2018-19 UEFA Champions League

Mr.Nice Guy

Traore wastes another chance cutting in on his left.

Update: Depay goes close as well with a low curling effort. This game could swing either way.

eagle eye

I rarely watch group stage games and just looked at the scores and all I can think is that there are rigged matches.
Real losing 3-0 at home, Roma beaten by Plzen, and I see that City and Juve are losing games they should be winning.

That's too much oddness on one might.

Or loads of games with nothing to play for with weakened teams out

Mr.Nice Guy

Ferland Mendy goes very close. Wonder if it's going to be one of those days for Lyon.

I'd stick Ndombele on even if he's not 100 per cent. If Shakhtar get another I think in these conditions it's all over.

Meanwhile Sane equalises for City with a super free-kick.

Mr.Nice Guy

How did City not score there?!

fyfe79

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Traore went close to giving Lyon the lead. Was one on one with keeper Pyatov and the keeper made a nice stop with his leg.

A lot of snow falling in this game. Orange ball is out and orange markings on the field too.

One for the "Things you don't see anymore" thread!

Mr.Nice Guy

Sane makes it 2-1 after a nice link-up with Sterling.

Mr.Nice Guy

FEKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Brilliant strike! 1-1.

Depay assist naturally.

Loafing Oaf

Ajax player properly mullered there😲

LuckyGent88

Jaysus that challenge from Muller. Shocking. I know he doesn’t realise the player was there but that was wild.

ERG89

Muller's red card was fairly rough despite superb puns from the BT Goals show.
Juve are rounding off an embarrassing week for Serie A with arguably the worst result of the lot.

Guy:Incognito

Watching Tony gale talking about Muller on sky sports and he trotted out the usual " that's what these blades do now, open you up"

Except a quick Google and everything seems to point to Muller wearing Adidas x , which arnt blades.........

I get my legs stood on most weeks playing rugby and studs of all types do plenty of damage.

KERSPLAT!

Some strike from Foden, unlucky not to score

LuckyGent88

Beauty from Dybala. Some pen from Tadic too to put Ajax ahead

Mr.Nice Guy

Lopes just made a massive save to keep the scores level. Shakhtar finishing this game well.

LuckyGent88

Dybala again with an unbelievable strike but ruled off as Ronnie was offside and interfering with play

citytillidie

Match Day 6 Results
Group A
Club Brugge (BEL) 0 V 0 Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Monaco (FRA) 0 V 2 Borussia Dortmund (GER)

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

Group C
Liverpool (ENG) 1 V 0 Napoli (ITA)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 1 V 4 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

Group D
Schalke (GER) 1 V 0 Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
Galatasaray (TUR) 2 V 3 Porto (POR)

Group E
Ajax (NED) 3 V 3 Bayern München (GER)
Benfica (POR) 1 V 0 AEK Athens (GRE)

Group F
Manchester City (ENG) 2 V 1 Hoffenheim (GER)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1 V 1 Lyon (FRA)

Group G
Real Madrid (ESP) 0 V 3 CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 2 V 1 Roma (ITA)

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

Round of 16
Seeded
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Paris (FRA)
Porto (POR)
Bayern München (GER)
Manchester City (ENG)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)

Unseeded
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Liverpool (ENG)
Shalke 04 (GER)
Ajax (NED)
Lyon (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)

Mr.Nice Guy

Full-Time and Lyon are through! A gutsy 1-1 draw in dreadful conditions. Delighted for them as they've had a great campaign.

NIMAN

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Full-Time and Lyon are through! A gutsy 1-1 draw in dreadful conditions. Delighted for them as they've had a great campaign.

They will make a very difficult opponent for a few group winners.

The Talking Bread

Group winners:

Borussia Dortmund

Barcelona

PSG

Porto

Bayern Munich

Manchester City

Real Madrid

Juventus

Group runners-up:

Atletico Madrid

Tottenham

Liverpool

Schalke

Ajax

Lyon

Roma

Manchester United


Was that the most predictable group stage EVER ??? I imagine those who finished top were favourites to top the group (maybe Athletico over Dortmund) and those that finished runnes up were most peoples tips to finish same?

citytillidie

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Group winners:

Borussia Dortmund - Pot 2
Barcelona - Pot 1
PSG - Pot 1
Porto - Pot 2
Bayern Munich - Pot 1
Manchester City - Pot 1
Real Madrid - Pot 1
Juventus - Pot 1

Group runners-up:
Atletico Madrid - Pot 1
Tottenham - Pot 2
Liverpool - Pot 3
Schalke - Pot 3
Ajax - Pot 3
Lyon - Pot 3
Roma - Pot 2
Manchester United - Pot 2

Was that the most predictable group stage EVER ??? I imagine those who finished top were favourites to top the group (maybe Athletico over Dortmund) and those that finished runnes up were most peoples tips to finish same?

Good mix there from the pots

NIMAN

Some tasty ties possible.

Some of the big guns might be fearful of who they get.

Thinking of Madrid in particular. Unless they up their game big time, there's a lot of very tricky ties for them there.

For Man Utd, they better pray they get Porto.

blueser

NIMAN wrote: »

They will make a very difficult opponent for a few group winners.

Definitely. I was hugely impressed with them in our two games against them. Our toughest opponents this season so far, without a doubt.

Mr.Nice Guy

Interesting to see if PSG get better luck under Tuchel than under Emery as the latter got some stinkers in these draws: Barca in 16-17, followed by Real Madrid last season. Both resulting in early exits. The Madrid one was particularly unlucky as PSG had been top seeds, having topped a group that had Bayern in it.

The Talking Bread

citytillidie wrote: »

Good mix there from the pots

Not really, I wouldn't take much heed of the pot seeding anyway. Focus on the teams

citytillidie

Round of 16
Seeded
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Paris (FRA)
Porto (POR)
Bayern München (GER)
Manchester City (ENG
Real Madrid (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)

Unseeded
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Liverpool (ENG)
Shalke 04 (GER)
Ajax (NED)
Lyon (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)

What each team can get
Borussia Dortmund (GER)

---

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Liverpool (ENG)
Ajax (NED)
Lyon (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)

Barcelona (ESP)

---

Liverpool (ENG)
Shalke 04 (GER)
Ajax (NED)
Lyon (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)

Paris (FRA)

---

Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Shalke 04 (GER)
Ajax (NED)
Roma (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)

Porto (POR)

---

Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Liverpool (ENG)
Ajax (NED)
Lyon (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)

Bayern München (GER)

---

Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Liverpool (ENG)
Lyon (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)

Manchester City (ENG)

---

Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Shalke 04 (GER)
Ajax (NED)
Roma (ITA)

Real Madrid (ESP)

---

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Liverpool (ENG)
Shalke 04 (GER)
Ajax (NED)
Lyon (FRA)
Manchester United (ENG)

Juventus (ITA)

---

Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Liverpool (ENG)
Shalke 04 (GER)
Ajax (NED)
Lyon (FRA)

Atlético Madrid (ESP)

---

Paris (FRA)
Porto (POR)
Bayern München (GER)
Manchester City (ENG)
Juventus (ITA)

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

---

Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Paris (FRA)
Porto (POR)
Bayern München (GER)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)

Liverpool (ENG)

---

Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Porto (POR)
Bayern München (GER)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)

Shalke 04 (GER)

---

Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Paris (FRA)
Manchester City (ENG)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)

Ajax (NED)

---

Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Paris (FRA)
Porto (POR)
Manchester City (ENG)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)

Lyon (FRA)

---

Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Porto (POR)
Bayern München (GER)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)

Roma (ITA)

---

Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Paris (FRA)
Porto (POR)
Bayern München (GER)
Manchester City (ENG)

Manchester United (ENG)

---

Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Paris (FRA)
Porto (POR)
Bayern München (GER)
Real Madrid (ESP)

The Talking Bread

Meh, harsh red cad................... nothing in it.

https://twitter.com/TVDMolen/status/1072968669305688066

Shanotheslayer

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Meh, harsh red cad................... nothing in it.

https://twitter.com/TVDMolen/status/1072968669305688066

Almost has bad as Ramos shoulder pull last season.

fyfe79

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Meh, harsh red cad................... nothing in it.

https://twitter.com/TVDMolen/status/1072968669305688066

He deserved 2 reds for that! Give him big Virg's one as well...

gimli2112

Mane got sent of for something similar last year but then there were other ones like it not punished. I can see the arguments either way. It's a harsh red when not intentional/genuinely going for the ball but if left unchecked it would turn into kung-fu football.

The Talking Bread

gimli2112 wrote: »

Mane got sent of for something similar last year but then there were other ones like it not punished. I can see the arguments either way. It's a harsh red when not intentional/genuinely going for the ball but if left unchecked it would turn into kung-fu football.

There doesn't need to be intention proven. Obviously he wasnt tryin to decapitste him. It was a clear red card. There is no arguments to be had!

gimli2112

fair enough if that's the rule so be it but it doesn't explain why it is not always a red card so

The Talking Bread

Athere is a case by case discretion to be made (for instance Nani' s red against Bayern was absurd for most people) but Muller's was 100% red. It's too early and depressing commuting on a train to explain the contexts but plenty of reading online.

Loafing Oaf

Glenn Hoddle said the Muller kick was karma on the Dutch footballing nation for this:P:

764dak

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

A shame that the BT Sport Extra channels are only in SD. Good game tonight between Ajax and Bayern.

I got all the UCL matches in HD where I live.

citytillidie

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

A shame that the BT Sport Extra channels are only in SD. Good game tonight between Ajax and Bayern.

They kept the extra HD channels for their own platform, so those with BTTV get them all in HD

Kiith

Liverpool: Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Porto, Real Madrid

Manchester City: Ajax, Atletico Madrid, Roma, Schalke

Manchester United: Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Paris St-Germain, Porto, Real Madrid

Tottenham: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Paris St-Germain, Porto, Real Madrid.

So i'm assuming we all want Porto, and don't want PSG or Barca? Didn't realise City had such an easy pool of teams to play. Can't see them losing to any of those teams.

Harry Palmr

Real Madrid are in a right state these days, I think they'd be the 2nd best choice for the runners up.

GavRedKing

Everyone that finished 2nd will want Porto.

Everyone that finished 1st will want Utd.

Utd v Porto, banker.

gimli2112

Lot of people under estimated Roma last year, they got out of a tough group, winning it and then knocked out Barcelona. Be careful what you wish for at this stage.

GavRedKing

Citys toughest test would be Atletico but I'd still expect them to steam roll anyone of the teams they could face.

Mr.Nice Guy

Liverpool and City always get easy draws. PSG tend to get a tough draw. Likely will be:

Liverpool vs Porto
Man City vs Schalke
PSG vs Atletico
United vs Bayern
Spurs vs Juve

yourdeadwright

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Liverpool and City always get easy draws. PSG tend to get a tough draw. Likely will be:

Liverpool vs Porto
Man City vs Schalke
PSG vs Atletico
United vs Bayern
Spurs vs Juve

Liverpool just game out of a group where they where drawn with PSG and Napoli, but yet they always get and Easy draw ehhh ok ,

the whole year inn

Best place to watch the draw ?

Kiith

City vs Shalke.

Mr.Nice Guy

Here we go:

Schalke vs Man City.

I'm shocked.

Mr.Nice Guy

Atletico vs Juve.

Interesting tie.

Kiith

Atletico vs Juve.

Harry Palmr

Offffffff! Man Utd v PSG

Mr.Nice Guy

Man United vs PSG.

Jose will be pleased he's going to Paris.