1st minute: Alfonso surprises with a strong dribble past his defender.. crosses to the near post.. Smith heads it.. great save by the keeper.
4 minute mark: McFadden gets a yellow card for a trip on Montolivo.
13 minute mark: Lucio gets a yellow card for a trip on Semler.
21 minute mark: Alfonso collides with a defender.. he is hurt and cannot come back. I decide to put Duff on for him.
22 minute mark: Schreurs crosses to MCFadden just outside the box.. he shoots.. hard curving shot.. it doesn't curve enough and is wide left.
35 minute mark: Brown passes long to Duff at midfield.. he dribbles down the pitch.. Duff dribbles around one defender.. dribbles it through the keeper.. shoots.. middle of the net! GOAL!!!! 1-0! Great goal by Duff, excellent pass by Brown.
Halftime: 1-0 lead. We have over 91,000 fans here today.
58 minute mark: Lucio gets called for tripping Semler.. second yellow card for Lucio. He is ejected.
McFadden has a yellow card and is tired, so I pull him off the pitch for O'Shea.
67 minute mark: I put King on for Schreurs who is tired.
72 minute mark: King intercepts a pass from the keeper to a defender.. he passes it to Smith who has an open shot at net.. Smith quickly shoots.. middle of the goal! GOAL!!!! 2-0.
86 minute mark: Semler with a shot from 20 yards out.. Howard saves it.
Game over. 2-0 win for us
We outshot them 17-10 despite being a man down the last 32 minutes.
Duff won MoM, 9 for form, 14 of 18 passes, 2 of 2 tackles, 1 of 4 headers, 13 runs, 1 goal.
McFadden also had a 9. Howard had an 8. Cook only had a 6. The rest of the team had 7's.