Champions League Contention

[Smithy]

How doomed is 5th place now?

It's not doomed, but our numerical advantage is all but gone. It's now down to Arsenal and Man City to do better than Bayern and Dortmund and for us to do better in our tournament than Leverkusen does in theirs.

Arsenal knocking out Bayern would be a HUGE help. I'll be a Gunner for 90 minutes the night in the return leg, definitely.  Leverkusen look seriously impressive, so you'd have to think they're strong favourites in their tournament, which means we probably have to win ours, unless both Man City and Arsenal win their second legs and the Germans both go out.

[Somniloquism]

Yep still all to play for on 5th being CL as long as we are not the only English team left in the competition.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s looking a lot bloody shakier than earlier in the week. Hopefully Arsenal and Citeh do the business.

[taylorsworkrate]

I think Man City will be too strong at home for Madrid but think Arsenal will bottle it away at Munich.

[pablo_picasso]

Christ I hate Liverpool. Whenever I want them to win, they go & suck. Whenever I want them to suck, they go & win.

C***s.

[Brazilian Villain]

I think Man City will be too strong at home for Madrid but think Arsenal will bottle it away at Munich.

And Leverkusen will wilt in the cauldron that is the London Stadium.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Christ I hate Liverpool. Whenever I want them to win, they go & suck. Whenever I want them to suck, they go & win.

C***s.

It's doubly annoying, because I'd ordinarily love to just gloat over Liverpool getting turned over 3-0 at home, but they've ruined even that.

[Demitri_C]

Christ I hate Liverpool. Whenever I want them to win, they go & suck. Whenever I want them to suck, they go & win.

C***s.

It really could not have gone worse.  They are not going italy and winning by 3 or more thats for sure. West ham are out but was always going to be tough vs Leverkusen without bowen

We really need arsenal villa and city to win. The big one is also athletico Madrid if they can beat dortmund

The only positive (and for me its a veey small positive if you can call it that) of going out next week vs lille is we will have one game a wek whocle apurs will have a onslaught of fixtures for 4th

[lovejoy]

And there's no way we can catch Italy?

Atalanta will likely get knocked-out by Liverpool next week and one of Milan/Roma will also be eliminated as they are playing each other in the Europa QFs.

No, the two teams playing each other guarantees next round qualification. Assuming Atalanta don’t lose next week and Fiorentino qualify, then Italy get their extra place. It’s just England or Germany to be decided.
I think with Liverpool going out the balance is in Germany’s favour.

[itbrvilla]

The draw for the knockouts and the results so far could not have been much worse.

We have to aim for 4th, spurs have the advantage for now but have a very difficult run of 5 games. We need to stop gifting shit goals constantly.

[Clampy]

I think Man City will be too strong at home for Madrid but think Arsenal will bottle it away at Munich.

I agree. I still wouldnt totally write Liverpool off. They seem to have a knack of coming back from the dead.

[Footy-Vill]

There's a good chance Newcastle can beat Spurs.
And by the time Spurs next play we could be back in fourth.

[Demitri_C]

I think Man City will be too strong at home for Madrid but think Arsenal will bottle it away at Munich.

I agree. I still wouldnt totally write Liverpool off. They seem to have a knack of coming back from the dead.

Usually when its at anfield. But id be amazed if they turn this tie round with 2nd leg in Italy

Klopp gambled and it back fired

[Drummond]

Christ I hate Liverpool. Whenever I want them to win, they go & suck. Whenever I want them to suck, they go & win.

C***s.

Me too. What makes it worse is that I want them to win about 1% of the time.

[Rigadon]

We really don't need any 'free hit' attitudes ahead of the game on Sunday.  It's not, just like the Man City game wasn't. 

We need to get something from Arsenal.