Tbh a draw would have been fair.
No doubt, but saying we didn't deserve to win is wrong, we fought hard earnt it, could have easily gone either way though.
Tbh a draw would have been fair.
I said good chances, not shots. Bale, Dembele and Sigurdsson all shot from range, they aren't good chances. We had a large number of chances in there box where we were one good pass away from a tap in. I wouldn't be wrong, but as you're in the minority again, the impetus is on you to go and rewatch and prove everyone right.
They bossed it for the first 15 mins to bar the first 60 seconds. You don't have 68% poss without bossing a game.
I didn't bother bringing up the ref, but I actually thought he was pretty fair and used his head alot when others would have just dished out 5/6 yellows.
I don't think we got lucky to win but I think a draw was a much fairer result over the balance of play.
Pressure or no pressure its not often you see an English international skew a 30 yard back pass straight to an opposing striker while the kepper deicdes to enter into no mans land. We got lucky for that goal make no mistake about it, but we did deserve a bit of luck for our pressing. That skewed kick could have 100 places but only 1 of them was going to lead to Downing scoring.
We did have the best move of the game and it was almost unstoppable, but Spurs had a similar move that Siggurdson pulled a whisker wide too.
Like I said I'm not saying we didn't play well as we clearly did in parts but to say we were the better team is biased in my opinion. I really thought Spurs were playing with the swagger of champions for long stretches and they tired badly in the last 15 mins.
I'll take it everyday of the week but I still think we aren't as close to Spurs as people think after this result.
And I like how you ignore the possesion stat. .
I watched the game live on tv not a stream so I don't need to watch it again. 1 good pass away may as well be a million miles away.
The fact is Spurs could and should have been out of sight at 2-1 and missed great chances to do so.
And I like how you ignore the possesion stat. Please go and watch it and print screen it to show me how we dominated possession.
Tbh a draw would have been fair.
Exactly what I was saying.Yes, but isn't it refreshing to see Liverpool emerge as winners from a fairly equal tussle? That's what United do week in and week out. So many times this season we have dominated the play and ended up with a draw or a defeat.
I watched the game live on tv not a stream so I don't need to watch it again. .
A teacher once told me that the definition of luck is when preparation meets opportunity. We pressed and pressed and pressed hoping for a mistake and when luck came our way we took the opportunity. Its what top teams do. Spurs didn't take theirs but we took ours, its as simple as that.Pat is just playing devil's advocate people ... He neglects to mention we should have been up 1-0 with a penalty (and a card to Walker), and the possession was far closer than 68-32, nor that we were set up to dominate possession (as we normally do, and as Doc has said numerous times).
Would a draw have been a fair result? Overall? Probably. But a loss at WHL was an unfair result on us, so fuck them - we made our own luck and I hope this is something we do more and more. We loss count every fucking year at how many games Manure win after 'deserving' a draw or a spanking. Time that we start winning ugly or getting lucky to win.
He wouldn't know how to play devils advocate. He probably thinks Devil's advocate is vouching for Cruella's hatred of Dalmatians or something.
I believe he thinks it's a breakfast dish, similar to eggs benedict.
The former Pope?
A teacher once told me that the definition of luck is when preparation meets opportunity. We pressed and pressed and pressed hoping for a mistake and when luck came our way we took the opportunity. Its what top teams do. Spurs didn't take theirs but we took ours, its as simple as that.
Possession was 47.1 - 52.9
Thats pretty close and while they had more shots then us, this time we were clinical.
On fight and determination alone we deserved to win.
As I said earlier the 68% stat was one of those "previous five minute" ones. Dreamy obviously didnt spot that
I watched the game live on tv not a stream so I don't need to watch it again.
WTF?
Nope. They definitely had more possession. I think 56-44 in Spurs' favour, if I remember correctly.I thought it was, and in our favour to, I remember reading it.
Nope. They definitely had more possession. I think 56-44 in Spurs' favour, if I remember correctly.
Correct. Sorry. I misread your post. I thought for some very odd reason you were actually agreeing with DB.There was a period after our goal, it was a five minute possession stats.
Adrian Durham, that constipitated, adenoidal idiot, is one reason why TalkSport is a joke.