Only Spurs rush in: it's the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018/2019 thread

no point being right at the wrong time buck

we'd prob have won the league if he was still there.

i don't mean cos he'd have been some dominant influence but he'd be worth a couple more points in some of those seven draws.

but in that timeline Divock Origi would still be trapped in the soul stone

lol

This fuckin tweet:

When Sunderland let a 3-0 lead slip at Derby in 1990-91 it was seen as a massive humiliation; my dad called for the reintroduction of the birch. Now Europe's elite do it pretty much every week. Game's gone.

— Jonathan Wilson (@jonawils) May 7, 2019

I was out last night and missed the whole thing but wow at that Trent corner. Amazing that it was your least glamorous or prominent players who were largely responsible for all that, although Alisson looked phenomenal last night.

Henderson was huge in the first half

I guess the two most glamorous players were injured. I thought Fabinho was phenomenal, though it's hard to take away from any of them really, it was a brilliant team performance. Henderson is so much better in an advanced position as he was in 2013/2014, his best spell for Liverpool prior to the last month or so.

It still feels faintly miraculous that Henderson is still getting in your team regularly let alone having that kind of impact on matches. I suppose he slipped out of your first team earlier in the season but has played his way back into it and had looked great recently.

I suppose his energy and disruptive ability and willingness to play wherever he's asked to make him ideal for Klopp and compensate for his shortcomings, maybe he needs a more technical player like Fabinho alongside him though.

he looks way worse in the 6 role - he was brilliant playing high up the pitch in 2013/2014, he's obviously got a huge engine and so the press is perfect for him, he's also good in the tackle and a decent crosser of the ball. i think he can support the front 3 rather than being too connected to the midfield, but he does get around and do defensive work. obv the big problem was expecting to have him as a guy taking responsibility for the tempo of the game in possession - fabinho is that guy 100 per cent, but also has a better positional sense and more discipline about protecting the back four.

obv the big problem was expecting to have him as a guy taking responsibility for the tempo of the game in possession

*also his gait

fergie found henderson's gait too odd the same summer he signed phil jones

straight out of the gait

wearily dusting myself down and, in need of new angles of enjoyment, listening to late 90s alt rock & early nu metal to lean into the mood

Honestly I'm still in a stage of mild disbelief and total joy that this is happening at all.

Starting as they mean to go on.

Hmmmm.

Put up a fight ffs

The response to the goal has been positive though.

Gonna end up 4-4 at this rate

Was anyone meant to be at full back?

okay thats a banger

Embarrassing from Trippier.

Someone on the Ajax bench definitely had a word and told them to play everything down the left because Trippier is shite.

Poch should take trippier off right there and then

Ziyech looks a player to me

at least it's been settled quickly

ajax have been poor

we have been awful

trippier is trippier, whys he marking de ligt from corners

wanyama embarrassing bad. son embarrassing bad

eriksen and alli embarrassing slow and lazy

expected nothing less just surprised that ajax have looked so gettable against a team that doesnt run, mark, tackle or pass

cunts

wanyama for the second goal

unbelievable

what the fuck do these guys have as their ambition

cl semi final

Ajax played pretty bad for about 30 minutes, but Spurs had no idea.

Ajax have been properly good for about half an hour in total across both ties but they could have cut that back to ten minutes and still have gone through.

trying to think did i ever see a team talk less to each other

eriksen corner lol i wonder the outcome first man perchance

lol

Ajax were asking for that. Needlessly negative so far this half.

Did that whole move come from a Son tackle in our own area?

jesus christ id say you are wearing a bib watching this shit fh

can u imagine liverpool of last night turn up against either of these

what

is that

At times I thought Ajax look dangerous, don't want to invite the knocker gods.

glad i never slagged Lucas

Here we go.

Amazing save at first.

Lol 8 Ajax players in the box

Vamos!!!

Tactically insane from Ajax.

eriksen still doing his best to fuck it up tbh

trippier still on the pitch

Turns out that playing football is Ajax's best approach.

lol, exactly, instantly looked dangerous again, tho Spurs have got inside their heads a bit now