[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Cook passes it to Schreurs on the right wing.. he crosses it to Smith in the box.. he heads it.. the keeper blocks it.. Stevanovic with the rebound.. shoots.. Wolf blocks the shot, saving a goal.

22 minute mark: Duff gets a yellow card for a trip on Kalou.

37 minute mark: McFadden steals it from Wolf.. dribbles past him.. 30 yards from goal.. racing Wolf into the box.. beats him into the box.. dribbles further into the box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. Almunia dives.. it's past him! GOAL!!!! 1-0. Excellent goal by McFadden.

42 minute mark: Grygera with a good defensive play on Podolski.


Halftime: We are up 1-0. They have 60,000 fans here today.


46 minute mark: Lucio with a two footed tackle on Podolski.. the ref reaches for a card.. it is a yellow card.

52 minute mark: Lucio with a very good defensive play on Saviola.

54 minute mark: Saviola steals it at midfield from Duff.. passes it to Podolski.. he is 30 yards out.. shoots a powerful banana shot.. it curves.. past Howard.. into the upper left corner. GOAL. 1-1.

55 minute mark: McFadden steals it from Podolski at midfield.. passes it long to Smith in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Almunia dives.. it is past him! GOAL!!!! 2-1! That is Smith's 20th goal of the year.

77 minute mark: Grygera with a bad mistake.. passes it softly back to Howard.. too softly.. Saviola steals it.. shoots from point blank range.. Howard can't do anything about that. GOAL. 2-2.


Game over. 2-2 tie. At least we pulled out a point in this match.

They outshot us 12-8 (7-4 on target)

McFadden wins MoM, 8 for form, 16 of 21 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 2 of 10 headers, 1 interception, 8 runs, 1 assist, and 1 goal.

Cook also had an 8. The rest of the team had 7's.