Borussia Dortmund (H) Post-Match Thread

[ali benarbia's studs]

great tonight lads, dug deep and reigned supreme. dot the cap!

 

[117 M34]

Anyone able to work out why he went with stones at full back rather than the obvious choice of Ake?

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Dortmund were incredibly disciplined tonight, right up until we brought three subs on. Pep saw the problem and changed it. Absolute managerial masterclass. Pep was the 12th man tonight.

 

[City Raider]

Pep has to take the odd gamble and decide when to rest players and despite how we played, we pick up 3 points and Silva and Foden get a bit of rest. More often than not he gets the call right by getting the result if not the performance.

 

[Bald fraud]

Was the keeper just done by the swerve with the Stones goal or did he think he was closer to the post than he was or something?

The ball is a pie and the keeper had pie all over his goal!!!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

What do people think of Grealish ?

He has a very symmetrical face.

 

[phargrave]

Ederson, 6 - had to make that one save in the first half, couldn't do much with the goal

Stones, 6 - no idea how to properly grade what was a shite performance that contained a world class goal
Akanji, 7 - looks solid
Ake, 7 - won some good headers and is getting better at moving the ball
Cancelo, 6 - was absolute dogshit and then produced the best pass of the night

Rodri, 6 - didn't really look his usual self but played well enough
De Bruyne, 5 - kept trying but absolutely nothing was coming off
Gundogan, 6 - not really his fault but think his minor weaknesses do get exposed sometimes

Mahrez, 4 - hasn't got going this season at all
Haaland, 8 - got the winner and actually became more involved in our build-up than I expected
Grealish, 5 - started off well but faded out as the rest of the team slowed down

Fully agree with this, fuck knows what Pep sees in Grealish but to me he’s dogshite!

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

matchday thread

Was there anything mentioned?

Ederson, 6 - had to make that one save in the first half, couldn't do much with the goal

Stones, 6 - no idea how to properly grade what was a shite performance that contained a world class goal
Akanji, 7 - looks solid
Ake, 7 - won some good headers and is getting better at moving the ball
Cancelo, 6 - was absolute dogshit and then produced the best pass of the night

Rodri, 6 - didn't really look his usual self but played well enough
De Bruyne, 5 - kept trying but absolutely nothing was coming off
Gundogan, 6 - not really his fault but think his minor weaknesses do get exposed sometimes

Mahrez, 4 - hasn't got going this season at all
Haaland, 8 - got the winner and actually became more involved in our build-up than I expected
Grealish, 5 - started off well but faded out as the rest of the team slowed down

Fuck! God knows what we’d have got if we’d lost.

 

[phargrave]

great tonight lads, dug deep and reigned supreme. dot the cap!

Only from 80th minute…

 

[Jesus2020]

How many players do we have who played against us for Villa?

Got lost in all the posts, sorry.