CL 2nd Round, 2nd leg, Barca (1) vs (1) Chelsea (RTE, BT Sports)

LuckyGent88

Out of knowwhere, the GOAT scores again.

Totally against the run of play

Esse85

Messi's burst of pace when he needs it is outstanding.

Harry Palmr

Embarrassment from the keeper again

Turtyturd

Courtois

SlickRic

Through the legs again. Christ.

ERG89

mada999 wrote: »

aye....some dive in fairness...

Yes it was baffling to do it in a good position when you are playing well.
3-0 & more mistakes from Chelsea....they can only blame themselves

Quazzie

monkey9 wrote: »

To be fair, that third goal changes nothing. Chelsea still need to score a sh!t load of goals without reply to go through.

Now they've to score 3 whereas they would've went through with 2 before that

Berserker

And that is game.

beya2009

Christ where would this Barca team be without Messi. Chelsea have played really well...just have not been clinical enough.

sligeach

Messi on a hat-trick of nutmegs against Cortois.

NukaCola

I thought Courtois was a GK? Looks like an outfield player forced on goals....

mada999

Courtois brutal again there.... Barca scoring all their chances while Chelsea have missed all theirs... that's football though

Sam Hain

**** sake. Thats so annoying. Disaster.

blueser

Courtois having a real 'mare tonight.

adox

The state of Courtois. Jaysus.

Berserker

Remind me again is Courtois hoping to goal Barca or their bitter rivals Real?

Turtyturd

Didn’t even need to look up before shooting, best of all time.

Harry Palmr

NukaCola wrote: »

I thought Courtois was a GK? Looks like an outfield player forced on goals....

Belgium games this summer could be quite exciting

GavRedKing

We were back into on balance of play.

3 bad mistakes that you don't get away with at this level sadly.

3 0 doesn't even tell the full story but here we are.

Sam Hain

Shut up Hamilton, you clown.

Esse85

sligeach wrote: »

Messi on a hat-trick of nutmegs against Cortois.

Needs to be a header to complete the perfect hatrick of nutmegs.

GavRedKing

We've had chances too but nowhere near clinical enough.

Turtyturd

monkey9 wrote: »

To be fair, that third goal changes nothing.

Yep, changes nothing....Chelsea still going out with a whimper.

Harry Palmr

Sam Hain wrote: »

Shut up Hamilton, you clown.

I've got 5live comms on freesat with RTE sound muted!

tombliboo83

At least we’re having a go

j8wk2feszrnpao

Messi. Outstanding stuff again.
Chelsea have played well, but Giroud/Moses/Hazard have offered little to nothing.

Too Tough To Die

Not much Courtois could do there to be fair. Might as well blame goalies for diving the wrong way on penalties.

monkey9

Quazzie wrote: »

Now they've to score 3 whereas they would've went through with 2 before that

I'm really going to need George to clarify that though.

elefant

Wouldn't blame Courtois for the third. What's he supposed to do, stand with his legs closed?

There were players on for the cross so he needed to be able to move, and Messi drilled it in from 6 yards

Turtyturd

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Belgium games this summer could be quite exciting

Mignolet might get the nod at this rate. :pac:

osarusan

Didn't really think there was much Courtois could have done about that one myself, fairly lashed at him from about 5 or 6 yards away. No time to react at all to any shot, especially with the feet.

monkey9

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Belgium games this summer could be quite exciting

Even Mignolet must be looking at this eyeing up that Belgium number 1 jersey.

adox

I’d certainly blame him for the third.

martyos121

Turtyturd wrote: »

Mignolet might get the nod at this rate. :pac:

I hear there’s a bag of cement in Antwerp that’s getting quite a bit of attention.

blueser

Turtyturd wrote: »

Mignolet might get the nod at this rate. :pac:

Steady on!

fullstop

sligeach wrote: »

Messi on a hat-trick of nutmegs against Cortois.

Next one with the head please

Turtwig

For all Chelsea dominance apart from the penalty claim have they created anything from open play? I can't really recall anything other than the shot get Stegen dived for and caught from willian in the 1st half.

Outside of open playFree kick that hit the post but free kicks are speculative anyway. Still I wish that had gone in. Would have been a much more entertaining game.

Flincher

Think ye're being harsh enough on Courtois there. It was drilled between his legs from a few yards out. From that range you're just looking to stand big and hope it hits you. For the first goal he definitely had time to react by dropping his knee, but I think Moses should take more of the blame for Messi's second.

GavRedKing

Turtwig wrote: »

For all Chelsea dominance apart from the penalty claim have they created anything from open play? I can't really recall anything other than the shot get Stegen dived for and caught from willian in the 1st half.

Outside of open playFree kick that hit the post but free kicks are speculative anyway. Still I wish that had gone in. Would have been a much more entertaining game.

If and it's buts....... But if the peno is given the dynamic of the game changes. With Barca having no Busquests and Iniesta.

Wasn't to be we probably deserve a consolation though.

BoJack Horseman

Hazard bursts through, sucks in 3 defenders and lays it back to..... No one.

Morata couldn't be bothered.

Yillan

George Hamilton used to actually commentate didn't he?

Now it's just him expressing his delayed reaction to things that have happened with variations of 'oh'

Mr.Nice Guy

Been impressed with Kante tonight. Nzonzi was great last night too. Even with Pogba in terrible form France's midfield looks very good with the World Cup a few months away.

Slattsy

Another big game Hazard hasnt turned up for.

Ardent

I think Conte will have realised that you can't get away with passengers like Moses and Giroud at this level. Not that he'll be in charge much longer.

Berserker

Slattsy wrote: »

Another big game Hazard hasnt turned up for.

Can't expect him to take on the whole Barca team on his own.

sligeach

Who was that in the crowd to the left of Martinez?

j8wk2feszrnpao

Berserker wrote: »

Can't expect him to take on the whole Barca team on his own.

No, but Alonso has outshone him going forward.

beya2009

Eamon Dunphy said Barca playing in a poor league and play against very poor sides but I had a look at the bottom half of the EPL and this season at least there has been a lot of poor teams...also not a good return with just 2 English sides progressing from 5 and there's 3 from Spain..

j8wk2feszrnpao

beya2009 wrote: »

Eamon Dunphy said Barca playing in a poor league and play against very poor sides but I had a look at the bottom half of the EPL and this season at least there has been a lot of poor teams...also not a good return with just 2 English sides progressing to just 2 from 5 from the EPL.

Dunphy says they’re all poor.

monkey9

Chelsea played well enough in that game to be fair without really troubling Barca. Over the two legs, especially at Stamford Bridge, they put it up to Barca as best they could. They didn't back down. But Barca were just very very clinical.