Lars Sivertsen
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But they haven't won 26 out of 31 games in the league.
So clearly it's not just about, ah, the high line.
We turn up and we're behind the high line.
It's really, really difficult to do.
But you still can't get away from the fact they're over the course of two legs.
They got two players sent off from that way.
The ball from Griezmann for the first goal was just beautiful.
That was such a well-weighted ball.
I wonder if, because as Sid very rightly said, it's not just about the line, it's about your ability to put pressure on the man in possession all the time.
I wonder if you're slightly vulnerable in these Champions League quarter and semi-finals because you get to the stage where you're playing the best teams you're going to come up against all year.
And you have a lot of games in your legs.
Your midfield has been chasing and chasing and chasing and chasing all season.
And you get to March, April, and that's when they get the hardest.
I wonder if that is a flaw in playing like that every single game of the year.
And I also wonder if you need a faster centre-half in there.
You could do with a Mickey van de Ven character who can just eat up the ground when you do occasionally get caught.
I think that would get them out of jail.
I'm not sure anyone needs that at the moment.
I just think he believes in his methods and will point to the fact that they won La Liga last year and are almost certainly going to do it again this year.
I'm sure if Flick was in the room with us now, he would say they've been unlucky with refereeing decisions over the two legs.