OneFootball
Lewis Ambrose·21 February 2019
OneFootball
Lewis Ambrose·21 February 2019
A goalless Tuesday evening, then a Wednesday full of drama. The Champions League has left us feeling well nourished this week.
Here is everything you need to have seen.
Or donât, because Iâm the most balanced man to ever visit a Champions League game.
This is incredible.
Leroy SanĂ© scored one of the best free-kicks weâve seen anywhere this season on his return to Schalke.
Minutes later, Raheem Sterlingâs winner was a moment so great that even the English tabloids gave him a day off.
Lovely scenes. City went behind and down to 10 men but showed the kind of resolve that underlines why theyâre considered the favourites by many.
No one: Diego Simeone: âÂ
I did it to show our fans that we have cojones
Well Diego, you certainly made your point.
Cristiano Ronaldo put all five digits up at the home fans in Madrid over and over again on Wednesday as he struggled to handle their taunts.
âFive Champions Leagues. AtlĂ©tico zero!â he told the mixed zone after the game.
Is there any need to get this petty?
Ok mate, but you lost 2-0 on Wednesday.
and sometimes the VAR eats you.
On Wednesday, it certainly felt like VAR was taking huge chunks out of us.
Controversial decisions in both games and a lot of time wasted. Things canât go on like this.
Bayern Munich fans didnât trudge through Stanley Park with pints of beer on their heads but they were LOUD.
And then supported lower ticket prices when inside the ground.
Twenty is indeed plenty. Football without fans is nothing.
As for Bayernâs team, well, reports of their demise may have been a little premature.
No Virgil van Dijk. No Joe Gomez. No Dejan Lovren.
With Joël Matip and Fabinho up at centre-back, Bayern Munich managed zero shots on target.
A job well done by the Liverpool defence, which may have some depth to it after all.
Poor Luis SuĂĄrez, who has not scored away from home in the Champions League since September 2015.
Lyon was his 16th Champions League away game without a goal. Heâs now gone 25 hours since last scoring outside of Camp Nou in Europeâs biggest competition.
And he had the golden chance in France, too.