pudge said:Good times indeed, to have a chance of progressing from the group with 2 games to spare? Some turn around of fortune, can't see us topping the group understandably but I'm sure we'll all take progressing first and foremost.Stoned Rose said:pudge said:To be fair, that attempted tackle was atrocious.
Great win, don't think we played that badly at all. Maybe it was the early kick off but this was still an away fixture in the UEFA Champions League...
Yaya could and maybe should have opened the scoring, Negredo and Dzeko could have had 2 apiece in terms of goal scoring chances and we also played a midfielder at CB in a CL fixture, away.
Big praise for Fernandinho, completely bossed it today imo. Thought Yaya was atrocious in the first half but stepped up in the second, although given what was happening during the game I don't really blame him if his mind was elsewhere at times.
Thought Navas was a good outlet and played well overall, today was probably the worst possible pitch conditions a player like him could face.
It's probably been covered already so I apologise if it has, but am I right in thinking that with a Bayern win tonight and a win over CSKA next matchday, we're through? They could only finish on 9 points max and we would already have 9 at that point and hold the head-to-head it goes by instead of GD? Or is my maths and logic terrible and stupid?
Nice post Pudge.
Yep you're right on us going through if we beat CSKA at home.
I actually think even if we draw that game, realistically, we'll still go through.
Good times.
It's all in the username.East Level 2 said:Eh?I'm With Specsavers said:I only saw the second half and I thought we looked quite shite. But I'll take a scrappy win away in Russia, in 0 degrees, on a plastic pitch that's all cut up. Now for two home games to finish the job.
B\connellblue said:Should have battered these cnuts. Yet we ended up hanging on against a team that get beaten almost every week. Both our left backs are no longer good enough. Nasty get's worse by the game (Looks lost without Kompany beside him). Dzeko as poor as ever, his first touch has gone beyond a joke. Defo his last season with us. Yaya poor again (maybe the cnuts got to him). Navas disappointing again( not a game that would have suited him on that pitch). Silva and fernandiniho both played well and our front pairing of Kun and the beast looked great. Joe finally found some redemption, let's hope he's turned the corner. Manager seems oblivious to the frailties of out left side (as did his predecessor). We should make it through comfortably enough now but that will be it unless these problems are sorted before the knockout stages. What should have been a cosy victory ended up as a nailbiting finale.The old city lives still!