UEFA Champions/Europa League Semi-Final Draw [13th April 2017]

Yas786 · 13 Apr 2018 at 14:55

BaZ87 said:
You should have realised Yas, we have won it 5 times. That's 5 times more than Arsenal ever have.

That old chestnut eh?? Lol such a boring reply, I expected a better retort than that Baz lol.

mmj_uk · 13 Apr 2018 at 14:58

nicktay2605 said:
Wow, surely that's advantage Liverpool? I know Roma did well to beat Barca to qualify but I still think they're a fairly average side, particularly by CL semi-final standards.

All of the remaining teams have looked average at times during the quarter finals, Liverpool got played off the park 2nd leg against City and got decisions their way, Real Madrid were dross 2nd leg against Juve and poser Ronaldo did absolutely nothing apart from score a fortunate last minute penalty that they had been diving in the box trying to win for a good 30mins. I didn't really watch Bayern but they don't look anything particularly special either.

It's all to play for in my view, if Liverpool play like they did 1st leg against City they stand a good chance.

BaZ87 · 13 Apr 2018 at 15:06

Yas786 said:
That old chestnut eh?? Lol such a boring reply, I expected a better retort than that Baz lol.

Shall I predict the outcome of both semis?

Lol Real will smash Bayern but it could be a really close game or maybe Bayern will tear Real apart. Liverpool will smash Roma but it could be a really close game or maybe Roma will tear Liverpool apart Lol

omnomnom · 13 Apr 2018 at 15:31

ThestigGT999 said:
after watching the officiating of both legs I wouldn't be surprised

I get the bitterness, after all we are in the semi final however what I don't understand is this nonsense about the officiating. If you want to bring up poor officiating then why not mention the foul on Van Dijk that led to one of Cities 4 shots on target in 180 minutes and how Sterling kicks out at Van Dijk and should have walked?

Then you have the ultra aggressive Ederson who quite easily could have seen red.

The idea that Liverpool won it because of a ref is absolute nonsense. We beat them convincingly and they bottled it.

omnomnom · 13 Apr 2018 at 15:32

mmj_uk said:
All of the remaining teams have looked average at times during the quarter finals, Liverpool got played off the park 2nd leg against City and got decisions their way, Real Madrid were dross 2nd leg against Juve and poser Ronaldo did absolutely nothing apart from score a fortunate last minute penalty that they had been diving in the box trying to win for a good 30mins. I didn't really watch Bayern but they don't look anything particularly special either.

It's all to play for in my view, if Liverpool play like they did 1st leg against City they stand a good chance.

We didn't though...we let them have possession, sat back and they couldn't break us down. Same amount of shots on target, twice as many goals.

ThestigGT999 · 13 Apr 2018 at 15:39

omnomnom said:
I get the bitterness, after all we are in the semi final however what I don't understand is this nonsense about the officiating. If you want to bring up poor officiating then why not mention the foul on Van Dijk that led to one of Cities 4 shots on target in 180 minutes and how Sterling kicks out at Van Dijk and should have walked?

Then you have the ultra aggressive Ederson who quite easily could have seen red.

The idea that Liverpool won it because of a ref is absolute nonsense. We beat them convincingly and they bottled it.

The decisions went more in your favour than city

Andybtsn · 13 Apr 2018 at 15:53

BaZ87 said:
Shall I predict the outcome of both semis?

Lol Real will smash Bayern but it could be a really close game or maybe Bayern will tear Real apart. Liverpool will smash Roma but it could be a really close game or maybe Roma will tear Liverpool apart Lol

BaZ87 · 13 Apr 2018 at 16:00

ThestigGT999 said:
The decisions went more in your favour than city

City's first goal shouldn't have stood but the disallowed one should have and Fernandinho should have been sent off and Liverpool had a penalty right before Salah scored. Obviously people only talk about the decision that went against City because they lost but they were hardly as unlucky as some are trying to make out.

ThestigGT999 · 13 Apr 2018 at 16:10

BaZ87 said:
City's first goal shouldn't have stood but the disallowed one should have and Fernandinho should have been sent off and Liverpool had a penalty right before Salah scored. Obviously people only talk about the decision that went against City because they lost but they were hardly as unlucky as some are trying to make out.

first leg salah was offside

BaZ87 · 13 Apr 2018 at 16:20

ThestigGT999 said:
first leg salah was offside

Yep. So in a 5-1 tie there were two big decisions that went against each side.

ThestigGT999 · 13 Apr 2018 at 16:27

BaZ87 said:
Yep. So in a 5-1 tie there were two big decisions that went against each side.

the score would have been either 3-2 to liverpool or man city agg by half time of the second leg, then man city would have gone on and won IMO

Andybtsn · 13 Apr 2018 at 16:35

ThestigGT999 said:
the score would have been either 3-2 to liverpool or man city agg by half time of the second leg, then man city would have gone on and won IMO

Are we actually discussing this

nicktay2605 · 13 Apr 2018 at 17:03

Over the course of the two legs Liverpool were the far better side. City were excellent for one half of football, other than that they mostly got blown away. Yes they were unlucky that their second goal didn't stand in the second leg, it clearly came off Milner, but the officials made poor decisions for both teams, so in my opinion they balanced out.

Poor old Arsenal drawing Atletico in the EL, I can't see them beating Atletico over the course of two legs.

BaZ87 · 13 Apr 2018 at 17:06

ThestigGT999 said:
the score would have been either 3-2 to liverpool or man city agg by half time of the second leg, then man city would have gone on and won IMO

How have you worked that out? Even if you took Salah's goal away and correctly disallowed City's first in the 2nd leg, it would have been 2-1 Liverpool accounting for Sane's goal. And City were blowing out their backsides by the start of the 2nd half, which explained why Liverpool went on to score twice in that half and City barely had a chance.

ThestigGT999 · 13 Apr 2018 at 17:09

BaZ87 said:
How have you worked that out? Even if you took Salah's goal away and correctly disallowed City's first in the 2nd leg, it would have been 2-1 Liverpool accounting for Sane's goal. And City were blowing out their backsides by the start of the 2nd half, which explained why Liverpool went on to score twice in that half and City barely had a chance.

LOL 2-1 good one

BaZ87 · 13 Apr 2018 at 17:12

ThestigGT999 said:
LOL 2-1 good one

You're my favourite Utd supporoter Stig. If you want to take away goals that shouldn't have stood and allowed the City goal that should have, why wouldn't it be 2-1?

ThestigGT999 · 13 Apr 2018 at 17:16

BaZ87 said:
You're my favourite Utd supporoter Stig. If you want to take away goals that shouldn't have stood and allowed the City goal that should have, why wouldn't it be 2-1?

That's why I said or as the first city goal in first leg was questionably offside

opethdisciple · 13 Apr 2018 at 17:19

Hopefully Costa misses the Arsenal game.

BaZ87 · 13 Apr 2018 at 18:09

ThestigGT999 said:
That's why I said or as the first city goal in first leg was questionably offside

The City goal in the first leg was offside so again, why wouldn't it have been 2-1 to Liverpool at HT in the 2nd leg if all the decisions were correct?

ThestigGT999 · 13 Apr 2018 at 22:50

BaZ87 said:
The City goal in the first leg was offside so again, why wouldn't it have been 2-1 to Liverpool at HT in the 2nd leg if all the decisions were correct?

ok at 2-1 man city are still in it, game would have been closer