UEFA Champions League 2012 - 2013 Thread

That's all.

Glad I didn't watch the game tonight.

Appalling performance from almost all involved.

I loved the moment where Kolarov comes on and Tyler and Neville started discussing how every time Man City switch to three at the back they're atrocious. I loved it because it was completely true.

City have got almost no chance of qualifying now. They'll probably beat Ajax at home but can't see them winning against either Madrid or Dortmund, never mind both. Questions have to be asked of Mancini.

Arsenal looked pretty poor, one shot on target, not like them. Been a horrible few days for them. They'll still progress quite comfortably though I'm sure.

Going back to the Celtic game, I thought it was incredibly harsh on them but cannot not post this stat.

Possession stats
Barcelona - 90%
Celtic -10%

Where did you get that? WhoScored has it as 82%-18%.

Still incredible.

Saw it on facebook, checked BBC sport who have 72-28, but official UEFA site has 90-10. Pretty mad.

Really diappointed in Arsenal last night. In terms of Schalke scoring it was evident it was a case of when and not if. They deserved it. I thought the Norwich game would be a one off and we'd come out strong last night which added to the disappointment. The commentators said we lacked activity on the wing with the likes of Chamberlain and Walcott missing but there isn't any excuses, we're a more dynamic team and should have to rely on a specific type of player, we should be able to change and adapt accordingly.

I don't even need to comment on the defending, especially Santos. Steve Bould received plaudits for us keeping three clean sheets in a row, we've now conceded in each of our last 9 games. Still not good enough and when it was so evident things needed changing last night it never happened.

Don't get me started on Gervinho up front.

UEFA have it at 74-26 unless I'm mistaken. Would've liked us to have a claim to a record though.

22 - Arsenal have fired in 22 shots in this season’s Champions League, fewer than any other team. Blunt.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 6, 2012

Santos isn't playing, thank the lord.

AJAX! Gahahaha.

2-0 Ajax.

Christ. City are defending so poorly.

Walcott 1-0

Great effort from Giroud too

City 2-0 down already?!

How are Man City so bad in Europe? I don't get it.

GIROUD GETS SERVICE, GIROUD GETS GOALS

2-0

REUS!


Because Mancini is bad in Europe.

I wish British commentators/pundits could learn to pronounce Lewandowski properly.

aye didnt he have a pretty poor record in Europe with Inter too?

Dortmund are doing what they were meant to do last year.

Lovely goal.

City are like the reverse of us

They're shit in Europe, good in the league and were shit in the league but good in Europe

Schalke score on the verge of half-time. Ajax lead, Dortmund lead = Happy Happy Happy

Urgh, terrible time to concede. Would take a draw at this point tbh.

No Liverpool are shit in the league and average in Europe.

Real and City losing... Interesting, I didn't think Ajax were that good.

Some pass from Zlatan that.

feel sorry for Dzeko being on the bench all the time, he is bang in form and this is a must win game for them

After he scored twice against WBA Mancini started him in 2 of the next 3 and he did nothing so that's probably why he's not started today. He generally seems to do better a sub so I guess that's his own problem.