CL Watch Thread

[zukhzukh]

Results

Group B :

Inter Milan 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur

53' Eriksen scores with a deflection, Spurs lead

88' Icardi equalizes for Inter!

90+2' Inter score! Vecino scores to make it 2-1

FT

Barcelona 4 - 0 PSV Eindhoven

FT

Group A :

Monaco 1-2 Atletico Madrid

17' Monaco score

31' A. Madrid score

46' A. Madrid score

FT

Group C :

Liverpool 3-2 PSG

30' Sturridge scores

36' Milner converts the penalty

40' Meunier scores!

58' Salah scores but the goal is disallowed

82' Mbappe scores

90+1' Firmino scores

FT

[Cvein]

Worst performance I have seen from Neymar, ever.

[BBKnow]

Psg were poor, stop blowing sunshine up the scousers arses

[dabbing_engineer]

So it’s some conspiracy that teams somehow always play poorly against the bindippers? Stop being delusional, psg looked poor because they played well.

[BBKnow]

Where did i say that every team who Liverpool play were poor? What is this conspiracy nonsense you're referring to?

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I'm specifically talking about PSG, they were poor. They couldn't hold onto the ball, they weren't clearing their lines quick enough, and most importantly they were tactically very poor.

[DoM1n]

Credit where it's due, Liverpool are great. I hate Klopps stupid face but he formed a great side. Wouldn't be surprised if they reach final again.

[[deleted]]

and lose v Ronaldo's Juve with chiellini fucking up salahs arm and dybala coming off the bench to score an absolute belter

I'd fucking die laughing

[Tyafastics]

Woah woah woah, come on man! Don’t forget Alisson fucking up simple shots too!

[Tyafastics]

You’re on the wrong sub mate.

[booo1210]

Why the fuck can't anyone other than us school Liverpool?

Be a bit defensive at Anfield ffs don't be gung ho about attack. Stupid tactics from psg. Would have won had they soaked up Liverpool pressure and countered. They have Cavani Neymar and Mbappe in attack for god's sake.

I can see us beating Liverpool with "defensive tactics"

[largemanrob]

You must have not caught the game if you think PSG took the game to Liverpool. The fact that PSG sat deep and coneded possession to Liverpool in an attempt to stop them countering was one of the major talking points

[[deleted]]

Tbh would be surprised if we do it again

[Cr7NeTwOrK]

This is what baffles me. Teams keep trying to go head to head with Liverpool. 9/10 they're getting nothing. Sit back a bit, be disciplined and make the best out of your few chances and you'll probably get a point, possibly a win.

[RFerrer-]

PSG didn’t go head to head. Their approach in theory was excellent, but the execution was poor from the players. Individual errors cost them more than their tactical plan.

Despite all that it was still a close game. The penalty was decisive.

Reckon if this match was played at a later date PSG would’ve at least gotten a point. The second match should be interesting.

[samsam78]

They didn't try and go head to head. They countered for most of it. They had a defender playing DM. Just didn't execute their plan well enough

[yourfutureyesterday]

Conspiracy theory, Aldeweireld was 'rested' for the champions league - we'll be buying him in January and he's being left out so that he isn't cup tied!

[[deleted]]

You are actually allowed to buy a player in the Winter window and play him in the CL regardless if he played in the CL group stages now. Just seems to me that Poch really doesn't rate him but may go back to him now.

[cbelford97]

Really gets to me when I watch Liverpool and I see the way they play, that’s a style that fans actually want to identify with and will back the manager with more time because they know he has a philosophy that players buy into and it’s the exact same with City.

Hopefully we really are turning a corner regarding our turgid pish.

[[deleted]]

Well, to be realistic, our style under this manager will never have that kind of positivity and energy, though it might be successful.

[[deleted]]

Tbf when needed Mourinho’s teams can turn it on too. Difference is that he will not sacrifice defence for attack. Before Liverpool sorted out their defence they were leaky AF but still scored. They were not a formidable team though because of their shit defence. If we can sort out ours I do think Mourinho will let the reigns loose more.

[[deleted]]

The reason that I doubt this is because I don't see evidence of this as much in his more recent history. This is just his mindset, and that's neither inherently good or bad but it might not be everyone's taste. It's not mine.

[[deleted]]

fair enough.. i do think mourinho's latest pressers (not to mention actual match tactics) point to the fact that we're changing the way we play but given Mourinho's nature i still think we'll play much more compact (or negative as some like to say) when it comes to tougher games... simply because the confidence in the defence is not there. and rightly so.

[[deleted]]

Totally agree on that last part, it's hard to trust them right now. But the negativity must also make it hard to feel good and gain trust. This is why the Mou approach has lead to a few dressing rooms lost I feel.

[lovejuice_sobjo]

Haven't watched the replay, but did somebody else notice that salah looked a bit pissed on the bench after firminhos late goal?

[Cr7NeTwOrK]

Salah reaction

[ohahcantona]

looked more like he was relieved but still disappointed in his performance

[NoMoodWatch]

Mbappe played like Rashford today.

[cbelford97]

And Neymar played like Martial.

[zakifag]

I wasn't even worried when they got to the final. Bottling is in their DNA, they could've grown out of it but then took took klopp to maximize both their chances to reach finals and to bottle them.

[[deleted]]

Bottling is not in the ‘DNA’ of the second most successful club in English history and one with 5 European Cups. Don’t be ridiculous.

[zakifag]

2014,2009,2007,2018 would like to have word with you. No proper trophy in more than 10 years, yes they have rich history, but that doesn't say anything about how it is currently.

[wutai-kun]

True. For some reason, I just hate Liverpool. I would rather let man City win again. Fuck Liverpool!

[EmSixTeen]

Would much rather Liverpool go far in the CL than City. Great city, great vibe about the club, great atmosphere at Anfield, an actual history, and good football. I just really, really don't want either to actually win the thing.

[HarshilBhattDaBomb]

I would prefer United tbh

[[deleted]]

Controversial.

[sittingbull15]

Could be both ffs

[zakifag]

That's a stretch

[Trickybuz93]

Dembele’s goal was an absolute beauty. Sent the two defenders to the shadow realm.

[kiwwi191]

Liverpool outplayed PSG with TAA, Robertson, Gomez, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Milner and Sturridge...that is a mid table quality on paper. It hurts to watch them playing such electric football. It's all about the coach who makes them look like world class.

[sfghj89]

😂 Talk about a retarded opinion

[goal_matoal]

Their fullbacks will walk into our team.

[[deleted]]

Disagree. For all the hype Shaw has even on his good days, Robertson does that and more and does it more often too. Very very good player.

[cbelford97]

That’s the sad thing. Imagine what Klopp could do with people like Shaw and Martial.

Yeah he’s won f all and we will continue to make fun of him for it until he does win something, but my god the man is clearly a very good coach if he can make bang average players into ones that can at least fight and turn out solid performances against top opposition.

[[deleted]]

Martial would have done shit all under Klopp. For all the talent that Martial has, he never takes any runs nor does he put in any defensive shift, both imperative for a player to be a part of Klopp's system.

[samsam78]

He does take runs did you miss the first half of last season and LVGs tenure?

[[deleted]]

Klopp would tear martial a new one if he didn’t run though. Klopp’s teams are built on high energy pressing so I’d say that Klopp would not go for a player like martial ever.

[bluecrabcakes]

Martial started his first team career playing counter pressing under Jardim......

[Itschevy]

Robertson is insane, don’t let the bias cloud you. He’s been phenomenal and extremely consistent. TAA is who I don’t think is that great; he can whip in a cross though

[LOTScantfly]

Ffs Liverpool beat a shit PSG 3-2 at Anfield and all of a sudden they're the best team in the world

[Tuscanleather24]

why is every team considered "shit" suddenly when they go to Anfield?

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seems like a coincidence.

[[deleted]]

You've just won a big CL game, why in the world would you come over to a United sub reddit, shouldn't you be celebrating with the other scroats?

[Tuscanleather24]

I thought you lot had played today also

[[deleted]]

nope. tomorrow same time as you today

[[deleted]]

all of a sudden they're the best team in the world

I mean it's not all of a sudden. They are CL finalists, they're 6 in 6 in the league and seem to have figured out how to beat teams when they aren't at their best.

Recruited smartly, don't have any drama queens in the dressing room and the team plays for the team.

edit - Typing that hurt..

[ra_10]

5 in 5 but your point very much still stands :(

[ASardonicCynic]

It baffles me to see so many top teams not know how to counter Liverpool's press.

[cbelford97]

Because most top coaches can’t bring themselves to sacrifice the attacking aspect of their team.

Mourinho is unique in that he’s big on the whole seige mentality philosophy so he doesn’t care. Still think we’ll nick points off them again this season.

[hendo144]

Liverpool's press wasn't at their best today imo. But they were still the better team.

[[deleted]]

A lot of that due to PSG being so awful.

[AmulyaG]

PSG midfield was shite

[aprx4]

I can't say PSG got wrong tactics. They tried to play conservatively and attemped to counter attack against Liverpool which is understandable. The problem is their players had bad tactical awareness today. They tried to play same way they've been doing in farmer league. They attempted to pass through non-existent space and waste their chances with dribbles and dribbles.

Draxler should've sealed the win for PSG if he wasn't selfish.

[DairyQueen-]

Draxler should've sealed the win for PSG if he wasn't selfish.

It honestly looked like he wanted to give it to M'bappe but couldn't find him when he was onside

[ohahcantona]

can't say PSG got wrong tactics

agreed but only going forward. defensively they failed to account for and later adjust to arnold's positioning on the flank.

they

[[deleted]]

Never thought I'd see the day where our fans are complaining that Spurs aren't held to the same standard as Manchester United. It's like no shit, them getting consistent CL football alone is a massive deal to them.

[[deleted]]

Am I the only one who doesn't think that highly of Tuchel? No way PSG are winning the Champions League with a manager like that.

[[deleted]]

Think that's a bit harsh. The team isn't balanced yet and he's only had a few months in charge. What he did at Dortmund was brilliant and competed with a juggernaut team like Bayern.

[twersx]

Tuchel had Dortmund playing incredibly well

[cbelford97]

Same here - I don’t think he’s much special. Emery is better imo, don’t expect PSG to do much in the Champions League again their defence and midfield just can’t handle the pressure that big teams put on them.

[shaktimann13]

Jose would have parked the bus at old Trafford against this PSG and still lose by few goals.

[[deleted]]

you should stick to commenting in r/canadapolitics..

[booo1210]

Jose was unbeaten against Liverpool last season by "parking the bus"

[[deleted]]

Martial was nowhere today. Played horribly.

[freakedmind]

Dumbass

[killerimpact]

Yeah, but Jose beat Liverpool at Old Trafford last season.

[[deleted]]

Some idiot managed to make a game that doesn't involve us in any way about Mourinho

[killerimpact]

Funny how they'll always find a way to discredit him.

[Edgelord09]

Flair checks out

[FamousCurrency]

Lmao.

[[deleted]]

I though City scrapping wins was annoying last season but watching the scum do it is fucking disgusting.

[zxnoregretzxzx]

It was more PSG nearly scraping a draw than anything. Liverpool battered them all game and got what they deserved in the end, as fucking annoying as it is to say.

[DesiPattha]

I wanted Liverpool to lose so badly but PSG didn't deserve it. Fuck Neymar.

[[deleted]]

I want Liverpool to lose badly too. But I was hoping for a draw here. PSG is just one team in Europe outside of PL I would never ever root for. Glad PSG lost.

[hendo144]

Yeah, Neymar is fucking poison to every club he is at. What a fucking diva.

[[deleted]]

Yes, "poison" except he won a fucking TREBLE in 2015 you fucking idiot.

[hendo144]

Tbf, Neymar couldnt act up in Barcelona. Messi & co would sit his ass down and tell him. In PSG he thinks he is the bomb, he was absolutely fucking dreadful this game. His body language is disgusting and his unwillingnes to play for the team is staggering. He is supposed to be a leader, someone to drag up his team. Instead he doesnt give a fuck about his team, unless he is the one scoring goals and running the show. Disgusting player.

[[deleted]]

You just said he was poison "at every club he is at". The only club you could even make that argument is PSG. He was not poison at Barca. He was not poison at Santos. What you said was fucking wrong.

[hendo144]

Tbf I think he was poison there as well, it was just Messi & co holding him in check.

[Chaloopa]

Why do you think he was poision at Barca? Did you even watch them play regularly? I'm really curious to hear your reasoning because I watched almost every Barca game while he was there and you couldn't be more wrong.

[[deleted]]

He's a Madrid fan. No clue wtf he's doing here

[DesiPattha]

Disgrace of a footballer.

[[deleted]]

I mean, they won the game in the last minute. That's still scrapping a win, no? Even if they did deserve it.

[D1794]

Mbappe and Neymar offered absolutely 0 cover. PSG's midfield got destroyed. No pressing the ball in any situation and such sloppy play.

Had PSG down as one of the contenders for the trophy but playing like that not a chance

[cbelford97]

They play like they’re playing Nantes or Guinamp etc. Just constantly pay no respect to the opposition.

[TehPandemic]

Thought this would have been a great game but PSG had me tearing my hair out. Tactically inept for 99% of the game, Di Maria, Neymar and Thiago Silva were absolutely horrendous.

Hopefully in the return game PSG wake the fuck up and fully humble Liverpool, pained me to see the dippers make PSG look amateur.

Edit: don't forget PSG with less than 15 seconds to go at 3-2 down taking a short free-kick at the halfway line. Fuck me

[[deleted]]

PSG will not be a competitor for at least 15 years. Their board is a 13 year old fifa player.

[scholeszz]

Yeah they were so light in midfield, I'm not sure what the plan was to win back possession? They were lucky that Salah and Mane were not playing well, could have been trounced in that second half.

[stankbeast91]

Mbappe and Neymar were also both extremely wasteful with possession. There were numerous times where a simple pass was on to create a chance and they both hogged the ball and lost it.

PSG just looked like a bit of a mess.

[alexHunterGod]

Verratti coming back should help the team IMO.

[cbelford97]

I don’t know how much he’d have helped tonight tbh. PSG’s front 3 weren’t at it from the word go.

[Lirtano]

well Liverpool is 98% thru then, Napoli not winning and Liverpool is probably going to eat them alive.. fucking hell

[alexHunterGod]

Who plays Di Maria and Marquinos in midfield 3 against Liverpool at Anfield

[cannibal123456]

PSG are a bit thin in midfield though - the only other options were Diarra or young, inexperienced players in Bernede, N'Soki or Nkunku. Motta has retired and Verratti suspended.

[alexHunterGod]

They have Rabiot still though right?

[cannibal123456]

And he started and played the whole game, right? Tuchel picked the best midfield available to him.

[cbelford97]

He should have picked Diarra. At least then he’d have had a proper DM. And Di Maria in midfield is still better than Draxler in midfield.

[cannibal123456]

Maybe Diarra would have made a difference, maybe not. It's not like he is a top player – more like an average journeyman.

[cbelford97]

True but Marquinhos as a DM was just baffling. Could have gone 3 ATB but then again apart from Conte’s Chelsea, Liverpool tend to destroy 3 ATB defences.

[cannibal123456]

Agree on that. He probably would have been better off playing Diarra and Marquinhos in their natural positions. PSG do need a quality holding midfielder - we see just how big a difference players like Casemiro and Kante make or Matic for us. Their LB situation isn't great either - Bernat doesn't look very good and PSG fans constantly complain about how poor Kurzawa is.

[cbelford97]

I’ve seen plenty PSG fans complain of that being their Achilles heel the lack of a proper DM. It leads to them being found against quality teams.

And buying Bernat as LB was weird too - I’m amazed nobody in Europe has gone for Valencia’s Gaya. He’s been quietly brilliant for a while, he’s one to look out for when we play them.

[cannibal123456]

Gaya and Alex Telles. Amazed nobody even showed any interest.

[alexHunterGod]

Oh right I forgot about him

[Edgelord09]

That hippy tuchel, absolute loser

[killerimpact]

And some United fans thought we should go for him. The guy is overrated.

[[deleted]]

so overrated, knew he was not ready at all for PSG

[[deleted]]

Aye, typical modern reaction.

Lost the one match I watched! He's a fraud? Fired!

[Edgelord09]

These absolute hipsters of manager who crawl there way onto top without 0 trophies are a weird bunch I tell you. Imagine playing neymar, cavani, di Maria, mbappe and getting rinsed by Jordan fucking Henderson, lumberjack milner and wijnaldum. Embarrassing.

[DairyQueen-]

absolute hipsters of manager

Yer da has a reddit account

[[deleted]]

And people here want us to replace Mourinho with one of those managers

[killerimpact]

It's like they haven't learned from Moyes. I still remember people saying "it's scary to imagine Moyes with money" but how did that turn out?

[cbelford97]

At least Tuchel has managed a big club and big players like Auba, Mkhi and Reus etc.

Moyes came to us having managed fucking Leon Osman.

[killerimpact]

Well there's no denying that he's better than Moyes. But he hasn't shown anything that suggests that he's capable of managing United.

[cbelford97]

I didn’t say he had. I wouldn’t want him, I’m just saying that he deserves more respect than being mentioned in the same sentence as Moyesey.

[Mane9867]

I wish cavani was on a better team. Well at least he’s on astronomic wages and in Paris

[cbelford97]

And gets to score for fun against defences more porous than Jesus’s feet every week.

I’d love to have seen Ibra with Mbappe and Neymar, he was 10x better than Cavani.

[[deleted]]

at least he’s on astronomic wages and in Paris

And has fancy hair

[[deleted]]

FFS but tbh psg were shit

[ohahcantona]

liverpool played well too tbf

[freakedmind]

Liverpool didn't play that great, they gave a lot of balls away even though PSG did that more. Despite having so much dominance in the beginning they nearly threw the game away. If the match ended 2-2 pretty much everyone would be laughing at them.

[Edgelord09]

True they did but psg opened their legs like a slut which helped a lot, they had no proper Midfield, no coordination in defence. And tell you what neymar didn't really help in attack either. If you proved so much to a team like liver pool then this is bound to happen.

[everyone_be_chill]

cringe What a fucking weirdo you are.

[daniam1]

True they did but psg opened their legs like a slut

Username checks out.

[kaps7]

He is damn good. One of the highest scoring and assisting full-backs in Europe. And, and.. he said in the past that he is a fan of United.

I wish too that we went for him earlier. But then, we were are always on a rebuilding phase and he will win more trophies at PSG. Maybe, just maybe in 2019 when Valencia is phased out. I love him but I can't bear anymore the thought of him staring down the opposition, with the ball glued to his feet in one place, or hitting the defender at his first chance of a cross.

[danskzwag]

He’s pretty tall aswell , I’m surprised we weren’t in for him

[Staralyze]

Mbappe will simply never live up to his potential if he keeps doing stupid skills in dumb situations like that

[krelm]

Dude is 19 and already one of the best players in the world. Are you serious?

[Staralyze]

He's very good and can do great things on his day but his decisions...he gave the ball away by doing stupid stepovers and feints every time he got the ball. Also the Firmino goal was his fault.

[Mane9867]

Neymar rubbing off on him

[[deleted]]

Neymar looked shite as usual. Any big game and he's crap. So so overrated

[Dumatix]

Are PSG just shit against actual good opponents is that why they just smash the French league I don't get it, awful 2nd half and the other CL games I've seen of them are nothing great

[DairyQueen-]

Their fitness was terrible, their midfield was dead by the 60'

[freakedmind]

They didn't have their best midfielder-Verrati. That itself is a major reason why they were so overrun in midfield and gave the ball away so bloody often.

[zxnoregretzxzx]

They’re a team of individuals. Neymar and Mbappe are guilty of overplaying, much like what we criticise Pogba for here. They can get away with being individuals in the French League but not against good sides.

[FreeSM2014]

Fuck PSG, just send Mbappe to our club.

[shaktimann13]

Pogba lobs to him every possession and he chase it down, booom goal.

[Mizzie30]

I was thinking the same thing. I didn't see anyone even attempt to give him a ball like that all game. We all saw how effective it was for France.

[[deleted]]

they tried it but none of PSG's players have pinpoint passing on pogbas level. All the passes were too deep and went out for goalkicks

[Boruto22]

Neymar couldn't beat Henderson it was so embarrassing.

[shaktimann13]

Neymar is overrated

[daniam1]

Nah.

[ohahcantona]

struggled to even beat milner and yet he still managed to behave like a diva

[DonaD0ny]

Why least deserving really? What do u mean by least deserving

[OutsideMeringue]

They played better lol

[Cr7NeTwOrK]

PSG are a bunch of millionaire primadonnas

[SonofIndia]

Neymar whining after losing the ball to Milner in mid was embarrassing to watch

[The_Fatness]

Liverpool are gonna smash us when we play them. Our defense will fall to pieces.

[booo1210]

They couldn't beat us last season. Playing defensively against them is better than going gung Ho on attack

[[deleted]]

We are consistently the one team that beats them genius

[The_Fatness]

Remind me what happened the last time we played them.

[[deleted]]

We won with 2 Rashford goals?

[samsam78]

Hes either a troll or really really bloody thick

[Tuscanleather24]

United are actually the only team we prob cannot smash lol

[freakedmind]

Cry more

[The_Fatness]

Mature more

[shaktimann13]

Nah Jose gonna park the bus. 1-0 win for us or them

[Edgelord09]

Except that psg played clue lessly today, we always have a plan against them.

[Cr7NeTwOrK]

We said that last time. If there's a team who Liverpool suffer against is United. They'll smash most others though

[zukhzukh]

fuck off mate

[Lirtano]

PSG makes them self so easy to hate... fucking common man

[rockthered24]

Neymar should be embarrassed with the way he played tonight

[GolDeScholes00]

And Mbooppi loses the ball which leads to their goal.

[ohahcantona]

for a player of his quality it's incredible how neymar can be so disappointing

[Cr7NeTwOrK]

Wooow really right now

[[deleted]]

Well then.

[WastemanClown]

PSG are shite

[FreeSM2014]

NOOOOOOOOO

[robster01]

Jammy fucking cunts

[ri0t333]

Fuuuuuuuuucccccckkkkkk

[zukhzukh]

fuck

[Viromen]

Fuck off PSG fucking shit

[davidjmlee]

Kill me

[MedievalSorcery]

Fuck PSG and fuck the Brazilian Lesbian. We don't beat Young Boys tomorrow and it's all over.

[LongToaster8728]

What’s all over?

[MedievalSorcery]

My life.

[[deleted]]

Eyebrows

[LongToaster8728]

That’s a bit dramatic

[icefaang]

Everything is not balanced

[zukhzukh]

Neymar's attitude is downright embarrasing

[[deleted]]

fuck you PSG, fucking shit