the blue panther said:A lot of blue tinted specs in this part of the thread. Kompany - as much as I love him and wouldn't swap him for his commitment and leadership - isn't quite world class because he switches off - he did so for the goal - as that ball from Iniesta was played through, he didn't know where Messi was.
Keeping my tin hat on - as good as the 4 players named above were on the night (and apart from Silva, I don't think any of them were world class on the night), would Barca fans have wanted to swap any of their players for ours? I doubt it.
But, what we will never know - if Messi had been out for that game and Aguero had been fit for us , it might well have been very different. So, the 2nd leg could still be interesting.
Dubai Blue said:That's EXACTLY how I saw it too. Was a bit puzzled when I saw the way it had been covered by most of the media this morning.Stoned Rose said:Was there last night and have just watched it back in full.
Imo our best performance individually and collectively for as long as I can remember.
Barcelona are fucking outrageously technically brilliant players. Their movement, intelligence and manipulation of the opponent's shape is like nothing I've ever seen 'live'.
I dont care what Kompany says they're easily the best team we've ever played against and I include Bayern in that.
To go toe to toe with such a team and restrict them to very few chances, whilst creating a pleasing number ourselves was quite frankly outstanding.
In reality they scored through a wrongly awarded penalty and a last minute goal against a team who'd run their bollocks off for 90+ minutes, 35 of which were with 10 men.
We showed last night we belong to be in the top echelons of european football. We showed we can truly mix it with the very best. Barcelona 1000% new they were in a game. Even with 10 men we were toe to toe with them and could've forced a draw or got a win.
Individually I think every single player (MDM included) had an absolute blinder and gave 110%. If we continue to play like that domestically we should wipe the floor with every competition we play in.
Kompany, Yaya, Fernandinho and Silva were absolutely world class and were a joy to watch.
The luck didn't fall our way. Perhaps in the away leg it might.
Amen to that.Didsbury Dave said:Dubai Blue said:That's EXACTLY how I saw it too. Was a bit puzzled when I saw the way it had been covered by most of the media this morning.Stoned Rose said:Was there last night and have just watched it back in full.
Imo our best performance individually and collectively for as long as I can remember.
Barcelona are fucking outrageously technically brilliant players. Their movement, intelligence and manipulation of the opponent's shape is like nothing I've ever seen 'live'.
I dont care what Kompany says they're easily the best team we've ever played against and I include Bayern in that.
To go toe to toe with such a team and restrict them to very few chances, whilst creating a pleasing number ourselves was quite frankly outstanding.
In reality they scored through a wrongly awarded penalty and a last minute goal against a team who'd run their bollocks off for 90+ minutes, 35 of which were with 10 men.
We showed last night we belong to be in the top echelons of european football. We showed we can truly mix it with the very best. Barcelona 1000% new they were in a game. Even with 10 men we were toe to toe with them and could've forced a draw or got a win.
Individually I think every single player (MDM included) had an absolute blinder and gave 110%. If we continue to play like that domestically we should wipe the floor with every competition we play in.
Kompany, Yaya, Fernandinho and Silva were absolutely world class and were a joy to watch.
The luck didn't fall our way. Perhaps in the away leg it might.
Yep. That's how I saw it too. A night to be proud of. Not because we didn't disgrace ourselves, but because we showed we have reached the highest echelons in European football. We are the best team in England, we are in the top 4 or 5 in Europe and we are one transfer window from winning the Champions League.
Didsbury Dave said:Dubai Blue said:That's EXACTLY how I saw it too. Was a bit puzzled when I saw the way it had been covered by most of the media this morning.Stoned Rose said:Was there last night and have just watched it back in full.
Imo our best performance individually and collectively for as long as I can remember.
Barcelona are fucking outrageously technically brilliant players. Their movement, intelligence and manipulation of the opponent's shape is like nothing I've ever seen 'live'.
I dont care what Kompany says they're easily the best team we've ever played against and I include Bayern in that.
To go toe to toe with such a team and restrict them to very few chances, whilst creating a pleasing number ourselves was quite frankly outstanding.
In reality they scored through a wrongly awarded penalty and a last minute goal against a team who'd run their bollocks off for 90+ minutes, 35 of which were with 10 men.
We showed last night we belong to be in the top echelons of european football. We showed we can truly mix it with the very best. Barcelona 1000% new they were in a game. Even with 10 men we were toe to toe with them and could've forced a draw or got a win.
Individually I think every single player (MDM included) had an absolute blinder and gave 110%. If we continue to play like that domestically we should wipe the floor with every competition we play in.
Kompany, Yaya, Fernandinho and Silva were absolutely world class and were a joy to watch.
The luck didn't fall our way. Perhaps in the away leg it might.
Yep. That's how I saw it too. A night to be proud of. Not because we didn't disgrace ourselves, but because we showed we have reached the highest echelons in European football. We are the best team in England, we are in the top 4 or 5 in Europe and we are one transfer window from winning the Champions League.
+1<br /><br />-- Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:23 pm --<br /><br />Dave S said:Amen to that.Didsbury Dave said:Dubai Blue said:That's EXACTLY how I saw it too. Was a bit puzzled when I saw the way it had been covered by most of the media this morning.
Yep. That's how I saw it too. A night to be proud of. Not because we didn't disgrace ourselves, but because we showed we have reached the highest echelons in European football. We are the best team in England, we are in the top 4 or 5 in Europe and we are one transfer window from winning the Champions League.
Nah, the one in the summers much better, the new lads get to do pre-season with their new team-mates.Balti said:Didsbury Dave said:Dubai Blue said:That's EXACTLY how I saw it too. Was a bit puzzled when I saw the way it had been covered by most of the media this morning.
Yep. That's how I saw it too. A night to be proud of. Not because we didn't disgrace ourselves, but because we showed we have reached the highest echelons in European football. We are the best team in England, we are in the top 4 or 5 in Europe and we are one transfer window from winning the Champions League.
was that the transfer window just gone?
the blue panther said:Dubai Blue said:That's EXACTLY how I saw it too. Was a bit puzzled when I saw the way it had been covered by most of the media this morning.Stoned Rose said:Was there last night and have just watched it back in full.
Imo our best performance individually and collectively for as long as I can remember.
Barcelona are fucking outrageously technically brilliant players. Their movement, intelligence and manipulation of the opponent's shape is like nothing I've ever seen 'live'.
I dont care what Kompany says they're easily the best team we've ever played against and I include Bayern in that.
To go toe to toe with such a team and restrict them to very few chances, whilst creating a pleasing number ourselves was quite frankly outstanding.
In reality they scored through a wrongly awarded penalty and a last minute goal against a team who'd run their bollocks off for 90+ minutes, 35 of which were with 10 men.
We showed last night we belong to be in the top echelons of european football. We showed we can truly mix it with the very best. Barcelona 1000% new they were in a game. Even with 10 men we were toe to toe with them and could've forced a draw or got a win.
Individually I think every single player (MDM included) had an absolute blinder and gave 110%. If we continue to play like that domestically we should wipe the floor with every competition we play in.
Kompany, Yaya, Fernandinho and Silva were absolutely world class and were a joy to watch.
The luck didn't fall our way. Perhaps in the away leg it might.
A lot of blue tinted specs in this part of the thread. Kompany - as much as I love him and wouldn't swap him for his commitment and leadership - isn't quite world class because he switches off - he did so for the goal - as that ball from Iniesta was played through, he didn't know where Messi was.
Keeping my tin hat on - as good as the 4 players named above were on the night (and apart from Silva, I don't think any of them were world class on the night), would Barca fans have wanted to swap any of their players for ours? I doubt it.
But, what we will never know - if Messi had been out for that game and Aguero had been fit for us , it might well have been very different. So, the 2nd leg could still be interesting.