by Bad Bob » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:40 pm
Finally saw the match and am absolutely made up with the result. To score twice so late is a huge boost ahead of the return leg. The match at the San Siro will be tough and those goals were so very, very important! It would be churlish of me to criticize the play too much, seeing as we managed to get past our main buggaboo of breaking determined teams down who get all available men behind the ball. All I'd say is that, at times we played some nice stuff (the Gerrard and Finnan bursts into the box for instance) and at other times we were far too static and too intent to play the ball from touchline to touchline in a straight line rather than looking to get men behind the fullbacks or to play 1-2s through the middle. Still, we did the business when it mattered most and hopefully it restores some belief.
BTW, Mascherano was fantastic last night--including his passing. I can't see why anyone would suggest otherwise. Lucas coming off was the right call, IMO.
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Bad Bob on Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.