We were shit at defending thats what caused our elimination.We can blame VAR,the ref etc but people need to blame the players at the end of the day for shit marking.
Got to agree with Oakie here.
The whole tie reeked of naivety by us, which I understand is some statement.
Pep and his management team decided to send out an unrecognisable team in that first leg, that was set up to, I don't know, not score?
Pep's plan to keep a clean sheet in that first leg would've been some result.
Our full back positions, to me anyway, are a vulnerable point that high end opposition would attack.
When Spurs then got that goal, an away goal for us was imperative, and the minimum we would require to progress.
His refusal to then not change tac and go with more offensive players and the mind boggles.
In the 89th minute he introduced Sane and de Bruyne to the fray, when rather than them having time to conjure up a goal chance, the only thing he was risking was them getting injured.
And as it has turned out, that was when it was over.
In that 2nd leg, he went full turn around.
Almost every player was an attacker.
We had full backs playing as wingers, all attacking midfielders, no regard for any kind of defensive or positonal marking, and it was down to Kompany and Laporte to do all the defending.
In that first half, every time Spurs got the ball, it was keystone kops time, with our players all over the place, busting a gut just to get behind the ball.
Them scoring was inevitable.
Once they had their away goals, it reinforced the all out attack situation for us.
So the off night by our only two defenders let them in for their 3, although that could've been more.
It was a great game and we went close, but we're out.
It's as if he didn't learn from that Monaco tie, when they scared us here, scoring three away goals.
He goes over there with a two goal lead, knowing how good they are on the counter, and goes all out attack, letting them rip us apart.
And the mind boggles.
Can see us getting done on Saturday I'm that far down into the abyss