Good effort by us, but ultimately beaten by a better side, I expected to lose this tie so I'm not too downbeat.
Chesney's was a red and he saved us a goal by taking him out (they missed the penalty), but after that we understandably couldn't compete.
As far as being "deprived of the opportunity of competing", we weren't.
Sanogo stood out? Are you serious? So this is what it has come too.Originally Posted by Ollie the Optimist
From watching Bergkamp, Henry, Wright...hell even Adebayor and RVP.....we now believe runnig around like a useless chicken makes you stand out?
Really proud of the boys tonight, but thanks to the referee and Ozil, we are almost out of the CL for this season. Why can't Ozil be arsed? 42m FFS
He looks like a complete amateur but it's quite endearing because he also a bit of ability.
Thought he did OK early on, he's barely played so based on that got to give him some credit, certainly a better option than Giroud as we have more pace up front with him and are more direct. Top class striker might have put some chances away though, a must buy in the summer.
Kind of reminds me of Ade when he first came here. I see a lot of potential in Sanogo but it's criminal that he was our starting forward out there tonight.
we were when the ref bottled sending off boetang for a second yellow before our red. I really don't think Szcezney is a red card, the ball had gone away from robben, a penalty for sure, but not sure its a red. yellow would do.
and that cunt neuer kicking sanogo in his follow through (which is fine) but going down as if sanogo kicked him and got him booked. ref was appalling and did deny us a chance but we did well. didn't expect a win, we all want the league or fa cup so gutted but as you say not to downbeat. this side beat barca 7-0 last season, europes best and we did well. if the ref got all the big calls right, then who knows but he did deny us a chance
Excellent start. Had enough chances to take the lead. Ozil killed the momentum. Then the match was ruined after Szczesny was sent off.
Can't expect to do much against one of the best teams in the world with ten men, a depleted team and a passenger like Ozil.
We showed we can match them in the opening stages, but 0-2 is a difficult scoreline to overturn at any time. And now we have more injuries and suspensions.
Can't fault most of the team though.
As long as this doesn't affect the PL run-in, we should be fine.
They need to sort out the double punishment rule for fouls by goalkeepers. Award a goal if need be, but don't effectively end the tie after 35 minutes when a goalie has legitimately gone for the ball.
Massively disappointed as we were genuinely competitive at 11v11 and could have got a good result even coming from a goal behind.
Kroos's finish though was fucking special. What a player.
except he hasn't just run around like a useless chicken has he? he played a key part in our first goal v liverpool and had some very good touches and passes at the start of the game that made him stand out. if you want to be angry and not give any praise to anyone then fine, but sanogo has made a good start. very raw, especially in the box but there is clearly some talent there and he is showing it. lots of work to be done, but he's done ok.
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