Barcelona and their pet refs eh..... absolute joke.

Arsenal 0-2 down already, Probbaly turn it around though.

Woeful defending once again from City. All of their defenders were in Barcelona's half when Barcelona started their attack, that is just asking for trouble. Then their attempt to stop Messi scoring was pathetic.

Chelsea seem to be the only English club that can beat Barcelona.

The only bright side in City is Sterling, he's trying to do things and gave that assist, smart move by him. 

De Bryune, Silva, Aguero those players have the ability for good shooting, none of them even trying. 

Neymar is such a little wimp. What is it with these top footballers diving around like wimps ?

Stones is like a disaster waiting to happen. If Barcelona had scored that, that would have been his fault AGAIN. 

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Neither team know how to defend, great to watch though.

Rarely want Barcelona to score/win any game, but this pro Man City, biased coverage from BT sport is annoying me, particularly Owen Hargreaves...not sure what I want to happen now

City deserve this i think, they have dominated this second half.

Gundogan's goals have been like watching Frank Lampard.

Late runs into the box. Right place, right time.

Wow. Barcelona getting a spanking from sh*tty.

City have been very good. That Gundergan (sp?) looks a player and half, calm on the ball, picks up good positions... wearing number 8 on his back and doing a job the best number 8 of all time would be proud of 

Just now, Huttsey said:

Gundogan's goals have been like watching Frank Lampard.

Late runs into the box. Right place, right time.

Beat me to it 

Not sure it should have counted, but they do deserve it.

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Messi (goal aside), Neymar and Suarez have been pretty average

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37842354

"Deeply concerned" London mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered an investigation into a £50m increase in the cost of converting West Ham's London Stadium.

In 2015, former mayor Boris Johnson said the change from an Olympics arena to a football stadium would cost £272m, a figure which has now risen to £323m.

The investigation will look into inherited issues including the cost of moving the retractable seating.

A stadium expert has said the ground should be knocked down and rebuilt.

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Paul Fletcher, who has built or advised on more than 30 new grounds, said it should be rebuilt as fans are too far from the pitch so it is not suitable for football.

The club declined to comment when contacted by BBC Sport.

Part of the reason for the increase is a rise in the cost to install and operate the retractable seating, which can be removed for concerts and athletics events. The cost of £8m a year is up from an estimated cost of £300,000 because the company originally contracted for the job had gone bust, reports BBC sports editor Dan Roan.

It means stadium operators London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) and the London taxpayer will need to pick up the additional costs, with Premier League side West Ham contributing £2.5m-a-year rent, plus the one-off £15m for the conversion cost.

John O'Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "For too long the details of this shabby deal were kept in secret and lacked proper scrutiny so Sadiq Khan is absolutely right to look again at the case.

"It's now down to those in charge of the inquiry to get to the bottom of how West Ham were gifted the deal of the century while ensuring their investigation doesn't end up costing the taxpayer as much as the stadium."

A spokesperson for the London mayor said: "The mayor is deeply concerned about the finances of the Olympic Stadium, which have clearly been left in a total and utter mess by the previous administration at City Hall.

"Sadiq has ordered a detailed investigation into the full range of financial issues surrounding the stadium."

West Ham won the bid to occupy the Olympic Stadium in March 2013 and played their first game there in August 2016, after 112 years at Upton Park.

However, their move has been marred by fan violence, leading the club to issue a five-point security plan to prevent further disorder.

Good evening for the English teams. Arsenal won, City won, let's hope Leicester will win tomorrow as well. We need to prove that PL teams are strong in Europe as well.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/steven-gerrards-american-dream-in-los-angeles-hits-the-buffers-35177536.html

To be honest I'd forgotten about Steven Gerrard...

Nice article contrasting Gerrard's US experience to that of our beloved Frank. Of course it had to turn out like this, we all know that Gerrard couldn't hold a candle to Super Frankie Lampard!

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/nov/01/manchester-city-lionel-messi-barcelona-champions-league

Seems someone has a selective memory when it comes to teams stopping Messi

^^^and yet Utd got very little grief for paying such an obscene sum to an agent...media would have gone to town if chelsea had paid that...also Pogba would be getting far more stick if he was playIng as badly for us as he is for Utd right now

2 hours ago, The Brit said:

^^^and yet Utd got very little grief for paying such an obscene sum to an agent...media would have gone to town if chelsea had paid that...also Pogba would be getting far more stick if he was playIng as badly for us as he is for Utd right now

I found it interesting the fans backing Jose on redcafe basically have no problem with him spending all the money in the world in January and next summer. it's just money they say. Yet how many of them were deriding us for 'buying' the league before? 

In a broader sense the fees for players are getting out of hand and I see no end to it as long as fans stick around. As long as a club has a rich owner or is at a certain level paying 100m for a player has no consequence financially. If Pogba never plays another match for United they would still be just fine, or just as financially stable if you like, because they've reached a point of no return. Real and City are very much at that level as well

From what I've seen Pogba has been getting plenty of stick, and I think the general footballing audience has noticed that Man Utd are shall we say... underperforming.

That said, he's a young player in a new league. He's incredibly talented and should be given a chance to find his feet. There is little doubt in my mind that he'll become one of the team's key players.