Carabao Cup - Semi-Finals ** Spoilers ** [9/10/23/24 January 2018]

[The_One]

this better not be a pen!!

 

[Combat Fighter]

this better not be a pen!!

VAR to the rescue!

 

[BaZ87]

I know it's early days but VAR is rubbish.

 

[Psycho Ned]

VAR needs some work, what's with all the cloak and dagger let us hear wtf the ref is asking or saying!!

 

[fez]

I know it's early days but VAR is rubbish.

Totally agree. I don't think its going to clear up many incidents at all. At least refs have the excuse of a bad angle or the speed of the game. Now we are going to be complaining about the fact that the amount of contact that the VAR decided was a penalty was nowhere near enough for a penalty.

 

[explicit4u]

Perfect example of why they should switch to single leg semi's, boring boring boring.

 

[The_One]

well happy with that considering squad we had out

 

[fez]

Morata, Lukaku, and Lacazette have all shown promise but are now struggling/going through bad patches. It’s afflciting all of them, oddly enough.

Tis a bit odd. Can't say I have seen that much of Lacazette but whenever I have seen him he has never looked that good. Lukaku just hasn't been getting the service he needs and his confidence has dropped a bit as a result. Morata is the one that is surprising me. He is getting plenty of service and just fluffing his chances. I wonder whats changed or if its just a bit of a rough patch.

 

[Karl]

I was at the Etihad on Tuesday. Our away support was really good (7,500 is the highest away support ever at the Etihad, but that's only because we're the first team they've allowed 7,500 away fans to attend, I suspect), and noisy as hell. Bristol City performances weren't quite as good on the night as they were against Man Utd, but still a great result for us.

Chelsea v Arsenal was dull as all hell from my perspective, but surprised that Chelsea didn't walk away with it tbh.

 

[nicktay2605]

It's probably lack of confidence and tiredness that have caused Morata's dip in form. He's played nearly 1800 minutes of football in all competitions when previously he'd never played more than 1500 minutes in any season, and we've still got half the season to go. Maybe he just needs a rest.

 

[McBain]

Fairly strong team for Man City!

 

[Andybtsn]

Decent game tonight, that assist from de Bruyne, sublime.

 

[old gamer]

Decent game tonight, that assist from de Bruyne, sublime.

Quality player for sure, pulls the strings in the man city midfield imo

 

[robfosters]

I quite fancy us tonight.

 

[trigg_27]

I expect Arsenal to lose tonight. Probably to a cynical Hazard dive that is somehow not picked up by VAR

 

[Trusty]

I quite fancy us tonight.

Tonight is gonna be proper tough I think, Chelsea don't have much going for them apart from this, PL & CL is going to be very difficult for them.

 

[Yas786]

I thought Hazard wasn’t playing tonight.

Hopefully with our team we can win this, no Cech either in goal. Shame we can’t shove Mikhi in, cup tied :/

 

[robfosters]

Shame Morata's not playing. He's been our best defender when playing Chelsea lately.

 

[Robbo]

Arsenal having a nightmare here so far.

 

[explicit4u]

0-1 Hazard

Bleh, we've started poorly