Post Match Reactions - Round 5

[JB@Norwich]

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[Ryan]

Atalanta 5 - 1 Luton Town

Well we went 1 goal down in the 5th minute and I thought here we fucking go again lol but nope we came back fighting and then dominated the scoreline great debut for Taremi as we link back up together hattrick for the Iranian King weren't alot in the game stats wise but we are happy we got the win still room for improvement here and we will be looking at dipping into the transfer market.

[Ian]

Villarreal 1-1 Sunderland

Looking at the stats this game couldn't have been any less close as both teams had to settle for a point. It was the Black Cats who nudged ahead just past the half hour mark through central defender Mbemba and then shortly before the interval the Villarreal front man Ajorque levelling the tie back up. The second period saw both sides creating plenty of good goal scoring opportunities but a further breakthrough avoided both teams although the draw was in the end a very fair result.

[Neil@Fiorentina]

Norwich 0-0 PSV

Not much to say about this one other than zzzz
Both teams played C with 5 at the back which led to a pretty boring game. Ul Andy
We went cautious after our last away match at a strong side.
can’t complain though, we’ve played the 3 highest wage bills in our last 3 games and come away with 4 points.
hopefully some easier games coming up… oh yeah Real Madrid in the cup!

[Sanchez@Cardiff]

Valencia 2-1 Watford

Valencia came out on top in a thrilling match at the Mestalla Stadium, with Álex Berenguer named Man of the Match. The Spanish side dominated possession and created a number of chances, with it only taking them until the fourth minute to break the Watford backline through Luis Verissimo.

Watford equalized through Rey Manaj just eight minutes later, but Valencia regained the lead in the 77th minute through Ruben Garcia.

The visitors were reduced to ten men in the 81st minute when Imrân Louza was sent off, and Valencia held on to secure the victory.

Valencia move up to 2nd in the Conference League table (on goal difference) having secured three wins on the bounce, Watford are down to 16th.

Key stats:

• Shots: 16 | 6
• Shots on target: 10 | 3
• Possession: 60% | 40%
• Corners: 1 | 1
• Red cards: 0 | 1
• Yellow cards: 1 | 1
• Subs used: 3 | 2
• Fouls: 9 | 11
• Key tackles: 7 | 6
• Key passes: 12 | 9

What's Next?

Valencia have a tough Round 2 match in the EFL Cup, away to Sporting Lisbon Tuesday night. Watford having been knocked out the FA Cup R1 will take on Celtic at home in the Conference League on Thursday evening.

[Johnboy]

Atalanta 5 - Luton Town 1

I have to be honest, I've thrown this one away with a display of over-confidence in the team. We played a split midfield in the first game of the season and conceded 5, recent performances with a flat 4 in midfield have been much improved so for some reason I reverted to the split midfield again - and again we conceded 5 away from home. Lesson learned!!

Essentially the result comes down to 2 lapses in concentration as Atalanta twice scored 2 in 2 minutes either side of half time.

We opened the scoring amazingly as Sonny Bradley smashed a shot past Meslier in the Atalanta goal but from there it was downhill as Taremi scored a 15 minute hat-trick punctuated by a goal for Diogo Jota and then a final nail in the coffin as Jota scored his second with almost the last kick of the match.

In a reversal of the Celtic match we had significantly more of the possession and pretty much match our opponents for shots on goal but the difference in class between the two teams showed as Atalanta did far better with the ball than we could.

Good game Ryan, good luck for the rest of the season.....

[Guest]

Frankfurt 2-0 Feyenoord

Clinical performance, and much needed after our disaster last round. Could have been more than 2, my side made 0 key tackles, which is either a good thing....because they didn't need to, or a bad thing. I am yet to decide. We move on to the next game, and this league is certainly tougher than people probably give credit! Good game Nick, all the best.

[Sam@Bilbao]

Celtic 2-2 Florest

"Got the goals we wanted but this time the defence wasnt as sturdy, its still new for a lot of the lads and they are still getting used to playing with eachother, im expecting in the next 4 or 5 games we might start to click and tick as a unit, todays a disappointing one, these are the games we need to be winning, great for Terrier and Thuram as newcomers to get on the scoresheet which is a positive from the game, we do really need to start winning games as it could end up with too much work to be done by mid season at this rate."