re: Manchester City 2016-17 season long thread:"Jesus has risen"

Look. We lost 4-0 and that sucks. And some might think I'm delusional, but we didn't lose 4-0 because Aguero didn't play. Fernandinho slipped. Bravo made a choice, and it didn't work out. Gundogan made a mistake. The team plan was working and working well. It was individual errors from various players that cost us, and against a team like Barca you can't make mistakes.

There were large portions of the first 55-60m where City looked on par or better than Barca. They could have easily have been up 2-1 going into half time if any of Nolito, Gundogan or Stones take their chances. Also there was the possible handball on the Sterling cross. And could have been up 2-0 if Fernandinho doesn't slip.

I'm not going to sit here and say we would have been better or worse with Aguero in the side, but the team plan Pep set out was absolutely working.