2018-19 UEFA Champions League

Mr.Nice Guy

Astonishing f*ck up from Lyon. 2-0 up, opposition down to ten men, creating chances galore and not taking them, and then conceding two goals.

Questions will be asked of Genesio taking off Fekir and Ndombele when they were leading. Group should have been wrapped up tonight but it's still all to play for.

martyos121

Even in victory, Mourinho is classless.

Still, it’s the scoreline that’ll be remembered at the end of the day and Juve were made to rue their missed chances at 1-0.

giveitholly

martyos121 wrote: »

Even in victory, Mourinho is classless.

Still, it’s the scoreline that’ll be remembered at the end of the day and Juve were made to rue their missed chances at 1-0.

What did mourinho do now?

Spideog Rua

martyos121 wrote: »

Even in victory, Mourinho is classless.

Still, it’s the scoreline that’ll be remembered at the end of the day and Juve were made to rue their missed chances at 1-0.

People see what they want to see.

yabadabado

martyos121 wrote: »

Even in victory, Mourinho is classless.

Still, it’s the scoreline that’ll be remembered at the end of the day and Juve were made to rue their missed chances at 1-0.

He's just emotional. Nothing wrong with that,is there ?

Mushy

martyos121 wrote: »

Even in victory, Mourinho is classless.

Still, it’s the scoreline that’ll be remembered at the end of the day and Juve were made to rue their missed chances at 1-0.

Whatever he was doing with his mouth was hilarious. Juve aren't really the club to be able to take a moral high ground on it.

Plus, it'll be gas when Utd lose to some crap team and it'll come back to bite him

Liam McPoyle

The most defensive manager in the world masterminds victory against a near unbeatable team.

Other more celebrated but far far far far far far less successful managers could take a few lessons from him about how to adjust the team depending on the opposition.

Adjust it to actually win though.

Spideog Rua

Haha Sounness called on his bull****. Fair play Mick

Mr.Nice Guy

Not a Mourinho fan but the Juve fans are giving him abuse all game so if they can dish it out, they should be prepared to take it.

Fair play to Mick McCarthy there putting Souness in his place for saying Mourinho was out of order by bringing up him sticking the flag in the pitch. :pac:

citytillidie

Match Day 4 Results
Group A
Monaco (FRA) 0 V 4 Club Brugge (BEL)
Atlético Madrid (ESP) 2 V 0 Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Group B
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 2 V 1 PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Internazionale Milano (ITA) 1 V 1 Barcelona (ESP)

Group C
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 2 V 0 Liverpool (ENG)
Napoli (ITA) 1 V 1 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

Group D
Porto (POR) 4 V 1 Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
Schalke (GER) 2 V 0 Galatasaray (TUR)

Group E
Bayern München (GER) 2 V 0 AEK Athens (GRE)
Benfica (POR) 1 V 1 Ajax (NED)

Group F
Lyon (FRA) 2 V 2 Hoffenheim (GER)
Manchester City (ENG) 6 V 0 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

Group G
CSKA Moskva (RUS) 1 V 2 Roma (ITA)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 0 V 5 Real Madrid (ESP)

Group H
Valencia (ESP) 3 V 1 Young Boys (SUI)
Juventus (ITA) 1 V 2 Manchester United (ENG)

Mr.Nice Guy

No team is unbeaten in the competition now that Juve have been beaten.

ahnowbrowncow

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

No team is unbeaten in the competition now that Juve have been beaten.

Barcelona.

ERG89

Even though they lost on match day 1 to an unfacied Lyon I'd have City as early favourites.
For no other reason but the pace they play at is bound to give other top sides trouble. Them vs Juve would be interesting over 2 legs.
I think they'd get the better of a Bayern, PSG or Madrid; they'd comfortably beat Munich at that.

Collie D

Great result for United there. Completely undeserved but that's football.

Whatever you think about Mourinho st the end, Souness of all people can't take the moral high ground.

Fair play to McCarthy for reminding him of the flag in the Istanbul derby

Mr.Nice Guy

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Barcelona.

In all competitions I mean.

Pleased to see Ajax get a draw tonight. I believe if they beat Athens they're guaranteed to make the next stage.

jaykay74

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Glorious!! He owned Lindehoff. Still the best.

Or to give him his actual name Lindelöf

yabadabado

yabadabado wrote: »

He's just emotional. Nothing wrong with that,is there ?

Mr.Nice Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Fair play to Mick McCarthy there putting Souness in his place for saying Mourinho was out of order by bringing up him sticking the flag in the pitch. :pac:

Quality. I missed that altogether. Anyone got a clip?

Berserker

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Pleased to see Ajax get a draw tonight. I believe if they beat Athens they're guaranteed to make the next stage.

Yeah, Bayern have 10 pts, Ajax 8 pts, Benfica 4 and AEK 0pts. Bayern have Benfica at home next time out. Tough ask for Benfica to get the win they need at Bayern.

Mr.Nice Guy

Deleted User wrote: »

Quality. I missed that altogether. Anyone got a clip?

Not great audio...

https://twitter.com/niallotuairisc/status/1060292392727777281

Liam McPoyle

Souness typifies the hypocritical nature of certain sections. Delighted to see him put back in his box.

chalkitdown1

Why the hell are Virgin showing the highlights package of the Juve v Man U game barely a half hour after they showed it live? Show the highlights of the other games ffs.

Collie D

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Why the hell are Virgin showing the highlights package of the Juve v Man U game barely a half hour after they showed it live? Show the highlights of the other games ffs.

They do that regularly. Pointless.

Business Cat

Business Cat wrote: »

Souness typifies the hypocritical nature of certain sections. Delighted to see him put back in his box.

Incredible how bitter he is

Unearthly

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Why the hell are Virgin showing the highlights package of the Juve v Man U game barely a half hour after they showed it live? Show the highlights of the other games ffs.

Nah should be replayed on the loop

Great night of European football

Mr.Nice Guy

Virgin Media have posted the clip of the Souness/Mick exchange:

https://twitter.com/VMSportIE/status/1060296535265689601

blueser

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Why the hell are Virgin showing the highlights package of the Juve v Man U game barely a half hour after they showed it live? Show the highlights of the other games ffs.

Agreed. Absolutely no logic to it.

yabadabado

Business Cat wrote: »

Souness typifies the hypocritical nature of certain sections. Delighted to see him put back in his box.

He's an embarrassment,so quick to get a cut at Jose he makes a complete bollix of himself.

Fair play to McCarthy for pulling him up on it.

Liam McPoyle

I've no time for McCarthy but fair fcuks to him there.

G'wan Mick, wouldn't be a big fan normally, but fair play.

Edit: snap

josip

Looking back at replays of Ronaldo's goal, De Gea would have to take some of the blame considering the ball traveled from almost the halfway line and (would have) landed 10 metres from the goal.

yabadabado

josip wrote: »

Looking back at replays of Ronaldo's goal, De Gea would have to take some of the blame considering the ball traveled from almost the halfway line and (would have) landed 10 metres from the goal.

Inch perfect ball ,the harshest critics would find it hard to blame De Gea .

quarryman

Business Cat wrote: »

I've no time for McCarthy

Why?

Cantona's Collars

Business Cat wrote: »

Souness typifies the hypocritical nature of certain sections. Delighted to see him put back in his box.

Gives out about Pogba's ego and he's the fella that's gotten a new set of teeth,a hair transplant and his ears pinned back.

Shanotheslayer

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Gives out about Pogba's ego and he's the fella that's gotten a new set of teeth,a hair transplant and his ears pinned back.

That's not ego that's insecurity

Mr.Nice Guy

Ndombele's vs Hoffenheim for those who missed it:

https://twitter.com/ol_comps/status/1060940080817164289

Such a big-game player and still only 21. If he can add more goals to his game he'll become the complete package. Incredible potential considering his best years are ahead of him. He's kept his place in Deschamps' squad for the upcoming November games too.

josip

Imagine what he could do if he had a left foot.

Harry Palmr

UEFA to introduce VAR to CL this season, they intend to have it for quarter finals but the clubs want it by the start of the knock out phase.

citytillidie

Match Day 5
Tuesday Games 17:55 Kick-Offs
Group E
AEK Athens (GRE) V Ajax (NED) - Live on BT Sport 1

Group G
CSKA Moskva (RUS) V Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

20:00 Kick-Offs
Group E
Bayern München (GER) V Benfica (POR) - Live on BT Sport Extra 3

Group F
Lyon (FRA) V Manchester City (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 3
Hoffenheim (GER) V Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) - Live on BT Sport Extra 4

Group G
Roma (ITA) V Real Madrid (ESP) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

Group H
Young Boys (SUI) V Manchester United (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 2 / RTE 2
Juventus (ITA) V Valencia (ESP) - Live on BT Sport Extra 2

Wednesday Games 17:55 Kick-Offs
Group A
Atlético Madrid (ESP) V Monaco (FRA) - Live on BT Sport 1

Group D
Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) V Galatasaray (TUR) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

20:00 Kick-Offs
Group A
Borussia Dortmund (GER) V Club Brugge (BEL) - Live on BT Sport Extra 3

Group B
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) V Internazionale Milano (ITA) - Live on BT Sport 3
PSV Eindhoven (NED) V Barcelona (ESP) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

Group C
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) V Liverpool (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 2
Napoli (ITA) V Crvena zvezda (SRB) - Live on BT Sport Extra 2

Group D
Porto (POR) V Schalke (GER) - Live on BT Sport Extra 4

yourdeadwright

Huge game for Liverpool, unfortunately I can see them losing and getting knocked into the Eufa cup which is a diastour for there season playing on a Thursday ,

Berserker

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Huge game for Liverpool, unfortunately I can see them losing and getting knocked into the Eufa cup which is a diastour for there season playing on a Thursday ,

Klopp will have to play his strongest XI against PSG to get something from the game. Win and it's job done. He has to go for it. They've a tough month ahead fixture wise, with Everton at the weekend, which they'll win easily but it'll be a hard game physically and two games per week for most of December.

An exit from Europe would be a blessing in disguise for them in terms of the league but I'm not sure how well the fans will take it. The Europa league would be a disaster for them.

Loafing Oaf

citytillidie wrote: »

Match Day 5
Tuesday Games 17:55 Kick-Offs
Group E
AEK Athens (GRE) V Ajax (NED) - Live on BT Sport 1

Group G
CSKA Moskva (RUS) V Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

20:00 Kick-Offs
Group E
Bayern München (GER) V Benfica (POR) - Live on BT Sport Extra 3

Group F
Lyon (FRA) V Manchester City (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 3
Hoffenheim (GER) V Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) - Live on BT Sport Extra 4

Group G
Roma (ITA) V Real Madrid (ESP) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

Group H
Young Boys (SUI) V Manchester United (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 2 / RTE 2
Juventus (ITA) V Valencia (ESP) - Live on BT Sport Extra 2

They do seem to pick the most yawnsome games for early kick-offs. I suppose there's a rough inverse relationship between how far east a CL game is played and how interesting it is likely to be to someone in GB & I.

Mr.Nice Guy

I'd say AEK Athens vs Ajax looks the pick of the early games. If Ajax win they are through to the last 16. Not much riding on the other game.

AEK Athens: Barkas; Bakakis, Chyrgrynskiy, Galo, Oikonomou; Alef, Galanopoulos; Hult, Livaja, Mantalos; Ponce.

Ajax XI: Onana; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Wober, Blind; Van de Beek, Frenkie De Jong, Schone; Neres, Dolberg, Tadic.

I suspect I'm not alone in watching mainly to see how De Jong and De Ligt get on.

Harry Palmr

Pity Virgin One do not bother with the early game now the PL sides are all scheduled for 8 PM KO's, shows their true level of commitment!

GLaDOS

Not much to shout about in the Ajax game from what I've seen...

Mr.Nice Guy

Yeah, disappointing half. De Jong's ball to Neres probably the best bit of quality.

Hopefully more excitement on the way this evening.

blueser

https://twitter.com/WSCsupporters/status/1067487313134010371


https://twitter.com/theawayfans/status/1067485697651720198


If that was English clubs' fans, there'd be widespread calls for bans.

KERSPLAT!

blueser wrote: »

https://twitter.com/WSCsupporters/status/1067487313134010371


https://twitter.com/theawayfans/status/1067485697651720198


If that was English clubs' fans, there'd be widespread calls for bans.

And there will be for this too I'm sure.

ERG89

blueser wrote:

If that was English clubs' fans, there'd be widespread calls for bans.

I highly doubt anyone would say don't ban them for throwing Molotov cocktails in public.

Mr.Nice Guy

Ajax are on their way. Tadic scores from the spot and Livaja has been given a second yellow for handling in the box.

Update: Tadic makes it 2-0 within minutes. Ajax heading through.