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Is there anything that Klopp hasn't moaned about this season? At this rate, he's gonna complain about why opposing teams are playing with 11 players!

Wait, I thought Inter play beautiful passing football!? Someone here was going gaga over the way they do that because of the highlights! Inter were really hopeless yesterday. They just kept dumping cross after cross after cross into the box, rarely finding the target, and kept taking pot shots from distance. The one rare time someone got a clean header from a cross, Lukaku cleared it for Shakhtar! No composure, no quality, no ingenuity to break Shakhtar down and it's the same side that Inter thrashed 5-0 only back in August. And after the game, Conte actually complained about these sides always change their style and sit back to defend against his sides. What frustrated me back then was that Conte never deviated from his back 3 system and it's still the same case now. He sticks with it all the time, even when he needs to chase the game, even when the opposing team only play with 1 striker. At their best, Conte's teams can be fun to watch - as we saw in 2016/17 - but if they aren't, then his sides can be too functional and predictable and look clueless. Also doesn't help that Conte himself has a weird obsession with getting hard working but very average players.

Did the draw simulator and ended up with this...

Am looking from our perspective. If not Gladbach, then Leipzig are the 2nd most likely.

Getting Gladbach, Atalanta, RB Leipzig or even Lazio would be nice. Someone different for a change! But we will probably end up getting Barcelona or worse, Atletico...

BIG pressure on Conte now to win Serie A this season...

Based on probabilities, we'll likely get Gladbach...

Shakhtar in Group B: L 0-6 Gladbach L 0-4 Gladbach Also Shakhtar in Group B: W 3-2 Real Madrid D 0-0 Inter W 2-0 Real Madrid D 0-0 Inter On the opposite end of results, Gladbach in Group B: W 6-0 Shakhtar W 4-0 Shakhtar D 2-2 Inter D 2-2 Real Madrid L 2-3 Inter L 0-2 Real Madrid What a bloody weird group...

Had we finished 2nd in the group, we would have faced 1 of these 5 teams in the UCL Round of 16: Bayern Real Madrid Dortmund Juventus PSG

Conte's Champions League record: P: 34 W: 12 D: 11 L: 11 3 group stage exits in 5 Champions League campaigns...

So, we will face 1 of these 7 teams in the Round of 16: Atletico Madrid Gladbach Porto Atalanta Lazio Barcelona RB Leipzig The draw will be held on Monday, at 11am GMT.

RB Salzburg have been Simeone-ed...

Inter have looked somewhat desperate so far. No composure and quality in the final third. 10 shots but only 1 on target. Lots of silly pot shots.

And Atletico have scored...

Maybe I am crazy but Messi or not, I would heavily fancy our chances against this current Barcelona side...

Klopp has been moaning endlessly about players' welfare and yet, he has played his first team players in a dead rubber - Salah, Mane, Jota, Fabinho, Robertson etc.

So, Atalanta are another possible opponents in the Round of 16...

2-0 PSG. That should mean Leipzig will finish 2nd in Group H... You can breathe a sign of relief now, @Tomo.

It seems like all the noise so far is coming only from Alaba's camp...

Bamford also said on the The Athletic that we are the best team Leeds have faced this season, which is something considering they also already played Liverpool and Man City.

Don't forget COVID-19 as well. Havertz got a serious one and had to miss games. We were lucky that it happened just before the last international break. Might not be so lucky next time IF someone else gets it (touch wood!).

Quick reminder of the schedule for the second half of the season. There's still gonna be a game every 3-4 days, even more so if we go far in the Champions League and FA Cup.