Feck sake!
Reading the Matchday thread makes scraping my eyes with a fork seem like a good idea!
Why the feck are folks ignoring the blatant facts??
Yes - the ref was harsh sending off RvP
Yes - we were still in it at that point
And yes- Bendy missed our ONLY chance of the match.
However
FACT: They had 19 attempts on goal
FACT: We had a grand total of nil
FACT: They had 74% of posssession whereas we had 26%
FACT: We had Almunia to thank for the result not being an ICC World cup scoreline
FACT: We couldn't string 3 passes together.
FACT: Cesc, Diaby, Rosicky were all awful.
FACT: Barca never had to get out of 2nd gear.
FACT: Oh and Cesc was seen by millions cavorting their players in the tunnel BEFORE the game even started.
We lost. We were humbled.
There was nothing heroic about it so excuses about the ref deciding the game are just ridiculous and desperate.
We were as much (and that's being conservative) the architects of our own downfall as any other incident or factor.
I know it hurts but we need to get over it and move on good people.