I agree. But in any case I'm utterly sure that the players simply have it in mind to win everything. As they have had for months now (since the Spurs defeat, which they bloody nearly got a draw out of). They look like steely-eyed missile men. That said, the stakes are high for the Hammers, too. They won't be giving us an inch. As why should they?
What happened in Madrid was an inexplicable one-off, a six-minute brain fart that had no relation whatsoever to the 180 minutes of play that preceded it. Which had been superbly managed, from first to last. What happened at Wembley was that a weakened and tired team, and a keeper who delivered easily the worst performance of his time here, allowed the opposition to appear to run away with it, only to come back and really threaten them for the second half of the game. In both cases the question of mental fortitude or a lack of effort is, as they say in French, “nul et non-avenu”. In plain language, it had fuck all to do with those two results. I trust and admire this team, and this manager.
Let's do this, and have a party at the Etihad for the last match.