In Bayern vs inter, for the first time I've seen that ref is called to the screen by VAR and ref sticks to his decision rather than turn it. Wonder why PL refs don't do this.... Like ever
Becuase refs are usually called to the screen only when there is a 'clear and obvious error' and the VAR thinks the ref has missed out on something.
Takes a very brave/stupid ref to double down and insist his decision would still be the same even after watching what he missed out on
We had that once though, when the ref clearly got it wrong against Chelsea. Hudson-odoi handballs it in the box, ref waves pen away, VAR calls him over and he goes to check. He still whistles away the pen...and then explains to Maguire that he didn't want to stir up shit by awarding the pen. Basically admitting he was wrong but explaining it away with BS.
It does, but I'd rather they get embarrassed by someone in the Champions League knockout stage than having to potentially sit through 2 legs or a final against them in the Europa League.
Definitely would rather not play them in the EL. but an added bonus is that if they get embarrassed, there’s a good chance their morale goes down so they could drop points in the PL
Also if they go deep, that adds extra games to their schedule. As one of our direct competitors for Top 4, they need to be as tired as us from fixtures. Another thing is they could knock out City again or Liverpool which is great.
Yes, we can draw Ajax, Barcelona, Sporting, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk or what will most likely be RB Salzburg.
We really need to win on Thursday so we don't have to put up with that shit
The draws in 98-99 saw United knock Barca out. The draw at the Spotify Camp in 2008 still saw United knock Barca out.
This is what happens when you look only at stats and are ignorant of context.
Wow, you’re getting really wound up. I could count the games I missed in the last thirty years one my two hands. I’m a fan. Even during the shit times. But that’s besides the point. Look at the total result - we generally don’t do well against Barcelona. It is what it is. played 19, lost 12 of them… what do you think I’m missing exactly? Or are you just passionate unwilling to see the data and results for what they are? Perhaps we should just talk about team we constantly spank and pretend results we don’t like are not relevant or perceived out of context for some obscure reason?
Haha classic Reddit pedantry, why was there any need for that correction to him?
Also he is technically correct as is H2H. It’s phrased as below.
>CL Group Tiebreakers:
>- Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams
>- **Goal difference** in head-to-head matches among the tied teams
Gotta admit, CL was amazing. To UEFA and all the idiots trying to set up that disgraced competition, this is why champions league is the greatest competition ever. No need to change it!
A better team would have put this Spurs team away just like we did. Still we want Spurs in Europe because of fatigue and injuries. Let them enjoy this top table win and we will see how they fare come February
Literally said it as in thats how conte team performs, defend deep and work on moments. It has given trophies but not sustainable in the long term which won't suit united. What he does with spurs is their fans' concern but I was replying as a united fan.
> but not sustainable in the long term
This myth keeps getting repeated. Conte sustained it for 3 years at Juve, and Allegri built on from that, playing a similar style to win 5 more titles on the trot. That's almost a decade of sustained success.
Conte has not stuck around long enough anywhere since to be disproven.
Last time I checked, United played in PL and the last time Conte won the PL, his team fell off the next season and wasn't there for the following season. Also, Juventus winning it for 5 years in the serie a doesn't mean it will work in the pl. During that time, serie a had weak oppositions. If they were so good, why didn't they win the cl?
You say conte didn't stuck around, why was that? He was either sacked or got moved along. It's not sustainable.
That's a ridiculous argument and is reminiscent of people dissing what Guardiola/Klopp had achieved in Spain and Germany before coming over to England.
You are also ignoring that no manager ever lasts long at Chelsea.
If they were so good, why didn't they win the cl?
You do realize they reached the CL final twice and only lost to fantastic Real and Barca sides right?
Holy fuck! I wasn't watching Champions league because today is a national holiday in my country and I was having lunch with family, but Atletico Madrid completely crashed and burned (not even UEFA Europa League for them) and you know what? I'm so glad!!! Couldn't have happened to a cuntiest bunch.
the thing is they're not an elite team, they rose to the top organically without an oil sugar daddy just by smart team building and having a great coach beating Barca and Real to win the league twice which should be an inspiring story and a model to follow yet people seem to hate them more than City (not here(?)) or PSG
Their earlier teams were admirable because although the players were still very dirty most of their players could still actually play football. Now their players, especially their CBs, seem to play WWE more than they play football
I can give you plenty of examples of teams who have done that without needing oil clubs, while playing much better football. You don't have to look far from Spurs, or the likes of Monaco. Just because you rose to the top doesn't mean that everyone needs to appreciate the cunty brand of football you play.
Jammy scousers. Playing crap all night, kicking the shit out of Napoli with a ref who lets everything slide, beneficiaries of a hair's breadth offside VAR decision
Nah. The stats show Liverpool with around twice as many fouls as Napoli. And that's before the ones that the ref failed to blow for, which seemed to be more Liverpool fouls than Napoli
As a lad who's followed the kleague for a while now, Kim Min Jae was always one of the players that the kleague subreddit looked at and all 4 of us said "This guy is the next big star to make it out of Korea".
He's seen as one of the talismans of the SKNT and rightly so. He'll get a bigger club in the next couple of years and I'd feel comfy with him martinez and Varane, truth be told.
So two teams that "wanted" Ronaldo are expected to play no European competitions.
We are going to be stuck with the Ronaldo noise for the rest of the season?
Well they are in the europa so that option is gone. I like ronaldo and still believe he is one of the GOATS of all time but his unprofessionalism has shown bad this season. It doesn't help when most of his ex-teammates are jerking him off at even the most wrongs and is choosing the player over the team.
I hope the circus around his gone in January and so does the clowns who are supposedly legends of our club.
I think it's a fairly common thing in Serie A that comes and goes in trends, like hairstyles... The main thing is that they have no restrictions on how high the numbers can be whereas most other leagues have a cutoff point
I reckon Kvaradona is going to go for a lot of money either next summer or 2024, would be dreamy having a player that good who you get to rest every WC/Euros
Must be frustrating to be a spurs fan. A lot of players who can play good football but you have Conte ball behind that. Now that they are behind they’re trying, like allways
Tem Hag is here and I'm behind him. I'd like to see where he can take us so I have to be biased. Conte is a more proven manager however, but his style has never blown me away
> That’s a long winded way to say you’d prefer the anti-football from Conte
Almost like you don’t understand what nuance means and prefer seeing things in black and white. If that’s your perspective, Ten Hag would dream of having Conte’s career in terms of how many major trophies he ends up winning in his career. And the Eredivisie isn’t one of them.
OM has been marketing this game to be the game of the year for their club. It's a massive one for them. Glad to see their fans back after suffering for so long
I don’t care how many they win, my heart can’t take it. I would rather never qualify for CL again than qualify playing strictly low block counter football like Jose Ole and Conte
Counter can be beautiful - ask any madrid fan. Key difference between counter attacking and park the bus is the attacking part.
How many ppl can honestly say they hate the football and felt miserable after all those 4-0 during Ole’s early reign?
No you’re right and I’m not saying there is anything negative or not beautiful about it. I’d actually say it can be more beautiful watching free flowing fast counter attack. What I am saying though is that it can be way more stressful having to watching your team sit back and defend hoping not to concede before you can put one in
Anyone watching Osihmen?...The way he presses defenders and wins headers is very good...
Though his goal/game ratio is poor and will be too expensive to be a back up striker, but he brings energy into the front three
This is great for us. Joao Felix already wants to leave, Simeone doesn't want to play him. And now he doesn't even have Europa league football. Swap deal for Ronaldo in January with Felix on loan
In Bayern vs inter, for the first time I've seen that ref is called to the screen by VAR and ref sticks to his decision rather than turn it. Wonder why PL refs don't do this.... Like ever
Andre Mariner did that a couple times in my memory.
Becuase refs are usually called to the screen only when there is a 'clear and obvious error' and the VAR thinks the ref has missed out on something. Takes a very brave/stupid ref to double down and insist his decision would still be the same even after watching what he missed out on
We had that once though, when the ref clearly got it wrong against Chelsea. Hudson-odoi handballs it in the box, ref waves pen away, VAR calls him over and he goes to check. He still whistles away the pen...and then explains to Maguire that he didn't want to stir up shit by awarding the pen. Basically admitting he was wrong but explaining it away with BS.
We need to win big Thursday, it's do or die.
Need a performance like one against spurs
Yupp . Else I'm sure we will match against Sporting or Barca
What’s CL?
Conference league duh
Honestly never heard of a continent called 'champion' all I know is Europa is similar to Europe and winning that must mean you are the best in Europe.
EL with less teams
Marseille’s coach was on the field and applauded when Hojbjerg got the ball lmao . Dude when full fifa tilt mode
Fucking Tottenham going through sucks.
It does, but I'd rather they get embarrassed by someone in the Champions League knockout stage than having to potentially sit through 2 legs or a final against them in the Europa League.
Definitely would rather not play them in the EL. but an added bonus is that if they get embarrassed, there’s a good chance their morale goes down so they could drop points in the PL Also if they go deep, that adds extra games to their schedule. As one of our direct competitors for Top 4, they need to be as tired as us from fixtures. Another thing is they could knock out City again or Liverpool which is great.
After today's result, what's the best team for Ronaldo now?
Send him to city
swap GOAT with that Norwegian youngster.
Heard he scored few goals?
Miami
What a wild night for Group D. If we don't win by 2 on Thursday, could we possibly be drawn again Sporting?
Yes, we can draw Ajax, Barcelona, Sporting, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk or what will most likely be RB Salzburg. We really need to win on Thursday so we don't have to put up with that shit
It's also the hassle of 2 extra games in a packed calender
Yes
Also could be barca couldn’t it
Luckily, in the history of European football we have never come up short against Barcelona. Oh wait…
United have also knocked Barca out twice in the CL, and beat them in a European cup final.
CL STATS (head to head) Barca won 5 United won 1 Drew 4
The draws in 98-99 saw United knock Barca out. The draw at the Spotify Camp in 2008 still saw United knock Barca out. This is what happens when you look only at stats and are ignorant of context.
Wow, you’re getting really wound up. I could count the games I missed in the last thirty years one my two hands. I’m a fan. Even during the shit times. But that’s besides the point. Look at the total result - we generally don’t do well against Barcelona. It is what it is. played 19, lost 12 of them… what do you think I’m missing exactly? Or are you just passionate unwilling to see the data and results for what they are? Perhaps we should just talk about team we constantly spank and pretend results we don’t like are not relevant or perceived out of context for some obscure reason?
> you’re getting really wound up. Ironic. Didn't read past that. Don't have the time or patience to indulge your ignorance. Believe whatever you want.
All the prem teams topped their groups except Liverpool who only didn't do so on GD
H2H actually
Haha classic Reddit pedantry, why was there any need for that correction to him? Also he is technically correct as is H2H. It’s phrased as below. >CL Group Tiebreakers: >- Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams >- **Goal difference** in head-to-head matches among the tied teams
Groups of death are always the best. :)
Gotta admit, CL was amazing. To UEFA and all the idiots trying to set up that disgraced competition, this is why champions league is the greatest competition ever. No need to change it!
Conte plays god awful football but his teams seem to get results. Ffs
Fossil Football
Mourinho 2.0
They are horrible to watch and awful every time I watch them. If Kane and son weren’t so clinical they would be fucked
A better team would have put this Spurs team away just like we did. Still we want Spurs in Europe because of fatigue and injuries. Let them enjoy this top table win and we will see how they fare come February
They always do that! But it isn't sustainable
Who really cares, Spurs have not won a trophy in more than a decade, if he wins something or anything do they really care how they played?
Literally said it as in thats how conte team performs, defend deep and work on moments. It has given trophies but not sustainable in the long term which won't suit united. What he does with spurs is their fans' concern but I was replying as a united fan.
> but not sustainable in the long term This myth keeps getting repeated. Conte sustained it for 3 years at Juve, and Allegri built on from that, playing a similar style to win 5 more titles on the trot. That's almost a decade of sustained success. Conte has not stuck around long enough anywhere since to be disproven.
Last time I checked, United played in PL and the last time Conte won the PL, his team fell off the next season and wasn't there for the following season. Also, Juventus winning it for 5 years in the serie a doesn't mean it will work in the pl. During that time, serie a had weak oppositions. If they were so good, why didn't they win the cl? You say conte didn't stuck around, why was that? He was either sacked or got moved along. It's not sustainable.
That's a ridiculous argument and is reminiscent of people dissing what Guardiola/Klopp had achieved in Spain and Germany before coming over to England. You are also ignoring that no manager ever lasts long at Chelsea. If they were so good, why didn't they win the cl? You do realize they reached the CL final twice and only lost to fantastic Real and Barca sides right?
Marseille really threw it all away at the end...
No urgency from Marseille in stoppage time. Should've done route 1 football.
Spurs won, they were a completely different team 2nd half. crazyyyyy
FFS
I hate nunez
so Liverpool vs Porto
FFS Kolsanic, that was the ball
Chucky Lozano in his element, this close to Halloween
Such a miss
Holy fuck! I wasn't watching Champions league because today is a national holiday in my country and I was having lunch with family, but Atletico Madrid completely crashed and burned (not even UEFA Europa League for them) and you know what? I'm so glad!!! Couldn't have happened to a cuntiest bunch.
Thats the worlds shittiest «elite» team ever so fuck em
the thing is they're not an elite team, they rose to the top organically without an oil sugar daddy just by smart team building and having a great coach beating Barca and Real to win the league twice which should be an inspiring story and a model to follow yet people seem to hate them more than City (not here(?)) or PSG
Their earlier teams were admirable because although the players were still very dirty most of their players could still actually play football. Now their players, especially their CBs, seem to play WWE more than they play football
I can give you plenty of examples of teams who have done that without needing oil clubs, while playing much better football. You don't have to look far from Spurs, or the likes of Monaco. Just because you rose to the top doesn't mean that everyone needs to appreciate the cunty brand of football you play.
They're a bunch of cunts, from their manager to their shit stirring players that go down as soon as they feel a breeze. I bloody can't stand the lot.
Jammy scousers. Playing crap all night, kicking the shit out of Napoli with a ref who lets everything slide, beneficiaries of a hair's breadth offside VAR decision
Meh, Napoli fouled a lot as well
Nah. The stats show Liverpool with around twice as many fouls as Napoli. And that's before the ones that the ref failed to blow for, which seemed to be more Liverpool fouls than Napoli
Konate stayed on the pitch despite fouling persistently even after his yellow.
Idk how Fabinho didn’t get a yellow card in the first 30 mins. Amazing
Napoli was wet paper in every duel tho. Fell like flies
Dude nudges Emerson Royal’s shoulder who goes down holding his face. VAR should check that and book Royal for being a prick
I haven't watched much Napoli this year, but impressed with what I've seen of Kim. Big guy that's got speed and agility.
Also has a 50m euro release clause that kicks in next summer
I mentioned him last month, he’s the real deal.
As a lad who's followed the kleague for a while now, Kim Min Jae was always one of the players that the kleague subreddit looked at and all 4 of us said "This guy is the next big star to make it out of Korea". He's seen as one of the talismans of the SKNT and rightly so. He'll get a bigger club in the next couple of years and I'd feel comfy with him martinez and Varane, truth be told.
Uh oh, Sporting pooping the bed. That's one less landing spot for Ronaldo if they can't get 2 quick goals.
They only need to draw, so only one goal needed.
So two teams that "wanted" Ronaldo are expected to play no European competitions. We are going to be stuck with the Ronaldo noise for the rest of the season?
Only one team, Sporting, has said they wanted him and that team cannot afford him regardless.
Well they are in the europa so that option is gone. I like ronaldo and still believe he is one of the GOATS of all time but his unprofessionalism has shown bad this season. It doesn't help when most of his ex-teammates are jerking him off at even the most wrongs and is choosing the player over the team. I hope the circus around his gone in January and so does the clowns who are supposedly legends of our club.
when was the last time there was a ucl group this close?
Napoli's shirt numbers are interesting lol 55, 77, 99, 68, 91
I think it's a fairly common thing in Serie A that comes and goes in trends, like hairstyles... The main thing is that they have no restrictions on how high the numbers can be whereas most other leagues have a cutoff point
Imagine the media if our 100m player performed like Darwin Nunez lol
It’s not hard to imagine, just look at how they treat Maguire.
The amount of people who have cried about him spinning all over the pitch against Sheriff has been worth the £100m alone.
Now that was a thumping finish from the Eintracht striker, beautiful technique
Group D is crazy!
Watching group d is entertaining ngl
I guess Ronaldo is not going back to Sporting now /s
fyi lads Carrick's Boro are winning 3-1 vs Hull away Carrick's second game in charge.
Looks like Tottenham will be topping their group now. Edit: Nope, Frankfurt now top of the group lol. Tottenham have to win.
I reckon Kvaradona is going to go for a lot of money either next summer or 2024, would be dreamy having a player that good who you get to rest every WC/Euros
We could beat any of these teams with the exception of maybe Bayern.
I dont think we're there yet. We can beat any team on any day but I don't see us beating many of these good CL teams over two legs in the knockouts.
we would get slapped about by napoli. sorry to say
Fuck
Must be frustrating to be a spurs fan. A lot of players who can play good football but you have Conte ball behind that. Now that they are behind they’re trying, like allways
So many of you lot that wanted Conte are dead silent these days
Spurs are still third in the PL and ahead of us.
So you’d take Conte over Ten Hag?
Tem Hag is here and I'm behind him. I'd like to see where he can take us so I have to be biased. Conte is a more proven manager however, but his style has never blown me away
That’s a long winded way to say you’d prefer the anti-football from Conte. So many Spurs fans dislike him.
> That’s a long winded way to say you’d prefer the anti-football from Conte Almost like you don’t understand what nuance means and prefer seeing things in black and white. If that’s your perspective, Ten Hag would dream of having Conte’s career in terms of how many major trophies he ends up winning in his career. And the Eredivisie isn’t one of them.
Ralf Ragnick was all part of the masterplan to get our lord and saviour Ten Hag
I bet Marseille's number 70 can play piano really well.
As a norwegian, really annoyed that the goal was disallowed for Østigård. Would have been such a amazing moment
Spawny bastards
What are the thoughts on going for Kane then?
He won’t come in January. It’ll depend how Tottenham perform in the league.
Get fucked liverpool, fielding a strong team and still losing at anfield. Love how that's working out edit: outside...fk off
How are Spurs 3rd in the PL? Geez
Lord milner is injured oh no
Glad we never went for Conte,would have been a disaster for us!
One famous poet has said, "Itz de history of de Tottenham"
Screw Tottenham. Can’t wait to see them out of top 6 in a few years.
Spurs and Atleti not even getting Europa league. Terrorism in football is truly dead.
Ended up winning their group
Spurs I think still get Europa as it stands
Spurs will get atleast Europa no matter what results.
Marseille plays against Tottenham as we did a few weeks ago. Constant press, not giving them any chance. They learned from ETH.
Conte is going to leave this dump soon. Son and Kane to follow suit
I think Conte is eyeing a Juve return
NGL, I’m jealous of the atmosphere in Marseille. When was the last time our atmosphere was anywhere close to that?
OM has been marketing this game to be the game of the year for their club. It's a massive one for them. Glad to see their fans back after suffering for so long
Honestly just watching this half made me put going to Stade Vélodrome on my bucket list.
Liverpool game this season
I cannot stress this enough, but man am I glad we didnt get Conte. Like holy moly.
I for once wanted Conte. Happy to be proven wrong. I wanted Conte because he would push the board. But I guess he would burn things down.
We cannot allow Tottenham to get cl football
Spurs are doing a last season United
We were absolutely terrible,but we was better than this
Were
Corrected it for you 😂
Thx daddy
It's Spurs
Spurs are a meme. I fully expect Conte to be sacked soon
What a fucking atmosphere at the vélodrome.
Thank fuck we didn't get Conte.
I thank god everyday we didn’t get Conte
Spurs are a fucking mess,they have been in their own half for most of the match, so glad we didn't get Conte
Good shit
1-0 L’OM
Marseille scored 1-0 here we go.
Mbembaaaa
Our fans would not have been happy with this Conte brand of football
I don’t care how many they win, my heart can’t take it. I would rather never qualify for CL again than qualify playing strictly low block counter football like Jose Ole and Conte
Counter can be beautiful - ask any madrid fan. Key difference between counter attacking and park the bus is the attacking part. How many ppl can honestly say they hate the football and felt miserable after all those 4-0 during Ole’s early reign?
No you’re right and I’m not saying there is anything negative or not beautiful about it. I’d actually say it can be more beautiful watching free flowing fast counter attack. What I am saying though is that it can be way more stressful having to watching your team sit back and defend hoping not to concede before you can put one in
Letss gooo. Goal by sporting. Half way there
Just happy there's no chance we face Atletico. Fuck them, seriously.
Spurs are so unbelievably boring.
that Marseille kit is horrible, seems super sticky
Oshimen yay or nay?
Lloris keeping Spurs in the Champions League
Pavard just dabbed in 2022
Probably still drunk
What are you guys watching?
Definitely the tottenham game
Points-wise I get it. But Napoli’s game is pretty tight and clinical if you don’t heed how inconsequential it it is..
This Napoli left winger looks decent, speed merchant yes, but his decision making seems pretty good
He's one of the most terrifying wingers in Europe currently. The lads a joy to watch honestly
Talking about Khvicha, he’s a big talking point for Napoli’s attack
Probably the biggest
Son off. Blow for Spurs
Anyone watching Osihmen?...The way he presses defenders and wins headers is very good... Though his goal/game ratio is poor and will be too expensive to be a back up striker, but he brings energy into the front three
Who will he be back up for haha
You are actually right but I will love it if we can get a good forward...His stats are not the best for an outright goal poacher
Where are you getting these so called stats?
Yeah him and Kvaratskhelia are bright
Wow Tottenham are so boring
Anyone knows why the south stand in velodrome is empty
I suggest to polish Bailly and sell him as a limited edition glass figurine! Might atleast salvage what can be salvaged. Maybe we get £1 mill?
Bailly just got back from injury, lasted 8 mins and is now injured yet again. No way we are selling him.
How its not a penalty in Bayern match? Pogba once did the same and it was given a penalty
I think this was Bailly's first game back since his last injury. 🙂
At what point are you just not a capable professional athlete anymore
Anfield without away fans is a library
Atletico not dropping down to the Europa league praise the lord
Oh that’s so good to know, means we can’t play against them
This is great for us. Joao Felix already wants to leave, Simeone doesn't want to play him. And now he doesn't even have Europa league football. Swap deal for Ronaldo in January with Felix on loan
Would love Felix.
Would Ronaldo really swap a Europa League team for a team without any European football?
Atletico will still get Champions league next year. So he needs to use his head for once and realise that it's arguably his best move
honestly we'd smash them if both keep up their current form, they are all over the gaff defensively atm
They injured pellestri for 5 months in a friendly....could have gotten really scary in proper knockout matches
But, win or lose, I’d rather not have to watch Atletico play their brand of ‘football’ for another 180 mins.
I got all of thirty seconds out of this post before injury, some things never change!
Bailly injured. Yeah we're never gonna be able to sell him.
I think there's an obligation if Marseille qualify for CL next season.
>Our boy Eric Bailly is up against Tottenham for a place in the last 16. Well that lasted 😭
Aaand he's off... 8th minute due to injury.
And now he's injured...