Manchester United 0:1 Barcelona

Gopher Brown · Apr 10, 2019

Gasolin said:
A draw would have been so much better.

Not really, we’d have to score two either way.

Not gonna happen though,

lysglimt · Apr 10, 2019

It was a quite ok performance - McTominay impresses me more and more - and even Fred looked a decent player today. But we are not at Barcelonas standard - and because of that, I am fairly satisfied that we matched them. We hardly ever did even in the Ferguson-era.

A comfort is that this Barca-side is finished in 1.5-2 years. Messi, Alba, Vidal, Rakitic, Suarez, Pique, Busquets will all be gone.

Majima · Apr 10, 2019

Mr H said:
Right. What does that say about barca? Who have been dominated from the 20th minute of the first half!

I disagree, since they scored they have been comfortable. They are weak travellers so they were just being clever letting us have the ball whilst we were going nowhere.

Random Task · Apr 10, 2019

Mr H said:
Pogba has been nowhere near the other two.II'd even say he was one of our worst players considering his potential.

Fred and Scott though!

I lost count of how many key passes Pogba made.

If our forward line were on the same page as the midfielders, we would have won tonight.

Shark · Apr 10, 2019

Rednotdead said:
They were there for the taking but we were just utterly clueless in the final third. Very disappointing.

Our players are disappointing, tactics were on point.

Jazz · Apr 10, 2019

You know what? We did well. Let down by a lack of composure in the final third.

pauldyson1uk · Apr 10, 2019

Not a total disaster, I think we still have a chance.

Moriarty · Apr 10, 2019

Be a different game over there but I wouldn't write us off just yet but we really were toothless in front of goal. We didn't make their keeper work and our set pieces were pretty dismal. I don't know if we'll be in this competition next season but if we are, we'll need a lot more than we've got now.

Schmeichel=God · Apr 10, 2019

Dalot's chance aside, Rashford wasted pretty much all of our threatening positions today. An otherwise good performance. Well done.

J_XO · Apr 10, 2019

No idea how Busquets escaped a red tonight either

OldTrevil · Apr 10, 2019

Impotent attacking display, possesion without penetration and all that

ManUnitedCanuck · Apr 10, 2019

Anustart89 said:
Another European tie marred by a biased Italian refereeing performance against us.

Now, people will say that "the ref wasn't the reason we lost", and to you I say feck you.

I don’t believe he is the reason we lost. We didn’t create enough or take our chances when we had some (no shots on target).

That being said, I do think the ref was poor and not consistent, but cannot blame him for the result.

El-Manos · Apr 10, 2019

minoo-utd said:
Pogba go hug everyone and smile.

Ya does my head in.

youmeletsfly · Apr 10, 2019

This is our quality cap, as high as we can seem to go in terms of playing versus a very good team.

It only shows one thing, we need 2-3 players in key positions on the field.

Fred was fine, Scott was fine, Paul was a meh, but not a big meh. CB's had one mistake the whole game.

We surely need a goalscorer, a RM and RB.

And for god's sake Martial and Rashford should be nowhere near the ST spot.

Amar__ · Apr 10, 2019

UncleBob said:
You have no idea what you're talking about, that's about it. The goalkeeper is supposed to cover the goalpost as it's the biggest threatu

Just rewatch the situation and then we can talk again.

Janson · Apr 10, 2019

crossy1686 said:
No, it's boring, why don't you post another 6 times about how shit Young is just to hammer the message home? Can't even get behind your own players on a night like this, disgrace.

I was bored to death with the Young complaints even before the match started. It's fortunate that I pretty much stayed of the forum during the match.

crossy1686 · Apr 10, 2019

podurban2 said:
It’s obvious, why the feck can’t we complain about it?

What's the point? How does it help? Moaning like a bitch over a miss hit cross? We all know he's getting on, we all know he's a converted winger, we all know he's not the best RB in the world but feck me, he's doing a decent job under the circumstances when we need other players to play in other areas. Does he complain? Does he feck, he just gets on with it and been one of the best servants we've had in years. Do you remember that time Young was flirting with PSG for a bigger contract? Nah, me neither.

GaryLifo · Apr 10, 2019

Bojan11 said:
Not going to praise that performance because a decent Man Utd team would have beaten Barca considering how bad they were. We have very little quality at the back and going forward.

So we're not a very good side and lack quality, but you won't praise them for deserving at least a draw against the tournament favourites?

Odd logic.

Wedge · Apr 10, 2019

Final third let us down but the likes of Fred, mctominay played well, proud of the lads all things considered and we're still in this. Being a utd fan I'll always back us to win no matter the odds.

crossy1686 · Apr 10, 2019

Janson said:
I was bored to death with the Young complaints even before the match started. It's fortunate that I pretty much stayed of the forum during the match.

You missed nothing, honestly, this place is a disgrace on match day. There was one poster calling for Solskjær to be sacked...

GaryLifo · Apr 10, 2019

crossy1686 said:
What's the point? How does it help? Moaning like a bitch over a miss hit cross? We all know he's getting on, we all know he's a converted winger, we all know he's not the best RB in the world but feck me, he's doing a decent job under the circumstances when we need other players to play in other areas. Does he complain? Does he feck, he just gets on with it and been one of the best servants we've had in years. Do you remember that time Young was flirting with PSG for a bigger contract? Nah, me neither.

Amen

Schmeichel=God · Apr 10, 2019

MackRobinson said:
I don't think so. As long as Ashley Young doesn't play United have a good chance. Barcelona were very wary of the counterattack.

The wrong FB got the yellow card.

ColvaleGoa · Apr 10, 2019

Anustart89 said:
Another European tie marred by a biased Italian refereeing performance against us.

Now, people will say that "the ref wasn't the reason we lost", and to you I say feck you.

I agree. Refs are disgrace when it comes to OT.

Mal donaghy · Apr 10, 2019

It could be worse , suppose!

wolvored · Apr 10, 2019

To not muster one shot on target against a poor barca side is a fecking disgrace. Yes we took the ball into their half but did nothing. Ole ought to bollock every one of them and ask whats happened since the PSG game. We desperately need a consistant striker to come in next season at least.

MackRobinson · Apr 10, 2019

Jim Reaper said:
This performance? maybe. In general? nope

The way they played tonight Spurs would have thrashed them. Honestly, if Ashley Young (not trying to pick on him) was a threat on the right this may have been a different game.

RepardReece · Apr 10, 2019

Disappointing in the final 3rd. Players still have very little movement, which is our biggest downfall, anytime Barca pressed us it went back to De Gea or we lost the ball. Comfortable win for them.

Random Task · Apr 10, 2019

Smores said:
Yes because we conceded and De Gea made two decent saves. Football isn't played on running around in midfield.

There's being positive and delusional. We've kept ourselves in it is the best you can say

I'm talking about the game as a whole. We were the better team and looked the most likely to score, but for Rashford having a stinker and Dalot proving largely ineffective in his position, we would have.

On another day we win that game comfortably.

crossy1686 · Apr 10, 2019

Mister_Stubbs said:
I won’t, thanks.

Don't come on here either, your negativity isn't needed or wanted.

Bestofthebest · Apr 10, 2019

Tactics are only as good as the players putting them into practice. Tonight just showed we do not have the players to take on a team like Barca, even on an off night for them. Lots of effort not so much skill.

Bojan11 · Apr 10, 2019

GaryLifo said:
So we're not a very good side and lack quality, but you won't praise them for deserving at least a draw against the tournament favourites?

Odd logic.

Zero shots on target against Barca who weren’t even in third gear. Yeah praise them to the hill.

manunited1919 · Apr 10, 2019

youmeletsfly said:
This is our quality cap, as high as we can seem to go in terms of playing versus a very good team.

It only shows one thing, we need 2-3 players in key positions on the field.

Fred was fine, Scott was fine, Paul was a meh, but not a big meh. CB's had one mistake the whole game.

We surely need a goalscorer, a RM and RB.

And for god's sake Martial and Rashford should be nowhere near the ST spot.

Spot on

GaryLifo · Apr 10, 2019

manunited1919 said:
Maybe Messi and Suarez will be injured by the return leg. About our only hope.

Or perhaps we score an early goal and they shit it like PSG?

The Real Treble 99 · Apr 10, 2019

Young Mac great MOTM performance

Very poor goal to giveaway but a fantastic effort from the lads especially like in the 2nd half. That extra quality needed we just don’t seem to have which is a big let down.

Not a bad result & we’re still in it.

crossy1686 · Apr 10, 2019

A lot to look forward to next leg if we play like that. Something has to give

Mister_Stubbs · Apr 10, 2019

crossy1686 said:
Don't come on here either, your negativity isn't needed or wanted.

Just ignore me then sugar.

Vidyoyo · Apr 10, 2019

crossy1686 said:
What's the point? How does it help? Moaning like a bitch over a miss hit cross? We all know he's getting on, we all know he's a converted winger, we all know he's not the best RB in the world but feck me, he's doing a decent job under the circumstances when we need other players to play in other areas. Does he complain? Does he feck, he just gets on with it and been one of the best servants we've had in years. Do you remember that time Young was flirting with PSG for a bigger contract? Nah, me neither.

Good post. He was shit in the first half but there's no need for people to go on about it the way they do.

Anustart89 · Apr 10, 2019

ManUnitedCanuck said:
I don’t believe he is the reason we lost. We didn’t create enough or take our chances when we had some (no shots on target).

That being said, I do think the ref was poor and not consistent, but cannot blame him for the result.

Thanks for proving my point.

I also realise that the ref is not the reason we lost, because anyone but an idiot would realise that you need to score goals to not lose a game once you've conceded, but we'd have had a much better chance against ten men if Busquets had been sent off, don't you think? Ref had three obvious chances to book him other than the situation where he actually booked him, one of which was a knee-high sliding tackle and one a handball with his hand over his head without the referee even seeing a foul, whereas Shaw was penalised for having his hand next to his thigh and being struck by the ball from two yards.

Verminator · Apr 10, 2019

Varcelona

Mal donaghy · Apr 10, 2019

We had a chance identical to their goal, it fell to Dalot, theirs went to Suarez, they scored, we didnt, we have NO proper world class players , pogba err no , de gea hmmm of late no , we need a gift from God, c Ronaldo, cantona, Rvp is there anybody out there?

Schmeichel=God · Apr 10, 2019

Random Task said:
I lost count of how many key passes Pogba made.

If our forward line were on the same page as the midfielders, we would have won tonight.

Agreed. And that blind right footed cross by Lukaku. There were some Barca esq through balls attempted today...just no alert intelligent strikers reading them.

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