Champions League 4 Nov

[Bradley]

Absolutely there is and it gets likelier and likelier over the next few years. If PL teams don't start making semis at least then we're going to lose that fourth PL slot.

http://www.5-jahres-wertung.de/APD/Online/5JW.php

When we win the Europa this season and the champions league next that will help boost the coefficient.

 

[rurikbird]

Wow, I haven't seen a team dominate the possession and territory so much since the heyday of Guardiola's Barcelona. Honestly I can't even say it was beautiful, it was more brutal and unstoppable, like an anaconda devouring a rabbit. Arsenal could not get out of not just their half, but their penalty area for long stretches. Bayern took the foot off the pedal somewhat only after the scoreline was 4:0.

That's a statement all right; they surely look like a team to beat this year.

 

[Athens]

Wow, I haven't seen a team dominate the possession and territory so much since the heyday of Guardiola's Barcelona. Honestly I can't even say it was beautiful, it was more brutal and unstoppable, like an avocado devouring a rabbit. Arsenal could not get out of not just their half, but their penalty area for long stretches. Bayern took the foot off the pedal somewhat only after the scoreline was 4:0.

That's a statement all right; they surely look like a team to beat this year.

Like an avocado eating a rabbit?

 

[rurikbird]

I can't believe this has not been posted:

 

[Jack D Rips]

Coutinho did that on the weekend twice

But you said in the MOM thread that he only did it once.

 

[mark1975]

Wow, I haven't seen a team dominate the possession and territory so much since the heyday of Guardiola's Barcelona. Honestly I can't even say it was beautiful, it was more brutal and unstoppable, like an anaconda devouring a rabbit. Arsenal could not get out of not just their half, but their penalty area for long stretches. Bayern took the foot off the pedal somewhat only after the scoreline was 4:0.

That's a statement all right; they surely look like a team to beat this year.

It also put Arsenal back in their place and highlighted why they aren't successful anymore as a title challenger or European powerhouse (not that they ever were the latter). Lee Dixon highlighted it last night, so did Keane. 5 or 6 of the Arsenal players made it look like a training run-out for Bayern, pure laziness. Dixon said himself that he thought the game at the Emirates flattered Arsenal and that they just had a lucky day, whereas on another day they'd have got punished. Well, they just did.

 

[mark1975]

I can't believe this has not been posted:

It still doesn't beat Aspas!

 

[Frogfish]

It still doesn't beat Aspas!

Yeah. Aspas' resulted in a goal for the opposition !

 

[SummerOnions]

https://t.co/LVyGjN4AIb this is the goal of the week