Reviews

Cesc Fabregas was restored back to the line up and his passion along with his creative flair has been missed so far this season

In January of this calendar year, we played at Craven Cottage and an Adebayor double (which saw the debut of his song) plus one from Rosicky saw us thump Fulham with a 3-0 win. We were flying high at the top of the table, the team and fans were united. What a difference seven months make.

Nasri carved open the Albion defence and Ade tried to pull off the classic Henry finish by slotting the ball past the keeper’s left and into the bottom corner

So a two-nil win SHOULD be enough to see us through. I stress the word ‘SHOULD’ because if we get complacent at the Emirates then an early goal for Twente would change the whole complexion of the tie.

Not only were they constantly thwarted by our P.I.G. (Pole In Goal), but Sevilla’s finishing did them no favours either. In the tenth minute they got in behind our full-backs

Steve McClaren was in attendance and would have been licking his lips. We continued to look shaky at the back, even when dealing with ordinary long balls with little pressure on the defence.

The first saw him jinking his way past a few tackles in the box but eventually lose his footing; and the second time he carried the ball from deep but overran run it

Nasri proved his affinity and ability to come in from the touchline and create as he played a first-time ball into the path of RvP down the left. The Dutchman stood the ball up at the back-post but Ade couldn’t direct his header goalwards

Carlos Vela looked sharp on the ball and turns very well, but the problem was that he couldn't get on the ball enough to hurt Juventus. Vela will be a massive impact player from the start of the season

The hugely exciting Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey on for Nasri (who did well on his debut) and the much-maligned Eboue (who didn’t embarrass us despite starting out of position). These two subs injected a bit more bite into the team