Oh what could have been!

So, ticket given away to Jim to bring a friend, wife and other friends packed off up a mountain walk whilst me, Phil (another city fan) and Charlie the birthday boy (who's a Liverpool fan, but also a fan of a beer and the football in a pub) bombed around the Derbyshire countryside desperately trying to find a pub with sky sports! After the 5th try and a few pointers along the way on our treasure hunt we found 'The Shoulder of Mutton' and had thankfully only missed the first 5 minutes! For we hadn't computed that most countryside pubs don't get there footfall from whether they have the footy or not, with there abundance of a captive ramblers market, few interested in the most interesting game of the season!

Anyway, we settle down to watch it and it is so entertaining and I am loving it, wishing I was there! In that first half we played some beautiful football, but as we began to not take our chances it just felt like our demise was somewhat inevitable! However at this point I want to point out that Taylor the referee was absolutely disgraceful, he should be ashamed of himself! With his worst decision being bottling sending of David Luiz for that challenge on Sergio. On top of this bent referee we missed loads of chances ourselves and we could literally have easily been 5-0 up at half time such was our domination. Like I say though when we don't take our chances you just know what is going to happen it just seems somewhat fated that way for us. Nonetheless we catch a break for all our pressure, as Cahill makes a dogs dinner of a cross smashed into the danger area and we go in at half time at least ahead!

Second half and we continue with where we left off with more of the same pressure and even more missed chances, even a sitter from the ginger prince! Which would have made it a completely different game! They say there is a fine line between winning and losing and on this occasion it was the cross bar! You just knew at that moment it wasn't going to be our day and as sure as night follows day our inevitable demise ensued! This section of the game was just a joke! Highlighted that the little practiced 3 at the back may have been a tinker too far and most importantly highlighted that our keeper has a lot to learn! With goal 2 he looked like a matador ushering the ball past him into the left hand corner! Shit is an understatement for that attempt at goal keeping!

The rest is history and one I don't really want to re-live so I will just skip to the end and say I blame it all on Taylor, for Luiz shouldn't still be on the pitch and he didn't stop him kicking lumps out of Sergio all day! Also Fabregas is a pathetic little baby! Well done Taylor you were truly useless on this day you should never have got out of bed. However in conclusion it was our own fault once more, a game of missed chances, to add to a season of missed chances and opportunities! We have shown on our day we can beat anyone and I still hold hope for Europe, but I can already imagine myself at the end of the season saying we didn't win it again because we spent all season not taking our opportunities to score and ultimately win. For you can win cups playing like that if you are lucky, but not leagues and especially not this year!

The Shoulder of Mutton, Bar Stool!