[Eaglesfan27]

9 minute mark: King gets a yellow card for tripping one of their centrebacks.

17 minute mark: Johnson passes to Eagles who passes to King in the right half of the box.. he fakes the pass to Tucker.. shoots.. upper right corner.. he squeezes it in between the keeper and the goal post.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

38 minute mark: Krenn shoots from 30 yards out.. nice curving shot.. Taylor misplays it.. upper left corner.. GOAL. 1-1.



Halftime: 1-1 tie. They have over 61,000 fans here today.



46 minute mark: wood passes it to King in the box.. he shoots.. over the bar.

59 minute mark: Downing takes the corner.. to the far post.. Tucker heads it.. over the bar.

61 minute mark: cook on for Wood and Rooney on for King (I slide Tucker over to the other striker position and put Rooney in his preferred left striker position.)

63 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. he draws two defenders over.. fires a pass to Tucker by the far post.. he heads it.. over the bar.

69 minute mark: Taylor stops a long range shot with ease.

73 minute mark: Defoe on for Tucker.

79 minute mark: Cook with a nice pass to Defoe in the box.. he fakes right.. dribbles left.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1.

84 minute mark: Eagles passes to Defoe in the box.. he immediately turns and shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-1.


Game over. 3-1 win.

We outshot them 18-17 (10-7 on target)

Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 16 of 17 passes, 4 key passes, 3 of 4 tackles, 4 of 8 headers, 1 interception, 10 runs, 1 foul drawn.

Eagles, Glen Johnson, and Chris Taylor all had 9's for form.

Defoe had an 8 as a late sub.