Champions League Final | Post-Match Thread

[BurnCK]

Yeah cos we’d given them a goal so they didn’t have to try

Chelsea's approach didn't change all night. They were simply too good at nullifying us.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

Sick of reading this crap about Sterling shouldn't have been playing. He's scored 10 goals from 31 Prem starts this season. On that basis Chelsea should have lost because they picked Werner - he's only scored 6 from 35 starts so Tuchel could have dropped Werner for the same reasons based on that theory.

I cannot believe that so many people are so naive that they think all you need to do is pick your current best 11 players and you'll win. I can't believe I'm having to say this, but it doesn't quite work like that.

Werner for all his faults puts in a lot of effort as seen by his movement and pressing yesterday. He’s been crucial to their set up recently. Sterling has not, there’s the difference

 

[Groke]

Absolutely gutted by this. Team selection effectively negated 2 of our best attacking players. Before the game I was thinking the only way we will lose this will be if the ref screws us over or Pep comes up with a bizarre team selection. I just don't get it.

Couldn't bear to watch the post match stuff, was there any analyse of the handball?

 

[Cheesy]

All those whining that Pep fucked up would be the same ones lauding him as a genius if his team selection had paid off last night.

Simple fact is Chelsea were well drilled and nullified our threat, and we made mistakes. Personally I thought the early antics of the referee unsettled our players, but we have to be stronger in that kind if situation.

Still had a great season, and we will learn from this.

Let's be honest, this has happened a few times now so where is the evidence that we (Pep) will learn from this?

 

[Cheesy]

Chelsea's approach didn't change all night. They were simply too good at nullifying us.

But if we'd scored first their approach would have had to change

 

[AndyP68]

Lost to Chelsea 3 times in 2months without laying a glove on them. I think Peo helped them by insulting them in the FA Cup semi where he picked a second team. Azpilecuta comments after game were telling he said ‘the CL trophy had already been handed out’. I’m absolutely devastated let’s not forget Chelsea have struggled this last few weeks and last night we managed 1 shot on target. Just as he gave David Silva 5 mins against Lyon he gave Dinho and Aguero fuck all opportunity to make a difference. Not a single one of our front 5 got going and that was mainly due to most of them starting out of position. Gundogan as DM was a disaster. We didn’t control any aspect of that game.

The treatment of Aguero last night has particularly pissed me off.

 

[DTKOAG]

The Morning after the night before...
I hope we didin't over celebrate the title presentation last Sunday way into the week and took our focus from last night..
Also bear in mind Villa on the same day beat this Chelsea team in a match Chelsea had to play 100% to confirm a top 4 place..

 

[bondsman]

Werner for all his faults puts in a lot of effort as seen by his movement and pressing yesterday. He’s been crucial to their set up recently. Sterling has not, there’s the difference

I agree it was werners fishing that kept the game at 1-0 his movement was excellent and Stones and Dias struggled first half stones especially.

 

[bondsman]

The treatment of Aguero last night has particularly pissed me off.

Was the same as he did with David Silva against Lyon.

 

[give it to gordon]

The treatment of Aguero last night has particularly pissed me off.

This

 

[burning blue soul]

qp

was last night , I repeat it was last night.

It becomes a problem only after the 'shots to goals conceded' scenario comes into play.
We don't concede, we will score.
Scoring is not our problem.

 

[Paul1970]

Having slept on I now think pep should come out and say he got it wrong because this game the biggest in our history should have been the icing on a remarkable season but no he has to make even that one change to upset the dynamics and bringing in the player who has been out of form all season whilst also dropping the best player against PSG was a shocking error . A lot of our players shit the bed last night in fact provably all of them to a degree but we will come again. Can’t see us winning the champions league with pep tbh but I’ll always take a he league over it anyway but one coming out of last night is sterling needs going ASAP .

 

[Ric]

No point in sugar coating it. We wasted a great opportunity last night, and it’s incredibly frustrating. Pep got it badly wrong when it mattered the most. Still love him though, and let’s hope it fires us on to even greater success next season.

 

[bondsman]

The treatment of Aguero last night has particularly pissed me off.

It’s actually made me question those crocodile tears last week. If you rate the man that highly get him on the pitch!!

 

[Chippy_boy]

All those whining that Pep fucked up would be the same ones lauding him as a genius if his team selection had paid off last night.

So what? If we had done, rightly we'd be saying it was genius, because it would have been.

Only it wasn't, was it.

 

[Stuart green]

The only explanation I can think of for peps team selection. Is his obsession with having the best final that would be remembered for years accepting that we would concede goals but would win 5 3 or similar with our attacking players but it didn't happen .if he had a dm I think we would have won. But not with as much style

 

[vin]

Just watched the game back (thankfully I forgot the score after 10 pints). Absolutely fucking gutted man, such a sad way to end the season but fuck it. We go again next season. City

 

[BurnCK]

But if we'd scores first their approach would have had to change

A DM would not have made a difference in that regard. We barely looked like scoring all night. In my opinion nothing would have changed. Only way we were scoring was by an individual piece of brilliance.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Still can't believe that in the biggest game of the season, Pep decided to go against what had worked best right up until that point. As if he learnt nothing from Dortmund, or PSG.

Playing a guy alone in a position that he hasn't played all season, where he's been largely awful ever since joining us, and moving him from the position that he's finally had a breakout season in. Where he was settled and clearly playing his best football, to having all his weaknesses exposed.

The brain fart to end all brain farts.

Yeah, but Pep never overthinks, it‘s a ridiculous cliche....

 

[give it to gordon]

No point in sugar coating it. We wasted a great opportunity last night, and it’s incredibly frustrating. Pep got it badly wrong when it mattered the most. Still love him though, and let’s hope it fires us on to even greater success next season.

Thats hope the players still love him. Because he well and truly fucked up their chance of win it.