I'm just curious as to why it seems to be a repeating issue, once we conceded one against a top team our defense lose their heads.Against Liverpool, the entire team lost their heads. That was a proper collapse. Against United, our CBs and DM forgot how to defend loose balls and set pieces in the box. Nobody else lost their heads. We sure as shit didn't look rattled. At no point were we unable to play like we had intended to do. We were poor at defending in our box and not clinical enough in the other one. That falls on bad decisions made by 3-4 players and does not constitute a collapse. That Liverpool match could be replayed thousand times and you would still get the same result because the performance was so god awful. Compared to that, United lucked out. 2 penalties and 1 red card not given. Sterling bottling 4-5 chances himself. De Gea producing a world class save on Kun's header. Fine margins. Any other day and we're steamrolling United based on that performance.
Great post. We still have an excellent chance of winning the title with a record points total. Anyone who thinks that would be "limping over the line" or an "anti-climax" seriously needs their bumps feeling.Clearly we all wanted to win yesterday, like we've wanted to win every game this season. It hurts like hell because we have lost the derby but think back to when we beat them at Old Trafford, it was nice but it didn't feel like the 5-1 or the 6-1 or even the Shaun Goater 3-1. You know the reason why, because they are nowhere near us, not a patch on us, this was their Cup Final. We are 13 points in front of them. 13 points. We have played the most sublime football all season and two defeats is tainting a whole season for some of you. So look at the games we have left, wait for us to mathematically win it and then savour the whole season, not 180 minutes when we haven't got the results we all wanted. We're not entitled to anything, next season is going to be even tougher, so enjoy the 13 points, get back behind the boys and the manager and let's cheer them on through the finishing line.......and hopefully we might get something Tuesday too, but if not, I'll still be there cheering the lads on as we look to break some records along the way. CTID.
We're not going to throw it away mateGreat post. We still have an excellent chance of winning the title with a record points total. Anyone who thinks that would be "limping over the line" or an "anti-climax" seriously needs their bumps feeling.
If we lose the next two or three prem games, THAT'S when we can start crapping ourselves.
We didn't go into those games 3-0 down already.
Bayern lost 5-0 to Madrid in a semi final couple years back. Madrid have lost 5 matches and drawn 6 this season. Earlier this season, they lost 3 matches in row - 3-0 to Barca, 2-2 against fuckin Celta Vigo and 1-0 to Villareal. First match they got humiliated by their bitter rivals, second match they were leading and lost their heads and the third match their world famous attack couldn't manage to score a single goal at home. So yes it can happen to the best of teams.I'm just curious as to why it seems to be a repeating issue, once we conceded one against a top team our defense lose their heads.
Would this have happened to Barca or Bayern Munich twice in the same week? I think we know the answer.
Fortunately it doesn't matter we're going to win the league anyway but there's definitely weaknesses in this team
This all day longTwo defeats could easily become four on the bounce, IMO we had two games left this season, rags yesterday and dippers Tuesday, full strength in both and rest as many as you want from that point.