Dortmund vs Real Madrid

Surprised there's no thread

Anyways what can I say fabulous game ffs finally an excellent performance Carvajal, hopefully he's been able to shake off his poor patch.

Our midfield and defence were 10/10. Especially Casemiro that guy is a tank and doesn't let anyone past him, playing with our mids has alslo taught him how to pass

I hope Bale isn't injured just when he's had a good performance

Goals wil come. Most important thing is that we are creating many chances. Last season we we created about 4/5 chances a game at the start of the season now we are creating double digits

I thought Dani had an excellent game actually. I think he mucked up the offside line once which Varane saved but he also saved a sure goal from Auba when he was allowed to get inbetween Ramos and Varane. I didn't even notice their LW all game. Just been on a Dortmund forum who said their LW was the worst player on the pitch. You've got to be incredibly pedantic to fault him this game. This is the kind of game I saw from Dani last season so if you think he was shite then he was last season too. As for the crosses none of them came from his flank they were all coming from from the top of the box where Modric would be. And you've got be reaching if you think any of their crosses were really troubling. They were all straight forward clearances.

Anyways as a team we played incredibly well. Last season at their yard Dortmund had 10 shots on target, this game theiy only had 3. Slowly slowly we are getting to our normal level. Bale also finally has a good game, he should now be rested this weekend. The more he plays the more chance there is of him getting injured

Dortmund though anyone seen a more naive team, well apart from Pep's Bayern of course? How did no player intervene when their coach suggested a highline. No way you sit in a team meeting with a straight face thinking a highline is a good idea against Bale/Ronaldo/Asensio

Dortmund were better last season when they were this free spirited careless team than this team trying to play with tactics. Though I hope we do them a favour against Spurs. Want them to go through, most professional team we've faced in CL since we started playing them all those years ago. When I compare these guys to Wolfsburg and Bayern their professionalism and sportsmanship really stands out

I don't think he was awful. He kept plugging away trying. Our CBs were just on song. Not many forwards play good when they play like this

Agreed. He is also alot more aggressive now than he was last season. I hope he's learnt his lesson not to just bounce off a striker. Wonderful to see, I just need him to be abit braver when he dribbles forward, he normally just passes it to someone and retreat to defence. I want him to do what Ramos does and keep going joining in the attack. He will always have cover with Casemiro always slotting in wherever anyone leaves the position at the back. But baby steps, slowly slowly he is giving us the performances we saw of him almost 5 seasons ago at last

I don't mind that tbh. If we didn't have Casemiro I wouldn't like it. Nacho does it too when he plays CB. Doesn't hurt especially if you're as good a scorer as Ramos.

But of course i wouldn't want Varane picking up on Ramos' recklessness