We shouldn't allow the achievement in Munich to be tarnished by twerps like Tyler, Quinn and Stelling talking trash like '' bayern took their foot off the pedal''. The plain fact is that we faced Bayern down and exposed that overrated pair of centre-backs , dante and boateng. Ribery, as sneaky as he is skilful, found out he couldn't intimidate Zaba .Kolarov stood up to the plate in real skipper style with the pen and you could go right through the team with men who, with the obvious exception of David Silva , would not get in the Bayern team in terms of skill but whose teamwork, concentration and determination overthrew the so-called ' wonderteam' in their own back yard.
Now about the issue of rules/ miscalculation, the Skysters were within their rights to raise it but their overkill reflected the Sly Sports obsession with causing controversy for the sake of it.And their pundits are preoccupied with short-term tactical issues. Unlike Manuel Pellegrini, they don't grasp the importance of sports psychology and , unlike him, they have no long-term strategic overview.
MP went to Munich with two main aims in mind. The first was so obvious that even Hoddle could grasp it-preserve the key players for the vital clash with Arsenal, the main threat to our title hopes. the second was to inflict defeat on Bayern REGARDLESS OF THE MARGIN, and, in so doing, convince the squad they need fear no team. He succeeded . The players know in their hearts now they can go anywhere- the bernabeu, the nou camp -or, for that matter-the king power stadium , with total self-belief.
