PSG at home CL 1/4 Final Tuesday 14th April at 8pm

[SB]

A 0-2 deficit to overturn at home is certainly doable history shows us but it’ll take the right team selection & a buoyant home crowd to help do it. Rio must start this one IMO. We’ve played Cody & Wirtz on the left repeatedly but neither has produced the MOTM performances that Rio is capable of. Wirtz is best in his roaming role & Cody is best as a striker as he doesn’t have the pace or trickery of Rio. But Slot will stick to his favourites once again I fear.

[Charly]

They dominated us 3 games on the trot now.

Be nice to put up a fight this time

[Mark79]

They dominated us 3 games on the trot now.

Be nice to put up a fight this time

We put up a fight last season at Anfield. They took over in extra time, but we put up alot of sustained pressure in 90 mins.

[Charly]

We put up a fight last season at Anfield. They took over in extra time, but we put up alot of sustained pressure in 90 mins.

We really didnt. I posted this on the Slot thead...

Last year we managed 3 shots on target from 19 in the anfield game after (psg 8/21) in addition to our ****ty penalties.

Away we managed 1 on target out of 2 in the first leg v psg's 10/27 shots on target. That was 4 shots on target in 210 minutes.

Last week we managed 0/3 v 6/18.

So a grand total of 4 shots on target in 300 minutes.

PSG managed 24. Thats 6 times as many shots on target overall.

[Mr Pink]

We really didnt. I posted this on the Slot thead...

Last year we managed 3 shots on target from 19 in the anfield game after (psg 8/21) in addition to our ****ty penalties.

Away we managed 1 on target out of 2 in the first leg v psg's 10/27 shots on target. That was 4 shots on target in 210 minutes.

Last week we managed 0/3 v 6/18.

So a grand total of 4 shots on target in 300 minutes.

PSG managed 24. Thats 6 times as many shots on target overall.

Not sure how relevant last seasons stats ware tbh, but all I take from that is that we had nearly 10 times as many shots at Anfield, as we had in Paris.

Hoping we can play much better at Anfield this time too. It’s obviously a long shot, because PSG are so good, but stranger things have happened. Anfield on a European knock out night is special, and if we score first, the crowd will go mental and at that point anything can happen.

[Buzzo]

It was a tough 90, but we played well. Created some early chances to go 2 up in the tie from memory a gilt edge chance missed from Salah and a draw others that would have made it hard for PSG and then conceded a really really poor goal.

[fidget]

****ing hell the relentless pessimism must be tiring. Tires me reading it.

[Mark79]

We really didnt. I posted this on the Slot thead...

Last year we managed 3 shots on target from 19 in the anfield game after (psg 8/21) in addition to our ****ty penalties.

Away we managed 1 on target out of 2 in the first leg v psg's 10/27 shots on target. That was 4 shots on target in 210 minutes.

Last week we managed 0/3 v 6/18.

So a grand total of 4 shots on target in 300 minutes.

PSG managed 24. Thats 6 times as many shots on target overall.

We really did. You can't distill a game down to just shots on target.

That's not the only thing that defines pressure. It doesn't account for shots blocked by defenders, narrow misses, hitting the post.

We had more successful passes into their final third than they did ours. We made far more crosses. Had more touches in thier box.

No idea why you're lumping the 1st leg stats in there. I'm taking about the 2nd leg, I'm not denying that we were totally dominated in the 1st leg.

[rudedog]

We really didnt. I posted this on the Slot thead...

Last year we managed 3 shots on target from 19 in the anfield game after (psg 8/21) in addition to our ****ty penalties.

Away we managed 1 on target out of 2 in the first leg v psg's 10/27 shots on target. That was 4 shots on target in 210 minutes.

Last week we managed 0/3 v 6/18.

So a grand total of 4 shots on target in 300 minutes.

PSG managed 24. Thats 6 times as many shots on target overall.

Nope, couldn’t disagree more - we definitely gave them a game at Andield, don’t care what the stats say. We spurned some big chances, had 2 goals ruled out for offside and 1 off the post and one cleared off the line. Louis Enrique even admitted we were the better side after the game.

[danperkins]

****ing hell the relentless pessimism must be tiring. Tires me reading it.

Well then stop reading it

[fidget]

If people could start their posts with " this is yet another post where i'll continue my relentless pessimism" or something similar I'll skip over them. Thanks Dan.
Great idea.

[Buzzo]

Nope, couldn’t disagree more - we definitely gave them a game at Andield, don’t care what the stats say. We spurned some big chances, had 2 goals ruled out for offside and 1 off the post and one cleared off the line. Louis Enrique even admitted we were the better side after the game.

[Catrin]

If we can get past these into the semis, we could actually win this, no? We’ve already beaten both the Madrid sides and also Arsenal.

[baitman]

If we can get past these into the semis, we could actually win this, no? We’ve already beaten both the Madrid sides and also Arsenal.

I'll have a glass of what you're having.

[Doc_Piptorious]

If we can get past these into the semis, we could actually win this, no? We’ve already beaten both the Madrid sides and also Arsenal.

If we get past PSG then it will mean the sort of comeback that could fuel a run right to the final.

Have a feeling that we might end up going to pens again against then.

Hell of an ask to beat them by two clear goals (to get that peno shoot out), but with the exception of the PSV game, we have been both pretty clinical and lucky (at the back) at Anfield in the CL this season so a two goal deficit, even against a team as good all over the pitch (but not in goal) as PSG, is not insurmountable imo .