... despite the fact that statistically he was our best player!
He said:
“I was upset because I don’t see with 20 seconds to go why you would play a short free-kick when you could get the ball in the box.”
“The referee took advantage of stopping the game on the first short pass, but he would have let the ball be played into the box. Why should we need to make a short pass?
“We know there’s a risk there that the referee takes advantage of it.”
This despite that fact that, incredibly, with 69 minutes played, Cech had completed 33 passes - more than any outfiled player!
A sad indictment of the poor quality of our performance today.
Come back soon Santi!