[Eaglesfan27]

5 minute mark: Eagles passes to Adriano outside the box.. he passes it to Rooney in the middle of the box.. great pass.. Rooney shoots.. upper left corner.. Kirkland dives.. blocks it. Great save.

7 minute mark: Jordi strips the ball from Rooney as he dribbles into the box.

14 minute mark: Cisse steals it from Ferdinand.. Brown stops him and clears the ball.

21 minute mark: Eagles crosses it to Rooney.. he heads it.. good save by the keeper.. Rooney gets the rebound wide of the net.. centers it for Downing.. Downing shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

23 minute mark: Downing goes down the left sideline.. fakes out a defender.. passes it to Fletcher outside the box.. Fletcher shoots.. towards the upper left corner.. Rooney is by the left post.. he redirects it in midair.. towards the right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0! Great play by Rooney!

25 minute mark: Howard stops a shot from 20 yards out by Gerrard.

27 minute mark: Howard stops a point blank shot from Cisse.

41 minute mark: D'Allesando with a corner kick to the middle of the box.. Cisse outjumps Lucio.. heads it.. into the upper left corner.. GOAL. Up 2-1.

43 minute mark: Downing passes it to Fletcher just outside the box.. Fletcher shoots.. inches wide left.


Halftime: 2-1 lead. We have over 91,000 fans here to watch this huge match.


48 minute mark: Clichy bodychecks Eagles.. Eagles is hurt.. he can't go on. I put Ortega on for Eagles.

53 minute mark: Chivu intercepts the ball.. passes it down the left sideline.. Rooney gets to it.. crosses for Adriano he shoots.. Jordi blocks the shot.

65 minute mark: Clichy gets a yellow card for pulling Ortega's jersey.

67 minute mark: D'Allesandro passes it to Bridge who passes it to Owen (who just came on as a sub).. Owen shoots from 25 yards out.. it sails over Howard's left shoulder.. into the net.. GOAL. 2-2.

70 minute mark: Djemba is tired, I put Duff on for him. Adriano is tired, I put Smith on for him.

85 minute mark: Downing crosses it from the left side of the pitch.. Smith heads it.. great tip by Kirkland to put it over the bar. On the ensuing corner.. Downing finds Lucio by the near post.. he heads it.. brilliant catch by Kirkland.

They keep 9 men back most of the next 9 minutes.


Game over. 2-2 tie. Disappointing that we didn't win at home, but at least we didn't lose. We still don't have a single EPL loss this year, we just have too many ties and not enough wins.

We outshot them 19-12 (8-7 on target)


Downing wins MoM, 15 of 17 passes, 1 of 3 tackles, 1 of 3 headers, 1 interception, 16 runs, 1 assist, and 1 goal.