Lyon CL QF Post-Match Thread

[super_city_si]

How on earth was that third goal allowed to stand? still bent as fuck.

 

[come-on-barney]

Laporte continues to be a worry in the big games, never a fucking pass on in there.

Three weeks until the new season and we have never been so ill-prepared in the last decade.

true but Garcia should not have moved out our the defence to pick up Dembele, wide open.

 

[PrezIke]

Disgraceful but unsurprising to me.

I feel sick, but I also know going into this game the result we saw was what I was worried most about.

Why do we keep conceding comic level goals off the counter?

Why do class attacking players suddenly make, strange, poor decisions or miss the most clear cut chances?

It stems from the lack of trust, IMHO, players have in the defence that Pep models with his constant tinkering to prevent this exact problem.

Pep is trying to deal with the fact that our defenders are absolutely awful and it affects the entire team on the pitch.

Liverpool can play how they want because they have faith in their defence.

You remember before Van Dijk and Allison how poor they were in that regard?

Laporte has now had his 2 worst games in big CL games, however, his partner is never the same or his been injured. Ederson was terrible as well today.

Pep plays different lineups and formations that must confuse and make it challenging for players, especially defenders.

HOWEVER, again, that is because he has good reason to not trust most defenders to come out consistently at all.

Some players we have bought have failed us, and we failed finding a CB last summer after Kompany left.

Garcia COULD have had more time earlier, but no way Pep would drop Stones and Nico that fast after what they had done.

Problem was NEITHER of them got back to form and we then switched Fernandinho to CB after Laporte went out.

That's the story.

Is Kouliabaly the answer? Our Van Dyke?

Laporte was to be that, but we need another, clearly, as since Dinho nor Gundo is Dinho at the no. 6 that also increased the deficiencies.

Ake will help as well.

I never felt we'd win it this season because of this weakness that infected the rest of our play against good counter attacking sides.

Next year will be a better chance.

 

[RayCTID]

Bt says stitched up by var

I partly agree with that but the teams overall performance stank

 

[slick]

For the first time ever I'm pissed off with Pep.
With that line up I'm pretty sure he had one eye on the Munich game, why he has to over think things I'll never know.
Just get the fcuking job done then worry about the next game.
There's no other reason I can think of that made us line up so defensively against a team like Lyon.

And not to make major changes when we needed goals was criminal.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Cowardly and stupid team selection, subs made to late and brought on the wrong players. Foden should have been on for Fern b4 HT, and Bernado should have been on for one of Rodri, Gundogan at HT.

Seriously fucking furious with that, Pep out thinks himself yet again in the CL against bang average opponents.

Bayern will beat Lyon easy, they won't change their formation.

 

[Fordyboy46]

If Pep hadn't have won what he has for us at present, that would've been a sackable performance, absolutely cowardly tactics from the start. We'll never win this tournament I'm resigned to that.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Give over with the excuses for a piss poor showing . They at least saved us from a Bayern massacre.

Agreed - if we played like that against a Bayern side on last nights form and frankly coverage would need a PG warning.

 

[Vienna_70]

No doubt tomorrow, the ref or the VAR official will come out and apologise for not giving the foul on Laporte in the build-up to their second goal.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Lineker & Wio describing one of our players as 'amatuerish' .

And proving why.

The rotters.