[BlueHaze]

Safe to say this tie is over. 93 minutes played and not a single shot on goal. We had feck all to offer going forward and they literally never lose at home in the CL.

 

[Globule]

I don't think we were bad when you consider the players we have. We are a rung below the best (at least) and we definitely did better than I thought we would. Not confident that we're going to turn this one around though.

 

[Paul_Scholes18]

We defended and played really well in midfield. Lacked the final ball and quality in the final third. They got Messi and we got Lukaku and Rashford which makes a big difference.

Also I think we should have gone for it more in the second half. We could have tried to take command of the game with more attacking subs.

 

[Red Dreams]

Pogba has downed tools.
No Herrera.
McT did well.
Lukaku was useless
we have so many average or poor players.

 

[Denis79]

Fred and McTominay, excellent tonight. Pogba did well aswell.

 

[Mullet_Man]

Lack of composure and quality in the last third, plus dire performance from Young didn't help.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Toothless

Sums it up. They didn't cause us many problems, but neither did we. Scott and Fred were impressive. Pretty pleased with Dalot. Young

 

[FrenchRed]

Fred and McTominay looked great, strikers were non-existent. We'd look great with a proper clinical striker.

Right tactics, most players stepped up, proud of the lads. For me, tons to be positive about.

 

[The Firestarter]

Never created a real chance or shot on goal. Good physical presence in the second half that lead to nowhere due to atrocious crossing by Young mostly.

 

[BrianMcClair'sBarnet]

Taking off Lukaku was a big tactical error,especially when we started putting in more balls in the box.
Lingard and Martial didn't do anything of note as his replacement.

The positives were Fred,Mctomminay,Smalling.
Dalot,Shaw,Lukaku were alot better in the second half.

 

[AngliaRed]

A 0-0 would of been a fair result. Both teams forwards gash.

 

[Mister_Stubbs]

Can’t decide if we were good or Barcelona were just really shit. Either way it was comfortable for them and they won’t play that badly second leg.

 

[ManRed]

Another frustrating performance but a positive frustration as we did not get dominated by Barcelona (except first 20 minutes).

Shaw is out of the next game, dont think we can cope in the away leg. Had a great chance tonight and did not capitalise..

 

[Cpt Negative]

Pogba, mctom, Shaw Fred all decent to very good.

Rash awful, young probably the worst player to play for us for a few years.

Starting to think Bebe could cross better than young

 

[JG3001]

Said it on the other thread, the set up was fine, but the reality is there are too many first team players who are just not good enough. We need a big overhaul come end of the season. Go for targets with quality who fit the teams style, not this nonsense marketing shite approach we’ve adopted.

 

[Irrational.]

Ref screwed us by not sending Busquets off.

Fred, McTominay, Smalling, Lindelof and Shaw can hold their heads up high.

The rest can feck off, cowardly cnuts.

 

[Sp00ks11]

Yet another defeat..

 

[Litch]

Fred's best performances are in CL. Will be ok in prem when he can get use to the pace of the games.

We will never get a better chance of beating Barca....

 

[Farfetched]

We still have an inability to work, let alone beat, the opposition keeper enough. We do have plenty of good parts to our game but without the basic requirements of scoring goals it doesn’t amount to much!

 

[Canagel]

Class in the two attacks showed itself. We competed in the midfield but they did the job in attack. Suarez got his chance and took it. No goals for yet another home game.

 

[L1nk]

I was actually impressed with the performance, in the sense that we didn't just let Barcelona run over us, we played well. But I think its just becoming more and more obvious, tonight more so, that we really lack the quality required in the areas that matter, toothless upfront, our right side is just garbage particularly with Young.

I've been critical of McTominay in the past and whether he is actually good enough for us, but fair play to him he's standing up and being counted recently, and played really well tonight, showing more than Pogba actually.

 

[fergies coat]

Everyone seems quite happy with it. I’m not who cares if we’re still in the tie we’re not winning over there. Barca were there for the taking tonight and we did nothing.

Ashley Young was a disgrace tonight I don’t think he did anything right.

 

[Ahsan_6386]

The only positives were Mc Tominay and Fred . Pogba had a good 1st half and then he went invisible . Lesser said about Rashford, Lukaku and Young the better .

This is Barcelona team is not good at all and we should have atleast scored once . Our home record in Champions league has been diabolical . I am hoping the away match goes the way it went in Turin earlier this season. Fingers crossed that we play better next week and move on to the semis .

 

[Ban]

Everybody expected a mauling but we held our own. McT and Fred are revelations, had very good games, Pogba was good although tailed of a bit in the 2nd. Defense was all right, as was Dalot, Young was attrocious. We just needed a bit better play in a final 3rd and should have been a bit more dangerous, their defense was not all that at all.
We're still in it although it will be extremely hard there of course.

Oh and I hate Suarez.

 

[ForestRGoinUp]

Reckon that's enough to invigorate the ones saying we're not far off...

 

[Ashley R1+O]

What a horrible football team, I haven't watched barca in 10 years but the same keep the ball and throw themselves all over the place trying to get fouls and bookings, seems nothing has changed. An absolutely putrid stain on the game.

 

[Pyro19]

Rashford is not the striker that will lead United to winning championships.
Young is done at this club.
Mctominay and Fred had a great game.
Pogba was a passenger
Lingard and Martial were a waste of a sub since they came on.

Playing against a Barca side like this shows just how far off we are in comparison. A team like Liverpool would have finished this tie in the home leg itself. They were there to be got at and yet we create nothing.

A lot of deadwood needs to be replaced and new quality needs to be bought in the summer

 

[Red Star One]

It's first Barca away goal and win in CL quarterfinals since 2015, 0-2 Atletico, 0-3 Juve, 0-3 Roma.

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

McTominay and Fred got so much shit from the experts on here pre-match

 

[space]

Gutted, because we deserved more. Let down by Ashley Young. Dalot should have scored but overall though we were decent. Lacked that final ball but that game I feel like we played like our true selves. By that I mean that is our level and it is obvious where we need to invest to improve.

 

[cyberman]

Typical home performance these days if we're being honest but we are a better away side than home and this Brca side are too one paced to scare me.
See you in Spain, we have more than a chance here.

 

[Kevin_]

Rather play Mata in #10 if Pogba gunna play like that

 

[FreakyJim]

worst thing is, liverpool will beat these guys easily

 

[Red1968]

We cannot play scared vs Barca. They’ll just play keep away and wait for an error. Players need to man up next week!

 

[abailey123]

Not a poor performance. Thought Ole set us up well. They only found space when Dalot went off.
Young needs to be upgraded in the summer . You have to be putting the ball into the box early to give Lukaku, Rashford and a late arriving Pogba a chance.
Stand out for me for 2nd week in a row was McTominay. He’s starting to come of age and was the best midfielder on the pitch.
We’re still in contention going to Spain but need to take more risks with the ball.

 

[Nr.7]

Busquets should have been sent off.
We weren’t that bad actually.
Young is atrocious. I felt sorry for him a few times.
Rashford is like Theo Walcott.
McTominay is dependable, quite solid.

 

[r0663664]

Young was bad, Rashford is not really to lead, Pogba is quiet as usual, Martial uninterested. What else is new?

 

[SuperiorXI]

I feel like we missed an oppourtunity. Barca were nowhere near their usual level, we could have got a goal.

Had you offered me 1-0 to Barca before hand I would have taken it.

 

[edgecutter]

Couldn't score in a whore house with a fist full of dollars is one cliche I would use for the over priced assemble of players we have. You would expect better.

Young and lingard are not good enough and it is sad to see.

Ole needs to work on his subs. Didn't think ROM deserved to come off and why we continue to give lingard mins when he clearly ain't up for it is beyond me.

 

[GazTheLegend]

Young, Lukaku and Martial are problems for us...

McTominay - wow. Stepped it up. @steakpie @SamVimes @Majima are you all still so sure he won't make it?

Fred was great, Pogba was OK, Lindelof and Smalling and Shaw were solid.

 

[Fosu-Mens]

Pressed together as a team well enough.
Fred and McTominay performed well in their press. Fred still not a good passer, McTominay handled himself well on the ball.
Smalling performed well. Shaw good.

Young a big issue.

 

[Macern]

Our midfield was very good, Shaw was excellent, our attacking play was dull.

Young was awful. Really, really, awful.

The perfect summary. Shit in attack, amazing in midfield, defense was good, especially Shaw. Young is not anywhere near good enough to be playing games like this. He’s honestly not even good enough for sides like Huddersfield and Cardiff.

 

[Wedge]

Fred and McTominay looked great, strikers were non-existent. We'd look great with a proper clinical striker.

Right tactics, most players stepped up, proud of the lads. For me, tons to be positive about.

I second this.

 

[Sarni]

We weren’t that bad. We are missing quality forwards but midfield played well and we were overall the better team.

I think the tie is far from over.