Thierry Henry Jamie Carragher Reaction Pep Guardiola Man City vs Real Madrid 1 2 Vinicius Two Goals

You haven't got any natural fullbacks there. He hasn't resolved that. The combination it's sent to have, there's a potential partnership there, I think, in terms of Guay and Kusinov going forward. Do you like Kusinov today? Do you think he did OK? No, I thought he'd done more than OK, but I think sometimes you look at a player, it doesn't have to be perfect with him, but you can see the fundamentals there in a player. Yeah, I can work with that. Really lets his own pace, which is what they've been lacking, a natural defender, loves the physical side to the game, but he's still raw. His decision-making needs to improve, and if he's smart enough to realise that and work on his game, I think he can take his game to the next level, and I can see him and Guay at centre have been part of the solution going forward, but he has to resolve those fullback positions as well. In terms of the attributes we've spoken about, but I think he can get better and improve. He's a real kind of modern-type defender. I think that's a good thing you would say. He has improved. I remember the first number of games, he was so rash, yellow cards, giving penalties away, and you can definitely see he's settled a lot more into the team, and his pace will get him out of all sorts of trouble, and even in the last couple of things you've shown, Kenny, you know, reading it really, really well. So with him and Guay, you'd think there's a pair in there, but all top teams, if you're going Champions League, Premier League, and you're fighting an all-front, you need three or four proper centre-halves, and I'm not sure. John Stones is leaving in the summer. I think Diaz looks as if he's not moving so well. Aki as well. I don't know what the story is with him. That's not enough, but even that, I'd say, we're talking about the centre-half pair, and they're all happy days, but you've got to be right either side. If you look at Arsenal, in terms of Gabriel and Saliba, have a look who's on the side of them. There's no weakness there across the defensive line. Neil, as much as we're analysing tonight, because that's the game we're covering, when this season is looked back on, and even from a year or two from now, will it all be about that first leg and all those decisions Pep made, to start with all these wingers, to have a side that everyone could see was kind of unbalanced, no runners in midfield. It's one of those Champions League nights that he seems to sometimes have in his career. Overthink it, maybe? Yeah. Maybe just get it wrong. Overthink it. Underthink it. Some of the questions, obviously after the game, he was going to be touchy about it because it'll be hurting him. Because he knows he probably got it wrong deep down inside. Maybe took a bit of a gamble with the team selection and the way he wanted the team to play. And when you're 3-0 down against Real Madrid, it's a mountain to climb. And they started the game off great, but the shape was better. The shape was better. There was more, give Roger more lessons to get on the ball, get forward. The wide men, more control of the game. In his mind, they were always a little bit vulnerable on the counter attack because they had the go for it. Now, if it's 1-1, you fancy City to go 3-0 tonight, but it wasn't. What does he deviate away from that? That's been the formula for his success over the years. I see that question. Managers, you're the person, you're in that hot seat, which you are now. I was at the Champions League final all those years ago in Porto when Chelsea turned up and I thought, this is the only match in history. I wasn't even working, I just got the train up from Algarve and watched the game. He started the Champions League final with no number six. Do you ever find yourself in that position as a manager? Do you ever think things? Why do you think it is or why would you do it? He's probably just looking at the game on its own merits and he felt that maybe There's no logic. That's why you have to call him out. There's no logic to it. In your opinion, Kenny, but you're not thinking the way he's thinking. He knows his players. He sees them every day. He's got a game plan to go into against Real Madrid and he got it wrong. He got it wrong. That's all I'm saying. He explained that Rodri won just this past week. A few years later, he just said, well, Rodri wasn't in great form back then. He's not the player that he went on to become. It didn't explain why he also left Fernandinho out, which was another option as a holding midfielder. We'll get all the answers for tonight in about three or four years' time. I was in a box with the presidentes and the chairman and all that. He was slumming it downstairs with you. I was just in the tunnel watching the players come back in and trying to make one or two players to come to us we can talk to. And then I'm obviously listening to it and I thought you sounded a little bit too down. I just came in to put an arm around the shoulder. Uncle Pete. Kasper's here as well. Yeah. I'm here. There you are. Yes. He's here. I'm here. I'm still here. We're all here. Alright guys. We'll let you go. Do you not agree that the picture doesn't look great if we're not in... Yes, let's be central. Well done. There we go. Now we need the cameraman to do his work. You guys have missed me in the studio. Be honest. It's been a bit flat in the studio. You missed up Big Big's energy. What's going on, guys? The man who's in the studio replacing you. This is a guy who's got a documentary actually coming out. I mean, he's got five parts. You've got nothing like that. Well, to be honest, when Kate says we've got a big teaser she'll go, after the break, and then she comes with that documentary. Come on. I was going to say, where's the big news? Because Clint, I heard Clint say that Vinnie Jr., he got a hat trick. Yeah. Was you even watching the game, Clint? Well, you're not watching the game? Wait, can I just say he got washed. What are you talking about? You said Vinnie Jr. got a hat trick. That's what you said. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm sorry. You're not watching the game. Hey, Uncle Pete, why do you keep going to Casper every time first? Come on, give me a break. It's my debut. Leave him alone, please. Leave him alone. How do you think Dogu played, Peter? What did he call him? Dogu? That's what he calls him. What do I call him? Dogu, don't mind them, Peter. Just don't even. No, no, no. I'm not calling him Dogu. No, you do. Listen, anyway. Just to answer your question. No, we'll tell you when we can prove it, Kate. He was brilliant. Well, you know, you've had all the air time. We're on the road now. We want to get people involved. Do you know what I mean, Kate? Squabbling is great TV, isn't it? Can you please do us a favor and remind the people, since we miss your energy so dearly here in the studio, remind the people what is coming up after the break and why they should stick around. Stay tuned. We've got analysis. We've got interviews. We've got Pep. Yes, we've got Pep. We might even have Trent. Stay tuned. Don't go anywhere. Let's go. So, yeah. It's been a strange few days. Kasper. 10 to 12 months. Sorry, go on, Kate. I was going to say you're smiling, but how do you really feel about that? No, listen. It's one of those. I was told yesterday and, yeah, I don't really know. I don't really know anything right now in the sense of you don't really know how to react to this because, you know, I could have potentially played my last ever football game and, you know, I've been a footballer since the day I was born and that kind of thought is, yeah, it's devastating. It's very, very hard to wrap my head around at the moment. I could feel that, you know, when I was by the pitch. So, me and you, Peter, we was looking out and just admiring the players, but you was looking at it differently. You wanted to be out there on the grass, didn't you? Yeah, it was a tough night because, you know, we were stood there having a look at the, I was looking at the keepers warm up and thinking that, you know, I might never get to do that again and that for me was, yeah, so in that sense it was a tough night and, you know, very, very emotional, you know,