tonight....

[floyd the barber]

simply superb.....we`ve seen great 45 mins.....and pure domination at times..

But tonight we were superb the whole 90 mins....every player fantastic!!!

 

Rafa is simply a genius in europe........we made a decent team look awful!!

 

What a fantastic night!

 

Getttinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Edited March 10, 2009 by Lets get Masched

[Tommy Cockles]

Madrid were poor.

 

It needs to be said.

 

And now it has been, credit to us for a great performance.

[JonShar]

At the end of the game I was on my feet clapping my hands and shaking my head.

 

Quite simply a stunning performance, with the perfect balance of attack, defence, skill, and physical strength. Bloody brilliant.

[smithdown]

As good a performance as I've seen from anyone for ages, bar maybe Barcelona, maybe.

[Keita]

Was thinking this myself, I couldn't think what our best performance under Rafa was but this must be.

[Tones]

We were brilliant.

[Falconhoof]

It looked so easy at times. We were magnificent but it wasn't our hardest opponent. Chelsea in 05 and even Roma in the UEFA under GH tested us more at Anfield.

[BDB]

Coming back into work, with a beam on my face. Phenomenal play..

 

Great Show all

[Romario]

amazing tonight

[madaboutlfc]

i wouldnt say its just the greatest under Rafa.. Id say this is the greatest since the Forest one because we were against a top team here and could have won 10 or 12 nil

[surf]

first half we played them off the park

the '2-0' second half doesn't reflect the half though, madrid could have had a couple. still a fantastic overall performance

[Jim D]

Rafa's record in Europe...

 

2004 UEFA Cup Winners (With Valencia)

2005 CL winners

2006 CL Last 16

2007 CL Finalists

2008 CL Semi-Finalists

2009 CL Quarter-Finalists to date

 

Phenomenal record.

[Archangel]

Please please please can we please play like that in the league, unleashed fearless brilliance

[Tones]

  Archangel said:

Please please please can we please play like that in the league, unleashed fearless brilliance

 

Thats what we need in the league. That sort of urgency and ruthlessness. We were inspired tonght which we have rarely been in the league this year. Frustrating.

[Falconhoof]

I wouldn't want us to be injecting Torres with painkillers every week. Thats the sort of thing we'd need with our curent squad. Until we can field 2 alternative very good teams then we'll struggle to keep pace with the mancs in the league.

 

Kuwaitis, if you are re ading, give Rafa a better warchest and he'll knock the mancs off their f***ing perch.

[floyd the barber]

  madaboutlfc said:

i wouldnt say its just the greatest under Rafa.. Id say this is the greatest since the Forest one because we were against a top team here and could have won 10 or 12 nil

 

Over 90mins...you could be right..

 

I cant think of many since the forest 5-0 where we dominated and controlled the play so well over the entire game......

[smithdown]

  surf said:

first half we played them off the park

the '2-0' second half doesn't reflect the half though, madrid could have had a couple. still a fantastic overall performance

 

 

Every decent team is going to make a few, our goalie looked sound.

 

Hats off to them all.

[Rimbeux]

f***ing brilliant, we're are big game boys and that was brutal. Never seen Torres so intense.

[alias75]

do the crowd on these Anfield European nights make the difference?

[David Hodgson]

just unbelievable. Just back from the.....

 

Can we just abandon domestic competition and play in both the CL and Uefa cup ?

[MFletcher]

I can't believe that match. That could have been ten. Against Real Madrid. A form team who've won ten out of eleven La Liga matches.

 

We treated them with complete disdain, slapping them about at will and not looking remotely bothered in the second half.

 

Seriously, this is Real Madrid we're talking about. Real Madrid. And we've humiliated them with complete ease.

 

Brilliant.

[pipnasty]

The whole thing was about as good as it gets over a two legged European tie. Home and away we were brilliant.

[John am Rhein]

  Ernest Blenkinsop said:

It looked so easy at times. We were magnificent but it wasn't our hardest opponent. Chelsea in 05 and even Roma in the UEFA under GH tested us more at Anfield.

 

Yeah, because we were easier to test. Not now.

[pipnasty]

  alias75 said:

do the crowd on these Anfield European nights make the difference?

 

 

According to Madrid, no. But then again, they could be wrong.

[Earl Hafler]

  Tommy Cockles said:

Madrid were poor.

 

It needs to be said.

 

And now it has been, credit to us for a great performance.

 

I agree - an excellent result but i've seen better performances. They were garbage, especially in midfield.