ag6789 wrote:First leg: we had major injury problems. 2nd leg: midfielders sank the team. Ode and Partey slowed us down and we hardly got out of slumber.
Felt angry at Unai for destroying our midfield before leaving. Getting rid of Ramsey and Mikhi w/o finding any replacements. Haven't recovered from it yet.
Also, amazed at the rationale( Arteta &Co.) of handing the midfield to two unproven and dubious loanees, Ode and Ceb for majority of the season. What a disaster it has been.
We managed to create enough chances yesterday to win.
We had nearly DOUBLE the chances Villareal did - most of them created by our midfield.
We just didn't take them.Doesn't matter how superior we are to an opponent, if we don't take our chances, we won't win.
Same happened last year against Olympiacos - and it was the same player who missed the big chances.
That was not really the fault of the midfield, although I would agree that Odegaard and Partey were shockingly bad.