3 minute mark: Chivu passes long to Adriano.. he is called offside. I think that was a BS Call.
17 minute mark: Adriano steals the ball in enemy turf.. dribbles into the box.. tries to fake out the keeper.. the keeper backpedals.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it. Nice save by Kirkland.
21 minute mark: Downing passes it to Rooney in the far left side of the box.. Rooney dribbles towards the post.. defenders are covering his passing options.. he shoots.. a shot that is parallel to the end line.. it curves.. curves.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0! What a great angled shot.
28 minute mark: Traore gets a yellow card for tripping Adriano.
30 minute mark: Chivu with a good defensive play to stop Gerrard.
36 minute mark: Luis Garcia trips Eagles.. yellow card for Garcia.. Eagles looks hurt. He can play for now.
46 minute mark: Fletcher passes it to Downing who is just left of the box.. he heads it Rooney in the center of the box.. Rooney shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0. That was a fast shot.
Halftime: 2-0 lead. There are over 91,000 fans here today.
58 minute mark: D'Alessandro gets a yellow card for pulling Adriano's jersey.
75 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from D'Alessandro.
88 minute mark: Howard stops a point blank Owen shot.
Game over. 2-0 win
We outshot them 7-6 (5-2 on target)
Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 16 of 20 passes, 2 of 4 tackles, 3 of 6 headers, 3 interceptions, 13 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 2 assists.
Howard, Chivu, Djemba, and Rooney all had 8's for form.
The rest of the team had 7's.