3 minute mark: King is caught from behind by a defender.. he has so much potential as striker, but the lack of footspeed really does hurt him sometimes.
10 minute mark: McFadden passes to King in the box.. he shoots.. over the bar.
15 minute mark: McFadden passes to King in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper stops it.
29 minute mark: Parker gets called for obstructing Ali in our box.. penalty awarded.. Aksu Cafercan steps up to take the shot.. blasts it to Taylor's left.. he dives.. it is past him. GOAL. Down 1-0.
33 minute mark: Alfonso crosses it long.. King by the far post.. heads it.. good save by the keeper.
Halftime: Down 1-0. They have over 52,000 fans here today.
56 minute mark: McFadden is exhausted and King has been ineffective.. I put on Rooney and Smith at striker.
68 minute mark: Alfonso passes it into the box for Rooney.. the defense closes in and takes the ball away from him.
72 minute mark: Schreurs passes it to Smith in the right side of the box.. he dribbles into the 6 yard box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-1.
86 minute mark: Marchetti steals it at midfield.. passes it to Rooney just outside the box.. Rooney draws two defenders.. splits them with a sharp pass to Smith in the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1.
89 minute mark: Marchetti heads the ball to Rooney in our zone.. Rooney dribbles past one man at midfield.. past another man 10 yards up the pitch.. past the 2 central defenders.. into the box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-1! Sensational Goal!
93 minue mark: Salva with a good defensive play.
Game over. 3-1 win for us
We outshot them 15-5 (9-1 on target)
Rooney wins MoM, 9 for form, 6 of 7 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 2 of 2 headers, 5 runs, 1 foul drawn, 1 assist, and 1 goal.
Alan Smith also had a 9 for form with his 2 goals.