Real Madrid (H) | Post Match Thread

[Dzeko9]

Our defense was better in CL last year. We were calm and balanced. We conceded a lot of goals this season. I miss Stones-Dias.

 

[Daz-Simp]

I mean, what a game. These types of ties never go completely to plan, you just have to stick in them and edge through.

It is exactly the game that gets played on repeat for the next 20 years and cements us as an elite side in the eyes of the footballing world. We may get hate from our enemies, but we're money for producing nights like that.

Many a time we've fallen a goal short, tonight we finished a goal ahead and we have to take the confidence of beating Real Madrid than nitpick over errors which, we have to be honest, this side has produced all season and won't be eradicated without investment in key areas.

This isn't the best squad Pep's ever had here but we're still making a fist of it. We've had better sides go out in the group or quarter-finals in the past decade. It's got no striker, it's got no fullbacks tonight, sure if it was Kompany and Dias with Walker and Theo Hernandez with Haaland up front it could have been 7-0. It's Zin, Laporte, Stones at RB and then Dinho, and we still beat them.

 

[west didsblue]

Great game, and although it’s unfortunate we conceded 3 the fact that three of our top defenders were unavailable or injured means it’s no great surprise that our defence wasn’t as good as usual. If Walker and Cancelo are back next week we’ll look a lot stronger at the back. Having said that there’s no blame for their first - quality strike from a top player. Different story for their second, no way it should have been that easy and the pen was a bit unfortunate. 4 great goals for us and could easily have been more. Haaland would have had a field day. KDB superb as usual as was Bernardo and Foden. Mahrez a bit hit and miss - good assist for the first but wasteful a lot of the time.

 

[The perfect fumble]

 

[HelloCity]

Zinchenko should stay in. Cancelo has been off form for a while now.

 

[bennyboy]

They were the inferior team.This is the same as the Liverpool league games when we didn’t kill them off when they are the inferior team.
Not a penalty For me.
Rest KDB at the weekend.

Nope.League still too close to rest him.

 

[Beanhead]

One way of looking at it was It was a big opportunity missed to kill the tie.

Another way of looking it was there was a huge gulf and everything that could have gone right for them did.. and they still lost.

Given the above I fancy our chances of not losing.

 

[Sir peace frog]

Straight at him but he definitely made a save.

Their keeper saved from phil after mahrez hit the post, also from laporte when he found himself as a front man how the fuck he got there I've no idea :)

 

[asgoodasitgets]

I could watch Modric make toast and it’d be worthwhile. The guy was brilliant tonight .

 

[northendenton]

Just back from the game so not had much chance to read what's already been said.
Brilliant game, should have scored at least a couple more, but for poor finishing. Defensive errors cost us the goals. Next week hopefully we have both full backs starting to give us some defensive speed. Regarding Ederson, Pep needs to have a serious word with him. He was far too casual at times especially in the first half. Not good for my nerves or my heart rate. Thought the flags tonight were great and helped create a good atmosphere. Bring on Wednesday night. Game on.

Ederson by his own standards of ball control was way short tonight