Match Thread: Tottenham Hotspur vs Bolton Wanderers

[Neil_Vaughan]

Talk about the game in here before, during and after.

[Ginola's Son]

In direct contradiction to my 'No faith' thread...I actually fancy this one, they are still smarting from their FA cup defeat....I think we could take em...although, these lot IMO are the toughest side outside the top 4.

[Chewy]

I'm going for a 1-0 lead but it will be tough and very very physical. May call for mido start and bring on berbatov after an hour.

[MaccYid]

May have draw written all over it, however confidence is up and i predict a 2-1 win to the mighty yids!!!

Need a win to close that gap

[JuicE]

I Think MJ has these guys sussed now and will play to their weakness. I see a red card and a win. 3 - 1 to Spurs!

[hastingsyid]

2-1 to us,hard game tough game physical game but we will nick it.....COYS

[Ioang]

I'm even gonna go for the clean sheet - 2-0 to spurs, 1-0 from about 20 minutes and then to finish it off in the 90th again!

[DiamondGeezer]

How about berba and mido to start, what do u guys think?

for the result 1-0

JJ

[wayne wonder]

I think it's a 2-1 deffo!!!

[highlander]

Mido, Tainio & Dawson will be key to us winning this

[Gregzy]

Mido, Tainio & Dawson will be key to us winning this

If this issue was a nail and that comment was a hammer, consider the former well and truly sunk by the latter.

Keane and Mido to start, TT and Zokora to play like they did last night and the defence to hold firm. If all that happens, three points are ours...

[peterc]

Might be getting greedy, I forecast a high score 4-1 to us.

[suBerb]

If this issue was a nail and that comment was a hammer, consider the former well and truly sunk by the latter.

Keane and Mido to start, TT and Zokora to play like they did last night and the defence to hold firm. If all that happens, three points are ours...


Why should Mido start? :rolleyes:

[singapore spur]

tbh i think it is down to bolton , if they let us play then we will win , but if they are up for it they will bully us out of the game . most teams realise this weakness of the spurs side , fulham were just woeful though , and everton missing some key players and couldnt didctate the pace to us , thats why we won both .

[Spur]

I'm thinking 3-0.

Zokora to get on the score sheet.

[olly27]

I'm thinking 3-0.

Zokora to get on the score sheet.

Would love to see that...;) ....Feck this am going for 3-0 as well...berby to get two and malbranque...

[derek zoolander]

although mido did well in setting up keane for his goals last week am i the only 1 that thinks he is shite? apart from that he was a complete gaffe merchant, put robbo in all sorts of shite from 50 ****in yards, and then tried to nod 1 past him. sell him in the summer and get ashton in!

i predict us to score 2 but let in the customary goal so 2-1 to us but a nervy last 15/20 mins.

[DiamondGeezer]

although mido did well in setting up keane for his goals last week am i the only 1 that thinks he is shite? apart from that he was a complete gaffe merchant, put robbo in all sorts of shite from 50 ****in yards, and then tried to nod 1 past him. sell him in the summer and get ashton in!

i predict us to score 2 but let in the customary goal so 2-1 to us but a nervy last 15/20 mins.

Don't want ashton mate for one hes been injured all season for 2 he will be over priced especially if they go down.

Mido isnt our best striker by a long way but he does a job, he set up two goals and made 2 mistakes i understand but he gives his all for us i think.

i still think berba and mido to start sunday

mido gd in the air
berba gd on the floor

and rough up bolton how they will rough us up at the back

[Spur]

I'd pay 20mil for Ashton anyday. He's worth every penny. If Rooney is worth 30 then Ashton is as well...as long as he gets over his ankle problems.

[DiamondGeezer]

I'd pay 20mil for Ashton anyday. He's worth every penny. If Rooney is worth 30 then Ashton is as well...as long as he gets over his ankle problems.

Why do u reckon he's so good?

ive not seen much of him but what i have he aint better than what we got i dont think

okay maybe better than mido

hes a good player but i wouldnt put him above the other 3

[Spur]

Why do u reckon he's so good?

ive not seen much of him but what i have he aint better than what we got i dont think

okay maybe better than mido

hes a good player but i wouldnt put him above the other 3

I'd put him above the lot. What he lacks in touch and finisse like Berba he more than makes up for in force and spirit. His runs are quality, off the ball he is one of the best, whilst on it he looks for the disguised ball, the one which he can see but no-one else but teammates can.

A truly quality player. England's team should be built around him and Gerrard, bit by bit. Will never happen though. Too many un-droppable players (Note: Players certainly not 'undroppable' in my mind)

[gazzaG8]

Is this game on Sky?

[gazzaG8]

2-0 Spurs Defoe & Berbs

[suBerb]

I'd pay 20mil for Ashton anyday. He's worth every penny.


You are kidding, aren't you? :p

[Spur]

You are kidding, aren't you? :p

No way. I think a partnership of Berba and Ashton would be red ****ing hot - or as they would be playing wearing white then they'd be white ****ing hot.

I also think that Dirk Kuyt and Berba would make a ****ing amazing partnership up front.

Ashton's a great player. Top end. Proper class.

[DiamondGeezer]

I'd put him above the lot. What he lacks in touch and finisse like Berba he more than makes up for in force and spirit. His runs are quality, off the ball he is one of the best, whilst on it he looks for the disguised ball, the one which he can see but no-one else but teammates can.

A truly quality player. England's team should be built around him and Gerrard, bit by bit. Will never happen though. Too many un-droppable players (Note: Players certainly not 'undroppable' in my mind)

I can see where ur coming from i do think hes a gd player i never said i didnt. if we buy him then fair enough

but if we do i think we will sell defoe or keane or both and if jol plays berba and ashton these two wont stay

[Spur]

I can see where ur coming from i do think hes a gd player i never said i didnt. if we buy him then fair enough

but if we do i think we will sell defoe or keane or both and if jol plays berba and ashton these two wont stay

That's fair enough. I'd rather Ashton than either one and both of them! Get rid of the two little'uns and bring in Deano and a youngster for 4th choice i'd be well pleased.

[DiamondGeezer]

That's fair enough. I'd rather Ashton than either one and both of them! Get rid of the two little'uns and bring in Deano and a youngster for 4th choice i'd be well pleased.

OK maybe but our littluns aint done too bad for us

i'd be more inclined to keep keano because he seems to do more for the team

i do like defoe as a goalscorer tho

itd be hard to sell either of them

[gazzaG8]

We'd get top money for either of them, but we shouldn't sell them

[suBerb]

No way. I think a partnership of Berba and Ashton would be red ****ing hot - or as they would be playing wearing white then they'd be white ****ing hot.

I also think that Dirk Kuyt and Berba would make a ****ing amazing partnership up front.

Ashton's a great player. Top end. Proper class.


We could buy for 20m both Trezeguet and Crespo. Inter signed Zlatan for less than 20m. And we signed Berba for 10m. I haven't watched Ashton but his stats are unimpressive - Norwich 44 apr and 17 goals and West Ham - 11 apr and 3 goals.

[Spur]

We could buy for 20m both Trezeguet and Crespo. Inter signed Zlatan for less than 20m. And we signed Berba for 10m. I haven't watched Ashton but his stats are unimpressive - Norwich 44 apr and 17 goals and West Ham - 11 apr and 3 goals.

Sometimes stats lie, and he's not the type to score thirty goals a season. He's sets up alot. His positioning and reading of the game has been likened to Teddy and I firmly believe given the right team and the right role in the team he could be a top, top player.

I don't like Trez. I don't like Crespo for that matter either.

[derek zoolander]

the last thing id want is to sell keane or defoe, both give us different aspects of play, keane being the playmaker and defoe is deadly when he's in the mood.

someone said tainio, dawson and mido were the key to 3 points, i just think containing diouf, anelka and nolan will be key, we have the firepower to cause them problems, especially with ben haim out but chimbonda, dawson and whoever plays in the middle will need to be exceptional

[DiamondGeezer]

We could buy for 20m both Trezeguet and Crespo. Inter signed Zlatan for less than 20m. And we signed Berba for 10m. I haven't watched Ashton but his stats are unimpressive - Norwich 44 apr and 17 goals and West Ham - 11 apr and 3 goals.

Thats a gd comment

for 20 mill we could get a top end nearly world class striker

but will jol want young english talent up there?

also i dont think strikers are our top priority for purchasing position wise

i think we need to look at our left side

i think a proper good left back and a left footed winger would be pieces of the jigsaw we need to invest in first

[\jackdaw]

After two away wins against Fulham and Everton this is a MUST win home match. With the games coming up after Bolton it is our chance to pick up a lot of points and move us up the table. I can see us ( I know I shouldnt say this) putting a winning streak of 5 league games together. Next matches are ..

Bolton Home
Spammers Away
Watford Home
Reading Home

The ones I feel we have to win are the Bolton and Reading ones as they are the teams fighting for that 6th place and are above us in the league,

Anyway have faith things will get better :)

[SurreySpur]

Is this game on Sky?

Affraid not Gaz, Sky are showing the Carling Cup final instead.

[DiamondGeezer]

After two away wins against Fulham and Everton this is a MUST win home match. With the games coming up after Bolton it is our chance to pick up a lot of points and move us up the table. I can see us ( I know I shouldnt say this) putting a winning streak of 5 league games together. Next matches are ..

Bolton Home
Spammers Away
Watford Home
Reading Home

The ones I feel we have to win are the Bolton and Reading ones as they are the teams fighting for that 6th place and are above us in the league,

Anyway have faith things will get better :)

I agree all games are winable and with our home form we should win

and i would like nothing more than to beat the spammers in there own back yard and do the double on em

[SCIFIN17YID]

Does anyone know if this is on any channel ? if so what channel ? if not streams ?

[SurreySpur]

Get in. Keano!!

[\jackdaw]

2-0 JJ with second .. all is going to plan

[Ioang]

I genuinely believe our shitty season is a product of being thrashed on the first day - we beat inter in preseason for ****s sake - it'll be sweet if we win. And we are on course!

[Ioang]

Oh, and pre-malaria Zokoras back.

[SurreySpur]

The link up play between Berby and Keano has been brilliant so far.

[SurreySpur]

****ing Hell

[Ioang]

Poll strikes again

[SurreySpur]

It was a definite red but it was originally a foul by nolan on Robbo

[Ioang]

We shouldn't panic - we always berate our lads for not killing the game off, but they might have done enough - and the midfields working perfectly today, they can be our second striker.

[Chewy]

SSN pundits report that the ball came off his chest and then hit his arm and that it was a harsh red. Come on boys we can do with 10!

[Thfc4Life]

Please Martin Jol don't shit a brick and go ultra defensive, we all know what will happen :eek:

[Chewy]

I would like to see Mido/Defoe come on for Tainio. Having berbatov up on his own just doesn't work but I'd like him to prove me wrong!

[Gregzy]

FiveLive are adamant that Keane's red was an error of judgement on behalf of Poll. No suprises there then.

We're not beaten by any means, but it's such a shame that Robbie was unfairly dismissed when he was on the verge of a truly classic performance.

[Chewy]

FiveLive are adamant that Keane's red was an error of judgement on behalf of Poll. No suprises there then.

We're not beaten by any means, but it's such a shame that Robbie was unfairly dismissed when he was on the verge of a truly classic performance.

I didn't think fivelive would of had the game on but cheers for the update! I have it on now :)

[\jackdaw]

Spurs matches always on the radio on the BBC site ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/10/12/live_commentaries_feature.shtml

[Chewy]

Spurs matches always on the radio on the BBC site ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/10/12/live_commentaries_feature.shtml

For some reason I can never get it working. Real Player doesn't like me!

[Chewy]

Berbatov sounds like hes having a great game! Just needs a goal now.

[Ioang]

I am so proud of the lads right about now - attacking for the full 90 despite having 10 men for the vast majority of it. All we could have asked for.

[SurreySpur]

Berbatov has been sensational today, to be honest they have all been quality today.

[Chewy]

Lennon seals it! Great day to be a spurs fan---just like it was a great day to be irish after the rugby yesterday ;)

Although I must point out...everyday is a great day to be an irish spurs fan! :)

[\jackdaw]

The second of the five wins I hope they would get .. Lennons goal was just the icing on the cake. Great performance all round .. great to see some grit and determination in the team again.

[Shuggie13]

And Lennon makes it 4-1 right at the end. Blackburn did us a favour beating Portsmouth. We're up to 9th now.

[Gregzy]

Yep, that's the kind of performance we've been looking for all season. Even Lee had a decent game! That's three more-than-convincing performances on the spin now - anyone else feeling a little more optimistic?

[\jackdaw]

Things get even better .. as well as the scum losing half their players booked/sent off.. mwahahahaha

[denis-cro]

Well done Spurs, but I must say Berbatov´s performance was of the HIGHEST, HIGHEST, HIGHEST level...brilliant...

[Ioang]

Rocha - very good
Zokora - Brilliant
Berbatov - Simply Oustanding.

We will make this season good! Coys!

[SurreySpur]

Arsenal have embaressed themselves yet again. Bunch of pathetic ****s.

HAHAHA

What a Perfect Day.

[Shuggie13]

Things get even better .. as well as the scum losing half their players booked/sent off.. mwahahahaha

2 sent off for the Scum and 1 for Chelski in a ruck at the end of the match.

[peterc]

Might be getting greedy, I forecast a high score 4-1 to us.

Spot on. COYS :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

[proto]

i honestly can't remember feeling this proud of spurs in a regular league game. every quality i want to see from them was out there today, before keane getting sent off some really sweet football... and then after keane went off, more sweet football, but with grit and brains and stopping bolton create any final product. had a couple lucky moments, but not more than a fair share (they did too after all). not a complaint about anyone today and 4 or 5 guys had a frankly super game. And best of all, the Bolton thats above us did turn up at some points today, and they wern't fooking good enough :D

So now lets crucify some pikeys and whoevers after that (too giddy to remember LOL )

.. well okay i could pick a couple of points, but **** that... cos i'm feeling goooood..baba...baba..babababa (Nina Simone)

[Ginola's Son]

What a ****ing win!!

I've spent all afternoon holed up in my room because I was convinced Arse would win today and it's too much to take, and then the Spurs goals started rolling in..

And today we bucked THE trend for the first time in recent memory

That trend being 'the commanding first half lead' followed by 'silly refereeing decision' followed yet again by 'collapse'

But not this time, for ONCE we actually played with Ten-men, protected our lead and then scored another one to seal it...and Arsenal lost. Couldn't have gone any better, although I feel sorry for Natalie (the missus) who went all the way to Cardiff.

3 wins in a week? Suddenly the pain of the semi and the manure game is fading...and we have Chelsea in the cup, now that they have one cup...they may let this one slip, who can know....

[DiamondGeezer]

What a ****ing win!!

I've spent all afternoon holed up in my room because I was convinced Arse would win today and it's too much to take, and then the Spurs goals started rolling in..

And today we bucked THE trend for the first time in recent memory

That trend being 'the commanding first half lead' followed by 'silly refereeing decision' followed yet again by 'collapse'

But not this time, for ONCE we actually played with Ten-men, protected our lead and then scored another one to seal it...and Arsenal lost. Couldn't have gone any better, although I feel sorry for Natalie (the missus) who went all the way to Cardiff.

3 wins in a week? Suddenly the pain of the semi and the manure game is fading...and we have Chelsea in the cup, now that they have one cup...they may let this one slip, who can know....

no one....

but i dont think we should be looking for reason why we can we win cos we all know we can now weve seen it so let the boys do it and do it well

Come on you Spurs!!!!!

[Ginola's Son]

Well, Chelsea need to have an off-day really, even if we are at our best.

[DiamondGeezer]

yeah but as the old saying goes form book goes out the window

have i said that already?

:s

[Ginola's Son]

Tottenhams form against the big four is the issue though, but the fact that we already beat Chelsea once may work in our favour as Chelsea stumble over eachother to prevent it happening again.

[DiamondGeezer]

hopefully but i defo think we could win something this year!

ive said it all season uefa cup

[DiamondGeezer]

hopefully but i defo think we could win something this year!

ive said it all season uefa cup

[DiamondGeezer]

woops double post sorry

[Milney yid]

Funniest part was the cheer that went around WHL when they announced the score from Cardiff. Pure quality. Now lets get revenge on Wet Spam for the last day of last season and put the nail in their coffin once and for all COYS!

[JuicE]

I Think MJ has these guys sussed now and will play to their weakness. I see a red card and a win. 3 - 1 to Spurs!

Hey! I was close and i got the red card right. :eek:

10 Goals in a week! WTF is going on?

[Ginola's Son]

God only knows! But don't knock it

I am however fearing the old 'muggins spurs' trip to Upton park...they desperately need a win...its usually us that gives it to them, I remember that from the last time they went down...but...surely with our current run of form...

[singapore spur]

absolutely superb performance , best this season by a long way .
couldnt find fault with any spurs player , all worked extremely hard , and battled for it .
not a fan of jenas or tanio but both did well . thought maybe zakoras best game , rocha did well , chimba great against diouf , but man of the match for me was berbatov , outstanding display of leading the line , of holding up the ball and bringing people into the game . he looked a 30m + player today .
and a big up for martin jol , who has come in for a lot of stick this season , regatrding his tactical nous , i thought the game plan from the off was spot on , and when we went down to 10 men ok we looked a little shakey till half time , but second half we were even better in regards of workrate and tactics .
my only gripe , and its a small one , but zak took a couple of tumbles when there wasnt contact , even berby did it once , and even though other teams do it , and it ultimately helps us , i cant help cringing a bit when we stoop to do that

[Gino Ginelli]

Come. ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!

I'm finally starting to feel the glory again! That is exactly the sort of result I want to see against a team like Notlob. Can't bloody stand them, and we've crushed them.

Shame about Robbie, but from what I've seen, there can't be too many arguments about it. But absolute pride in our team for NOT folding with ten men and finally showing some grit.

Also Jenas is pretty much back to the player he was last year, and getting in on the goals. This could be due to Zokora finally starting to pull his weight as a DM allowing Jenas a bit more freedom to relax.

Anyway, I haven't seen the full highlights yet, just the goals, so will probably have some more views after I've watched them tonight.

[Spur]

To quote "Jenas is getting back to the player he was last year" - I hope vloody not, from what I saw today, of which may be described as a 'mini-blinder', he is getting back to the form of 3 or 4 years ago when he was actually a good player. He's finally to show why we bought him in, he's not just a large paperweight he's beginning to do something. I hope he can continue this for the rest of the season so those pro-Jenas can see that actually for the past two seasons they've been watching crap!

Some blinding stuff I saw, we should have had 8 or 9!
Berba deserved a few, and had Keano stayed on it may have been a different game, to think we played most of the match with 10 men. A few weeks back we couldn't play football with 11 but we played Bolton off the park yesterday.

[jrio]

Agreed, had Keane stayed on it's no exaggeration to say we could well have had 6 or 7. Even with 10 men we had the better chances - Berb's header over, the ball stuck under his feet with the keeper to beat, Jenas' shot followed up by a save from Mal, our lightning break when Mal badly goofed by trying to go through the centre. Bolton were quite poor from the start and could have got back into the game after the penalty and sending-off but in the second half we were very organised, disciplined and composed.

3 goals in 3 league games from Jenas? That's more like it! Nice round of applause for him from the Paxton when he came over to take a corner. Playing at the peak of a diamond the midfield looked very solid and fluid, and I would say that was Zokora's best game by far as he sat in front of the defence. Utilising his ability to run with the ball with his dazzling change of pace and turns to shake off defenders, he was invaluable when down to 10 men. Picking up the ball from Dawson in our half under pressure he started to weave through Bolton midfielders before slotting a ball through to Berb who was flagged offside.

Berb was just otherworldly, one of the best individual performances I can ever recall seeing at the Lane. Every forward move seemed to revolve around him. Defoe had looked to be his best partner but Keane looked like a man with a point to prove. I've no doubt he could have got 4 if he'd stayed on. Chimbonda was incredible in possession in tight situations, so composed and strong. Robinson looks back to his best and Dawson strained to impose his body between any Bolton effort and our goal. Even Lee looked good! Definitely top 5 standard and a charge on that position is not impossible with the next few opponents we face.

[olly27]

Agreed, had Keane stayed on it's no exaggeration to say we could well have had 6 or 7. Even with 10 men we had the better chances - Berb's header over, the ball stuck under his feet with the keeper to beat, Jenas' shot followed up by a save from Mal, our lightning break when Mal badly goofed by trying to go through the centre. Bolton were quite poor from the start and could have got back into the game after the penalty and sending-off but in the second half we were very organised, disciplined and composed.

3 goals in 3 league games from Jenas? That's more like it! Nice round of applause for him from the Paxton when he came over to take a corner. Playing at the peak of a diamond the midfield looked very solid and fluid, and I would say that was Zokora's best game by far as he sat in front of the defence. Utilising his ability to run with the ball with his dazzling change of pace and turns to shake off defenders, he was invaluable when down to 10 men. Picking up the ball from Dawson in our half under pressure he started to weave through Bolton midfielders before slotting a ball through to Berb who was flagged offside.

Berb was just otherworldly, one of the best individual performances I can ever recall seeing at the Lane. Every forward move seemed to revolve around him. Defoe had looked to be his best partner but Keane looked like a man with a point to prove. I've no doubt he could have got 4 if he'd stayed on. Chimbonda was incredible in possession in tight situations, so composed and strong. Robinson looks back to his best and Dawson strained to impose his body between any Bolton effort and our goal. Even Lee looked good! Definitely top 5 standard and a charge on that position is not impossible with the next few opponents we face.

Nice summary mate..exactly the way I saw it as well...last season I wasnt happy with Lee at all..but what an improvement of late!!! It could of easily ended up 8-2 yesterday!..

[JJ]

It's the kind of performance that just shows why everyone had such high expectations for us. Proof we're able, we just need to follow it up with the same effort and focus as we showed on Sunday.

[jrio]

Ridiculous. Clearly he didn't use his hand to prevent a goal and the contact itself was inadvertent. How is it Terry gets away with arms raised blocking shots more than once in the penalty area, which affect the chance of a shot on goal? So that's our striking partnership broken up again just as it was looking particularly lethal.

[tel spur]

Ridiculous. Clearly he didn't use his hand to prevent a goal and the contact itself was inadvertent. How is it Terry gets away with arms raised blocking shots more than once in the penalty area, which affect the chance of a shot on goal? So that's our striking partnership broken up again just as it was looking particularly lethal.

Good afternoon guys,just read about the FA not overturning the RED card.
Can i just say the FA backed poll,because he ****ed up again.He is a scum fan i dont understand how is allowed to ref us everytime something happens.
And ihave to say at the moment i dont fancy defoe.

[MiloMinderbinder]

I say that the club ought to write to the FA saying the Poll and Rennie will no longer recieve the benfit of the clubs facilities, i.e. they won't get a changing room, they can't use the abloutions and they may not park their vehicles on club property.

Or the club writes to the FA saying that we can;t guarantee these officials safety.

[spurs61]

No, the thing to do is for all Premiership and Championship clubs to get together and refuse to accept them as officials. That way any punishment would be collective, the FA can't exactly go against the will of all 92 league clubs can they? It is time that fans and clubs took a collective stand against what is an increasingly poor standard of refereeing both in this country and worldwide. For starters, it is my belief that all league referees should have played football to a certain standard. The vast majority begin their "careers" as referees in thier early teens meaning they never actually play a proper game of football. It's one thing to know the laws of the game, it's quite another to be able to apply them and understand what you are seeing. Any referee who played the game would know that it was impossible for Robbie to get out of the way on Sunday...

Another real problem with modern day refs is that their egos get in the wat of their desicions and performances; anyone who has seen Poll, Rennie, Clatenburg et al will back me up on this.

[jrio]

Poll's impossible to take seriously after his 3 yellow cards to one player World Cup tie. His arrant stupidity could easily have cost us dear had we not been so superior. Apart from that he didn't do anything massively incorrect but he always has to have his moment. I disagree about having played football to a certain standard as none of us have, but are able to interpret the rules in a way that would allow games not to be impeded by excessive punishments. It would be too limiting on the pool of future referees. Managers take most of the blame through encouraging players to con and badger referees.

I concede that a penalty could have been awarded(I see little Keane could have done apart from play the game with no arms to avoid ball contact) and a yellow card but how can a red be justified? Too many clubs(ManU, Chelsea, Arse) and their managers get away with bullying refs who seem to counter-balance it by swinging excessively the other way when those clubs aren't involved. How did Wigan pick up 6 yellow cards against Newcastle on Sunday? When Blackburn, on a par with Bolton, played there the yellow score was 0-5 to Blackburn, pretty much what you'd expect. Wigan at home are about the least yellow card club in the league.

[JJ]

Ridiculous. Clearly he didn't use his hand to prevent a goal and the contact itself was inadvertent. How is it Terry gets away with arms raised blocking shots more than once in the penalty area, which affect the chance of a shot on goal? So that's our striking partnership broken up again just as it was looking particularly lethal.

It's a terrible decision. It clearly hits his chest, stopping it from going in, then as it falls it clips his hand. Penalty, fair enough as it's a handball on the line but the red was wrong and it's plain idiotic that they've let the red stand.