Pep was careful is what I noticed. No extraneous passign around at the back in the 2nd leg. No overt risk taking. I think Pep's evolving too.I gave it to Eddie because he supported the defence excellently, distributed well and made some top notch saves last night. IMO Bernardo and Jack Grealish were also fantastic.
Hands up from me as I was convinced that Pep would make a number of changes, but he stuck with his proven formula.
Agree - well apart from picking up, yet another!, completely needless yellow!! He will end up getting fecking sent off one day for just being so feckin stupid.Eddie. Made a few big saves at important times and didn't put a foot wrong.
No other keeper gets booked in the first half for wasting time, 99% of them seem to be immune to it before second half stoppage time, so I don't want to hold Eddie responsible for that.Agree - well apart from picking up, yet another!, completely needless yellow!! He will end up getting fecking sent off one day for just being so feckin stupid.
Love the guy, for lots of reasons, but he does frustrate the feck out of me sometimes!
Apologies for going all Father Ted on this post - no clue why ... feck feck feck!!!
Again, i agree but Eddy was taking a ridiculous amount of time on the goal kick and IMO deserved the completely unnecessary yellow.No other keeper gets booked in the first half for wasting time, 99% of them seem to be immune to it before second half stoppage time, so I don't want to hold Eddie responsible for that.
How many keepers get cards for timewasting ? Just eddie mainly because he plays for us , he did nothing hundreds of other keepers do every week without getting cardedAgree - well apart from picking up, yet another!, completely needless yellow!! He will end up getting fecking sent off one day for just being so feckin stupid.
Love the guy, for lots of reasons, but he does frustrate the feck out of me sometimes!
Apologies for going all Father Ted on this post - no clue why ... feck feck feck!!!
Doesn't say much for the rest. What about the penalty against us?Again, i agree but Eddy was taking a ridiculous amount of time on the goal kick and IMO deserved the completely unnecessary yellow.
I actually rated the ref and thought he was one of the best we have had in a long time.
Both penalties were abominations but with the new interpretation of the rules (which were presumably conceived by a monkey with a crack cocaine problem) the referee had to give both.Doesn't say much for the rest. What about the penalty against us?
He carried the ball so far he was well out of position when sane missed his chance , he was not disiplined at all then so nowhere near motmDias was our best player in both legs, secretly.
21% of us think differentlyHe carried the ball so far he was well out of position when sane missed his chance , he was not disiplined at all then so nowhere near motm
neither were pens IMO but in light of the law, as it is today, they were and if he hadn't given them, he woruld have been marked down accordingly by his assessor .... ref cant really win on handballs as it stands.Doesn't say much for the rest. What about the penalty against us?
You could pick out a mistake or two from every single player over the two legs, but in the big moments Dias was there.He carried the ball so far he was well out of position when sane missed his chance , he was not disiplined at all then so nowhere near motm