EL W Europa League Play-off 2nd Leg

Manchester United 2:1 Barcelona

Post-match discussion


Thu, 23 February 2023

Garnacho needs to be taught how to manage a game. A couple of times when he should have gone to the corner he gave the ball away with lose passes into the middle, leading to dangerous counters. Should know better.
Well, the best way to learn is to make mistakes in this big games and learn from it. He is 18 mate, give it a rest.
 
Amazing stuff. What a second half that was, incredible intensity. Years of spineless performances, no characters, unlovable bullshit and look at us now! I fecking love this incarnation of us.
 
The mentality and work rate we have now is absolutely fantastic. I love so many of our players now. Love ETH.

Now win a trophy on Sunday to build on this!
 
All I want to say is....

Lay off De Gea!!!
Lay off Fred!!!
Lay off Antony!!!
 
Erik ten bag’s constant ability to read game and adjust to give us the upper hand is so satisfying. What a fecking manager we have!

Excellent second half!’we deserve to go through over the two legs.
Yes, he is a complete manager ! And he knows how to speak to the team too to pass his message !
He is Sir Alex reborn, he even has the same assistant !
 
Garnacho needs to be taught how to manage a game. A couple of times when he should have gone to the corner he gave the ball away with lose passes into the middle, leading to dangerous counters. Should know better.
Some people are never satisfied are they FFS
 
That felt like a win in a Champions League semi-final! Mental!
 
They want to make Europa exciting so I’m sure we will be facing Juve before long.

To be fair, having beaten Barcelona I would say we are the best team left in the competition and we should be winning it.
I'm guessing arsenal fans will disagree - we may well have to beat them to win the tournament. and I hate them more than people here hate Barca. I hate them and their snivelling fans almost as much as the dippers and their crowd
 
Excellent second half they fought like war poets, Fred excellent amount of times he took possession off them or broke up their play, Antony what a finish and Bruno stepped it up when he played his best position which brings me to my next point we have to start with Rashford Antony Sancho\garnacho and Bruno on Sunday sorry but we are so much more balanced this way and we put defences under the cosh.
 
I'd say we were better for 3 of 4 halves. Brilliant to win and to win in 90 minutes - think going to extra time would've really damaged us for Sunday.
 
We're a better team than Arsenal and Man City. I've absolutely no doubt about that. Can Arsenal drop enough points?
 
First win against these cnuts since 2008 and boy does it feel great.
 
Just completely overpowered them in them 2nd half. They couldn't handle us physically. Awesome result.
 
We are significantly better with Antony on the pitch

Amen…not sure why many on here don’t see this.

Varane is the best positioning CB I’ve ever seen….and it’s really not close. If he doesn’t become some coaching guru in his later years he’s depriving future generations because he is literally always perfectly positioned.
 
Martinez is world class. His defending is great and his passing can be outrageous at times.
 
We're winning games based on enthusiasm and work rate. We shine because we have a couple of mentality monsters in the team with Casimero, Fred, Bruno, Martinez, Dalot, Bissaka, Shaw and Varane. They all work their socks off. Next improvement should be playing good football and killing teams early on.

We now beat City, Chelsea, Pool, Spurs, Arsenal and Barca at home. We can actually win several prizes this season.
What ? That’s bullsh*t. ETH improved our organization and yea play massively. Can’t you see that ?
 
Shaw, what a baller. Calm. Strong. Bruno is a genius in my humble. Love the guy. Martinez so strong and gutsy and with such presence. Varane, positioning, class, great player. Casemiro, why did Real let him go? One of the best midfielders on the planet. Fred awesome performance tonight. Great stint by AWB. Antony there when needed. Thanks for the winning goal, should do wonders for him. No one disgraced themselves.
 
Yes, he is a complete manager ! And he knows how to speak to the team too to pass his message !
He is Sir Alex reborn, he even has the same assistant !
I have been wondering how big a part the "wally with the brolly" plays. he must have something if SAF and ETH both rate him
 
I think my heart beats back to normal again now. What an amazing fight back, that’ll go down in history. Well done everyone.
 
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Tough game, fantastic and historic win for the club. It wasn’t the best start, silly penalty to give away, really naive from Bruno to do that in Europe. But 2nd half we gave it our all and scored two class goals.

But we need to move our focus from tonight to the weekend. We’ve done a great job getting through in 90 and we need another massive win on Sunday.
 
Flew across half the world for the game at OT. Bloody worth it! I was seated at the first row and really feck Frankie with all i had! No more voice now from all the shouting! What a night!
 
Avoid Sevilla at all costs please. Can’t take another Spanish team full of divers and cheats.
 
Well deserved over the tie. That soft pen rocked the team in the first half, but with the right changes the tempo, intensity and structured pressing of Utd strangled Barca.

Barca are a pale shadow of their best days, 3 goals over the tie hugely flatters their attacking threat.
 

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 Fred image Fred 50% of 410 votes

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Score Predictions

195,21,15
  • Man Utd win
  • Barcelona win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 42% Man Utd 2:1 Barcelona
  • 14% Man Utd 3:1 Barcelona
  • 13% Man Utd 2:0 Barcelona
  • 6% Man Utd 3:2 Barcelona
  • 5% Man Utd 1:2 Barcelona
  • 4% Man Utd 1:0 Barcelona
  • 3% Man Utd 1:1 Barcelona
  • 3% Man Utd 3:0 Barcelona
  • 3% Man Utd 2:2 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 0:1 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 0:2 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 4:2 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 2:3 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 6:0 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 0:0 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 1:3 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 0:3 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 4:1 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 0:5 Barcelona
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Barcelona
Possession
42% 58%
Shots
12 6
Shots on Target
5 3
Corners
1 2
Fouls
13 12

Referee

Clement Turpin