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

xps thinking specifically of Alli's header and a couple of decent crosses that Llorente was either too slow to attack or couldn't be arsed

not much point pondering it I grant you

I've always thought what Jordan said. Away goals is a dumb rule imo. I'd always want to be at home first and 0-0 is a good result. I was perfectly happy with Liverpool drawing at Anfield against Bayern.

Also just playing away second, as long as you're not completely out of the tie, always seems better to me, away goals are this panicky threat then, in the most crucial phase of the tie and only one team can score them at that stage.

1-0 at home isn't that bad a result. Spurs can score twice in Amsterdam with Son back.

― FernandoHierro, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:11 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this

ajax very poor apart from two or three moves but we made even that look better than it was

trippier is horrible but a pochettino that sends him out there without vertonghen or alderweireld under orders to physically assault him if at any stage he approaches the offside line is a pochettino with only himself to blame

easy with hindsight to say we should have started another midfielder- sissoko was a risk to have even on the bench and although he was a monster i still didnt breathe until the final whistle without him feeling a twinge

sanchez still the defender most likely to be on the hook for everyone else ballwatching. he played well again

foyth a far better option than trippier. gazzaniga a far better option than trippier.

eriksen and alli either shook or disinterested and offers for the latter at this stage should be considered imo, its not just performance the guy hasnt lifted a leg all season and is pathetically immature.

trippier is bad at his main job and has gotten bad at the secondary bit that used to make him being bad at his man job acceptable i hope he dies

ref was good

crossing was awful, attempts to get on the end of crosses were horribly uncommitted and heading was terrible on the few attempts that we did get.

sissoko is my favourite spurs player ever

sending vertonghen out again was shit and poch should apologise publicly, totally unacceptable.

otm on all acounts, good to have you back. i was surprised about how dull eriksen was: he used to have a sparkle, no? seems gone as of late.

i can allow for exhaustion and how much we owe him historically, hes also obviously still trying

if he was a golfer id say he had the jitters.

but he and kane carry a lot of opposition weight of focus and god bless sonny i love him but he doesnt work the other team in the same way

when you take kane away for any length of time its eriksen alone and alli goes from being an affordable luxury to an indisciplined passenger

moura impressed me tonight, despite little to no end product (that relies on anyone else around him trying to even get on the end of any such product for a start)

really not sure about this lfc line up. worried that klopp has done a pep and out thought himself in an away first leg. rather have seen the usual 433 with studge in for bobby and gigi/fab/hendo midfield 3. gladly take a result that leaves lfc needing to win by one at home.

Not sure it's so bad, I'm reading all this panicked talk that he's parked the bus but Firmino is injured so I guess Keita can push up. Gomez for Trent is mildly cautious but doesn't seem a gigantic decision.

Looks like it might be a fairly open game so far.

Fairly happy with this start

Ffs that's naby out for the season

ref has alllowed two rotten tackles from barca

Robertson unfazed by any challenge

Mane looks on it

Sake

Nice of Suarez not to celebrate against his old club

ref is criminal

Salah has the beating of that flank

Heap of cynical fouls from Barcelona

and should have four yellows for dirty slides

tell ye what cold sweats at the thought of facing either team tbh, rest sissoko at ajax imo

That Busquets one getting let go was ridiculous. Ref was really starting to lose control of it by the end of the half there.

Precarious enough, Liverpool prob need an away goal, whatever happens.

master of the dark arts is busi

only cos refs let him

ah remember when he was *our* cunt, now he's back to just a cunt

Haha I was gonna say I forgot how much I love/hate him

The state of Vidal

Kind of feel Liverpool may have squandered enough chances to regret.

unfortunate when milner gets the two best scoring chances...

Salah has held the ball up so well.

Grand larceny.

Ouch

Fuck football

If they can get a goal back 2-1 is a workable 1st leg result

I would be happy with 2-1 but 3-0 looking more likely maybe.

My fault

... you were saying?

Jesus what a free kick

Ok yeah never mind

Can’t really do much about that. Stunning.

His 600th goal for Barca.

Cruel at the other end too.

jaysus

Awful from Salah

my word

Sitter.

nightmare game huh

few of em should be suspended for final imi

barca losing 3-0 to liverpool seems more likely than them losing 3-0 to roma.....

anyone relying on liveblogs for this will have been informed by the Guardian that Messi's second was 35 yards out and by the BBC that it was his 300th for Barca

It's the nil part that makes it impossible. Even 3-1 would leave a faint glimmer of hope.