we were tactically out done the night, thats what!
Uefa has issued a statement on the pre-match problems outside the stadiumā¦
"In the lead-up to the game, the turnstiles at the Liverpool end became blocked by thousands fans who had purchased fake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles.
"This created a build-up of fans trying to get in. As a result, the kick-off was delayed by 35 minutes to allow as many fans as possible with genuine tickets to gain access.
"As numbers outside the stadium continued to build up after kick-off, the police dispersed them with tear gas and forced them away from the stadium.
āUefa is sympathetic to those affected by these events and will further review these matters urgently together with the French police and authorities, and with the French Football Federation.ā
What a load of bollocks
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Even one of my Scum supporting friends commented that the ref gave us fuck all and did you see him at the end of the match seemed so happy that Real won it
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Sometimes youāve just got to hold your hands up and say the goalkeeper was exceptional. Canāt say we didnāt create chances, those saves from Mane and Salah were out of this world.
Another goalkeeper and we are probably talking about winning the cup tonight. Itās was just one of those days when Courtois refused to concede.
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The year we won the CL with JK, we also came 1 point behind city in the league. The difference was that we went out of the domestic cups early. Thatās allowed the team to remain fresh. Feels like thatās the crucial bit of difference here. The goalscoring in the finals with Chelsea is a red herring. Our teams match up in such a way currently that itās difficult for either teams to score.
We just didnāt have our usual gas to push hard for goals today
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Or we could say it was a great pass?
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Can win all season long against the lesser teams. Couldnāt close the deal in the big competitions. Weāve still got a level to step up.
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Jurgen said he would never play football like that, maybe our front players could learn from Vinicius. 
Like everyone can see, we need something in the midfield. I think we will sign someone in summer.
As for the strikers, on todays game, with hindsight, it might have been better to start Bobby to play between the lines and bring Diaz in later, as Diaz didnāt get much change out of that one today.
Still, lots of great chances. Mane early on, low to corner, saved onto post. Salah earlier than that I think, low, behind goalie, but he got down. And Salah later on, great control, beats defender, clipped a decent right foot shot, another save. Plus lots of other lesser chances, but thatās at least three world class saves.
Yeh right, one chance one goal. We didnāt take our numerous chances. Nothing to do with tactics.
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We did not lose due to shithousery or the ref this time, we lost because TAA did one tiny nap and our forward were not sharp enough.
We need someone like Suarez as our nr 9.
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Youāve also gotta consider this is an ageing team, few of them pushing 30 now, which while is still relatively young, 4 years of heavy metal football takes its toll.
5 mins added on time displayed. A sub is also made. Real wasting time when they had a corner, with ref looking at his watch, but telling Trent to shut up as he has it all under control.
Then at 94ā50 seconds, Naby gets the ball, with two Real players around him. Naby skips past one, thereby taking both out the game. Real player pulls him back to stop the promising situation as there is acres of space in front of Naby.
Ref blows for a foul, with no yellow naturally. Other Real player boots the ball away to prevent a free kick. Itās just ticked 95ā. Ref thinks it will be pefrect to blow for full time.
That sums up his performance to me.
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true story
Need to recruit well in the next window. Really need another top midfielder and forward and thatās on the basis we donāt lose any of our top players. As good as we are thereās still room for improvement.
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For me we gave Valverde too mush time to look up and pick the pass
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We all know who gets the blame ā¦
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Agreed. Not to mention when ref was going to get his medal I thought Modric and him were going to start making out. All Iām saying is it never looks good coming from the losing side.
Tactically outdone by their keeper
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And yet we could have played till I sober up without scoring.