So, that is 3 English teams losing CL game, tomorrow 4th as well, all of them out of CL after return games? Speccially one. Hopefully.
Champions League Round of 16 (18th Feb - 8th Aug)
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I wasn't even talking about us mate, Sheffield Utd, Wolves have a better chance.
Don't go that far.
Liverpool is the clear favorite to win, I would put us on the same level as Real, Barca, Juve and City behind Liverpool.
I’m happy with the 1-1 result but not having Busquets and vidal will hurt the next game
Bayern looked absolutely class tonight. Yet another Bundesliga CL masterclass. They have Prem teams on their arse. Where’s the Bundesliga is shit thread.
England wasnt that far in front last year when they dominated both European competitions and its not that much of a slight when we could see 2 or 3 of them out at the first elimination stage.
Would the EPL be better if Bayern were facing Liverpool and Dortmund v City and both German sides found it difficult?
Yes right now you are but what I saw tonight and have been seeing for the last couple of weeks is not a top 4 team. 6 would be about right.
And honestly I think you should be happy To even get a EL spot with that squad.
Some tough games left against Liverpool, City, Everton, Wolves and Sheffield.
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Vidal fell for that obvious bait big time there. He's a bit of a putz sometimes.
I don't think so.
In the first 14 games in the league, we only picked 18 pts and we were 9th, behind Arsenal (19), Sheffield United (19), Wolves (20).
But in the last 13 games, we are 3rd now with 23 pts. Only Liverpool (40) and City (28) are ahead of us, everyone else is behind, with Everton (22). Southampton (22), Sheffield United (21), Spurs (20), Wolves (19), Burnley (19), Arsenal (18), Leicester (18), Chelsea (18)...
I think we are almost guaranteed to be 4th now in lieu of Chelsea. And the team, without injuries, starts understanding better how to use spaces, and once they realize faster if the team in front is sitting deep and low or not, we will be able to hurt them even more. Bruno is the one who makes the differences. Pogba? Can make even more of a difference.
We have to back Ole 100% until the end of the season.
man utd also have everton away, man city home, spurs away. Lots of tricky matches. Just an opinion but i think top 4 stays as it is
Liverpool will batter Atletico at Anfield.
They are finally getting their team together. Süle being out basically the whole year is a big blow though. Martinez and Perisic are not being missed too much. Hernandez healthy again helps.
But yes, bringing on Coutinho, Goretzka and Tolisso is not shabby!
Yes it Will be an interesting end of the season, especially for the top 4 For sure.
Hopefully we win EL and dont have to rely on top 4 race. But we’ll see!
Bayern are kinda dark horses for this years champions league, I dont think many fans/pundits would have these down as winning the tournament ahead of the likes of liverpool, real, Barca, man city, psg and even Juventus purely because they have the ronaldo factor but Bayern look like they can destroy any team on their day with how potent they are in attack, especially with Lewandowski in the form of his life and and they do gave very good strength in depth all over the pitch if most of their players perform to their potential.
You put that wrong, it's the lesser teams which we have to play, our record against the top 6/8 is pretty good.
Not sure that they'll batter them. I think Atletico are the perfect side to set up and soak up pressure whereas you know a Barca or City will generally always crumble under the same conditions.
Liverpool will probably fluke a win, tbf, but Atletico are probably the worst team in the world to be going into a 2nd leg against needing to break down.
We’ve seen this before where they look amazing in the first two rounds and then fall off
Chelsea aren’t a great barometer but Bayern did look good today.
Spurs away is not tricky.
Is Lampard on the sack watch yet?
I’m not so sure. They haven’t been impressive for months now and surely, sooner or later the opposition will take their chances
Well, his goalkeeper selection is not helping him.
He has an issue with his 75 million GK and I'm not sure why he's not starting Willian.
Why? That red card was as blatant as they come. I’d be raging that Alonso was so fecking stupid. Though he has previous.
Would love to agree with you but Atletico are bad enough at 0-0. When they have a lead to protect, they'll shut everything down and we'll struggle. Hopefully we can get a result but we certainly won't batter them
That was never a red.
If Ramos did that, he'd be given a free vacation by UEFA.
To be fair, that's kinda what Alonso got. A vacation from Europe
Whatevs - that was a blatant red.
The issue is he's not a good goalkeeper. Chelsea got mugged AND fleeced for this guy.
Liverpool are the only one who might go through. The rest are out.
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How is everyone so confident about city going out?
Its ridiculous. I think theyre big favourites against this Madrid side
Best Refereeing performance of the season by a mile tonight in the Chelsea - Bayern match.
Bayern should have had a penalty for the Christensen handball imo
Based on the highlights Bayern were sublime and Barcelona were trash.
Yeah. They have been looking pretty tonight... I just don't buy it, and I'm a fan! Checsea was not competition.
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