Asterix said:Bloody hell. That sucks, but I'm so proud of the boys. Great fighting effort, just couldn't quite get there.
Jens - 5. Wasn't on long enough, and had to come out, but did he need to pull Eto'o down? Don't know. Hard to judge.
Cole - 8. great covering tackles, got forward a bit too. England should be happy.
Sol - 8. Didn't notice him in defence a lot to be honest, but what a goal.
Kolo - 9. Immense. Fantastic display.
Eboue - 8. We have a real talent here. Kept Ronnie and Eto'o reasonably quiet, and got us our goal.
Freddie - 8. Ran, tackled, got forward. Huge heart.
Cesc - 7.5. Once we went to ten men he was always going to be less effective, but he still held the centre well and got forward when able.
Gilberto - 7. Great defensive effort, and even got forward a bit. Could possibly have found Henry in the second half.
Hleb - 7. Defended well, got down the flanks well. Gave a few passes away.
Pires - 6. Not on long enough.
Henry - 8. We expect him to score those chances. He'll be hugely disappointed with himself. Gave his all though, and can't fault his effort and commitment one shred. the anger we read about yesterday showed itself at the end, but we can forgive him that.
Almunia - 8. Made solid saves, solid in the air. Will be disappointed to have conceded at the near post, but from that distance Eto'o will nearly always score.
Flamini - 6. Ran a lot.
Reyes - 6. Maybe should have been on earlier. Not on long enough.
OUR FANS - 10. F*cking brilliant noise the whole game through.
\o/, I think he's a Barcelona fan, but I'm not sure. Either way, we did well against all the odds.albakos said:shhhoff said:etoo 10
valdes 10
henry 0
lehmann 10 (cant believe he was sent off)
visca barca!
You can go and eat shhit you fuccking Sp**s gay ass ************... You can only dream of getting to where Arsenal have gone to...
Almunia is **** :xMaxx said:almunia should have saved the first goal. i mean c'mon etoo lined up his shot at the near post, almunia should have been smarter.
the 2nd one went through his legs...poor.
Tegh said:How many times have we seen Henry slot the ball into the opposite corner from Eto'o's position? It's far from a simple save. He got a touch on it, but unfortunately not enough. As for the second, that was slammed at him and it slid in off his leg. Don't have a go at Almunia for not saving them, have a go at the two times we switched off in defense (albeit the first was offside) and it cost us.
Almunia made an oustanding save against Eto'o when he turned Sol inside our area, the one he pushed onto the post.
He's not the greatest goalkeeper in the world, sure, but he's far from s**t.
Ok then he is shatTegh said:How many times have we seen Henry slot the ball into the opposite corner from Eto'o's position? It's far from a simple save. He got a touch on it, but unfortunately not enough. As for the second, that was slammed at him and it slid in off his leg. Don't have a go at Almunia for not saving them, have a go at the two times we switched off in defense (albeit the first was offside) and it cost us.
Almunia made an oustanding save against Eto'o when he turned Sol inside our area, the one he pushed onto the post.
He's not the greatest goalkeeper in the world, sure, but he's far from s**t.