Quote Originally Posted by 1_nilto the arsenal View Post
Was watching Liverpool getting taught a lesson on how to play football, but was switiching over and every so often. Our game looked so dead in comparision to the Liverpool game. Thought we were going to be the first team that Anderlecht beats in the history in the champions league. Wenger got his get out of jail card out today big style. He lives another day with this result as I think had we have lost the pressure would have been intense.
While I totally agree our performances were below par and very disappointing , it is very naive to think we should have easily won this game . In England , there is a tendency of thinking that good teams or good players are only those known to the English public . Belgium have many quality players more than England team at the moment . Look at the likes of Eden Hasard , Kompany , Dembele , Fellaini , Courtois ,Lukaku , Vermaelen ,Benteke , Origi , Vertonghen ,
There are more unknown talents in Belgium ,Adna Januzaj , Merteins , De Bruyne , Mignolet , Defour , all came from Belgium .
Back in the days , Anderlecht was one of the top teams in Europe . A few years ago we even saw how Standard de Liege , another team from Belgium , beat Liverpool in Anfield in champions league .
Underestimating a rival can be deadly . And I believe we nearly suffered from that . Our players were thinking it would be an easy evening for them and almost got punished .