Barca spanked...

And Bayern are buying Gotze for £32M!!!

Just shows what can be achieved through working your bollocks off pressing your opponents and mixing that with a decent level of skill.

Who'd have thought Boateng and Van Buyten are two of the 3 center backs for Bayern!

Bayern's pressing undid Barca like it undid every team on the way to two consecutive CL finals (assuming Barca don't dole out a 5-0 in the return leg).

They are organised as well. Never missed a chance, first to more or less everything and a red shirt lying in wait for every loose ball. It's not luck, that, they are well drilled, know what they're doing and execute it with ruthless efficiency.

And we got pilloried for losing 2-0 there when we had 2 nailed on penalties turned down, puts it into perspective a little..!!!

After losing in the final last year Bayern bought 5 quality players in to strengthen their squad inc Shaquiri, Dante & Javi Martinez

As well as Nasty City brought in Maicon, Rodwell, Sinclair, Garcia + Richard Wright

They paid about 8 million more than we did in total

leopold wrote: Never missed a chance

This is the difference between us and the top sides in Europe.

We need 10 chances to score a goal. They had 4 good chances and scored them all.

It really is that simple. Take Sunday for example we should have been 3 up before Spurs scored and look what happened then.

Who is Bayern's current manager now?

Best he'll be a big target in the summer now he is jobless.

Dawg,
your OP said it all.

A workman like team with no superstars, great performance.

blisteringblue wrote:

leopold wrote: Never missed a chance

This is the difference between us and the top sides in Europe.

We need 10 chances to score a goal. They had 4 good chances and scored them all.

It really is that simple. Take Sunday for example we should have been 3 up before Spurs scored and look what happened then.

And this is precisely what I've been saying for two years! Even last season, when we scored 90-odd goals, I still thought we squandered far more chances. We should've been out of sight last season and this year we should be right on the rags' toes, but for the want of a player or two who can be ruthlessly clinical in front of goal. Dzeko should've been, but isn't, and the Argentine duo don't turn on that talent nearly enough.

I know I shouldn't moan, we had a worse front line with Samaras and Corradi (my god, what a pairing THAT was ), but when we've paid £100m for a talented strike force, I expect they'd hit the net at least twice more than 15 times in a season, given the chances they get.