Liverpool FC thread

Getting injured in a challenge isn't itself a reason for the other person to be sent off. 

Mane and Ederson last night - correct yellow card calls 

Mane was very unlucky with the red card, but it had to be given as a red. Borussias point on the resulting injury not meaning that a card is warranted based on that - that was definitely the case years ago, where you could follow through or leave one on a player once you've gotten to the ball first. Those days are gone though and now there's a big responsibility on players to have a duty of care for the other players on the pitch. So now when a referee sees Mane clearly with eyes on the ball, but catches the keeper in the head with a boot and the keeper lying on the floor, it will always be a red nowadays. 

Actually not sure why Mane got a yellow last night though, he simply slipped over did he not? Don't there was much contact at all with Otamendi either, thought Otamendis rolling around on the floor was disgraceful carry on. Like Otamendi as a player, but he must go down rolling around for a minute in every game he plays feigning injury.

Liverpool FC - FC Bayern European Cup semi-final April 1981, 0-0 at Anfield, 1-1 in Munich. Howard Gayle came on as a sub, ran Bayern ragged for an hour or so and then had to be substituted himself before he got sent off.
 

Was talking to my cousin in Munich this morning, was hoping for another Heynckes - Klopp final like 2013.
 

From the top of my head i can remember bot RVP (for Arsenal) & Nani getting straight reds in the CL for high boots but on those occasions the ball was coming over their shoulders and they stuck out a foot to catch it midair, unlike Mane who was running at the keeper and made a stupid challenge. So no, most such challenges don't just get a yellow.

So would I 

Hopefully Roma or Liverpool can win it, but I'll stick with Bayern as Champions. 

I'll be honest and admit that I think Liverpool are in bonus territory now - especially when you look at the hard work they were making of the group stage ie spunking away leads home and away against Sevilla thanks to comically bad defensive mistakes and then wasting enough chances away to Moscow to win 3 or 4 matches but coming away with just a draw thanks to Karius letting a shot in the middle of his net ()!  At that time I found it hard to imagine Liverpool even getting out of the group, never mind make the semis!

 

But things are obviously different now.  They haven't missed Coutinho and the defence now looks more competent since Van Dijk's arrival (dropping Moreno has also helped, never mind Andy Robertson nailing that position down).  Anything's possible now.