There are a lot of rival fans coming out with comments at the moment saying we were lucky in the final, we stole the trophy, Milan threw it away, they took their eye off the ball etc etc, you get the drift. :whatever:
I've been setting the record straight with a few of these myself:
Firstly, no way did we 'steal' the trophy! We didn't score our 3 goals in the last 6 minutes and then go straight to penalties FFS. Milan had a whole ONE HOUR to score again but they couldn't do it. Stealing a Cup is what the Mancs do - 2 goals in injury-time and no chance for Bayern to come back. Game over. That's what I call nicking it
Secondly, you MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK. Most teams would have given up and tried to keep the scoreline respectable. Not us, with players Gerrard and Carragher in the team and Rafa at the helm, we were always going to go for it and Milan couldn't handle us just like we couldn't handle them for parts of the first half. I say 'parts' because if you watch the whole game again you'll see although Milan were much the better side in the first half, we did have good chances - Hyypia's header, Garcia shooting wide and not forgetting the blatant handball by Nesta in the build-up to the second Milan goal. It wouldn't have been hard justice on Milan if we had nicked a goal in the first half.
Also, second half Riise & Alonso came close and Gattuso should been sent off in the penalty incident. If he had been who knows maybe we'd won it 4-3 or 5-3? We all saw how they collapsed at OT once he went off.
Thirdly, if you wanna win big trophies like the CL you can never take your eye off the ball as Milan apparently did. They apparently didn't learn their lesson from 2004 when they got hammered by Deportivo 4-0 after winning the first leg by three goals. My opinion is that they just couldn't handle us, the tempo, the wave after wave of attack and the crowd also played their part as always.
Finally, if look you at the whole 2005 campaign IMHO we were the best team in the competition deservedly beating Chelsea, Juventus and Leverkusen. We had one bad performance against Olympiakos losing 1-0 in Greece but we more than made up for that with the 3-1 win at home. Milan on the other hand were very lucky to get past PSV. They could have lost at home and were hammered away only for a late late goal putting them through on away goals. Every report said PSV were hard done by.
So, the next time a Scum or Chavski fan tries to say we nicked it or were lucky, give them both barrels :bird:
I've been setting the record straight with a few of these myself:
Firstly, no way did we 'steal' the trophy! We didn't score our 3 goals in the last 6 minutes and then go straight to penalties FFS. Milan had a whole ONE HOUR to score again but they couldn't do it. Stealing a Cup is what the Mancs do - 2 goals in injury-time and no chance for Bayern to come back. Game over. That's what I call nicking it
Secondly, you MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK. Most teams would have given up and tried to keep the scoreline respectable. Not us, with players Gerrard and Carragher in the team and Rafa at the helm, we were always going to go for it and Milan couldn't handle us just like we couldn't handle them for parts of the first half. I say 'parts' because if you watch the whole game again you'll see although Milan were much the better side in the first half, we did have good chances - Hyypia's header, Garcia shooting wide and not forgetting the blatant handball by Nesta in the build-up to the second Milan goal. It wouldn't have been hard justice on Milan if we had nicked a goal in the first half.
Also, second half Riise & Alonso came close and Gattuso should been sent off in the penalty incident. If he had been who knows maybe we'd won it 4-3 or 5-3? We all saw how they collapsed at OT once he went off.
Thirdly, if you wanna win big trophies like the CL you can never take your eye off the ball as Milan apparently did. They apparently didn't learn their lesson from 2004 when they got hammered by Deportivo 4-0 after winning the first leg by three goals. My opinion is that they just couldn't handle us, the tempo, the wave after wave of attack and the crowd also played their part as always.
Finally, if look you at the whole 2005 campaign IMHO we were the best team in the competition deservedly beating Chelsea, Juventus and Leverkusen. We had one bad performance against Olympiakos losing 1-0 in Greece but we more than made up for that with the 3-1 win at home. Milan on the other hand were very lucky to get past PSV. They could have lost at home and were hammered away only for a late late goal putting them through on away goals. Every report said PSV were hard done by.
So, the next time a Scum or Chavski fan tries to say we nicked it or were lucky, give them both barrels :bird:
shanks
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