UEFA Champions League

I have no doubt about Bayern going through but this is their worst team of the last 10 years.

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Inter vs Atletico
PSV vs Dortmund

Should be tasty

Atletico lucky to escape with just the single goal defeat.

Yeah, 1-0 is a thin margin to take to Madrid considering how they controlled the match.

Itā€™s alright, every goal is precious against Atletico.

We felt it once or twice.

But that Arnautovic sitterā€¦ incredible miss.

Morata missed an even bigger sitter with the header at the end I thought, the cross from Correa was outrageous.

Inzaghi quietly going about his business.

Arsenal no shots on goal and now 1-0 down

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Porto score in stoppage time.

Arsenal 1-0 down.

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What a finish by Galenoooooooooo. Not a bad Lucho replacement they picked up in him.

Quick Grujic, be a hero and get the camera out!!

Arsenal not a single shot on goal, damn!

Surely itā€™s in our interests if Arsenal go far in the CL

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I didnā€™t even know there was European football being played today. Nice to see Porto beating Arsenal. I expect Arsenal to go through in the second leg, but they will have to sweat for it.

If they get knocked out, good. Let the nearly man thing take hold in that club.
If they go a bit further, get their hopes up, expend more energy, and still get knocked out, even better.

Not for me. Going through will give them prestige and more belief. Getting knocked out, theyā€™ll look to concentrate on the league, yes, but the pressure will be on for them.

Porto couldā€™ve taken a 2 goal lead, and they would probably need that in the away leg.

Yeah, that would be nice. In a way, that Porto result last night is ideal because it means they will take the return leg very seriously. Iā€™d be very surprised if they donā€™t thump Porto at Emirates but still, anything to distract them and Man City from PL would be a welcome bonus. Hopefully both go out in semifinals.

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They need to scrap second leg and it hangs over them now for a fortnight all these things can play on the players so itā€™s a good result for those reasons even if they go through.

After the joke performances by the last two teams against them not creating one shot on target will also create some doubt.

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Would like for arsenal to focus on UCL and take their eye off the premierleague.
If they do scrape through against porto, Iā€™d like to see them draw shitty in the next round so the UCL would impact the premierleague for both teams

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Hope Porto dump them out as quickly and painfully as possible, donā€™t believe in the whole take their mind off this if theyā€™re still in that concept. Momentum is what counts. They went out in the last 16 to Sporting in the Europa around this time last season when they were very much in the title mix, they lost belief in themselves then they drew to usā€¦drew to West Hamā€¦drew to Sotonā€¦smashed by City.

Ideal scenario is Arsenal to be leading 2-0 and looking comfortable to then concede in injury time forcing it into extra time where it remains taking it to penalties with both teams scoring all 11 shots so they start again before it eventually finishes 33-32

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Dear me the calculationsā€¦

:joy:

F*ck Arsenal, whether they go out now or go all the way.

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Can see plenty more great photoshops coming down the line now :rofl:

https://x.com/FIVEUK/status/1760611223169532403?s=20

LFC used to routinely thrash Porto home and away. And LFC somehow lost to Arsenal?