I think so too, but if they do get through they are the type of team that would give us huge problems (as of course are Liverpool). I actually think this years CL is wide open.
Champions League Round of 16 (18th Feb - 8th Aug)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Well that was the startYou'd think united fans would worship him after kiev
By the way, you were right about Sterling
I am always rightWell that was the start
By the way, you were right about Sterling
I watch waaaaaay too much football and know too much
Yes, he is. Look at the video
yeah, he's trying to avoid a collision right here.
Btw, the arm isn't the foul. The foul is right leg on right leg
Can't believe i'm having to explain this
That's probably how he greets his children in the morning
Strange, every pundit thinks the foul is from the arm pull. You are the only one looking at the legs.Yes, he is. Look at the video
Btw, the arm isn't the foul. The foul is right leg on right leg
Can't believe i'm having to explain this
I don't think Liverpool will hammer athletico, I wouldn't be surprised if it ended 0-0 or 1-1
Tbf there was very minimal contact to call it a clip. But I have seen Ramos do this plenty of times when he tries to chase the attacker. He grabs them by the shoulder and does a very subtle leg clip, attacker goes down and its the standard arms wide open posture. About time he gets punished.
If they get an away goal we're out. I can't see us scoring more than two against them they rarely concede more than 2 goals against anyone, we'd have to win 2-0 at least, looks like we'll be facing a stronger Atletico next time too with Felix, Gimenez & Costa back in the team.
There's a very intentional foul with his left hand pulling the attacker's right shoulder. It's amazing how most people are missing it. Without it there would be plausible deniability but there isn't.Yes, he is. Look at the video
Btw, the arm isn't the foul. The foul is right leg on right leg
Can't believe i'm having to explain this
That's exactly my view.
Hey hey, steady on nowI am always right
I watch waaaaaay too much football and know too much
They scraped past a relegation-threatened West Ham. Atletico will frustrate them.
Seemed a fairly reasonable red card to me. Clear goal scoring opportunity, clear contact and you could definitely argue it was deliberate too. Jesus went down easily but that doesn't stop it being a foul.
So do you think the first goal should have been disallowed then?
Too bad there's no machine or exercise to fix his face.
Yeh that's a red everyday of the week in the CL. Jesus did what he had to do in Europe. Get ahead of the player, then fall down at the slightest contact.
Yeh sure that's no where near enough to actually make a grown man fall down, but like it or not, footballs got gamesmanship involved, you're waiting for the slightest bit of contact because you know if you go down, the other player is done for
I would have played more or less like that. I liked the pressure.
Maybe I would have used Kroos instead of Bale in that subtitution but it's easy to say now.
In summer, we need real players as you say, but I don't know to what extent they are willing to do that while he keeps signing Brazilians, which can be in the line-up in the most important match of the season, disappear from the squad several weeks or end up playing in Segunda B.
I have no idea what can think Zizou tomorrow.
For the moment we'll see if he at least uses Jovic or even Mariano
Worth clicking on his videos for a comment section full of imaginative ways Jeff organises his life to avoid muscle imbalances.
Probably
When you are in full speed little slight push in the back can make that you lose balance. And after that your chances to score are damaged. Because of illegal move. Some players will try to stay on the feet and score goal( Rashford, Martial) and some will not. Personally if i am the coach i would give advice to players to go down in those situations. Ramos did made a contact without being near the ball. Slight contact but he did.
Hindsight is all good but shows how overrated this Madrid side is.
How badly do Juve have to play for Sarri to lose his job there? Seriously, they have the opportunity of a lifetime in having the best striker in the world in their team whos coming to the end of his career and they've hired a complete bum in Sarri as coach.
It's one of those things that alwasy gets called but none of us want that to be a foul. Slight touch, player only thinks about going down immediately. No one is telling me that Jesus went down because of Ramos, ergo he dived on purpose but for some reason, despite having VAR now, we accept going down like this as a part of football.
But 'magical European nights at Anfield' and all that...
They got rid of CR7 way too early and it's looking like a bad move for both sides.
Anyway after 3 years of such dominance, a couple of years of rebuilding is fair play. They're shit now but have Vinicius, Rodrygo, Odegaard all coming through.
when a player is running at that pace a little clip is good enough for him to lose balance. A foul is a foul and how can you tell the player is doing it on purpose?
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Just watch the replay in slow motion. Ramos grabbed his arm, clip his leg, but it is still a dive?
It's red. The ref was good actually.
I personally thought the red card AND the penalty were pretty soft tbh. The pen is one of those classic "attacker kicks the ball then throws themself forward over an oncoming sliding defender" things.
If you catch the attacker because he nudged the ball away from where you were expecting it to be, it's your fault and it's a foul. For me this scenario is always clear cut.
Look at it again how he goes down. He's not losing balance, he's purposely going down. He's practically doing a starfish dive.
Like I said, this always gets called a foul becaus as soon as a footballer touched another player with his hand (asides from set pieces) it's an automatic foul. Attacker loses the ball, touches the defender, the defender throws himself to the ground and gets a foul. The players know this, that's why they go down like that. Accepted part of football and it's something I don't like. Football could look into other sports like handball and take positive rule changes from that sport but the governing bodies of football are more conservative than the Republican party.
so next time the ref probably needs to spend an hour to argue if the "contact" is strong enough to make the player lose balance. The players probably need to have pressure sensors all over their body to help the ref to make the judge too.
Apart from Liverpool each team has shown weaknesses. Think they are favorite after all. Of the contenders I rate Bayern highest atm but then I'm biased.
Ramos is now the player with more cards and more sendings off in the history of Madrid, la liga and the champions league/European cup.
Thank you captain for keep bringing records
Thank you captain for keep bringing records
That depends on whether the contact was there and if said contact only happens because the forward drags his leg or throws himself into the defender. I just think this particular one was soft.
Great win for city that albeit against a poor Madrid team.
Where is 60£ million Jovic? Real miss Ronaldo’s CL goals badly this season thats for sure