Jangwa la Jangili wrote:Haiya kwani EPL clubs are over rated? All the big boys have been knocked out by Italian, German and Spanish opposition.
Not overrated I think. There's many factors - the rest of the Euro leagues - I think all except EPL - take a winter break, so players are fresher and slightly less susceptible to injury.
Injury is another - just ask Arsenal, and to some extent ManU.
Chelsea was a different story - they just got out foxed by Maureen.
Rooney doesn't just bring goals to ManU. Just look at Gibson's goal. He plays the pass to Gibson and everyone in the Bayern backline (including the goalie) thinks that the next move is a pass back to Rooney and Gibson, who has a good shot, opts to shoot and scores. His reputation precedes him. Even with him not fully fit, he draws defenders to him and opens up options for other players.
Once Rooney's injury was aggravated, it was a bad idea to keep him on.
Against Barca, there was really a 10-20% chance for a heavily depleted Arsenal squad (arguably 5 certain starters) to win over 2 legs against a team of Barcelona's depth, not to mention 'MakMessiMende'
Lets see how next season pans out. If we have a similar outcome - we could start saying that EPL is in decline..