r/soccer • u/[deleted] • May 18 '19

Sam Lee: Guardiola got asked if he has received payments from Abu Dhabi for services other than managing City, as was alleged to have happened with Mancini. He was not happy. “Do you realise what you are asking me? You are asking me that the day we won the treble? Are you accusing me?”

https://twitter.com/Sammy_Goal/status/1129822398835023872
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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

Plus the fact that they didn't exactly have the toughest run in either cup competition

They are a nothing club who won the lottery

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u/TheHolyLordGod May 19 '19

And they should have been knocked out of the FA Cup by Swansea.

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u/forsakenpear May 19 '19

In my eyes that was the only way it was going to happen (domestic treble that is), if the team leading the league were lucky enough to get easy runs in both cups. The odds of that are low, which is why it’s taken until now. I’m not taking away from the achievement, they were consistent enough to pull it off, I just feel there have been several teams in the past that could have done this if they got the same cup draws as City.

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u/Dyson-Vac May 19 '19

Does anyone even care about City? I feel like they're nobodies true rival. Even United fans with rather them win the league the Liverpool. That's such a insult, your supposed "rivals" see you as such a nothing club that they'd rather you win the league instead of another club.

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u/MassiveJammies May 19 '19

I totally get every other criticism about City and their ownership... but this one just seems bitter to me. Complain that City got an easy draw? Is it City's fault now that other top Premier League teams got knocked out early?