Champions League - Benfica vs Manchester United 7:45pm Wednesday 18th October

Harry Palmr

The only tie of the evening without a goal.

#mourinho_effect

Blind and Mikhi are rank bad.

cj maxx

Absolute muck

ricero

Machine like football but it gets result

Rumple Stillson

Watched a good bit of United over the last year, don't get the hype around Rashford really, another poor effort tonight. Still very young of course but still.

D.Q

They've been space jammed

PhlegmyMoses

D.Q wrote: »

Muck. As a neutral I absolutely hate Mourinho.

This has no5hing to do with Mourinho in the way that you are insinuating. The players are just playing ****.

Harry Palmr

ricero wrote: »

Machine like football but it gets result

Benfica could play all night and they won't score unless it's a fluke while Utd will be happy with the point at worst.

Rumple Stillson

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

This has no5hing to do with Mourinho in the way that you are insinuating. The players are just playing ****.

They had a nice rhythm going before the international break, whether they have lost that during this period or the tactics deployed against Liverpool have had a negative effect its hard to say. But they look extremely ordinary since then.

TheDoctor

After all the free flowing football so far this season this week is finally giving the ABUs something to talk about

Was hard to keep up with all the 4-0 wins

Rumple Stillson

TheDoctor wrote: »

After all the free flowing football so far this season this week is finally giving the ABUs something to talk about

Was hard to keep up with all the 4-0 wins

Especially when you have to play some half decent sides.

PhlegmyMoses

Rumple Stillson wrote: »

They had a nice rhythm going before the international break, whether they have lost that during this period or the tactics deployed against Liverpool have had a negative effect its hard to say. But they look extremely ordinary since then.

Same thing. Defo a more defensive slant against Liverpool but it wasn't a complete bus park. The players were also atrocious.

TheDoctor

TheDoctor wrote: »

After all the free flowing football so far this season this week is finally giving the ABUs something to talk about

Was hard to keep up with all the 4-0 wins

It's that and a combination of a morale victory Saturday in conjunction with 7th heaven against Slovenias finest that has them on a high

Makes sense to jump in here with no objective look at the game, juat nonsense narritve

SlickRic

Mourinho will be blamed for this, but the players are just playing shíte.

Lukaku has also been off the boil the last couple of games, and without that focal point, all Mourinho teams struggle.

Rumple Stillson

M!Ck^ wrote: »

It's that and a combination of a morale victory Saturday in conjunction with 7th heaven against Slovenias finest that has them on a high

Makes sense to jump in here with no objective look at the game, juat nonsense narritve

Is there anyone on boards who has an objective look at anything?

Rumple Stillson

Rumple Stillson wrote: »

Is there anyone on boards who has an objective look at anything?

I'd like to think the purpose of discussing soccer would be objective

TheDoctor

Rumple Stillson wrote: »

TheDoctor wrote: »

After all the free flowing football so far this season this week is finally giving the ABUs something to talk about

Was hard to keep up with all the 4-0 wins

Especially when you have to play some half decent sides.

Yeah like Watford and Burnley

pjohnson

Rumple Stillson wrote: »

Especially when you have to play some half decent sides.

Yawn. How much did Palace beat Chelsea by again? This whole top half/bottom half nonsense is annoying on their day anyone can beat anyone.

Rumple Stillson

TheDoctor wrote: »

Yeah like Watford and Burnley

We know Liverpool are rubbish. We're just putting title contenders Manchester United under the microscope, what with them currently playing and this being their match thread.

Cynical on rashford

PhlegmyMoses

That was some drag down from Goncalves

Rumple Stillson

Better from United, they have more than enough to win this game. Benfica are very ordinary.

Miki off please

And Herrera if we had someone to replace him

Trigger

The ref gives a free out for a missed bicycle kick.. wtf

TheDoctor

Time for Tony M

TheDoctor

What a goal Rashford

Trigger

OMG lmao

Harry Palmr

ha! Well it's still a goal, he probably should have parried it.

Hotblack Desiato

Get in

blueser

ricero wrote: »

Machine like football but it gets result

Football by numbers. But hey; they won two trophies playing that way last season. So it's hard to knock it too much. The end justifies the means.

Get it lol

Goal was coming I'd say

Utd were on top

SlickRic

Worst. Goal. Ever.

ollie1

Feel sorry for the young keeper terrible mistake

LuckyGent88

Will take it!!! His starting position was awful

Noel82

Freak goal!

KevIRL

Goal of the season

Rumple Stillson

blueser wrote: »

Football by numbers. But hey; they won two trophies playing that way last season. So it's hard to knock it too much. The end justifies the means.

Give me wins and trophies over "entertaining" football any day! I get my kicks from "W"'s!

wanderer100

Feel so bad for the young GK!!

PhlegmyMoses

Actually feel bad for the keeper. Type of thing that can ruin the confidence.

Trigger

Poor Kid, hope it doesnt shatter his confidence

Rumple Stillson

Clever from Rashford to spot him so far off the line to be fair. Probably inspired by Gary Mac against Everton.

alchemist33

Keeper should have learned from the previous time he did it.

BenK

Mkhitaryan has been poor tonight. Giving the ball away far too easily.

Hococop

Thinking the same, only 18 could do alot to his confidence hopefully the fans don't get on him over it

thelad95

Bizarre goal I'm surprised the keeper didn't try punch it clear I think he just lost all intuition of where he was on the pitch.

Harry Palmr

Hococop wrote: »

Thinking the same, only 18 could do alot to his confidence hopefully the fans don't get on him over it

They gave him a round of applause which he acknowledged seconds after it happened

downwesht

Goalline official should be sacked on the spot....no need for a blind asshole like him!

Utd have been excellent in defence so far

Trigger

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Utd have been excellent in defence so far

Shushhhhh

thelad95

downwesht wrote: »

Goalline official should be sacked on the spot....no need for a blind asshole like him!

He knew the technology was there, there is no need for him too make a gesture either way

Rashford down

****

Looks to be his knee