Stewart Robson
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I think they're still qualified for the Champions League.
They've just lost the title by losing to Manchester United and they were torn apart.
All the things that we said about Manchester City last year when they weren't playing particularly well and they weren't good at defending in midfield and people could run off the back of them.
All those things happened at the weekend and they couldn't control the game, mainly because the centre-backs weren't particularly good on the ball.
But I thought the performance against Manchester United was so poor it was worse than tonight.
Are we talking about the AstroTurf?
There was two other teams that had it.
Preston North End, who I didn't play against, and Oldham Athletic, who before they came into the Premier League, or the old First Division as it was then, they played on a plastic pitch and they used it very well under Joe Royal.
And they got to a League Cup final, I think, beating West Ham over two legs when I was playing for West Ham.
And they were a good team, but they knew how to play the pitch and it was really difficult.
Those 3G pitches are vastly superior to what they were, but it's still not easy to play on.
Yes, they've got a massive squad.
They've shown some resilience tonight against what was quite a decent Inter performance at times.
They've got a good understanding defensively when they've got their best team out, but they all can bring other players in and do a good job.
You'd still say Jesus, Jacareche, are they the best centre forwards in European football?
So that's the only one area of weakness.
But if Saka's playing at his best and Trossard's doing really well and Eze comes into the side,