Bayern Munich (A) | Post Match Thread

The perfect fumble said:
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Rafa Benitez when he was serving balls .
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Don't believe the hype, we are nowhere near previous levels.

Timing is everything and we may just have it on our side, but ignore the hype train.

We got a chasing last night, certainly first half and were let off the hook.

Dias and Bernie had to compensate for some very below-par showings from Ake, Gundo, Kev and Rodri.

Still huge games to come in between and would have preferred Madrid at home for first leg, like Bayern, try and wipe them out.

No away goal means that whole playing home second is no advantage.
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I don't think we were let off the hook, we played the game near perfectly, we stood up to the task, you don't beat teams of this level without suffering. Bayern are a better team than Madrid, but Madrid are wiser. Also for me playing away first is much better, look at last season.
 
Protein Junkie said:
Great performance over two legs to knock out one of the teams in Europe.
This is the top level and we are always learning.
This wasn’t Leeds or Forest at home.
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I got a text off a fan from another team saying "I can't believe how poor Bayern are"!

This is one of the best teams in World football. I think we largely made them look ordinary, rather than having some kind of easy time against a poor side!
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
You're right, it was Ake and Laporte.

Akanji was the one who had it hanging over him.
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He’s another one that will not get the plaudits he deserves for last night, especially given the challenge of playing on that bog.

That Coman turn everyone is raving about was simply him slipping on a patch of frogs.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Prior to the red card incident, both Sane and Musiala should both put their chances away.

If they were intentional tactics, I dare say Pep wouldn't have felt the need to get Bernie and Jack to afford the wide areas more protection.

I considered neither to be penalties, but that is just my interpretation of the game and the race to the bottom of how the officials see things.

Seconds to Haaland's goal, Eddie pulls off a good save and Bayern have nobody in the six yard area following up.

Don't get me wrong, with three goals banked, we could afford a margin of error, and we had other gears to go to, but my view is Bayern over the two legs could just as easily be claiming the semi-final spot if they had a finisher.
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Over 2 legs Bayern were well beaten.
 
One thing that's got me feeling more optimistic about facing Real Madrid this time is that we've moved on from relying on Walker. Last season, the fate of that tie basically hinged on whether Walker was fit to face Vinicius, and we went to shit at the back whenever he wasn't involved. It turned into a shoot-out. We conceded six goals across both games and they were all let in while Walker wasn't on the pitch. As soon as he went off injured in the 3-1 away leg last season, Cancelo got moved over to RB and we all know how that fucking went. Whereas this time, we don't need to overplay Walker in the league or rush to get him fit and, on this occasion, if we lined up with a back four of Stones, Akanji, Dias, and Ake/Laporte, I don't think there'd be much cause for panic. It means we can play Walker to try and contain Vinicius but he's not absolutely essential to how we function defensively.
 
youngbob said:
One thing that's got me feeling more optimistic about facing Real Madrid this time is that we've moved on from relying on Walker. Last season, the fate of that tie basically hinged on whether Walker was fit to face Vinicius, and we went to shit at the back whenever he wasn't involved. It turned into a shoot-out. We conceded six goals across both games and they were all let in while Walker wasn't on the pitch. As soon as he went off injured in the 3-1 away leg last season, Cancelo got moved over to RB and we all know how that fucking went. Whereas this time, we don't need to overplay Walker in the league or rush to get him fit and, on this occasion, if we lined up with a back four of Stones, Akanji, Dias, and Ake/Laporte, I don't think there'd be much cause for panic. It means we can play Walker to try and contain Vinicius but he's not absolutely essential to how we function defensively.
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That said I would still start him in Madrid
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Don't believe the hype, we are nowhere near previous levels.

Timing is everything and we may just have it on our side, but ignore the hype train.

We got a chasing last night, certainly first half and were let off the hook.

Dias and Bernie had to compensate for some very below-par showings from Ake, Gundo, Kev and Rodri.

Still huge games to come in between and would have preferred Madrid at home for first leg, like Bayern, try and wipe them out.

No away goal means that whole playing home second is no advantage.
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So you're basically saying we beat one of the best teams in Europe last night without playing our best? I think that's fucking great news, especially as we are getting better and better under our new system and with a new stiker.


Some folk can make the negative out of even the most positive of things
 
Brian's Kid said:
So you're basically saying we beat one of the best teams in Europe last night without playing our best? I think that's fucking great news, especially as we are getting better and better under our new system and with a new stiker.


Some folk can make the negative out of even the most positive of things
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My original post was equating to playing that way/formation against Madrid.
 
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