Dortmund (H) - CL QF | Post-Match Thread

[marco]

My only concern for the second leg is that pep might tinker and overthink it,we weren’t that great tonight played in patches and some players looked jaded or just off the pace,interesting that Dortmund tired last 10-15 mins ..

there at Stuttgart on Sat and its a must win or there not looking at making the CL,lets hope they put there energy into that

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

You can bet your bottom dollar the commentary
and pundit teams did not favour Madrid no matter how well deserved or criticise the dippers also no matter how well deserved.
They can stick their flickering candles up their arses.

I had to turn it down 2nd half. You can bet your last fiver this won't be a loss - it'll be setting things up for a 'magical' European night at klanfield. Thankfully I don't think we rely on such magic and home / away isn't that big a deal for us - just hope we put leeds to bed early with minimum effort.

 

[Josh_D]

Not the best performance but the players stuck at it. Missed chances, some nice play by a few standout players, and misplaced passing. It was all there. Will be an interesting second leg.

Glad to have got the win.

 

[dobingsdobber]

They are FIFA mates :)

Looks like Phil is trying to climb up him.Sherpa Foden.

 

[whipper]

Her indoors wasn't really watching the game but she said " bloody hell how happy do they sound now Dortmund have scored"
Darke and Jenas want fucking off.. They are absolutely a pair of twats..
Jenas was almost crying when ref gave us the penalty.. That's not a pen.. It cant be.. If it was the dippers or the rags he would be saying it was a nailed on pen.

Maybe its a Kop thing

 

[simmo]

Best opponents this season in my view. They played to their strengths and we did well restricting them apart from a few lapses.

We wasted a few chances to get the killer second before they scored. Foden and Kev were brilliant. Pity a few others looked a bit off their usual game. Least we have a lead to take there and see the job through hopefully.

 

[Dobsy]

Before the game I would have picked the same team.

For next week I'd drop Gundog for Jesus and drop Bernardo back into midfield. We need that extra zip there and the presence of Jesus in the centre.

I'd also consider Walker off for Cancelo and Zinchenko in at left back, but it's a bit risky given their pace on the break. On the flipside Walker played with fire a couple of times tonight taking too many touches and nearly giving them chances. So on balance I'd do it.

 

[cleavers]

We'll play better in the second leg (hopefully), and we'll score there.

I though we were poor tonight, never had any real control, in fact just as I thought we'd taken control they equalised.

We should go through, we are a better team, but we didn't show it tonight.

 

[Stelea]

Won't get away with that type of performance twice. Too many players not good tonight. Gundogan and Cancelo were invisible, Rodri very slow and caught in possession. We were relying on KDB and Foden. Shows the difference between the Prem and the highest European level.

 

[Francis Crawford]

Don’t think we was poor as some have said , we edged a very tight game ,

next week is now a final and we have a one goal lead
Ok
They have the away goal ,but if we don’t score in Dortmund or try to see the game out 0-0 we do not deserve to go through

better more attack minded players to come into our team

I predict 3-1 to City

 

[bearcityblu]

A tough game tonight and just happy to get the win. Feel we will do better away on a good pitch and will score 1 or 2.

 

[BolinCell]

We have played well without a recognised forward. Who do we drop is the question.

Rodri

 

[Don Karleone]

Re BT. I really don't think it's anywhere near as bad as people make out.

The likes of Tyler and Carragher are loads worse on Sky. I think Hargreaves, Crouch, Lescott and even frigging Ferdinand are decent and impartial mainly.

Wasn't too bad in the studio, Darke and Jenas were atrocious though. Basically willing Dortmund to score.

 

[SidJames]

That's me see you all weekend.

Stay safe Blues.

Enjoy still being in all competitions. Whilst we still are.

Let the haters hate.

*And fuck BT........

* Granada V Rags is never a big European night you deluded twats. bwhaaaaaa

 

[Utter bobbins]

Can't play as bad as that again, you can't stroll around at this stage.

Who was strolling around?

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Bellingham is a good kid, good interview and played really well.

As for his goal, it was a foul studs up and followed through, he did get the ball but with studs up against a swinging leg is 100% a foul, imo

Sorry mate, your second paragraph would have been the BT narrative if it was against the Dippers, as it was us that benefitted it was a scandalous decision.

Jenas tied himself in knots stating that the foul Haaland won on the edge of our box was exactly the same as the Bellingham incident, although he argued completely different outcomes for them.

 

[oakiecokie]

Since losing to spurs in november
In all comps-
Played 35...W 31..D 3...L 1
For 81 against 13

I`ve said before that we`re a shite team.Fuck off Pep you Baldy twat !!

 

[hilts]

Rodri played three noticeably poor passes but his pass completion for the gam was better than his average in competition and only three players have an average that better than 94.9%, which Rodri achieved tonight.

So close to the Neil Webb trophy;-)

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

It was a comment with regard to the piss poor questions posed by the post match BT pitch side interviewer Oakie...

Thought Pep was remarkably polite to the stupid cow who was no doubt being primed in her earpiece.

He's too clever to fall into their loosely set traps .

 

[East Level 2]

I think we handicap ourselves. No team in the world would start without a recognised main forward if they had one available apart from us.

I agree, and it pisses me off when we produce such great approach play without any end product.
It's been going on all season, however we are still the top scorers in the Premier League.