Cheers mate. That's the one thing we could be sure of, that Barca would come out in the second half and do the exact same thing they done in the first. They missed a load of chances and had enough to beat us, but they failed to take them. You could easily say that they done enough to beat us, but lady luck was with us tonight to go along with arguably our best performance of the season.
Barca are one team that really don't need a plan "B". They are close to perfect. What we were tonight was completely perfect. Tactics, performance, effort and attitude couldn't be faulted. Better than perfect next time will be harder, but you never know.
Barca faced what Chelsea often face at the Bridge. A bus parked and one striker upfront. You have to encourage the other side out of their half in larger numbers, make them think they have a chance, give them midfield possession, stretch them so your more skilled players have ample time to show them off. Barca had to stop pressing, but they didn't know how. My point of reference is any Liverpool European sides pre-Benitez. They didn't really press they were never in a hurry to take the ball forwards. they knock along the back four, forward to the midfield, pass it back again, hold the ball near the centre line for ages, in no rush at all (apart from Rush of course). Teams hoping to defend in numbers started to think sod this lets get that ball and score goals , they aren't hurting us. Before you know it instead of one up they have three, which isn't enough, so two more join the ball chase. That's when Liverpool moved it forwards. Does anyone refer to those great Liverpool sides as boring?
