2021-22 UEFA Champions League

this is the one thing i dont get. that stadium must host at least 20 events per year that are sell outs. the whole thing should run like clockwork, getting people in and out in a timely and safe manner.

they must have done something differently here, and if thats the case, who instructed it and what was the reason?

re the game, congrats madrid.

Or...

You have a track record of despising Liverpool and its fans.

So I wonder why you'd think this, and not believe every journalist who has covered the story?

Hmm...

I was at Stade De France for the CL final in 2000.

A mate who lives in Paris showed us around the city the day before, best pubs etc. I always remember one line he told us, "see after the game is over, get the hell back into the city as quickly as you can, don't hang around. Its really rough out there".

Appears nothing has changed.

Real Madrid fans had issues with the security before and after the game too.

But of course there are the usual few who rush to blame the fans of one particular team without being there or knowing what happened.

Always blaming liverpool.....?

I assume the euro 2020 final was there fault too?

Close the thread and pepper spray 🤷‍♂️

If they change the deflection law you will have lads 10 yards offside and a midfielder will try hit the defender and put the ball into space for the lad offside.

I actually though that was the rule - intentional or otherwise, if the last touch is a defender, it's onside.

Exceot that's not what he said. What he actually said was "When the goalkeeper is man of the match, then something is going wrong for the other team".

The 'wrong' is related to his own team's failings, not RM's.

It's a stupid barstool expert comment. This idea that the goalkeeper isn't a valid player like everyone else.

"Only won cause of the keeper" is quite a common put down of a winning team.

Would he say that when a defender is man of the match there is a problem. Salah went up against Courtois and Courtois was better on the night. If it was Militao or Alaba that kept Salah scoreless there wouldn't be half the comments.

It's the stupid team with more shots on goal deserved to win argument added to the having a top goalkeeper is somehow luck nonsense.

So by the rules if VD and Alisson were getting motm awards, Spurs must really have blew it!

with the madrid disallowed goal, the linesman incorrectly raised the flag for offside. i would say that if the linesman did his duty correctly (not flagging for offside), then the goal would have stood.

the implementation of var is just very annoying. there needs to be open dialogue, and when it comes to anything subjective it should be on the ref to make that determination.

pundits in these cases drive me mad as well. they should have the law in front of them and explain the decision with reference to that law, rather than just saying ridiculous decision - thats for the pub talk.

i wonder is there anything in changing the offside rule to needing 1 player + the keeper behind the ball, rather than just 2 players?

A keeper is part of the team.

If he's MOTM, it means part of that team was the best on the pitch.

Just like if Salah had scored a hat trick, he'd be the best on the pitch, and would've won his team the game. An attacker might be the only difference between 2 teams, but yet we don't bemoan that as much as if a keeper is the difference.

It was what it was. A keeper is allowed be MOTM and it not necessarily mean that team was annihilated and didn't deserve to win. He was part of the reason they did deserve it.

Mad isn’t it. All Klopp was really saying is our finishing was shite and people seem to think that’s a put down on Real’s performance.

Packie Bonner Euro '88 V England man of the match (not sure if that's official) and all of us celebrated his performance:) I have no problem with the keeper winning it. Probably the position on the pitch that requires the most concentration so good luck to him. Probably gave the rest of the team confidence aswell.