Na . Not for me .. we are known worldwide for playing football other teams can just dream of ..
I could see it happen at Anfield again. We need to play for a good result and save the glory for camp nou. Or kill them there when we play at home first.We need to get out of this way of thinking that we are just going to go to any stadium and play them off the park.
Real Madrid on their way to CLs had loads of performances where they were average or poor and still won or even lost and brought it back in the 2nd leg. You can’t dominate every single game on the way to the CL final, you have bad performances and luck along the way.
BIG difference yesterday to our usual CL games is we played shit and won... usually we play shit and lose.
It’s impossible for us to be that bad again, I see it as a wake up call for the players.
I could see it happen at Anfield again. We need to play for a good result and save the glory for camp nou. Or kill them there when we play at home first.
i'll take the win but that was an embarassing match. this is a very average united side and yet on the whole they were the better team. i actually thought the performance was humiliating. imagine us playing like this against a SAF united or against liverpool...it would be awful
Think a winger could've helped us. With Messi and Suarez playing centrally, they had it easy (3 vs 2 usually). Roberto had his moments, I imagine in form Dembele would've torn them apart. Even Malcom...
Even Malcom...
We didnt really look in trouble in this game. The performance and substitutions was a bit too measured but it got a good result.
We probably could of put them to the sword in the second half with faster countering players, but I am not going to complain about coming out of a CL quarter with an away win.
Who?
Does Valverde need defending for his management of Malcom or is he perfect in even that?
but I am not going to complain about coming out of a CL quarter with an away win.
Let's ignore the forest for the trees and complain only when Liverpool knock us out
This hyping of Liverpool needs to stop. Yes, they are one of the best teams in Europe. Yes, they may as well knock us out (far weaker teams have done so in recent years) But, if our players are well rested and fully fit, I think of us as at least slight favorites.
What most of you don't realize in here, is the degree to which being well rested before big CL games affects performance. Last night, United were far better prepared than us for the simple reason that they had 8 days of rest and we had barely half that. This is a yuuuuge deal.
In the return leg, the tables will be completely reversed. a) Camp Nou b) Dembele back c) Barca well rested, United not d) They have to chase the game e) Messi pissed
Back to Liverpool. Just watch their recent games. They have been easily weaker than us for some time now. You don't need to be a football genius to understand that.
Exactly. Even though United had more rest we still controlled most of the game and had chances. We played in second gear and still won. Even under pep we played first legs in second gear and didn't win