1st minute: Downing dribbles past two men.. quick pass to Rooney inside the 6 yard box.. he heads it.. the keeper dives.. tips it over the bar. Excellent save.
4 minute mark: Rooney collides with Terry.. Rooney is hurt bad
I put Barbosa on for him.
9 minute mark: Miller passes to Ortega who dribbles past two defenders.. into the right side of the box.. quick pass to Adriano.. the keeper punches it away before Adriano can head it.
20 minute mark: Glen Johnson (who is playing despite being doubtful) stops Downing as he tries to go past him.
22 minute mark: Sneijder gets a yellow card for a two footed tackle on Downing.
27 minute mark: Downing dribbles left of the box.. he passes it to far post.. Ortega with a diving header.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.
44 minute mark: Downing passes to Parker outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.
Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. We have over 91,000 fans here today.
54 minute mark: We get off a flurry of 5 shots.. their keeper or defenders block every one of the shots.
75 minute mark: Ortega dribbles right of the box.. crosses to Adriano by the near post.. he heads it.. the keeper pushes it over the bar.
76 minute mark: Cahais on for Schmidt.
82 minute mark: Gary Moore starts the counter attack.. long pass to Adu.. he dribbles past Marchetti.. fires a shot into the upper right corner.. GOAL. 1-1 tie.
Game over. 1-1 tie.
We outshot them 16-3 (6-2 on target)
Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 10 of 16 passes, 2 key passes, 3 of 3 tackles, 2 of 6 headers, 15 runs, 4 fouls drawn, and 1 assist.