[EU] Champions League 2008/2009 (16 Viewers)
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Poor first half performance, Villareal absolutely played us of the park. Ibagaza, Rossi and especially Senna were playing like they were in a training session. Our central mids were to blame for not closing down Senna, there was no way in fuck Almunia would have kept that one out. Luckily for us, Villareal aren't a clinical team and Fabianski made some brilliant saves.
The second half was a huge improvement, Song, Toure, Adebayor, Cesc and Clichy were all extremely poor in the first, but came back stronger in the second. Arsene must have really influenced the team at halftime.
That was a well taken goal by Ade today after an absolutely brilliant Cesc longball. God i love the little Spaniard.
Ade did his job well in the second, constantly hassling Villareals defense. The biggest dissapointment was Nasri though, he goes missing too many times for my liking and he really needs to take more risks instead of the easy safe layoff. Nasri should work on his consistency as this is just not acceptable.
Kudos to Villareal and Pellegrini though, they played better than we did. But thats football for you, you have to take your chances.
The second half was a huge improvement, Song, Toure, Adebayor, Cesc and Clichy were all extremely poor in the first, but came back stronger in the second. Arsene must have really influenced the team at halftime.
That was a well taken goal by Ade today after an absolutely brilliant Cesc longball. God i love the little Spaniard.
Ade did his job well in the second, constantly hassling Villareals defense. The biggest dissapointment was Nasri though, he goes missing too many times for my liking and he really needs to take more risks instead of the easy safe layoff. Nasri should work on his consistency as this is just not acceptable.
Kudos to Villareal and Pellegrini though, they played better than we did. But thats football for you, you have to take your chances.
Did you watch the game? He was awful in the first half believe me. Up until his goal he was absolute garbage. After the goal though, he was obviously boosted and he became such a hassle.
But no mate, really i'm yet to be fully convinced by him. The only good thing about him, is his understanding with Cesc. All 3 of Ade's goals this week were created by the little wizard.
But ya, the goal was a "brilliant piece of football"
But no mate, really i'm yet to be fully convinced by him. The only good thing about him, is his understanding with Cesc. All 3 of Ade's goals this week were created by the little wizard.
But ya, the goal was a "brilliant piece of football"
Did you watch the game? He was awful in the first half believe me. Up until his goal he was absolute garbage. After the goal though, he was obviously boosted and he became such a hassle.
But no mate, really i'm yet to be fully convinced by him. The only good thing about him, is his understanding with Cesc. All 3 of Ade's goals this week were created by the little wizard.
But ya, the goal was a "brilliant piece of football"
But no mate, really i'm yet to be fully convinced by him. The only good thing about him, is his understanding with Cesc. All 3 of Ade's goals this week were created by the little wizard.
But ya, the goal was a "brilliant piece of football"
Old Arsenal?
I would think not, we were outplayed by both Villareal and Roma away, Thank god we haven't really met a strong team till now, because with the way we play away in the CL we'd be ripped to shreds. Actually we were ripped to shreds in the first half today, but i meant ripped to shreds in terms of conceding goals.
Either we step up in defense soon, or some team is seriously going to fuck us over. Don't let our recent results fool you.
He does deliver goals after he misses a handful of easy chances, and it seems like he wants to break Inzaghi's record in offsides. I think Ade can improve, and the first step towards improvement is knowing your limitations. what i hate most about Ade is the way he drifts to the wings most of the time, when we actually need him in the box. For some reason he thinks he's Henry or Kanu.
And we were struggling for goals when he was available too, the biggest reason was a lack of creativity with Rosicky and Cesc out injured. But Arshavin made sure that wasn't the case anymore
And we were struggling for goals when he was available too, the biggest reason was a lack of creativity with Rosicky and Cesc out injured. But Arshavin made sure that wasn't the case anymore
Liverpool v Chelsea line-ups
Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Aurelio, Carragher, Skrtel, Xabi Alonso, Lucas, Kuyt, Riera, Gerrard, Torres.
Subs: Cavalieri, Dossena, Hyypia, Agger, Benayoun, Babel, Ngog.
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, A Cole, Terry, Alex, Essien, Lampard, Ballack, Kalou, Malouda, Drogba.
Subs: Hilario, Carvalho, Belletti, Mancienne, Mikel, Deco, Anelka.
Barcelona v Bayern Munich line-ups
Barcelona: Victor Valdes, Dani Alves, Puyol, Marquez, Pique, Toure, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Henry, Eto'o.
Subs: Pinto, Caceres, Gudjohnsen, Bojan, Keita, Sylvinho, Busquets.
Bayern: Butt, Breno, Ze Roberto, Demichelis, Altintop, Van Bommel, Oddo, Lell, Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Toni.
Subs: Rensing, Podolski, Ottl, Sosa, Lahm, Borowski, Badstuber.
Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Aurelio, Carragher, Skrtel, Xabi Alonso, Lucas, Kuyt, Riera, Gerrard, Torres.
Subs: Cavalieri, Dossena, Hyypia, Agger, Benayoun, Babel, Ngog.
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, A Cole, Terry, Alex, Essien, Lampard, Ballack, Kalou, Malouda, Drogba.
Subs: Hilario, Carvalho, Belletti, Mancienne, Mikel, Deco, Anelka.
Barcelona v Bayern Munich line-ups
Barcelona: Victor Valdes, Dani Alves, Puyol, Marquez, Pique, Toure, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Henry, Eto'o.
Subs: Pinto, Caceres, Gudjohnsen, Bojan, Keita, Sylvinho, Busquets.
Bayern: Butt, Breno, Ze Roberto, Demichelis, Altintop, Van Bommel, Oddo, Lell, Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Toni.
Subs: Rensing, Podolski, Ottl, Sosa, Lahm, Borowski, Badstuber.
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