There are fine margins in football and the fickle nature of the football world over exaggerate every problem.
Over the 4 legs of both CL semi finals, Bayern and Real Madrid were the better sides by a country mile. They dominated the games both in chances created and possession. Yet Bayern went out.
Atletico get lauded as some sort of footballing masterclass but their style heavily relies on luck. On another day Muller scores his penalty and/or Greizmann gets flagged for offside and its Atletico who go out with a whimper.
I wonder if that Aguero shot would have whistled into the top corner if we would have been getting lauded as a tactical masterclass?
Defensively Pellegrini got it spot on in both legs. I can't even criticise him over our slow and turgid style because it's been like that under him for 18 months now. To expect anything different was stupid. That said, he should have been working on specific attacking plays during the week and I honestly don't think Pepe and Ramos will have an easier nights work for the rest of their career.
We had zero shape, ideas, forward runs and the manager willingly allowed our only CF to play in every position but a CF.