QF 1st Leg Post Match Thread

[Thomas Hearns]

Why can't they play twice in 3 days?
Are we resting them for a good pre-season?
This is the business end.

Sports science dictates team selection these days. If they could have played Kev they would. We could afford to lose tonight, we can’t afford to v palace

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Why would Gundo take the penalty when our star striker and designated penalty taker is on the pitch?

Gundo takes what look like impossible to save penalties.

 

[St.Pauli support]

Why would Gundo take the penalty when our star striker and designated penalty taker is on the pitch?

Serious? He didn't miss for the first time.
No idea why Pep doesn't care.
Ilkay any day.

 

[Metalartin]

haven't the time or inclination to read all 70 pages prior to seeing this, if that's the case, my mistake

Fair enough. I agree he was at fault anyway. Delph, Gundo and Ederson share the blame for that but Delph set the tone. Had he not decided to stand still and appeal for a second, hoping it was out, Gundo and Eddie wouldn't have followed suit which bought Son vital time to get the shot away before the keeper was set and his angles were closed down.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Why would Gundo take the penalty when our star striker and designated penalty taker is on the pitch?

He's German , they dont miss penalties :)

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Gundo takes what look like impossible to save penalties.

I agree with this. Sergio isn’t brilliant. What I’ve seen if Gundogan is that he takes wonderful pens.

 

[mcfcmatt]

Serious? He didn't miss for the first time.
No idea why Pep doesn't care.
Ilkay any day.

And he was shite for the whole match though, you are forgetting that part.

 

[PragueBlue]

Sports science dictates team selection these days. If they could have played Kev they would. We could afford to lose tonight, we can’t afford to v palace

I guess we'll find out next week if we could have afforded to lose tonight.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Gotta laugh at some people fretting.

We were robbed of Bernardo. Regardless of other absentees, we win that game tonight with him in place of Mahrez.

Very confident.

We had a chance to piss on their new pitch and seize momentum in the next two games.
Bernardo may well have made a difference, but the long and short of it is, we lost tonight and we're a goal down.

 

[Thomas Hearns]

In that case why play them in the FA Cup semi? Why did Pep prioritize that match over this one? We've got to get over this fixation with the domestic cups. PL and CL are the priorities not sure why Pep needs reminding of this.

Because that’s a one off game which we had to win and did, we are still in this tie having tested our most influential midfielder