You finish exactly where you deserve to whatever league you're in - you finish 7th, you're 7th best over the season even if it's curtailed. Ifs whats and maybes don't come into it. Lyon have had poor spells and good runs - hence 7th.They're a good side but nowhere near us in terms of quality. Last night is all on the manager and his decisions.
Still a Lyon, a team who can'y buy a 20m player. What is the meaning of buying 40 et 50m players when they look the same as 6.5m player like Denayer?People keep repeating this but it is bollocks.
Lyon are the second best team in France, the had a disastrous managerial appointment in Sylvinio who dropped them down to 17th, but as soon as Garcia came in they surged back up the table and if the season hadn't been curtailed by covid, they'd have finished in the top 4 like they always do.
They beat Juventus a week ago and took PSG all the way to penalties a week before that.
They are a good side.
how on earth did Cornet not get booked for diving - it was not only the penalty dive but he did it several times elswhere on the pitch - the ref was conned badly there - clever move them complaining he was dutch before the match and 'coild be biased' he tried hard not to be - too hard! Missed chances and inadequate defending all season is the story - needs a rebuild of defence mainly- make that solid -we will score goals with our machine- roll on next season and lets stuff those dippers and rags
There has been a consistent theme of the type of goal we have conceded ever since Garcia became a starter.
They have been lost in foot races or Ederson caught in no man's land as a result.
Out backline is painfully high and slow, further exposing the various levels of pace amongst individual defenders.
You have Garcia and Laporte always trying to play offside and Walker hanging back closer to goal (even though it's his raw pace we rely on to get us off the hook)
Last night is the first time I felt the fans and players weren't bought into what Pep was trying to achieve.
It's a worrying period with little turnaround time until the new season and continued fault lines throughout the defensive midfield and entire back line.
NoCan you imagine Klopp changing his Mane, Salah, Firmino trio to go 3 at the back when they face Lyon?
I believe KDB always preforms better when Foden, Bernardo, David Silva play. Not Gungodan. As I said a better 6 than an 8.
A lot of super fit and muscle ripped young players are happy for half the planet to see them screaming like children, bottom lip quivering when there's the slightest touch. Look at my muscles, but if you touch me I fall over. Wimps. Did Lyon ever stop crying?You very rarely see bookings for diving in CL games and thats why these teams continue to go down under the slightest touch (or no touch). What it means that is that the game is continually stopped as the referee is conned throughout the game. The officials don‘t seem interested and the game as a spectacle suffers. It’s been going on for years and for me I don’t enjoy watching these games for this reason.