After our triumphant victory over Liverpool, a serious question has to be asked.
Grant has done what Mourinho just could not - beat Liverpool in the Champions League. Is it luck? Is it tactical nous? Or is it a one off? Or was Benitez just José's bogey team?
We had plenty of luck in the first leg with Riise's own goal, but in the second - we got no luck, good nor bad. We won on pure merit, all the refereeing decisions were correct (yes, including Essien's goal that was disallowed).
For me, the reason we won tonight, was because we attacked Liverpool. We created chances and we scored goals, something Mourinho didn't seem too keen to do. It worked against most teams, but against Liverpool, it played into their hands. This was Grant's decision, Grant's move, well we can assume so. So well done Grant! Never thought I'd be saying that after the Carling Cup Final but he seems to have learned some lessons.
He'll never be Jose, but tonight, he has proved himself better in one area - vs Benitez.