Paris Saint-Germain (A) - CL SF | Post-Match Thread

Shaelumstash said:
Watching it live I thought we were much the better side before their goal.

They had a couple of minutes of possession before the goal and the commentators said “it’s been coming” but I didn’t really think so at the time, I thought they scored against the run of play really.

Neymar was brilliant in the first half but I never felt they were outplaying us, it was a really high standard and they did look the best team we’ve played this season, but it seemed a preety

But going in to half time it felt a bit like the Villa game to me. Pep had picked the right team, there was no need to change anything and we just needed to be patient.

Second half I thought we comprehensively outclassed them. I noticed we essentially went to 442 with DeBruyne and Bernado pressing their centre halves really high up and they couldn’t live with us.

For all of the criticism Pep (quite rightly) faced after Lyon last year, he deserves huge credit for this game.

Had the confidence to play our strongest team. To our strengths. Then had the insight and intelligence to make a little tweak at half time and then the introduction of Zinchenko, all of which played a key role in us winning the game.
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agree with that, listened to it on radio manchester then at midnight watched the full match on city-x. totally different watching the match, kept watching for the psg domination that i was expecting. I did see City on the back foot at times, something that rarely happens but Ed did not have to fling himself about, the odd sliding tackle by defenders but that was about it. Second hallf was situation normal, great pressing up front, calm passing out of defense, and psg were forced to rely on counter-attacks. The match got a bit scrappy, the ref was far too lenient with psg surrounding him waving imaginary cards in his face.
 
Chi-town blues said:
People say kdb‘s goal was a fluke shot but no one talks about that top spin laser guided pin point drop ball that ruined psg defenders and navas career and made them look like sunday pub league players.
Yes i’ll take that fluke goal everyday.
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I know I shouldn't allow myself to get wound up by it but I keep hearing our goals were lucky. For the first De Bruyne sees both our centre backs are still up and sends in a good ball, defenders and keeper don't know what to do. You see it fairly regularly with well delivered free kicks that go in with no touch, Navas would have to be psychic to do anything about it. For the second, can you imagine if it was Stones and Sterling who dodged the shot in the wall, would that be seen as very unlucky on our part/a fluke for PSG. They'd get absolutely slammed from all quarters, on here it'd go down in infamy along with Nasri turning his back against United, Kolarov jogging back against Southampton and Mahrez penalty miss at Anfield.

They're the type of goal you can concede if you decide to sit deep with 9men and give up a bunch of clumsy fouls.
 
Mbape officially injured, watching L'equipe (famous football chat show in France) they are saying he actually played injured against Man City Wednesday.
 
Chi-town blues said:
People say kdb‘s goal was a fluke shot but no one talks about that top spin laser guided pin point drop ball that ruined psg defenders and navas career and made them look like sunday pub league players.
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It's not a fluke, but it is fortunate, as it's clearly a cross, and Stones very close to getting there.

If we defended that badly it would be slated on here, like their goal was, one of three free headers from corners in the first half, luckily they only got one on target, same "bad" defending.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
Look - let's not quibble.

If we are at our best in the next tie, we'll advance - barring misfortune.

My point though - is that we're very lucky indeed to come home with a 2-1 advantage.

PSG are class - this tie isn't over.

Ahead a man with 10+ minutes remaining - that the score didn't end 3-1 or more in our favor - a missed opportunity. I hope that this doesn't come home to bite us in the 2nd leg.
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I refer you to the Leeds match for a possible answer.
See if you can work it out.
 
cleavers said:
It's not a fluke, but it is fortunate, as it's clearly a cross, and Stones very close to getting there.

If we defended that badly it would be slated on here, like their goal was, one of three free headers from corners in the first half, luckily they only got one on target, same "bad" defending.
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Yes absolutely it was meant to be a cross but I think it’s the quality of the ball that created the goal not the luck .
I’d say trade mark kdb .
 
Chi-town blues said:
Yes absolutely it was meant to be a cross but I think it’s the quality of the ball that created the goal not the luck .
I’d say trade mark kdb .
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remember beckham scoring an identical one, it was hailed as "genius" , never questioned , shown over and over on the red-tops and sky. compare and contrast, "fluke", goal-keeper disaster, etc, for KdB, ..... well f'kem .....
 
Keep thinking back to that Spurs Ajax game and don’t want them within a sniff of been able to get a third away goal, just pass the ball across the back four and Eddie for 90 mins if that’s what it takes.
 
cleavers said:
It's not a fluke, but it is fortunate, as it's clearly a cross, and Stones very close to getting there.

If we defended that badly it would be slated on here, like their goal was, one of three free headers from corners in the first half, luckily they only got one on target, same "bad" defending.
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Yeah I agree with this the most. They were lucky goals on our part, but they weren't unlucky goals on PSG's part.

Hence PSG don't deserve any sympathy over them.
 
Watched it on City+ and at the end of the first half the commentator is giving his thoughts as the players walk off. Right at the end, he stops talking and just before the footage switches to the 2nd half you hear a player (think it's Kyle Walker) say "... You're marking space; I'm marking two men!"

Wonder who that was aimed at...
 
Kakhaber The Great said:
Watched it on City+ and at the end of the first half the commentator is giving his thoughts as the players walk off. Right at the end, he stops talking and just before the footage switches to the 2nd half you hear a player (think it's Kyle Walker) say "... You're marking space; I'm marking two men!"

Wonder who that was aimed at...
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Tbh it’s normally two women for Kyle
 
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bellbuzzer said:
remember beckham scoring an identical one, it was hailed as "genius" , never questioned , shown over and over on the red-tops and sky. compare and contrast, "fluke", goal-keeper disaster, etc, for KdB, ..... well f'kem .....
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He scored one last year in a similar position at the Etihad I think, can’t remember what game it was but think we ended up losing. Quality on the delivery puts it right in the danger zone, will take another one of them 5 minutes in on Tuesday night to settle the nerves.
 
KdB's goal was not a fluke and owed little if anything to fortune. The goal resulted from a cross (yes!!!!) of pinpoint accuracy that put Kaylor Navas i n an almost impossible position. When crossing from deep you have to angle the cross for the big men in the middle to attack while aiming for as near as possible to the far post, ideally so that an untouched cross goes in off the post. The goalkeeper dare not move to his far post in case someone does get a touch on the ball and ends up scrambling to make his ground when no-one does: the nearer the ball is to the post the less chance he has of making a save. KdB's cross was absolutely perfect - but, of course, it can't possibly have been intentional! In fact, it's maximising the chances. Well done, Kev - yet again.
 
Chi-town blues said:
People say kdb‘s goal was a fluke shot but no one talks about that top spin laser guided pin point drop ball that ruined psg defenders and navas career and made them look like sunday pub league players.
Yes i’ll take that fluke goal everyday.
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We have had atleast two free kicks hit the wall in games prior to mahrez hit one through.
One was Sterling. The other might have been de Bruyne or Gundog.
Which made me think we were trying for the gap in the wall.
 
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