QF 1st Leg Post Match Thread

[tommo74]

If only Pep had thought of that...

Clearly he didn't

 

[mcfcmatt]

That said Peps strategy and selection was totally wrong.

But if we had won 1-0 from that penalty everyone would have said he got it right and preserved KDB and Sane for Sunday!
It was always going to be a tougher game than people expected, we walk away 1-0 down and that is not the end of the tie whatsoever.

Bring on Palace Sunday.

 

[Mon Autre]

Any team that hopes to win the CL should have the ability to turn around a 1 goal defeat at home in the second leg.

There are different types of one goal defeat though. This is the worst kind and we left ourselves vulnerable to it.

 

[cookster]

Clearly he didn't

So what was his thought process, to lose the game...

 

[tommo74]

The sense of entitlement of some newbie blues is absurd.

We can’t win every game you clowns and real football isnt PlayStation football you cant just play your best team game after game.

Pep picked the right team tonight and we’re bang in the tie and still favourites to progress

Did any blues who were there see what happened with that pitch invader. It looked as though delphy was about to confront him before the camera panned away

Season ticket holder in division 2 mate and if you think pep picked the best team tonight you are sorely mistaken

 

[warringtonblue]

I know the rules have changed but I don't think that should have been a penalty, the miss might have even affected us negatively too if anything. Would have preferred Kane stayed uninjured, Delph was not at fault for that either way but I don't want any excuses if/when we turn the tie around at home.

Delph was most certainly at fault, initially he gave Son too much room, secondly he thought the ball was going out of play, and when Son brought it back he did nothing to block the shot and I think he was half appealing too

 

[PragueBlue]

You have to see this in the scheme of chasing four trophies. If we were 10’points ahead in the league it might have been different.

Judge this result next Wednesday. I thought we played well and were very unlucky.

I thought we were pretty average, as were Spurs. We didn't play to our strengths and gave them a much easier game than they would have expected. We'll most likely have to expend more energy next week than we would if we had played to our potential this evening. Same happened in the CL last season and also in his last season at Bayern. Strange team selections that lead to poor results. We haven't left ourselves as much to do this season as last, but it's still going to be very tough. We won't be able to relax if we're 2 up. We'll most likely need at least 3, and goals haven't exactly been flowing recently.

 

[Mon Autre]

But if we had won 1-0 from that penalty everyone would have said he got it right and preserved KDB and Sane for Sunday!
It was always going to be a tougher game than people expected, we walk away 1-0 down and that is not the end of the tie whatsoever.

Bring on Palace Sunday.

But if we'd scored the penalty, it would have actually have made sense to play out the game in the manner we did. We didn't score it though.

 

[tommo74]

So what was his thought process, to lose the game...

No idea pal you tell me

 

[cookster]

There are different types of one goal defeat though. This is the worst kind and we left ourselves vulnerable to it.

What kind of one goal defeat would have been better and how would it changes the return leg?