Claudius wrote:

jones wrote:

Remember that Promes "offside" goal in Amsterdam against Chelsea, and now the ref fucks them over with four massive decisions in five minutes (offside goal, red, red, penalty)

Good thing Ajax fans weren't allowed in the stadium because they would've burned West London down and rightly so

First red was okay. Three big decisions. But yeah. Turns a 4-1 or similar result into a draw. And makes Chelsea look like a resilient team. Suddenly they’re joint top of the table instead of worrying about teams behind them

It was a foul by Blind but he was fouled right before he kicked Abraham's ankle. If it was a red card then the penalty should be given too, but the whole sequence was preceded by Blind being brought down by Kovacic.

Chelsea still have plenty to worry about, it's as tight as a group can be. Same GD as Valencia but lost the H2H, worse GD than Ajax but won the H2H thanks to the reffing shitshow tonight. They still have Valencia at the Mestalla to come too

Klaus wrote:

I'm sure they're true but they've probably been a little blown out of proportion. It sounded to me like Guardiola asked Teta to do extra individual work with Sterling on some issues to better utilise him on the wing. Another staff member would probably have gotten results too. Suspect things like this are quite common in a working environment where your job literally is to improve player performance, and the main reason we've heard about Arteta specifically is because Guardiola was being generous and complimented a colleague when he got asked.

If you ever want to see how powerful the media are at shaping opinions based off nothing but bullshit, look no further than Mikel Arteta. How this guy even came into consideration for being our football manager is beyond me.

Clearly, he has no track record, so you can't judge him. Therefore, those who are seeking a Messiah will fall hook, line and sinker for someone like him with zero credentials. He's not even managed an under-5 team, ffs. Laughable.

Perisic knows how to make an entrance. Replaces Gnabry and 60 seconds later scores on a beautiful counter. 210 Bayern versus Olympiakos. Beautifully managed counter by Coman

I don't know why I get excited by the Champions League group stages, most of the games are just one-sided snoozefests.

So many crap teams making up the numbers.

VAR taking an age to decide whether Icardi's goal was offside. Can't be more than two centimetres in it if that. The goal stands.

Ricky1985 wrote:

I don't know why I get excited by the Champions League group stages, most of the games are just one-sided snoozefests.

So many crap teams making up the numbers.

you see lots of teams. Ceferin see millions of Euros. 

Ricky1985 wrote:

I don't know why I get excited by the Champions League group stages, most of the games are just one-sided snoozefests.

So many crap teams making up the numbers.

Tell that to Red Star who is battering Gazzaniga's goal. 

Clrnc wrote:

Ricky1985 wrote:

I don't know why I get excited by the Champions League group stages, most of the games are just one-sided snoozefests.

So many crap teams making up the numbers.

Tell that to Red Star who is battering Gazzaniga's goal. 

:boris:

Ricky1985 wrote:

Clrnc wrote:

Tell that to Red Star who is battering Gazzaniga's goal. 

:boris:

That goal was ridiculous 

Douglas Costa, my word.

City with another beautifully constructed goal against Atalanta. Scored by Sterling. A team that makes life simple for itself by doing passing and move drills all day until where others will be is like a 6th sense.

But Jesus with one of the worst penalties, you'll see. About 2 1/2 feet wide of the post and low. Holds his head in his cupped hands and cries.

Do his eyebrows still look like he'll start crying any second?

Big Willie wrote:

Do his eyebrows still look like he'll start crying any second?

Guy looks like he walked off a comic strip.

Feel like he's stalled out

Kyle Walker in goal for City

Big Willie wrote:

Do his eyebrows still look like he'll start crying any second?

Biggest bitch in football.

Shady wrote:

Kyle Walker in goal for City

... and Atalanta manage one shot in the 10 minutes that spuds asshole is in goal. 
City were all about keeping that ball in the corner flag. 

Rodrygo the youngest player to ever score a hattrick in the Champions League. Also scored the quickest brace ever, with 6 minutes and 14 seconds into the match.

Edit: Raul was younger.

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Rodrygo the youngest player to ever score a hattrick in the Champions League. Also scored the quickest brace ever, with 6 minutes and 14 seconds into the match.

Edit: Raul was younger.

I quite like the look of Rodrygo. He's the more natural footballer vs. Vinicius; better finishing, passing, decision making. 

Probably will spur Real into dropping ungodly amounts of $$$ on future Brazilian kids. 

Claudius wrote:

Shady wrote:

Kyle Walker in goal for City

... and Atalanta manage one shot in the 10 minutes that spuds asshole is in goal. 
City were all about keeping that ball in the corner flag. 

I didn't watch the match so I suppose this was it.

Bryant wrote:

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Rodrygo the youngest player to ever score a hattrick in the Champions League. Also scored the quickest brace ever, with 6 minutes and 14 seconds into the match.

Edit: Raul was younger.

I quite like the look of Rodrygo. He's the more natural footballer vs. Vinicius; better finishing, passing, decision making. 

Probably will spur Real into dropping ungodly amounts of $$$ on future Brazilian kids. 

Brazilian kids are ridiculous. Just see how Martinelli made that transition from amateur football in some 3rd division regional league seamlessly to here. 

Speaking of Martinelli, he had a beautiful move, some close control to wriggle free of two Vitoria defenders in the bottom corner of the penalty box yesterday. The guys technical skill is some of the best on our team, maybe just below Ozil. It's so frustrating seeing someone like him starved of the football

I feel like your post doesn't say what it's trying to.

Spuds 0-2 at new Shite Hart Pain.

That VAR decision in the PSG game was absolutely abysmal.

Abysmal from the Olympiakos defender

Just seen that Dybala strike! Xhaka-like.

Did you guys see the VAR penalty reversal in the PSG-Real game. The referee initially judged Courtois to have fouled a PSG player outside the box so immediately awarded a free kick on the edge plus a red card. The replay showed it was in the box. The referee spent a long time at the monitor, the assumption being he would give a penalty and reverse the card and give a penalty per the double jeopardy guidelines. Instead, he awarded areal a free kick for a slight push on Marcelo that had happened at the halfway line about 5 seconds before the penalty incident. I was sitting in a plane. I burst out laughing so hysterically I thought we were going to have a troublesome passenger incident

Like one of the guys in the studio said, was more of a gust of wind than a push.

Chelsea so, so bad defensively. Should be 3-0 to Valencia by now. Although Kepa should have saved the goal Valencia do have.

And as I type Kovacic scores a somewhat lucky goal. Cillesen's a joke not to cover that at his near post. 1-1.

And now Kovacic misses a sitter after lovely work by Pulisic to set him up.

Despite their defensive frailties, don’t you think their passing play is day and night compared to us ?

Ah the days of G Paulista; take me back

KingslandBarge wrote:

Despite their defensive frailties, don’t you think their passing play is day and night compared to us ?

Southampton's passing play is better than ours right now.

Chelsea are a just a team in good form with everything going for them at the moment. We played some decent stuff this time last season or even when we smacked this same Valencia side last April.

They will come crashing at some point because they're really not very good and are just the pits defensively.

Surely Valencia have got to score soon? They've got Chelsea penned in, attempt after attempt, but it just won't go in.

And score they did.

Chelsea is the luckiest side in this year UCL. Snatched 4 points when they should have had 0 against Ajax. Got a lucky win against Lille and now Valencia miss an absolute sitter in the last minute to win the game