First Half, and well, up until the Anglo Turk scored...
We were completely on top, controlling the pace, controlling the game. But for all that control, we created a minimum of chances, and score from a non-chance. Drogba did not play well tonight, and we just didn't penetrate effectively. Malouda was lively but his delivery was poor, the same could be said of Joe Cole too. Lampard's range of passing was impressive tonight, but didn't offer much going forward and Ballack wasted his chances. Then we let them back in, probably by not knowing what to expect out of Kazim Richards and that has to be the fault of the management. Suddenly the confidence switches sides and we're on the back foot. I hold my hands up to the 2nd goal, what a strike,
Then came the bad substitutions. Taking off Lamps or Ballack was 50/50, but Joe Cole off, Anelka on the wing, same old story, we know it doesn't work, why doesn't Grant? Learn from your mistakes, for fuck's sake!
Plus point - we have an away goal. 1-0 at home will do us. I can see it being 2-1 and us losing on penalties.