Tyler

they looked tired near the end amazing how flat they were after we scored they were really pushing for a second goal. it almost cost them the game last night. if we had got a 1-1 away against a non-english side at this stage of competition we would be delighted. not sure if arsenal will be as affected by anfield as a non-english team but we have a great chance to get through after last night

our new offside trap reina steps behind goal line just before ball played through

remember sami was penalised last night for climbing on one of the arsenal players - came over the top of him and headed free given how was that different to the united goal couple of weeks ago sometimes they are given and sometimes not i thought ref did well last night - wasn't overly fussy or card happy and most of all was consistent

i thought that was mad even for brady personally - it puts him in a difficult position as an arsenal employee if he says something he shouldn't in some vain attempt not to be biased rte punditry has gone downhill dunphy doesn't analyse games but just trots out some pre-formed views he has praising chelsea last night as their 2-1 defeat flashed up on screen

so if carra was off field of play getting attention for an injury would he be offside

yeah - champions league semi at stake not saying we give them a walk over but perfect game to use our squad

prob line up with reina arbeloa carra skyrtel aurelio pennant lucas xabi riise crouch voronin is finnan still injured if we reach moscow i assume kewell will start

refreshing to see souness and strachan keys is lost - not used to pundits who actually understand the game strachan knows his football wenger saw the penalty incident - surprise surprise

classic

strachan explaining zonal marking to keys like teaching a monkey how to play the piano

perfect european away performance by us rode our luck a little but every team does that away from home our defence is a little static at times, we saw at united and saw today we are vulnerable to direct ball between centre halves i expect five or six changes for saturday no torres, gerrard, mascherano i'd play crouch up front with torres on tuesday with gerrard on right and riise on left

sometimes united don't play with a conventional striker ronaldo ran from a fair bit out to get on the end of that cross for his goal

would be a great rule change no offside and last man back can use his hands

for most of those guys they are probably making same money again in sponsorship, endorsements and media work any kind of sensible investment and they should all have net worths north of 50m when playing career ends i assume above numbers are before tax

last thing wenger will expect

wonder if crouch will play a part over the two legs?

i assume we will line up carra skyrtel sami aurelio masch lucas alonso kuyt gerrard babel torres

they were lucky last night i thought second goal was shocking defending roma looked poor to me i expect united will run amok at old trafford they have a very solid central defence and ability in rooney/ronaldo/tevez to get goals i am surprised nobody has started to man mark ronaldo - milan did it last year and he drifted out of game i think united can be got at, their full backs look weak defensively to me and their midfield is weakest part of the team if it came to them in a final i'd ask mascherano to stick on ronaldo because of the way they play i'm surprised teams don't go three at the back with a sweeper/defensive midfielder in front of them

wonder if we are still in the tie after tomorrow if rafa will completely change things for saturday

Ronaldo never seems to get injured

really worried about this one -playing english team means its not the normal european game where we can impose tempo at anfield our record away to arsenal is pretty poor too i'd take a score draw there right now wonder if team will be same as today with lucas or alonso making way for mascherano i could see pennant getting a run as well

have a feeling we will see crouch as well just wonder if we will be distracted by upcoming arsenal game

couple of ideas 10 minute sin bin - because 10 v 11 in football usually means game over, referees often reluctant to send players off (not sunday mind) 10 minute sin bin for dissent would stamp it out bring in a third card - this is a final warning card before second yellow card is issued again could be used for dissent or extended to other foul play

chasing referee, using media to put pressure on. call it a more clinical, "professional" approach. fact that we have best disciplinary record (or thereabouts) shouldn't be badge of honour. it shows we're sometimes too soft, not willing to go extra mile, don't have the inbuilt desire to win to be a winner. united have cultivated that in their players and club through ferguson "siege" mentality. it gives them an edge when it matters. we could do with a few more mascheranos, players who are pumped up and looking out for their teammates. we won't win the league without a few more warrior type players.

I remember a documentary with the school principal who was a referee (don't remember his name) he said he didn't book players for swearing as you were penalising them effetively for their background as that was just the way they spoke