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well he is japanese, they age a bit slower but he only plays becasue he is a fan darling. as long as RLC keeps targetting him i am fine.

Its true. i only watched the alst 20 minutes but we had way more of the ball and also played out good chances vs a very low block. it makes a real difference when RLC is on the ball. also we look way more fluid without Alonso (obviously) and even Hazard.

hasebe is so poor today, we really have to take advantage

we are technically the far superior side, just the decision making is lacking. rmeinds me of pool vs barca yesterday

how has RLC not scored here poo rdefending by hasebe and rlc could have hit it anywhere

christensen is shit but that was a perfectly fine challenge

we are because they allow us so getting 11 men behind the ball. and the atmosphere is extremely hostile.

bastian rode vs jorginho is like aproper dm vs a botched one

i told ouy we can not match there intensity, have to outplay them. but why is hazard not on the pitch wtf 1-0 down is nothing away, 1 goal and we are back in it, no panic yet but our performance is awful

There is only one Messi. With Barcas Kamikaze midfield they would win fuck all if they had any other player than Messi in that position.

We really have no chance to win this in an open match. They are too intense, strong and disciplined. Also they have a coach who actually knows 1 or 2 things about how to set up a team and organizing a defence other than good old Sarri. All we can hope for is that they become reckless, Hazard has a good day and picks them apart like messi did to Pool today. I dont see it but a possibiligy. Frankfurt play a bit similar to liverpool and i can see them dominating the game from minute 1 but they are not always clinical so our chance is to counter attack them.

Messi might very well the reason Argentina never won a world cup recently IMO. Messi basically made the team selection himself resulting in them leaving Dybala and Icardi out of the team often not even featuring Agüero or just Higuain. With that strikeforce alone a good manager would make more of it that the few goals they scored at world cups. Messi choked it just as he did the Copa America finals they lost because of him. But IMO international football is worthless assessing the quality of a player. Overall the quality in international football is just poor and the competitons are obviously corrupted. I regard world cups as some kind of holiday showcase tutorial. Entertaining but of no footballing value.

it is fair to say, congrats to Barca for winnin ghte CL again

and then lose to ajax in the final lol

lol Salah, i would score that

liveprool are was wasteful as us lol

Messi is still the GOAT even though I dont like him either .

actually they have been a counter attacking side for quite some time now. Posession based football is dead. It is just Sarri who has not got the memo.

LOL. even our 2012 team worked harder for the goals here than Barca did today. Not wanna hear about destructive anti football and pure counter attacking gamesmanship from a Barca fan again hahah

Officially fucked now with our best cb out. Must buy at least 2 now as Rüdiger is hardly gonna come back swiftly afzer taht injury . It is the same injury that wrecked Torres career

I think an all action striker who can create chances on his own and turns half chances into goals like a prime Drogba or Agüero would do just fine in this system. It is about finishing, strikers instinct and work rate that our frontmen are missing all of them or at least 2 of those to get into the positions as frequently as they should. I think our major pitfall and disadvantage compared to teams like City is not technique or pace, both of which we have plenty in the squad but intelligence. If our peple could see the spaces the Sivla's do or even KDB or Gündogan and have the timing to complete the passes then our attack would have mcuh more variety and the strikers automatically score more. So it is a combination of both, lack of intelligence from our midfielders and wingers as well as lack of quality by our strikers.

The opposite is the case. Most people did not want him and were right. Most wanted a young, in-form striker who would command half the wages and there were people available that fulfilled the criteria Lampard and Drogba had a good scoring record even aged 31 or 32, Defoe scored when he came back, Saha was prolific in his mid 30ies, there are plenty of examples but most of them knew the league inside out and put in a lot of work. When you are not quick or strong you need to be brilliant in timing your runs and doing them over and over again, read the defenders and their movements.

Actually not, that is a fat ass line. Passion is giving your all no matter what and soldiering on even in the most unforgiving circumstances, quite the opposite of moaning about things not going in your favour... anyway Higs is on the wrong side of that line.

anyway. even though we were expectedly shit and Sarri sent us out just to get a point, the point is massive. Do not forget this is at OT, they have a superior team and we grinded out a result. The point keeps ManU at distance and we have cushion on Arsenal. Sure we still have to win the last two matches. Imagine we get top four but fail in the CL qualification against Düdelingen .That would be a Sarri classic.

em no. we can still overtake them for 3rd.