The Official 2010/2011 Champions League Thread

[d_phaneuf]

dont think him going off changes arsenals game plan really

they are playing for the draw

at worst 2-1 and ge tto extra time

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by cheevers

Be serious, if that happened against Spurs you would be calling for murder.

of course I would, but I have a bias there

its a soft call, and it doesn't get made if the game is in London

but by the rule book its a yellow

[Locke]

Originally Posted by cheevers

Be serious, if that happened against Spurs you would be calling for murder.

Of course, I would be too were it against Liverpool.

Its the 'right' call, insofar as the letter of the law is concerned, but in my opinion it was soft as all hell.

You cant blame the ref for making the call, but for a second yellow I would have maybe 'not seen it.'

[Locke]

Its actually kind of comical. Based on the stats Arsenal have had 25% possession, which I think is generous, and not a single shot, either on goal or otherwise, and yet its 1-1.

[d_phaneuf]

Almunia has been great

[d_phaneuf]

barca score

hope arsenal hold on

makes spurs next opponent potentially a lot easier, if they go through, in the qf's

[vennegoor of hesselink]

xavi equalizes the tie


great passing between iniesta and villa in the buildup

[SebC]

Barca scores... tough for Arsenal to win now.

[d_phaneuf]

right when I said Almunia was playing well he acts like a statue on a pen

[SebC]

Game over.

[Saint Troy]

Arsenal player sent off against Barca, where I have seen this movie before. BS decision but no shock, this ref hasn't a clue out there.

[d_phaneuf]

weird stat

unless they get one in the next 6 mins + et

Arsenal had 1 shot on goal today and it resulted in a sending off

[d_phaneuf]

oh my nicky

at least get a shot

[cheevers]

If Bendtner didm't suck Arsenal would be looking good to go through.

[vennegoor of hesselink]

Thats why bentner is the 2nd best striker in the world

[Saint Troy]

Too bad a ridiculous call ruined what could have been a great second half.

[cheevers]

Ref decided the outcome of this one. Too bad.

[d_phaneuf]

no he didnt

[d_phaneuf]

think the only team left that can possibly get by Barca is Man Utd, you have to hold them to a clean sheet at home and if Vidic and Rio are healthy enough I think they can do it

but other than that...

[Locke]

Originally Posted by cheevers

Ref decided the outcome of this one. Too bad.

Arsenal didnt register a single shot and managed only 24% possession. I think the referee's decision aside, it was not looking good for Arsenal to go through.