Bayern Munich (A) Champions League 13/3/19

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The final score generally makes for very good watching this season.

[Redder Lurtz]

21 minutes ago, Hades said:

Aesthetically Liverpool are terrible to watch. Shankly's piano analogy has never been more apt. 

We just beat Bayern Munich 3-1 away in the European Cup you miserable cunt.

 

 

[Saintslfc13]

Yea I’m not so sure what was terrible to watch about that performance. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

I didn't know the result until reading this thread right now. An eye opener to match threads. Reading it I thought we were really bad until the 3rd goal but as soon as that went in everybody started saying one hell of a performance. Match threads really are of the moment.

[corro]

2 hours ago, Hades said:

Aesthetically Liverpool are terrible to watch. Shankly's piano analogy has never been more apt. 

Professional away performance against a European giant. No dramas really. The 3rd goal was a touch of magic. What more do you want you spoilt cunt. 

[Anubis]

Liverpool - taking teams from ‘tough opposition’ to ‘over the hill’ in 90 minutes.

[aRdja]

3 hours ago, Hades said:

Aesthetically Liverpool are terrible to watch. Shankly's piano analogy has never been more apt. 

Shut the fuck up.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

I didn't know the result until reading this thread right now. An eye opener to match threads. Reading it I thought we were really bad until the 3rd goal but as soon as that went in everybody started saying one hell of a performance. Match threads really are of the moment.

It was an enjoyable match but it was the subs who made the biggest difference. Fabinho made a huge difference and Firmino was so tightly marked that he couldn't get time on the ball. Within a couple of minutes of coming on, Origi had a big hand in the third goal. Milner, van Dijk, Matip, Fabinho and Mané were majestic. Every player on the pitch contributed. Robertson was daft getting a booking and missing the first leg of the next tie.

[skend04]

It seems a bit churlish after last night but what the fuck is up with Gini? It's been going on for a good while now but that guy is hardly able to stay balanced and is on the verge of falling over every time he passes the ball. He got an ongoing ear infection or something?

[Guest]

9 hours ago, Edward. said:

Any links to highlights?

 

http://yfl.videostreamlet.net/player/html/APhvOtwiSr?popup=yes&autoplay=1

[Grinch]

3 hours ago, Hades said:

Aesthetically Liverpool are terrible to watch. Shankly's piano analogy has never been more apt. 

 

Stick to pretending to be racist to get a reaction.   This is just daft as fuck. After dominating one of the best teams in Europe in their own back garden. 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

3 hours ago, Saintslfc13 said:

Yea I’m not so sure what was terrible to watch about that performance. 

TV and internet forums. When I was a kid, you just listened to Peter Jones describe a difficult away match, with lots of noisy horns and weird chanting in the background, and then were happy you beat some Swiss team or other away.

[rubble-rouser]

Just imagine this forum in the early 80’s. ‘Only scoring once against a bang average Madrid side with some skinny Welsh teenager on the bench. Squad needs an overhaul this summer.’

[suzy]

1 hour ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

http://yfl.videostreamlet.net/player/html/APhvOtwiSr?popup=yes&autoplay=1

That's great thanks, I miss the highlights they used to do on ITV, watching SSN this morning you'd barely know we'd played last night! They do a show at 10am that might say more but at the moment it's all Grand Prix and Championship football !

[Edward.]

1 hour ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

http://yfl.videostreamlet.net/player/html/APhvOtwiSr?popup=yes&autoplay=1

Cheers.

[Cultured Left Peg]

5 hours ago, Hades said:

Aesthetically Liverpool are terrible to watch. Shankly's piano analogy has never been more apt. 

“It is not about playing free-flowing football because that is not possible against a side of this quality, you have to find different ways and we found them. That makes me really proud and happy because I think this club deserves recognition and awareness again. We are back – that’s good, we have a lot to learn but we are back. We are back. There is no doubt we are back again.”

JK

[El Rojo]

In tribute to another great night from the lads, I'm going to do my own little bit to emulate them today by putting my hand over my mouth when I talk to work colleagues.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 hour ago, rubble-rouser said:

Just imagine this forum in the early 80’s. ‘Only scoring once against a bang average Madrid side with some skinny Welsh teenager on the bench. Squad needs an overhaul this summer.’

The modern football fan. All stats and hats and no fucking clue.

[Guest]

35 minutes ago, suzy said:

That's great thanks, I miss the highlights they used to do on ITV, watching SSN this morning you'd barely know we'd played last night! They do a show at 10am that might say more but at the moment it's all Grand Prix and Championship football !

I also watched the highlights on YouTube here... 

 

 

And enjoyed the Barcelona vs Lyon highlights here... 

 

 

[Hades]

2 hours ago, Grinch said:

 

Stick to pretending to be racist to get a reaction.   This is just daft as fuck. After dominating one of the best teams in Europe in their own back garden. 

Steve Nicol thinks Liverpool were “atrocious” in their 3-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

After five successive European defeats away from Anfield, Jurgen Klopp’s side – losing finalists last season – came good when it mattered to beat the German champions in the Allianz Arena to secure a place in the last eight.

Sadio Mane’s brilliant opener was cancelled out by Joel Matip’s own goal before half-time but Virgil Van Dijk’s first Champions League goal for the club meant Bayern then had to score two more. Mane converted a far-post diving header late on.

Despite the positive result, former Reds defender Nicol thought Liverpool‘s play on the ball was “as bad as I’ve ever seen.”

“I would love to say that Liverpool came and were just too clever and sat in a great spot,” Nicol, who played 343 league matches for Liverpool, said on ESPN FC.

“But the truth is that I don’t think Bayern knew what they wanted to do.

“Clearly in the first leg they sat and gave nothing away.

“But at home, and the reason we all thought they were favourites, you’d expect them to be pushing again, but they didn’t. They didn’t go forward, they just sort of sat and waited.

“If you look at the stats, the only reason they had more possession was because Liverpool kept giving them the ball.

“That had nothing to do with what they were doing.

“Liverpool on the ball in this game overall, I thought they were atrocious.

“I thought they were as bad as I’ve ever seen.

“But it goes to show you stats don’t mean anything, and the only thing that matters is the scoreline, and Liverpool won 3-1.”

[Dave D]

11 hours ago, viRdjil said:

Virgil van Dijk signing for Liverpool is amongst top 5 things to have happened in my life.

I can still remember where I was.

 

I was in my lounge 

[Captain Turdseye]

1 minute ago, Dave D said:

I can still remember where I was.

 

I was in my lounge 

 

Eating KFC?

[sir roger]

18 minutes ago, Hades said:

Steve Nicol thinks Liverpool were “atrocious” in their 3-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

After five successive European defeats away from Anfield, Jurgen Klopp’s side – losing finalists last season – came good when it mattered to beat the German champions in the Allianz Arena to secure a place in the last eight.

Sadio Mane’s brilliant opener was cancelled out by Joel Matip’s own goal before half-time but Virgil Van Dijk’s first Champions League goal for the club meant Bayern then had to score two more. Mane converted a far-post diving header late on.

Despite the positive result, former Reds defender Nicol thought Liverpool‘s play on the ball was “as bad as I’ve ever seen.”

“I would love to say that Liverpool came and were just too clever and sat in a great spot,” Nicol, who played 343 league matches for Liverpool, said on ESPN FC.

“But the truth is that I don’t think Bayern knew what they wanted to do.

“Clearly in the first leg they sat and gave nothing away.

“But at home, and the reason we all thought they were favourites, you’d expect them to be pushing again, but they didn’t. They didn’t go forward, they just sort of sat and waited.

“If you look at the stats, the only reason they had more possession was because Liverpool kept giving them the ball.

“That had nothing to do with what they were doing.

“Liverpool on the ball in this game overall, I thought they were atrocious.

“I thought they were as bad as I’ve ever seen.

“But it goes to show you stats don’t mean anything, and the only thing that matters is the scoreline, and Liverpool won 3-1.”

ESPN won't put you on the staff unless you are a bit thick.

[Ben Sherman]

Steve Nichol was one of favourite players but as a pundit, he's a total dick.

[Hand Shandy]

5 minutes ago, sir roger said:

ESPN won't put you on the staff unless you are a bit thick.

Oooooh! Dave's not going to like that...