Champions League Round of 16 (12th Feb - 13th Mar)

Bayern out ran Liverpool: 111 km vs 110 km. If you wonder why Liverpool didn't look all that good. They always struiggle when the opposition match their effort. That's the best recipe against them.
Not bad for an 'old' team.
 
I can see the return leg going 1-1. I don't think Bayern will hold Liverpool goalless again.
Liverpool have been blunt going forward for a while now. It wasn't as big of a defensive effort as the commentators made it out to be.
 
Genuinely surprised by Bayern's approach play, they reminded me of Chelsea in the Di Matteo era. Thought they'd try and attack Liverpool and would get spanked but in fairness they completely nullified them, sat deep and worked extremely hard.

Still think Liverpool will go through because Bayern will surely approach the game differently at home, and you could see Liverpool were only dangerous when breaking.
 
Why does Klopp keep playing Keita in big games? Not that hes playing bad, but it seems like his presence just jinxes Liverpools chances as their record with him is terrible now surely. Just play Hames Milner and the 3 amigos.
 
I thought Bayern coped well with Liverpools pace. Javi Martinez in particular was imperious tonight. Him and Hummels were very solid.

Hope for better from James Rodriguez back at the Allianz though. He was disappointing tonight.

Bit more influence from their key creative players and i think they have a very good chance of going through in the 2nd leg.
 
That's 8 of 10 games he plays these days.

:lol:

If you think Suarez isn’t great you should watch the good strikers play... might not have enough insults for those.

If Lewandowski was playing for Barcelona he’d be the one getting the insults instead and the stats on his bad CL record :lol:
 
Why does Klopp keep playing Keita in big games? Not that hes playing bad, but it seems like his presence just jinxes Liverpools chances as their record with him is terrible now surely. Just play Hames Milner and the 3 amigos.

Because a top level manager should not believe in jinxes.
 
Bayern will open up more at home. Any whoopsies will cost them 1.1 goals. They really needed to score tonight.
I don’ think they really needed to. It’s wide open but they are the favourites now, surely.
 
:lol:

If you think Suarez isn’t great you should watch the good strikers play... might not have enough insults for those.

If Lewandowski was playing for Barcelona he’d be the one getting the insults instead and the stats on his bad CL record :lol:

?
 
I don’ think they really needed to. It’s wide open but they are the favourites now, surely.

Wow the team that should have been pounded 4-0 are now favourites. You should replace Hargreaves in the BT studio. :)
 
He was in the wars 2nd half . The whole defensive unit did well overall with special mention for martinez and hummels .
I'm convinced that James/Martinez/Thiago is the most solid midfield we can field this season. They made it possible for Hummels and Süle not to be overwhelmed.
 
:lol:

If you think Suarez isn’t great you should watch the good strikers play... might not have enough insults for those.

If Lewandowski was playing for Barcelona he’d be the one getting the insults instead and the stats on his bad CL record :lol:
I really don't think you watch Barcelona play.
 
I don’ think they really needed to. It’s wide open but they are the favourites now, surely.
Why they will be favourites? They actually were really luck not suffering any goal, today we saw one of the biggest differences between pool and city, city if had those opportunities they would score for sure.
 
I really don't think you watch Barcelona play.

He thinks they have the best team in the world and Messi benefits from said team.

There's not much else to say.

They have an average manager for a top club(very Mourinho esque). They're heavily reliant on Messi in attack and Ter Stegen in defense.
 
I really don't think you watch Barcelona play.

Haven't missed a game. Maybe you just don’t watch the other strikers play.

There isn’t one single striker in world football right now that’s a clearly better player than Suarez.

Just like last season you were certain Suarez was being replaced and I guaranteed you there was no chance that was happening, I guarantee you the Barca board will agree with me and Luis Suarez will be Barcelona’s starting striker next season
 
My mistake, Mourinho will be in charge before the second leg. :cool:
So they will ironically open up?
Bayern doesn't look to be a counter attacking side so they'll be more dangerous as they control more of the ball at home.
They'll just smother you further up the pitch unless you find 2017 form to push them back. Which you won't if we're being honest.
Maye Klopp can fit in another warm weather training session to kill your legs some more :)
 
Didn't catch the game, how was Liverpool going forward and how many chances they could've scored, and after you seeing them tonight what do you think Ole will do in our game against them?
 
Why they will be favourites? They actually were really luck not suffering any goal, today we saw one of the biggest differences between pool and city, city if had those opportunities they would score for sure.

City would have won 4-0 easily. Easily. We are getting blunter up front. Really need to get back in the goals starting on Sunday.
 
Didn't catch the game, how was Liverpool going forward and how many chances they could've scored, and after you seeing them tonight what do you think Ole will do in our game against them?

They had enough to win the game. Bayern came for the 0-0 and were quite fortunate to get it.
 
He thinks they have the best team in the world and Messi benefits from said team.

There's not much else to say.

They have an average manager for a top club(very Mourinho esque). They're heavily reliant on Messi in attack and Ter Stegen in defense.

They rely on Messi in attack because they want to, not because they need to.

Subbed off a 130 million forward for a 140 million forward tonight. But suddenly everyone is overrated... like Aguero, Higuain, Dybala and Di Maria were this summer, right?

Umtiti, Vidal, Aleña, Malcom and Coutinho on the bench... with Arthur out injured. The squad is the last of their problems.

They need a top attacking manager to figure this out but that’s not easy to find..
 
Haven't missed a game. Maybe you just don’t watch the other strikers play.

There isn’t one single striker in world football right now that’s a clearly better player than Suarez.

Just like last season you were certain Suarez was being replaced and I guaranteed you there was no chance that was happening, I guarantee you the Barca board will agree with me and Luis Suarez will be Barcelona’s starting striker next season

Aguero, Kane and Cavani.

Others more arguably.
 
I'm convinced that James/Martinez/Thiago is the most solid midfield we can field this season. They made it possible for Hummels and Süle not to be overwhelmed.
I really think you have a good chance back at home. I thought the defensive shape was very solid. Were you impressed with Kovač tonight?