We did 'boss' the first half. They had one touch in our penalty area. We still have a very soft centre when teams go for it and our best players have gone missing at the most important time of the season. The team is done this season, they look flat and jaded and it's a good job we have such a big gap.
But that loss was down to one incompetent (at best) man and he doesn't 'play' for either City or United.
You've hit the nail on head, we have a very soft centre and rely far to much on Fern. I know Pep likes industries, intelligent ball players, but had we been able to bring on a Makalele type player at half time it would've given us a bit of steel. His footballing philosophy is second to none, but at Barca he had Messi and at Bayern it was a one horse race.