow, I'm actually in and between her and did you hit the nail on the head that she has? the confidence of the players yes, they have no problem at all, you know, giving them and trusting them, trusting them with the ball.

I think he has to work on his possession or passing percentage because it's only 96. I think it can be a lot more than that, huh, but the guy has done absolutely fantastic, like I said, I mean, his body will sleep tonight, but his brain warned him because he will simply be born during the game and, when reviewing thegame, you won't be able to sleep. Absolutely gutted because he said again that he was absolutely dead for a young guy on that team who showed fantastic maturity and fantastic type of skill. You look at him and think, "Wow, I'm telling you, he has a huge future if he keeps walking away, yeah." excited for their City fans also from Manchester and it's blue, we love to see it, fourth and final goal, and Paul, you mentioned it, actually Edison's mistake in the first half made up for it because I mean the Spurs defender.

I won't be happy, but kind of assist from Edison technically I'll give him that, but they said half time for everyone, for everyone, for good, sometimes there will be a little error there, um, you know, but he has that in the bag and the mistakes there, but Riyad's first touch with his feet and the finish is just a complete class, you know, a delicate little touch on the goalkeeper is just coming out and you know that not only is he today, he's been fantastic in the last three or four months. he had manners, you know he's becoming again one of the great players that we look at when we're fighting a little bit absolutely in the statistics again because for Mars they won five Jewels.

I thought his defensive work was excellent, four shots, three chances created two goals. um with the assist as well, although I'm giving him two assists. I don't know why we missed an attendance now, even though I was going on a date, my fantasy wasn't for the girlfriend, Michael, how important is that now. Obviously, we go to Wolves on Sunday, that's another three points to close the gap on Arsenal. The form of the performance, what will it do for this team? Because it comes from two defeats. I think psychologically too, the Spurs obviously felt the negative results.

After the Manchester Derby, how will the team react? What kind of performance are you going to get? Such a confidence booster. Eliminate that immediately. The Spurs are advancing quite quickly and then they will face the Wolves team that has much improved Pataggy. I've covered them the last few times. I've been carrying Liverpool all week so it's going to be a tough game but now I think it's just a confidence booster. If you look at the bank, you can. We will also make changes on Sunday, but we must not underestimate this wolf side, which has improved a lot at the moment, so I am not really scoring too many, but creating and pleasing to the eye, so it is an interesting game to Sunday's guests also on our City Steve, we're going to talk before the game about City moving forward, you know, on that winning streak, it feels like you knew it from the beginning, but a performance like that could be the spark that, hope

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y it will help City get in. that rhythm, yeah, I mean, before you ask them a question, I'm actually thinking to myself that acting is something that can suddenly give you a big boost, like I said, in that dressing room they'll be absolutely on fire.

Because they will have gone down in the first half, we haven't had a big bad day here and yet we are losing two to nil and they know they have to make a big effort and a big performance in the second half to get something out of it. game, yeah, you know. Point still, for them to come in after game four, two up, that will give them enormous confidence, as I said, the coach will be absolutely flying and will be very proud of them at all times. one of them because each of them made a big change, but could this be the beginning of what we all mentioned at the beginning of the game?

City are more than capable of playing six, seven, eight, nine, ten games in a row, win, win. win, win, win, win, yes absolutely, and outside of that, Paul and Michael were saying it there, what do you think City's approach will be for the Wolves game? Do you think you know they won't change, won't change what they do? What they are doing or how they play and won today came into the Wolves game. You know, for the crowd and for the players, you know it's going to be huge because they're going to be ready for it. They know we played before Arsenal, so it could. they're two points behind them, they haven't gotten into a big game, so they want to put pressure on it as well, but yeah, again, they're just going to take it game by game, yeah, they're going to go and do it.

I will be sure there will be many changes. If you look at tonight's event, there could be six more changes on Sunday to freshen up, so players are coming in. I want to go in and do well too, so um no. I'm excited about that tonight. I think it's a huge result. I think psychologically too if City win the game against Wolves and then when the Arsenal player realizes the gap has closed dramatically, believe me, the pressure suddenly comes on. go up another little level, yeah, and I've been a city deal with that pressure, so okay, brownie, maybe you know, and what I'll do, the players will be in charge of dealing with what players are used to now, yeah, I think that's the difference.

They are used to it, they are not in phases, it is an important game, it is normal, it has to be a very, very difficult game for them to already have those nerves. I feel like they will just control the neck, that's what they hope now. at the Etihad and Manchester City, in addition to the demands they have on the coach and that's why they don't really feel it, so I think if you look at the Arsenal dressing room, they will feel the pinch, that's for sure and there are games that They happen very quickly and I feel that everything is ready for Manchester City to win it in mid-February, that will be the game that everyone is waiting for at the Emirates and it will be a fantastic leveler, yes.

It was something I would be looking for, but as Paul said on Sunday, the warning sounds a bit boring, yes, but if you have to win, keep the pressure on and you know it will change, it's a great second half. Yes, hope

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y, now comes the confidence, the belief that the players will have more minutes, that kind of preseason that you feel coming out of January, almost everyone is ready to accelerate the guests, actually, Paul, we talked about that The depth of the City team is, you know, probably the biggest asset, you know. Strive to win the league again.

The players on the bench now see that performance. I guess that makes them go well. I need to make sure I'm operating to the best of my ability because they are. I know as soon as the mascot puts some of the mascots that have to perform at the highest level, they know that otherwise they won't be out there and pip, he's not afraid to come out and talk about the players that are. t at the levels that he thinks they are, yes, so whoever is out there, whoever has the opportunity, knows that he has to play one the way he wants them to play, at the level that he wants them to play too, yes, gentlemen , it is an absolute pleasure.

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I had a little here, but nothing like that, so check out plenty of other documentaries there too for your enjoyment. Thanks again for watching. Have a beautiful evening. See you at the weekend and here on Main Road, come to Manchester City. For today's game against Tottenham Hotspur you play as a team, you are a team with a unity, that's why we have the success that we have, we pay each other, not only were we effective, but we also put butts in the seats that they they would do. I wouldn't be playing in these conditions today, would they have pants?

Oh my God. Happy Days. I remember where I made a Paddington Bear duffle coat with them. Ivory toggles in those days you had leather studs screwed on so you could take the top off, yeah it's almost like playing with sneakers, they never learned it like there were some heroes for playing that game, they just know they just kept going, it which I think to me is the most impressive thing, well they just said you basically have triple-stand, yeah well Malcolm's move was very good and John Mercer made us believe we could walk on water at one stage, in fact, at all stages.