- Aug 2, 2007
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I totally agree. With last years Rose and Walker we win this game and many of the games we lost or drew! We have not been able to replace them and it shows. Plus an over reliance on Kane, needed someone else to help him, and Llorente has not.Gutted. We dominated the game, but our defense switched completely off two times and our poor finishing caught up with us. We definitely created the chances to go through, but we just couldn’t finish them. Our finishing have been poor lately and unfortunately it continued today. You can’t expect to win when you fall asleep like that in defense and give away so big chances to Juventus. It was two sitters and Juventus made us pay.
My MotM was Eriksen. Son had a fantastic first half, but couldn’t keep it up in the second half. Eriksen was class through the whole match. Kane did what he could, but he didn’t look sharp. For the first time it felt like his confidence was a bit low. He fought hard, but he had a couple of times where you expected him to get a shot off, but he kinda waited too long and let the chance run out. He is usually more sharp in those moments. Dele had a great first half, actually they all did, but he faded badly in the second half. Dembele and Dier bossed the midfield in the first half, but looked more and more tired as the match went on. Dier should probably have been taken out after he had that nasty collision/fall thing. Both our CBs had one of those weird games where they are playing like a 10 the whole game except two big mistakes. Jans sliding tackle was a pen and Sanchez fucked up on the second goal. Our two wingbacks showed that they are clearly not as good as Rose or Walker. Not gonna lie i think we go through with last years Rose and Walker. They just don’t offer enough for me if we want to be a top club. Not a good game by Davies.
I thought Poch had a mare. So many of our players looked tired in the second half and he wasn’t proactive enough. Or just active when Allegri made his move. He had noticed our left side struggle and put in Liechsteiner who bossed us down that side. We just looked tired and Poch is always late with the subs. I really can’t understand why he waits so long and why we didn’t use all 3 of them. So many of our players looked tired in the second half. Dele, Son, Dier, Davies, Trippier. I really thought we would have seen Rose and Lucas, to out in some energy in the team.
This loss really hurts. We where so close to rid ourselves of the “legends” stamp, but unfortunately we bottled it again. It hurts, but it’s true. Lets hope we leave the bottles at Wembley and start anew in the new stadium.