That first half, WTF.... I couldn't decide if we were shite or they were that good, it was like playing against 7 Thierry Henrys at times. They were berluddy good, fast as shit.
That was in the top 3 worst 1st halves of the season with Everton , Leicester away.
ALL of our major players were simply shite..... We came out as a team.....slow, lethargic, no enthusiasm, weren't we supposed to be on the front foot and get that crucial away goal?....I didn't get it, We'd slag off MP for exactly the same every other week. It's a quarter final of the CL ffs, I didn't think we'd get this from a Pep team.
KDB, Silva, Dinho.....all giving it away time after time, half a yard sloer to every other ball. The players you rely on for big games like this. We couldn't pass it 5 fkin yards. ....No sub to change it, for me , Yaya for Sterling on 30 mins, push KDB up.
Pep simply doesn't like an early sub, no subs at HT.....sheihks head.
Thankfully it wasn't Bravo in net as it would have been 3, 4 nil at HT and tie over.
Sterling, jeez, I hate to single him out but I think winston said it best , what a frustrating player. I think you can tell what game he's going to have in the first 15 mins of a game....either a world beater, unplayable on his day, or a donkey, their simply doesn't seem any in between with him. Tonight, pretty much a donkey.
2nd half, we at least made a game of it, had enough chances to actually win it BUT we didnt take our chances, the story of our season.
Aguero chance was probably a pen after he hit it, got clattered like Sevilla player did for there pen, butwe don't even attempt the "dark arts" so never an option the win at all costs approach.
THE most annoying part of the 2nd half was that winning goal freekick for them imo.
WHY OH WHY OH WHY do u set up a high line from a freekick??? The closer the defenders/attackers are to the keeper the best chance the keeper can come out n punch it or any contact on the keeper its a foul.
I'm in the fkin pub, and the first thing I yell out is " that line is too high"
Why would you give the crosser of the ball a massive gap to ping it into. It makes no sense.
If you sit deep it's an easier cross to deal with. The ball has to be in the air more, keeper has more time to deal with it.
The high line is a Pep thing and I don't get it......like the high pressing line when 2.1 v Chelsea and getting beat 3.2 at home.
It's fkin non sensical tactics for an apparent tactical master.
That's pretty much the ONLY FKIN ATTACK they basically had 2nd half and we laid it on a plate for them. We were battering them 2nd half till that freekick, Willy had nowt to do.
Good luck to them, no "dark arts" to win, they were impressive, I hope they win it. They are gonna get raided for 4, 5, 6, 7 players in the Summer.
What an academy, or scouting system they have. We will be wanking for our 100 million spent if Roberts, Diaz, Maffeo, Sancho etc etc make a sub appearance whilst these boys tonight are running rings around us for next to fuck all in front of 15k fans every other week.
It's now ALL about now lifting them up for the Liverpool game. It can still be a good season, but unless we win the league, highly unlikely now, a great season. ( assuming we can't catch Chelsea of course)
Top 3/4 and FA cup win will be a good season.
Let's deal in facts. We finished 4th last season and won the League cup, then spent 165 million to improve on that.
We've bent over backwards and parted our cheeks for Pep.
I haven't seen anything so far for the squad/money he's spent to separate him from Mancini/ MP.....so far.
Looks like it's gonna take another 150m for a new back 3/4 out of 5?
Thank god we're loaded, thank you Sheihk Mansour!
