Juve- United is 0-0 but mostly just Juve controlling the ball, moving it from side to side at their own pace, and creating a attacking opportunities. United making hard for them to get lots of clear cut opportunities. Khedira missed a good chance from near the penalty area after a cutback from Ronaldo. So Juve largely comfortable as per previous game. Real gulf in class.

Nelson on. Hoffenheim down to 10 men after a soft second yellow. They've been battered so far in the second half.

That’s an insane finish Fromm Cronaldo.

Amazing goal by Ronaldo.

That volley is such a FIFA goal.

It reminds me of a goal Robbie Keane once scored against us during his Liverpool days.

The pass from Bonucci was pretty ridiculous too to be fair. Great goal all round.

Klaus wrote:

It reminds me of a goal Robbie Keane once scored against us during his Liverpool days.

One of his few good Liverpool moments.

We also scored this great goal in the same match:

The bounce makes Keans’s goal a lot easier though.

Knew it. Fuck Juve

Great freekick from Mata, 1-1.

Szszney pretty awful there. Dives about 5 mins after he balls gone in.

Bottling bastards.

I'm not even going to comment on Juve. Wankers.

Lyon have just conceded an equaliser to 10 man Hoffenheim in the 2nd minute of injury time. After having about 49 chances to kill the game in the second half.

They were 2-0 up against 10 men.

They should have been up 5-0 instead they're losing to this garbage

Please tell me that was just a really lucky smash and grab from the dirty Manc tossers?

16-2 shots. Only watched it on the side but in those combined five minutes they had like six chances they 100% should have converted

Mourinho went old Skool Mourinho with his celebrations at the end. What a character.

jammy win by united. i watched up until the 70th minute and they should've been killed off if not for some bad misses by juve

City will nail United this weekend.

Sicario wrote:

Mourinho went old Skool Mourinho with his celebrations at the end. What a character.

[Twitter]

Character indeed, he's the only person that despicable that somehow still makes me feel embarrassed by their antics

The dinosaur is a twat. He’s massively underachieving despite spending an absolute fortune at United

I've got to the point where I see any victory they have as lengthening the time he'll be their manager, and then I'm not at all annoyed that they've won.

Ricky1985 wrote:

I've got to the point where I see any victory they have as lengthening the time he'll be their manager, and then I'm not at all annoyed that they've won.

Same! They're not going to win the Champions league so I'm quite happy for them to make it into the knockout rounds and have their squad stretched thin

Exactly. If they crash out of CL and sit in 8th in January they might go out and replace the dickhead with someone like Jardim

Give 'em Henry.

Valencia are so ridiculously unlucky this season. Shit too especially compared to last season but seriously unlucky

To think some people wanted Marcelino just couple months ago ahead of Emery. Not looking at anyone

Clrnc

Fellaini seems to be intent on saving Mourinho's job

jones wrote:

Valencia are so ridiculously unlucky this season. Shit too especially compared to last season but seriously unlucky

To think some people wanted Marcelino just couple months ago ahead of Emery. Not looking at anyone

Clrnc

jones wrote:

Lot of business with Valencia recently, Gabriel and Coquelin out and Mustafi in. Hope we can lure Guedes somehow even if he's owned by PSG. Soler would be quality too

As would be Marcelino obviously

;D

Well this is awkward...

I still think Marcelino is a good manager, just taking the piss out of Clarence who was pretty vocal about preferring him to Emery. However if you want to quote me on him why not pick my last post (when his Valencia team were doing really well too)

I'm a fan of Marcelino too but against Emery I'm not sure I would actually prefer him, he seems a bit inflexible in his lineups and struggles to stop runs of poor form. Always had this issue dating and even was sacked for it if I recall correctly at Sevilla around 2012ish. Now that I think about it he's eerily similar to Favre in many ways, plays a very compact 4-4-2, focus on defensive stability, attacking via change of rhythm and pace mostly counter attacking and a complete inability to stop poor runs of form, both a bit awkward with media as well.

I'd pick Emery based on his experience and because having a coach who can't pick the squad up after a bad result at Arsenal seems a bad combination. Still, make no mistake either would be a huge upgrade, and while Marcelino has his flaws when his teams are on form they can beat literally anyone.

jones wrote:

I still think Marcelino is a good manager, just taking the piss out of Clarence who was pretty vocal about preferring him to Emery. However if you want to quote me on him why not pick my last post (when his Valencia team were doing really well too)

I'm a fan of Marcelino too but against Emery I'm not sure I would actually prefer him, he seems a bit inflexible in his lineups and struggles to stop runs of poor form. Always had this issue dating and even was sacked for it if I recall correctly at Sevilla around 2012ish. Now that I think about it he's eerily similar to Favre in many ways, plays a very compact 4-4-2, focus on defensive stability, attacking via change of rhythm and pace mostly counter attacking and a complete inability to stop poor runs of form, both a bit awkward with media as well.

I'd pick Emery based on his experience and because having a coach who can't pick the squad up after a bad result at Arsenal seems a bad combination. Still, make no mistake either would be a huge upgrade, and while Marcelino has his flaws when his teams are on form they can beat literally anyone.

I was taking the piss mate, based on you taking the piss out of Clrnc, no big deal. I just found it funny you saying that when calling someone else out when I thought I remembered you being a big fan of his in the past as well.  I don't really care for "told you so" and whatnot but if I did I could have also quoted some posts from 2016 or so where you were pretty adamant that he was the real deal and not far off Simeone levels of managerial talent. 

Thing is there's no point. People's opinions can change based on a change in the performance levels of what they are opining on. Doesn't mean they were wrong at the time.

Ndombele was very good again last night for Lyon. His ability to evade the press and then find a forward pass is his biggest asset. He constantly opens up counter-attacking possibilities, and it's where a lot of Lyon's good chances came from.
Still has a bit of developing to do, but with that athleticism I'd be really surprised if he doesn't become a top centre midfielder.

Ferland Mendy also more than held his own against City. Didnt really get beat at all defensively by Mahrez, although he did have a few hairy moments. He was a constant threat on the overlap though, and at one point went shoulder to shoulder on a 30 yard run with Kyle Walker and left him in his dust, crossing perfectly for Cornet to miss an open goal from 5 yards.

We should be all over him in the summer. Probably Ndombele too, although he will be extremely expensive I would have thought.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Ndombele was very good again last night for Lyon. His ability to evade the press and then find a forward pass is his biggest asset. He constantly opens up counter-attacking possibilities, and it's where a lot of Lyon's good chances came from.

I was very impressed. You know how I feel about the boy. I just love his power, how he gets away from his markers, and his passing. 
You'd have noticed his ability to do standing tackles as well. 
Maybe an Ndombele / De Ligt purchase - sell everybody who isn't necessary - would be a good foundation. 

jones wrote:

I still think Marcelino is a good manager, just taking the piss out of Clarence who was pretty vocal about preferring him to Emery. However if you want to quote me on him why not pick my last post (when his Valencia team were doing really well too)

I'm a fan of Marcelino too but against Emery I'm not sure I would actually prefer him, he seems a bit inflexible in his lineups and struggles to stop runs of poor form. Always had this issue dating and even was sacked for it if I recall correctly at Sevilla around 2012ish. Now that I think about it he's eerily similar to Favre in many ways, plays a very compact 4-4-2, focus on defensive stability, attacking via change of rhythm and pace mostly counter attacking and a complete inability to stop poor runs of form, both a bit awkward with media as well.

I'd pick Emery based on his experience and because having a coach who can't pick the squad up after a bad result at Arsenal seems a bad combination. Still, make no mistake either would be a huge upgrade, and while Marcelino has his flaws when his teams are on form they can beat literally anyone.

Haha. I honestly don't remember me wanting Marcelinho more than say maybe Jardim or Sarri etc. It was probably a group of manager I felt we should have considered.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Ndombele was very good again last night for Lyon. His ability to evade the press and then find a forward pass is his biggest asset. He constantly opens up counter-attacking possibilities, and it's where a lot of Lyon's good chances came from.
Still has a bit of developing to do, but with that athleticism I'd be really surprised if he doesn't become a top centre midfielder.

Ferland Mendy also more than held his own against City. Didnt really get beat at all defensively by Mahrez, although he did have a few hairy moments. He was a constant threat on the overlap though, and at one point went shoulder to shoulder on a 30 yard run with Kyle Walker and left him in his dust, crossing perfectly for Cornet to miss an open goal from 5 yards.

We should be all over him in the summer. Probably Ndombele too, although he will be extremely expensive I would have thought.

Ferland Mendy is a great shout. He was very impressive for France on his debut too.

I thought the most impressive player yesterday was Aouar.