meepins

you would realise quickly why it would be blunder akin to shooting oneself in the testicles

Alonso Hypia Insua

Bar their big midfielder Dioup that Fulham team couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag. I feel sorry for the team that has their place taken by them.

Sissoko did what? Alonso did the passing , the tackling .. throwing his body into challenges. agree

pennant and gonzalez have been terrible. They've seen enough of the ball to do something..

whopper

If man city tackled all over the pitch with the same enthusiasm they go after the Diver* , well they could actually make a game of it.

In fairness now he didn't do that against Milan. Whether it was a concious decision or mainly because Milan wouldn't let United have the ball is anyones guess.

Ronaldo and Drogba are great players ....... bahahaha. Where are the whoppers regurgitating this crap now?

It's not some big fuxing mystery 'the English style'. The only problem is we only had Gerrard with the combination of speed and skill who could consistently break a team down who were concentrating on a stifling operation.

Agger is my guess.

The European Cup is the pinacle of world football where once that would be the World Cup as International football has become less relevant. (wait a minute, isn't winding wheel a manc or has my list of double agents become befuddled)

Correct me if I'm wrong : Man utd managed one tame shot on goal from Giggs the entire game.

Kakaaaaaaa

Incredible passing from Milan, hopefully they humiliate them.

YES YES YES

Who is perpetuating these myths and why should we care?

Don't understand why anyone even bothers mentioning what the pundits say... like it means anything.

Man of the match to anyone but Reina is crazy talk. Kuyt was huge aswell. Masch , agger , Carra were brilliant.

Astonishing game of football. Both teams have a lot of character and resilience but we beat them with real heart and desire. It was difficult to find any positives from our lacklustre football lately and there were a lot of doubts leading up to this game. As match day approached the confidence grew, belief from the supporters and from the manager flowed. I fully expected us to go in to that game and just bowl Chelsea over with pure force of will.We started with a good high tempo but the passing wasn't coming together and possession wasn't as good as hoped. We persevered and were rewarded with a brilliant set piece, Agger stepping up and curling the ball in with that sweet left foot. Chelsea were completely fooled, Crouch and Kuyt baiting them inside the box leaving space for the shot from outside. We could really be devastating if we focused more on better executed set pieces, Crouch and Kuyt in the air and Alonso, Gerrard ,Riise, Agger with the strikes. Personally I'd put Alonso in charge of all set pieces. Our play on the whole wasn't the best. In places we held good possession but failed to create real opportunities. We also reverted to a long ball quite a bit coming to the end. People may complain about Kuyt at times, failing to hold up the ball and bring people in, but man does that guy run his heart out.He really didn't stop running the whole game, even in extra time when Carra was falling over cramped.. Kuyt was running and harrassing. He was on even hand to score that goal from Alonsos rebound. Brilliant performance. Pepe Reina man of the match. You just knew it was in the bag when it came to penalties. The man is immense. Carragher and Agger were brilliant aswell. Agger clattered Drogba about the place, all Drogba could do all game was dive around like the useless t*** he is. I was sick as a dog watching this , shaking and trying not to vomit. So relieved it's over. This was our toughest match in the Champions League and there is no doubt in my mind we will be champions again. Hopefully this doesn't invoke the mockers but we have the beating of either Man U or Milan. Also well done to Zenden, got his goal and did well overall over the two games. The criticism lately has been undeserved lately I feel. He was pretty terrible earlier in the season.. seems bit like the fashionable thing to do is complain about him.

War Rafa!

This content is not viewable to guests.

Hypia

I can't help but laugh reading posts by Man U and Chelsea fans when talking about Liverpool. Their ideas are so weird and twisted.

This post has been edited by Guy_Incognito: Today, 13:31 Why have Bolton suddenly changed their football philosophy for this of all games? Usually its kick the legs off anyone near you and hump the ball in the air. Today they've decided to try and pass the ball around and generally stand off Chelsea with half assed tackles..