nah man you are clutching.
and rudigers was a standard body check - never usually a red
Some spoilt bastards in this thread.
Who is still our greatest ever manager lol
I feel your pain though but still he’s the best there is
Here's the thing, you heard someone shout to play the ball 1-2 seconds before he played it and still zinchenko didn't get goal side. It's not his fault, it's a collective mistake - and Ed maybe should have stayed - but generally that's a defensive line mistake and it's ok and they exploited it. But going forward was where they completely outplayed us to be fair, their back 5 was better. It's ok. It's football. It's fucking annoying.Surprised no one is having a pop at Ederson for the goal. No need to come charging out so far, come out by all means and narrow the angle but make him shoot and beat you, make it harder for Havertz instead of handing an open goal on a plate. Havertz is not a great finisher but Ederson made that too easy for him. Dog shit against Lyon last year and not great tonight in another huge match.
You don’t need a Champions League winners medal to spot a dreadful team selection. Honestly, you don’t. Same way we don’t need to have been an MP to criticise the government. Anyone knocking Pep is spot on. His team selection was appalling and set the tone for the entire night. A tone of confusion.Anyone knocking Pep, how many Champion's Leagues have you won?
Excellent summary. I'm beginning to think we're the only two people on here who actually watched the match. Everyone was slating Rodri not too long ago, and both he and Fernandinho started against Chelsea in the FA Cup. Didn't seem to work that day did it?We had another poor first half like in Paris, and this time it was fatal. Also, we didn't learn enough from the previous two losses vs Chelsea.
We weren't patient enough in the build-up and made mistakes. Chelsea used some of them for dangerous counters and defended brilliantly, tbf.
Think that the heroic efforts from December to March when we won 21 games in a row cost us in the final months. Cancelo, Rodri, Bernardo, Gundogan were crucial in that period, but lost a bit of form after that. Even Dias wasn't at his best recently and was arguably responsible for their goal. Kevin wasn't in the game and made mistakes. Still, his injury was pretty bad, for he could create a goal out of nothing.
Did Pep make a mistake with the first XI? Maybe he did, but nobody could be sure that the final outcome would have been different. Think Sterling was better than say Kevin and Mahrez, at least in the first half. A lot of people on here underestimated Chelsea before the game. They played pretty well, our current style suits their strengths, similarly with us and Liverpool 2-3 years ago.
We have lost a bit of form since early March, which is normal. Next season we will reinforce our attack and go again.
Thanks for this season to Pep and the players. Hopefully we will do even better next season.