The defence played well. There were no major individual mistakes which makes a change. Expected Fabs to flap at a corner or butter fingers up a shot or two but he didn't. Some good tackles from the defence and no crazy mix ups with positioning.
The defence played well. There were no major individual mistakes which makes a change. Expected Fabs to flap at a corner or butter fingers up a shot or two but he didn't. Some good tackles from the defence and no crazy mix ups with positioning.
There were, we just weren't punished for them. Perhaps not as bad as some of the mistakes we've made but there were some, a few clearances which fell straight to a Bayern player, etc.Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
I think the shape of the team was better, Bayern only managed to get in behind us once and that was with Mullers clever backheel to set Robben free. Other than that we mainly limited them to pot shots from outside the box.
Overall though I do believe Bayern would have moved up a gear if they were facing a better side or if they weren't already in a commanding position.
We scored from the only 2 attempts on target we had, it was an efficient performance rather than one filled with quality.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 14-03-2013 at 10:01 AM.
i think it is far too easy to say that. teams have off days, no matter who they. the gears can't always be clicked through like magic at the touch of a button. if you start the game with the wrong approach, and by all accounts they did, then that task becomes harder. going 1-0 down at the start would have course set off some alarm bells for them and if they weren't interested, they literally would've just played keep ball. they're a great team who can destroy most teams and i believe with their habits, why wouldn't they want to have fun smashing yet another team in front of their home fans? they wanted to of course, but they couldn't. we contributed to that. hard to believe i know, but we did. let's just enjoy a victory. there's no shame. it doesn't mean any lasting change or any cosmic shift in wenger's team but we're allowed to take satisfaction from beating one of the worlds best teams.
I’m not saying it was perfect. There were minor errors but nothing major or comical like we’ve seen in the past where there is poor marking, awareness and we fail to do the very basics. Still a long road to go but they were switched on at the back at least.
Yes, it was definitely better. They only got in behind us once when Robben broke free, most of the rest of their chances were pot-shots from distance which were generally well closed down.
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