Since Spalletti managed to get into his head and finally make him realize his potential, january 2018. World class player now
CL 19/20 Group Stages: Week 6 (Last Round)
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Inter and Barca group getting spicey, seems like all these teams can take points off of each other.
Impressed by Inter, very compact defensively and counter well. They could frustrate a lot of the stronger teams if they make it out of their group.
Impressed by Inter, very compact defensively and counter well. They could frustrate a lot of the stronger teams if they make it out of their group.
I would say that he is in top 3 dmc in the world right now. I wanted him this summer but of course that that was too smart to do for our club
REALLY should have beaten barcelona at home
Messi with some horrible passing with 3 on 1 
What kind of a shot was that
Cracking equalizer for Lille
Dembele with some horrible decision making at the end. Barca squandered so many easy counter attacks.
It's a pen all day long. Outside the box, that's given 100% of the time so I don't see why not inside.
just crazy how barca have the likes of vidal and rakitic on the bench
Haland doesnt feck around does he? That kid is going to be special.
It was a stonewall penalty, period
Nice to actually win away from home in the group stage this season. Only the second time we've done that under Klopp in the Champions League.
Good player but no way he is worth 100m.Conte is doing excellent job in Inter.
Having said that; 2.0.
Brozovic is such a good player. I would give 100mil for him. Or 120 and Jones
120m plus Jones for De Vrij and Martinez would be a steal.
2 years ago it would have been crazy. They are nearly washed up these days.
Yes, in Dreamland.
Hummels lunges for the ball (and actually makes contact with it), Lautaro puts his leg in front of his challenge and goes down. I don't think that was an attempt to play the ball, nor did he have a genuine chance to get infront of Hummels.
I don't know if VAR has to intervene, but to me it was anything but stonewall.
Are we watching the same image? Esposito is clearly ahead of Hummels who has no chance to get to the ball without bringing him down
Hummels lunges for the ball (and actually makes contact with it), Lautaro puts his leg in front of his challenge and goes down. I don't think that was an attempt to play the ball, nor did he have a genuine chance to get infront of Hummels.
I don't know if VAR has to intervene, but to me it was anything but stonewall.
Barca defending and blocking like FIFA 20 A.I
Tbf it was abit of a desperate lunge that left the ref with no choice. He came in from behind and through the legs.
Hummels lunges for the ball (and actually makes contact with it), Lautaro puts his leg in front of his challenge and goes down. I don't think that was an attempt to play the ball, nor did he have a genuine chance to get infront of Hummels.
I don't know if VAR has to intervene, but to me it was anything but stonewall.
Hummels is slow as feck though. Should have just fouled him outside the box.
Where have I heard that before? That prick is solely responsible for Liverpool winning the CL last season.
Barca have done very well blowing the Neymar money on Coutinho and Dembele, and now they want to buy Neymar back to put the cherry on the cake.
Didn't he lose like 12 kg since leaving United?
Depends how many kgs was he overweight...
Maybe it s a case of 12kg gone and another 12 kgs to go
Watching us play, i get slowly to the point where i can't believe it. Such a great squad, you can do anything with it, great depth for a lot of roles, suited to emotional offensive football. And then we progress the whole year into this which we are seeing now. If Favre doesn't get out of hole he won't be at Dortmund for long. Why he set up a match so full of fear? Why are a lot of players playing out of their position despite that we got great players therefor? Why he changes nothing in game?
I wouldn't mind Favre's shy communication in the public, but if the first things, on the pitch, are so shy like this, it getting on my nerves.
It seems that Favre doesn't realize the amount of emotional potencial in the club nor the potencial of the squad. Its a pity.
I wouldn't mind Favre's shy communication in the public, but if the first things, on the pitch, are so shy like this, it getting on my nerves.
It seems that Favre doesn't realize the amount of emotional potencial in the club nor the potencial of the squad. Its a pity.
Omg get a gripWhere have I heard that before? That prick is solely responsible for Liverpool winning the CL last season.
That was Liverpool's first away win in the CL group stages for two years. Without taking away from Liverpool's fine and long overdue away win at that stage of the competition its worth noting Genk are 6th in Belgium and only recently lost 6-2 to Red bull Salzburg basically they are out of their depth in the champions league and would probably struggle in the Europa league also.
Chelsea with a lot of youth in their side and with rookie manager beating Ajax away was more impressive.
Chelsea with a lot of youth in their side and with rookie manager beating Ajax away was more impressive.
Seems like Luisito and Dembouz' wastefulness has finally rubbed off on himMessi with some horrible passing with 3 on 1
That's like half a second before, Hummels was level with him and beginning to push him off the ball. If you look at the first picture again, at Esposito's supporting leg and movement - that's not a step he's taking, it's not a running motion. He knows what's coming and lunges infront of Hummels in order to get fouled.
I do agree with @thepolice123 that it was high risk/reckless and that's why I can understand the ref giving it and VAR not intervening, but I don't think Esposito has any intention of progressing the attack at the point contact is made.
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He did swing his right leg into thin air in front of goal, missing the ball, agains Eibar over the weekend. Still a bit rusty. He's in his pre-season phase still.Seems like Luisito and Dembouz' wastefulness has finally rubbed off on him
Esposito's already overextended and losing his legs. It was almost a half field run whilst being pressured on both side by defenders. Even if he got that extra touch, I doubt he'd have the balance to take a solid shot anyway. He sold the PK and Hummels bought it. Pretty daft of him to dive in.
I think that's a fair way of putting it.
Amazing the difference between the Oxlade-Chamberlain that played for Wenger, to the one who plays for Klopp.
What a comeback from injury.
Shows the difference an elite manager makes on a player, compared to an overrated one.
What a comeback from injury.
Shows the difference an elite manager makes on a player, compared to an overrated one.
I'm shocked that Napoli managed a win. They were terrible away last season. Their goalless draw against Genk was their 10th CL game away without a win I believe. Even lost 2 of their 3 away matches in the EL last season.
I think it’s more that he fits into Klopp 4-3-3 pretty much perfectly.
Pretty much, was the same when he moved Lallana deeper before injuries hit him. He has improved Oxlade in certain ways no doubt but the nucleus of his game was already there and built and Southampton and Arsenal. Klopps man management and style of play as well as identifying he’s not a wide forward for him is what’s got him to this level.
Blessed to witness Lukaku's stepover attempt in person. Was the only thing he did all evening as well.