NorCalBlue
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I would normally agree about Walker, but I don't remember him making any big mistakes tonight, unlike Dias, Ederson, Rodri, Cancelo (off the top of my head).
Dortmund (H) - CL QF | Post-Match Thread
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I'm sure there are some posters who think we were drawn against the dog and duck. QF of the CL isn't meant to be easy however it looks on paper.
Played well in parts and controlled the game mostly. There were a few too many heavy touches and ponderous passages of play, and our poor finishing was a problem again but we fully deserved the win. They worked hard for it and deserve credit.
We won't steamroll every team, we will have tough games most weeks until the end of the season. Proud of the boys again, it's been a fucking long hard season.
Played well in parts and controlled the game mostly. There were a few too many heavy touches and ponderous passages of play, and our poor finishing was a problem again but we fully deserved the win. They worked hard for it and deserve credit.
We won't steamroll every team, we will have tough games most weeks until the end of the season. Proud of the boys again, it's been a fucking long hard season.
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UEFA prepping this **** for the 2nd leg.
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Haha. Cringe.
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1-0 would have been better than 2-1 but it's certainly a lot better than 1-1so can't complain with the result.
Not happy with the performance tonight though. Very very sloppy all over the pitch and not the intensity we needed to be at for a game of this magnitude.
Badly missed Fernandinho tonight, that same team with him in there wins comfortably imo. Rodri can't do it at this level on his own he needs his hand held by either Fernandinho or Bernardo, hopefully Pep rectifies that for the second leg (and hopefully beyond)
don't think cancelo worked either as I predicted pre-match, coming in on his right too much shortens the pitch, a zinchenko in there tonight with a natural left foot quickens up our approach and gets foden on the ball faster.
Disappointed in Peps subs, jesus on was the correct call but Bernardo should have stayed on the pitch in a deeper role, his energy is vital and we all marvel at the quality of our bench but he's not using it, 5 subs allowed tonight we should be bringing on fresh legs and that's where our squad depth can make the most impact with the quality we can bring on against tired legs yet we make just the one. Strange.
Got a decent result, should have been better but it leaves us in a good position for the second leg.
Not happy with the performance tonight though. Very very sloppy all over the pitch and not the intensity we needed to be at for a game of this magnitude.
Badly missed Fernandinho tonight, that same team with him in there wins comfortably imo. Rodri can't do it at this level on his own he needs his hand held by either Fernandinho or Bernardo, hopefully Pep rectifies that for the second leg (and hopefully beyond)
don't think cancelo worked either as I predicted pre-match, coming in on his right too much shortens the pitch, a zinchenko in there tonight with a natural left foot quickens up our approach and gets foden on the ball faster.
Disappointed in Peps subs, jesus on was the correct call but Bernardo should have stayed on the pitch in a deeper role, his energy is vital and we all marvel at the quality of our bench but he's not using it, 5 subs allowed tonight we should be bringing on fresh legs and that's where our squad depth can make the most impact with the quality we can bring on against tired legs yet we make just the one. Strange.
Got a decent result, should have been better but it leaves us in a good position for the second leg.
Great character from the team. Quarter final of Champs League shouldn’t be easy. If he could repeat his performance v Leicester I would have Fernandinho in the second leg. BT and BBC must be a very miserable place with City winning and Liverpool losing.
Don’t think we played well at all tonight. Looked nervous and Rodri and Gundogan were off the pace
Would much rather have won 1-0 than 2-1. Away goal is huge
Hopefully we play much better in the 2nd leg, they will have to come out and it will suit us
Would much rather have won 1-0 than 2-1. Away goal is huge
Hopefully we play much better in the 2nd leg, they will have to come out and it will suit us
“What? You mean you havent watched the game back yet?”
“No youve just seen me walk off the damn pitch”
Irishblue93
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Taught a few looked tired tonight, almost got the impressions after 55minutss that pep told them not to take any risks.
We got lucky with the Bellingham goal.
We got lucky with the Bellingham goal.
Yep 2 yards in front of those useless officials behind the goal