Manchester City 7-0 RB Leipzig (8-1 agg.) – Full UCL Round of 16 analysis & reaction

>>> THEY HAVE WON 7-0 ON THE NIGHT. >> IT WAS A GREAT ONE. I — THEY DELIVERED. MAN CITY WERE EXCELLENT. THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING BACK ON, BUT TONIGHT, THEY WERE BRILLIANT, DISSECTED PIECE BY PIECE. THAT MAN HAD FIVE GOALS. YOU MENTIONED ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. THEY WON THE BATTLE BUT A THEY WON THE WAR. >> WE WILL BE JOINED BY THIS SUPERSTAR VERY SHORTLY. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WHAT A NIGHT FOR HIM. ANOTHER HAT TRICK. HIS FIFTH ONE OF THE SEASON. YOU PUT ON A SHOW. >> HE IS A GUY THAT LIKES

TO STAY IN THE BOX. HE FOLLOWS AND HE CAN FINISH. THAT WILL HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY HERE. >> AFTER WHAT WE SAW IN THE FIRST LEG, DID YOU EXPECTED TO BE A TIGHTER CONTEST? >> INITIALLY, FOR THAT, I THOUGHT THEY HANDLED THEMSELVES WELL. THEY LOOKED MORE AGGRESSIVE. YOU SAY YOU HAVE TO START WELL BECAUSE IF THEY PLAYED THE WAY THEY DID THE FIRST HALF, THEY COULD HAVE A BIG PROBLEM. AS SOON AS I GOT THAT PENALTY, I THINK IT WAS HARSH. I’M NOT SURE IT WAS A PENALTY BUT THEY GOT ONE GOAL AND ANOTHER ONE AND IT

WAS GAME OVER. WHAT A NIGHT THAT HE WILL NEVER FORGET. >> A GREAT NIGHT FOR THE FANS IN THE STADIUM. MOE GALLAGHER

JOINED US PREMED AND HE WILL JOIN US POST MATCH AS WELL TO GET HIS THOUGHTS. BUT, SEVEN GOALS? SEVEN OF THEM. >> I CANNOT BELIEVE IT, TO BE HONEST. A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED, TO BE HONEST. WHEN DID YOU COME — YOU TO HAVE MORE OF A GAME PLAN. THEY TRIED TO GO TOE TO TOE AND MAN CITY PICKED THEM OFF. ALL THE TALK WILL BE ABOUT THEM. I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS THE BEST PLAYER

ON THE PITCH. I KNOW I MIGHT SOUND RIDICULOUS. >> I BET YOU DO NOT SAY THAT — >> YOU KNOW. >> HE GOT HIS GOAL IN THE END. IT WAS A SENSATIONAL ONE. >> THE WAY HE DROPPED HIS SHOULDER AND PUT IT OUT OF HIS PATH AND WHIPPED INTO THE TOP CORNER. THIS IS FANTASTIC, JAMIE. WHAT IS UP WITH YOU? >> WE WERE DOWN. WE NEVER SAW IT. >> I SAW THE REPLAY. >> YOU SURE YOU SAW IT WITH THOSE EYES? >> SERIOUSLY. I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS MASTERPIECE. >> HERE WE GO. >> HE

IS PLAYING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF PIZZAZZ TODAY. AND THE WEST, THE PACE HE PUTS ON THE BALL. YOU CAN SEE HIM PLAYING ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, PLAYING LOADS OF BALLS. YOU FIND THEM IN THE CENTER. THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT THEM BECAUSE HE CAN DO DAMAGE. ONE TOUCH, TWO TOUCH, WONDERFUL TECHNIQUE AND WHEN HE IS ON LIKE THAT, HE IS UNSTOPPABLE. THAT IS THE BEST FEELING ON THE WORLD. >> DID HE PROVE SOMETHING TONIGHT? AFTER WHAT WAS SAID YESTERDAY? >> KNOW. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TRY TO PROVE YOU ARE THE BEST, RIGHT? ALWAYS. IT

DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THE GAME IS. HE DID NOT HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING. FOR HIS COACH, IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAD TO GO TO BASICS AND EVERYTHING WILL COME NATURALLY. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT. I THINK HE WAS THE BEST PLAYER. >> WHEN YOU SAY BASICS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> WE WILL HAVE TO ASK HIM BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HE IS ASKING HIS TEAM TO LET THE BALL BREATHE AND LET IT GO AND THEN YOU’LL EVENTUALLY FIND YOURSELF IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION AND SCORED FOR ME, WHAT HE WAS DOING, HE WENT BACK

TO THE BASICS, AND SCORING LESS GOALS. THAT IS WHAT HE WAS ABOUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING. THEN HE WENT ON TO GIVE YOU NUMBERS — IT DOES NOT MEAN, AS YOU SAID, THAT BECAUSE YOUR NUMBERS ARE DROPPING BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST CRAZY NUMBERS, THAT YOU’RE NOT STILL DELIVERING. >> DID HE LOSE A LITTLE CONFIDENCE? THE WORLD CUP WAS EXPECTING HIM TO BE THE BEST PLAYER BUT IT DID NOT QUITE WORK OUT. >> YOU WIN A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AS A TEAM. YOU WIN AS A TEAM. SOMETIMES THEY WILL BAIL YOU OUT BUT HE IS THE TYPE

OF PLAYER THAT NEEDS HIS TEAM TO PERFORM, FOR HIM TO PERFORM. YOU CANNOT TAKE — THAT CANNOT HAPPEN. GIVEN THE TYPE OF GUY THAT WILL PULL THE STRINGS IF YOUR TEAM IS WELL-BALANCED AND THINGS CAN HAPPEN. IT DID NOT HAPPEN AT THE WORLD CUP. HOWEVER, HE IS A GREAT PLAYER WHEN HE IS LIKE THAT. >> IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD A POINT TO PROVE. IF YOU WATCH THEM OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, HE WAS ON IT FROM THE FIRST MINUTE. >> IT IS SIMPLE. HE IS A PERFECTIONIST. WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL, SOMETIMES

THAT CAN PUT HIM OFF HIS GAME, BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE A PERFECTIONIST AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ON MY TEAM AND PLAY WITH A GUY LIKE THAT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. >> DO YOU THINK HE IS A GRACIOUS PLAYER? I THINK HE WILL BE UP THERE. I THINK IF HE TAKES MONTHS INTO A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, DEFINITELY. IN TERMS OF THE WAY HE PLAYED WHEN HE FIRST CAME, LET’S SAY HE HAS NOT BEEN ON THE GREATEST OF TEAMS. HE GOT MAN CITY TO BE A TOP TEAM. HE CAME AND WON THE LEAGUE TITLES,

BUT IN TERMS OF THE PASSER HE CAN MAKE AND THE DIFFERENCE HE CAN MAKE IN A GAME, I THINK HE HAS MORE ABILITY THAN SILVA IN THAT WAY. I THINK THEY ARE DIFFERENT PLAYERS. SILVA KEEPS THE BALL MOVING AND DOES THINGS EFFORTLESSLY. A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE PRAISE THEM FOR, WHEREAS KEVIN, IT LOOKS LIKE HE COULD MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN OUT OF NOTHING AND I THINK THAT IS DIFFERENT. >> YOU ARE GO

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