Same old, not learning from the past.
The problem started with the selection. Nasri created a big imbalance which Juve exploited throughout. The trio of Yaya, Silva and Nasri didn't have the agility or energy to do the work needed to press Juve in, it was a constant out ball and free escape for them and they exploited it. It also enabled them to knacker our 3 key players and exploit it at the end by running through, they wore us down and we cracked, because it was the wrong team on the pitch. Our success this season has been based on 2 quick wide men who pin their full backs, and in each game we quickly pick the side that is weakest and hammer it. Today, we only had Sterling, and Juve doubled teamed him out of the game, the other side was merely a Juve escape valve. We were so slow, sideways and one-paced, it was back to the worst of last season.
Juve tamed us, and controlled us for most of the game. We were oddly at an advantage at 0-0 because whilst they tested the waters with our weaknesses, they were clearly happy with a draw. Once we went ahead, they had to go for it, and they picked us off. The defence collapsed, the lack of pace, energy and hard work shone through as Juve scored 2 soft goals. It was a problem in the making from minute 1 and was exacerbated when he didn't sure it up by immediately bringing De Bruyne on for Nasri and Fernando on for probably Silva or Sterling at 1-0 to sure it up, he ballsed it up and cost us the game, although the players have to take responsibility for a lazy, lacklustre performance.
Not learnt their lessons, and I'm pissed off because of it. An inexcusable loss, with an even more inexcusable performance. Not on, and they better remedy it, made the group really difficult now, need a result in Seville or Turin now.
Pelle got it wrong, and it's unacceptable 3 seasons in, when it's the same old shit from his first season.
I expect a backlash on Saturday, I expect us to march away with the league from here, get through the carling cup and win the group from here. We're meant to be an elite club now, so we need to act like it on all fronts, tonight was an embarrassment that the top 3 (Bayern, Barca, Real) would not accept and would remedy it immediately, so should we, that's the standard now, no excuses.
