jackson
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This has just prompted me to check the CL final date, it's the day my first child is due... Hospital better have some WiFi!
Match Threads Man City vs Spurs - Champions League - qtr. 2nd leg
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LexingtonSpurs
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davidmatzdorf
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Even if we'd lost, that would have been one of the greatest football matches I have ever seen.
The precision, the fervour, the intensity, the complex and ever-changing tactics and most of all, the sheer determination from both sides. And our determination (with help from VAR) was greater.
It's hard to pick the good and bad performances apart. I think the important thing to say is that every player on both sides did amazing things and every player was forced into howlers by the sheer intensity of what was going on around them.
When we lost Sissoko, I thought the game was over and we'd be ripped apart. Who was left to command the space? Sure enough, we spent most of the rest of the match chasing the ball, with no one able to block up the key space and win the loose ball. But somehow our defence, augmented with Davies and Sanchez, just about clung on, despite the lack of cover.
Without Sissoko, Wanyama's lack of match fitness was finally exposed. He'd been doing OK, tackling well and taking up good positions, but on his own, his lack of acceleration and rusty passing caused all manner of trouble. But we just kept clearing the ball and finally we forced a couple of corners and Llorente scored.
I see that Llorente has 10 goals and 3 assists from his past 10 starts. He's old, but he knows how to play football against top teams. I don't think there are many people left now who think it was a bad idea to sign him. He's earned every penny we've ever paid him, not just tonight, but in multiple key/crucial matches before tonight.
Trippier spent much of the evening struggling with the pace of Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Sané, but there he was with the key ball at the key time.
And Son is gradually building his reputation, out of Kane's shadow, as one of the world's top strikers of a football. I recall a lot of people insisting as couple of years ago that Son is "not a striker". You don't hear that very often anymore. We'll have to figure out how to play a leg against Ajax without him. Who the fuck plays up front? Llorente and Moura, I guess.
Unsung heroes: Vertonghen, Alderweireld and the superb Rose. Cleared, blocked, obstructed and disrupted literally scores of Man C attacks.
In the end, the team won. We won.
The precision, the fervour, the intensity, the complex and ever-changing tactics and most of all, the sheer determination from both sides. And our determination (with help from VAR) was greater.
It's hard to pick the good and bad performances apart. I think the important thing to say is that every player on both sides did amazing things and every player was forced into howlers by the sheer intensity of what was going on around them.
When we lost Sissoko, I thought the game was over and we'd be ripped apart. Who was left to command the space? Sure enough, we spent most of the rest of the match chasing the ball, with no one able to block up the key space and win the loose ball. But somehow our defence, augmented with Davies and Sanchez, just about clung on, despite the lack of cover.
Without Sissoko, Wanyama's lack of match fitness was finally exposed. He'd been doing OK, tackling well and taking up good positions, but on his own, his lack of acceleration and rusty passing caused all manner of trouble. But we just kept clearing the ball and finally we forced a couple of corners and Llorente scored.
I see that Llorente has 10 goals and 3 assists from his past 10 starts. He's old, but he knows how to play football against top teams. I don't think there are many people left now who think it was a bad idea to sign him. He's earned every penny we've ever paid him, not just tonight, but in multiple key/crucial matches before tonight.
Trippier spent much of the evening struggling with the pace of Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Sané, but there he was with the key ball at the key time.
And Son is gradually building his reputation, out of Kane's shadow, as one of the world's top strikers of a football. I recall a lot of people insisting as couple of years ago that Son is "not a striker". You don't hear that very often anymore. We'll have to figure out how to play a leg against Ajax without him. Who the fuck plays up front? Llorente and Moura, I guess.
Unsung heroes: Vertonghen, Alderweireld and the superb Rose. Cleared, blocked, obstructed and disrupted literally scores of Man C attacks.
In the end, the team won. We won.
Liverpool win big and we get all the best headlines. I would never have expected that.
hughy
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Weird coincidence. Congrats man!
jonnyrotten
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Thank you
King of Otters
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What a mental and frankly ridiculous football club.
COYS forever baby.
COYS forever baby.
nferno
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Mate, with all due respect to you; there is nothing fair about city. They don’t deserve at all to be where they are in football standing right now -it is the very definition of unfair.
LexingtonSpurs
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I have to ask - was anyone standing in the away section?
If it’s a solitary booking then it gets wiped out. If it’s a suspension then it stands.
scat1620
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I especially love the way their stadium announcer prematurely goes all Michael "Let's Get Ready To Rrrrrumble" Buffer when announcing Sterling as the scorer.
I thought it's still it had to be intentional or the arm in an unnatural position.
Bobbins
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That rule isn’t in force yet. I think it starts next season.
hughy
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THIS IS A TRICK QUESTION DO NOT ANSWER
Krule
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Duct tape her knees together in the morning....that'll sort it .....
The CL calendar shows SF are on 30/4 and 1/5. I just think they haven’t confirmed which is in which day yet
dondo
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I don’t believe in the football gods but Liverpool in 2005 things went their way big time and they had a very average team.
Things seem to be going our way ??
Just saying??? very un spursy
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From BBC
However, the South Korean will miss the first leg of the semi-final after picking up a yellow card in Manchester.
However, the South Korean will miss the first leg of the semi-final after picking up a yellow card in Manchester.
King of Otters
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Broadly, I agree, but the fans have little to do with the source of their wealth/success. They reacted with more magnanimity than could reasonably be expected in the circumstances.
