Other Champions League games

[goat]

bayern scraped through

[silvablue]

When we look how far PSG have come we have no excuse.

No surprise Neville lauded Chelsea cheating to get PSG down to 10 men.

[Rowley Birkin QC]

I'm still chuckling to myself.

Just seen my first replay of the Ibrahimovic sending off. Not exactly 'studs showing' was it? If anything he looked to be trying to pull out of it.

[bluebrendan]

Not seen any of the game but fuck off Mourinho! :-D

[goat]

[gavin]

I'm still chuckling to myself.

Just seen my first replay of the Ibrahimovic sending off. Not exactly 'studs showing' was it? If anything he looked to be trying to pull out of it.

Harsh indeed but Mourinho even before the game and their players after the incident called it for the ref.

I wish we took corners like PSG.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

What Souness said...

Jamie Carragher has slammed the reaction of Chelsea's players after PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off at Stamford Bridge.

The visitors were reduced to 10 men when their star player Ibrahimovic was sent off in the 31st minute of the second leg of their last-16 Champions League clash after tangling with Chelsea forward Oscar as they both lunged for the ball.

Sky Sports pundit Carragher, speaking at half-time, was heavily critical of the Chelsea players for their reaction to Ibrahimovic’s challenge as they appealed to the referee for the Swede to be punished.

And he also felt Blues manager Jose Mourinho’s pre-match comments about PSG’s aggressive approach in the first leg had played a part in Dutch official Bjorn Kuipers’ decision.

Carragher said: “The sending off is very unfortunate. It’s not a red card.

“Zlatan is actually trying to pull his foot away. You look at it and Oscar’s (foot) is as high as his, if not higher, and if the referee is the other side maybe he would look at Oscar and give the decision the other way.

“The reaction from the Chelsea players is disgraceful and it’s sad. It’s something that’s coming into the game and it comes from Jose Mourinho’s teams. They have this reaction, it’s not a one-off.

“Maybe what he’s said beforehand in the press conference has gone into the referee's head.

“I always think with Jose Mourinho’s teams, they will always be respected but they will never be loved because of situations like this. They take winning to a level that no other team or manager does

“You see the reaction of some of the players and it has definitely played a part â€" and Mourinho’s words have worked.”

Fellow pundit Graeme Souness added: “We had a great game of football going on there and it saddens me, and makes me angry at the same time, that gamesmanship is deciding these big games.

“It’s not a sending off, it is Oscar’s studs that are high. This has spoiled the game. It’s not about the best team winning it any more.

“If that’s what our game is coming to we need to sort it out and sort it out quickly.”

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9754516/chelsea-players-blasted-by-jamie-carragher-over-ibrahimovic-red-card

[bry the guy]

Great stuff and with 10 men. Would love to see a City PSG final. That would really annoy UEFA.

UEFA i bet would make shure that wont happen by getting us to play each other in the next round big IF  we beat Barca.

[City Slicker]

What stands out a mile now we are into the knockout stages is just how quick all the foreign teams move the ball about. Then there is us and to a slightly lesser extent the chavs who are now out.

For whatever reason, the English teams have become almost too methodical in their build up play.

[bry the guy]

Even with non English managers why do you think that is?

[Stephen Paul]

Surely you mean non British managers

[Tricky Trev]

It's always nice seeing surrounding and intimidating the ref getting some attention. I just wonder why we've heard feck all about the cheating scum neighbor. They've been doing and perfecting this for years.

[goat]

just watching that bayern game, how good is that muller...lad never seems to get enough credit