We got walloped last night but conversely there were more positives in that game than the QPR game we won. Mistakes aside, we didn't actually play that badly, especially if you consider the point that we where playing arguably the best team in the world right now. We threatened their defence on more than one occasion with them resorting to pulling Sterling down or barging him off the ball every time he attacked and with no mistakes at the back and a little more quality up front I genuinely think we could have won that game - remember, we where missing Danny and he would have made a huge difference. We also controlled the game for the first twenty minutes and against the European champions who have access to a bottomless pit of money, that's no mean feat.
It's just the silly mistakes that keep letting us down and if we cut them out and get Danny back fit we'll play a lot better. There's no shame in loosing to this Real Madrid team, especially when you consider that most of the players and the coaching staff have no prior UCL experience, and we played a whole lot better than we did at any other point this season since Spurs so we use this as a platform because even a defeat can kickstart a season.
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