Slojo

I think what it was, is that he was such a great centre back and he was in his new RB position, (which ironically was his main position) and he had a bit of a slow start. But it was nothing major or significant, just by his standards it didn't seem like the Azpilucueta we've been used to for all these years, however, he's definitely back to his best in that new role.

I don't think we need to get rid of Giroud anyway, he has a good role here. Morata however, probably needs replacing, hurts me to say that. What a waste of money.

I'm full Turkish background and I've never experienced racism in Britain, or any sort of "institutional racism", although not sure The Guardian that is full of SJW's and the PC police is a strong source for that. To say Britain is a "very very racist" country when statistically it's one of the least racist countries in the world is pretty damning, there was a study made by Washington Post asking "Would you live next to a family of a difference race" and the results are very positive in Western countries, not so much elsewhere. And to say that it sits behind closed doors and it has no longer vanished is having a major chip on your shoulder.

Okay and I'm clearly arguing for due process, people are getting way ahead of themselves and it's always innocent until proven guilty.

Because people are acting like the bloke is guilty of racist abuse already. And on top of that several posters in the thread are going on as if the abuse is appalling because people are mouthing off to him in the stands. I'm not going to feel sorry for a footballer on those wages getting a bit of an earful in the stands, racist abuse is another thing, and we don't know if that's what happened yet.

I know, god forbid Sterling on his 300k a week wages can sleep at night after being called a "c***" by Mark in the stands.

Rubbish, there are harder offside calls than that which are usually called more often than not. The camera angle isn't doing it justice, but if you put it level you can see that Ali is half a yard offside.

The second game we pretty much accepted defeat and were defending a 1-0 loss, in the first game we were just ridiculously outplayed but at least tried to win the game. Very nasty season last season, even with our faults this season I much prefer it, we at least try to win games and play a better way.

Is there a more adaptable and versatile player than Azpilicueta? I'm sure if you played him as a striker he would become a 20 goal a season player in no time.

I've watched it about 20 times and I really can't make out what he's saying, how can people be so sure he said "black c***" ?? He could've said "manc c***" for all we know. There are like 6 people there at the front screaming it and one of the fellas was a black man, I'm sure if he had shouted "black c***" the black bloke would've at the very least looked over in disbelief but nothing. Of course the lip reading race pimping experts like Wrighty and Ferdinand will know though...

I thought we were getting pressed a bit too easily, City are the masters of doing it but once we started getting the ball over the top City flapped. Kante was awful in the first half but very good in the 2nd, same with Alonso, Alonso getting done by Sterling like that was horrid to watch.

Why are the likes of Iain Wright and so many others calling this racism? Look, I'm really bad at lip reading I'll be honest, but I just can't make out what the guy is saying. It doesn't look nice, but how can anyone be sure that was racism? I can't hear a word and I can't make out at all what the guy is saying.

His pass for the first goal was beautiful, he's like a playmaker at the back.

So so happy with the team, I said before the match that I would even be happy if we lost and gave City a good game, because they look invincible at the moment and we have been in a rough patch. I just didn't want us to roll over and accept defeat, but to go out there and win like that is unbelievable, it's crazy to think how bad we've been in the past few games then we can come out with a performance like that.

It would be ridiculous to do so. I'll admit that I wasn't sold on Sarri, but I didn't know much about him, I do actually like the bloke and we were playing some great football. But I'm not going to get too pessimistic about it, we need to give him time, first season is always going to be tricky for him to adjust. I just really really hope we give City a good game win or lose (probably the latter), I really don't want to see a Spurs performance again.