Porto (2) V Man United (2) CL Match Thread

PHB

**** yeah!!!!

ctrl-alt-delete

Well that's it, United have done all they needed,

Am Glad Ronaldo's goal turned out to be such an important one,

I hate when strikes like that end up lost in a bad result,

Well done United

Liam O

:cool:

RasTa

Ship it

Dave!

YESSSSSSSSS

FT



That was scary

roryc

Semi's here we come... night folks

That_Guy

Great performance from United tonight if not the most pleasing to look at. I still think United were very lucky in the first leg to even muster up two goals but there you go.

Insect Overlord

Final whistle.

Rooney or Ronaldo for United's MOTM?

Dub13

Well done,Utd did the job tonight.

Mr.Nice Guy

Yes. Still on for retaining the Champions League.

Xavi6

Porto bent over and took it dry from United without even batting an eyelid. Sham.

Headshot

man of the match for me would be this man




great to have him back,excellent tonight

That_Guy

Bring on the semi final.

Mitch Connor

hopefully the clean sheet will breath some life back into that defence. 1-0, and deserved, given the shakeyness of the side of late, i really couldn't have asked for more. Really do hope that will see us getting back to form on the domestic front now.

Also, OMG!! Porto lost at home to an English side... from all the pre-game coverage i thought that was impossible!

Liam O

An File wrote: »

Final whistle.

Rooney or Ronaldo for United's MOTM?

Ronaldo because of the goal.

Is Vida on a yellow card now?

PHB

Good solid professional performance, with a moment of magic from the magic men. ****ing hell Ronaldo what a goal.

We defended okish but did enough to stop them, but most importantly, this is the first half decent game United have played in some time. Rio and Vidic back in the middle thank god.

I think Anderson will play a big role in this run in personally, and I think he did well tonight in suring up the midfield.

Roll on Arsenal, which will be a very tough tough tough tough game.

Dave!

An File wrote: »

Final whistle.

Rooney or Ronaldo for United's MOTM?

Ronaldo or Ferdinand for me

m@cc@

Xavi6 wrote: »

Porto bent over and took it dry from United without even batting an eyelid. Sham.

And we gave it with both balls.

Aidric

Delighted, think we deserved it over the course of the game, outstanding defensive effort tonight, nice to see again.

Liam O

Xavi6 wrote: »

Porto bent over and took it dry from United without even batting an eyelid. Sham.

Maybe the fact that United have the best central defense in Europe contributed or maybe then it was just Porto gifting United a CL semi-final :rolleyes:

eclectichoney

Headshot wrote: »

man of the match for me would be RIO



great to have him back,excellent tonight

Was just about to say that - completely held the defence together - brought some much needed control and composure.

redout

John O'Shea finished with a 100% pass completion !

33 Accurate passes

0 Bad passes

Well done.


Rooney had a 95% pass completion

36 Accurate passes

2 Bad passes

Mitch Connor

Too the people bigging up porto last week and damning them tonight - could the contrasting performance have anything to do with the fact United's midfield offered not opposition to them last week, but were much, much better tonight and played a much better game?

Liam O

redout wrote: »

John O'Shea finished with a 100% pass completion !

33 Accurate passes

0 Bad passes

Well done.


Rooney had a 95% pass completion

36 Accurate passes

2 Bad passes

yeah but he still gives it away everytime he gets it :rolleyes:

Liam O

'Ronaldo wont score many goals'

Good Aul' Eamo

Tom65

Ronaldo, Ferdinand and Ando are probably my men of the match :P I thought Anderson tackling and break up play in midfield was brilliant. That and Ferdinand can be the difference between us conceding two goals at home and keeping a clean sheet away. Ronaldo was excellent in the first half, and the start of the second, as the game go bogged down in our half towards towards the end he had less to do though.

Also, Rooney looked knackered by the end. I doubt he'll play in the next match.

Insect Overlord

Liam O wrote: »

'Ronaldo wont score many goals'

Good Aul' Eamo

We'll be talking about that goal for a while

redout

Tonights full-time stats:

Headshot

looking forward to hearing this


Taughts on berba tonight people

yom 1

Was a really poor match to watch. Dont think Utd played well. Porto were terrible though so they didnt have to play well. There was absolutely no urgency from them. They only needed 1 goal but they just didnt seem up for it at all.

Utd rode their luck in the first leg and got the job done tonight. Should make for a very interesting semi with arsenal now.

eclectichoney

Never been so happy in my life to keep a clean sheet

Dave!

Did John say Carrick is "leggy"?

John: "He's leggy, he's a bit... leggy...etc"
Bill: "What do you mean by that?"
John: "He's leggy... he's--he's... leggy."

Mitch Connor

Tom65 wrote: »

Ronaldo, Ferdinand and Ando are probably my men of the match :P I thought Anderson tackling and break up play in midfield was brilliant. That and Ferdinand can be the difference between us conceding two goals at home and keeping a clean sheet away. Ronaldo was excellent in the first half, and the start of the second, as the game go bogged down in our half towards towards the end he had less to do though.

Also, Rooney looked knackered by the end. I doubt he'll play in the next match.

against Everton in the Cup semi - i reckon he'd kill Fergie if he tried to drop him:D

Agree about Ando; messed up a few too many passes but his energy and running in midfield was massively important and his defensive work was very good.

As for Rooney... wow. An epic performance from him imo. His workrate, positioning, running and use of the ball were brilliant.

Quint

So carrick is back to being rubbish? He was rubbish when he started at man-u, they he was great, now he's rubbish again.
Sack the panel, they get worse every day!

Necronomicon

Man that was nervy towards the end. Really brought you back to 4 years ago. It's the most tense possible situation, almost like a golden goal.

Collectively it wasn't superb (then again it didn't need to be), but some terrific individual performances. Delighted with Ronaldo, aside from his goal of the season contender, he played very well. Always assured when he got the ball, and put a decent shift in. Rooney, as always when on the flank, was up and down all night and really stunted the runs of Cissokho which were very damaging in the first leg. The other stand-out performance was Ferdinand - looking at tonight, surely nobody can question the stability and assurance he gives to the United defence. For the first time the back 4 beared some resemblence to the one that went on such a fantastic run.

Roll on the semis - if the game at the Emirates earlier in the season is anything to go by, they'll be two fascinating games.

redout

Tonights Player stats:

theteal

Dave! wrote: »

Did John say Carrick is "leggy"?

John: "He's leggy, he's a bit... leggy...etc"
Bill: "What do you mean by that?"
John: "He's leggy... he's--he's... leggy."

eamo did contribute that he was "ponderous", just to help clear things up!

i would have just said carrick was "sh!t"

Mitch Connor

Headshot wrote: »

looking forward to hearing this


Taughts on berba tonight people

I would like him to be more dynamic, but i thought he did well at keeping possesion away from Porto, which is very important, especially in europe.

Still wish he would stay a bit closer to the box though...

cHaTbOx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSybuLs5KIY

Liam O

We may have to play Arsenal 4 times before the end of the season! 3 are definitely happening and we may face them in the FA cup final. Should be fun. Fergie v Wenger of old?

Insect Overlord

Berbatov did hold the ball up very well on a few occasions, his first touch was lovely to watch as well.

Unfortunately, as a striker he underperformed. Never threatened the Porto goal, apart from that speculative effort at the start of the second half. Some of his passes were too soft as well.

A mixed performance of good/bad, and his being replaced shows that the manager knew he wasn't at his best.

Mitch Connor

Wonder if Arsenal will be putting there all into the league game...

ROCKMAN

CLEAN SHEET in the 2nd leg of the Champions League Q-Finals away from home.... good result,
A WIN in the 2nd leg of the Champions League Q-Finals away from home.........Priceless

Good performance all round , Showed some good signs that we are starting to play again, Rio and Anderson played a big role tonight and hopeful for the rest of the season, Ronaldo scored a fcuking cracker . Thought O Shea had a very good game and deal with Hulk very well staying on his feet a number of times and seen hulk off in the danger areas , reduced Hulk to wild 30/40 yard strikes.
BERBS ran 7+KM :eek::eek:

keane2097

Jamie Redknapp - "It literally explodes off his foot"

Why do people ever say literally? Clearly the word has become meaningless in the modern English language.

Headshot

Liam O wrote: »

We may have to play Arsenal 4 times before the end of the season! 3 are definitely happening and we may face them in the FA cup final. Should be fun. Fergie v Wenger of old?

liam O liam O liam O

*shakes head*

spoilers ffs

Elonex

Headshot wrote: »

liam O liam O liam O

*shakes head*

spoilers ffs

PHB already said it so have a go at him instead.

Dave!

keane2097 wrote: »

Jamie Redknapp - "It literally explodes off his foot"

Why do people ever say literally? Clearly the word has become meaningless in the modern English language.

Jamie Redknapp literally talks through his arse

Insect Overlord

Does anybody else think that John O'Shea looks like a skinny Peter Kay?

He did a good interview with RTÉ there anyway.

hussey

keane2097 wrote: »

the word has literally become meaningless in the modern English language.

fixed

redout

rarnes1 wrote: »

doubt it with a huge FA cup semi on saturday and a semi final in CL a week later.

and a Liverpool league game in between.

Are you a pool supporter ?