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Btw, we had Araujo and Kounde starting and again we have conceded 2 goals in a European game. Practically every time we have gone to Europe under Xavi we have shipped 2+ goals yet domestically, 7 in 22... Are the usual suspects here ever going to admit the quality of LaLiga attackers just...

He's declining hard. Teams are starting to push their CBs high up the pitch to mark him as he can't beat them for strength nor speed. A lot of talk about how great his physique is but every game he gets pushed around by random CBs.

The good thing is we are not at a disadvantage and have kept the tie for the next leg, where we can fix the lineup and actually play our best players. He has another chance to fix things.

Its the opposite! The time to rest players is against Cadiz and Almeria. Not against Man United.

They conceded from a corner and an accidental cross/shot goal.

Balde particularly changed the game when he came on. Hope that he doesn't decide to 'rotate' for the second leg.

I think it's the opposite. He really realises it, so much so that it psyches him out and causes him to make bad decisions. A loss here will be terrible for morale and just enforce the idea that we are only doing good because LaLiga is shite.

The only explanation is Christensen might have had a bout of anxiety for this game or Xavi doesn't trust him to mentally hold up or something because that truly is bizarre. Changing a very strong CB partnership to put Alonso in... why? Man U's lineup looks very weak though so we should be able...

City are playing really poor football. Will be very lucky to win here though Arsenal are not doing much either.

Man U missing : Martial, Van de Beek, Antony, Eriksen, Sabitzer, McTominay, Lisandro At home as well... Should be a good chance to win with a couple goals and go to England with the tie almost in the bag.

Bayern could and should have done a lot more with the version of PSG that presented today. They were very poor. Only getting 1 goal is a shame because they have still left the tie wide open when they could've closed it today if they were sharper. In Munich PSG will improve and Mbappe will be...

No offside check?

Is anyone surprised this PSG team are useless? Their supposedly most important players can't even be bothered to turn up to league games or train with the team sometimes. How are you ever going to form a consistent and strong playstyle like that? Your star players don't even want to play let...

Feels like he will have a masterclass against United. Been too many bad games in a row. Redemption season.

You reckon? Villarreal didn't do badly playing up the field and attacking in their 442. They actually won the possession battle yesterday. United may be the more defensive team but I doubt that they park the bus, they have enough quality that if we put in some of the performances we have been...

A curious fact : Madrid's xgA is actually not that different to ours, it's only a few expected goals higher. They also have the next least goals conceded after us (7 Vs 18 though, lol). Ignoring our huge overperformance there I think it really says something about LaLiga when Madrid, who's...

With Raphinha, it's important to understand when you evaluate him that Xavi is implementing a totally different system than what we usually see at Barca or have seen ever at Barca. Off the ball work is becoming just as important as on the ball and the most important facet of our game is the...

Valverde actually had a much worse team with the exception of Messi. It is definitely debatable whether Messi alone is worth more than all the talent we've added recently.

Yep there is definitely something else there, like you said probably mental. It keeps happening over and over. Maybe it's not an ideal way to play but if it continues to work then so be it. The only fear is that when we go to Europe with confident and talented attackers facing us they won't...

2 big chances from Morales of 0.3 xG each and a total of 1.1 xG from their side. Usually you would concede a goal from that... I think the total xG against is like 16 or 17 now but we are still at 7 goals conceded, 3 of them coming against Madrid. There is definitely some luck there but as KL...