Nice slow win, no injuries, clean sheet.... nothing really to argue about really, is there?
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the game itself was super sh*t, I was bored out of my mind. Very slow boring game. I can't ever remember us winning a league game yet being desperate for it finish so I could go home and watch paint dry.
Mission Accomplished.
No classic admittedly, but an essential 3 points in the race to guarantee automatic European qualification, should Basle not work out.
It's also funny to see people complaining about the quality, when they would normally be complaining that a) we never do things the easy way, and/or b) we can't shut up shop and see a game out. Well here was both. Still not happy though.
On the game itself, Skrtel made two goal saving clearances in a minute at 0-0, which would have made the day much more difficult. Despite setting up the opener, Benteke was his usual standard, his miss in injury time was the miss of the season, even topping his miss against Leicester. However, I thought we finished the game strongly and should have scored a couple more.
Onto the last week, and if we win on Wednesday, and West Ham do their job in midweek also, there will be 4 sides separated by 4 points for two European spots going into the last day. But it will receive no attention or live tv coverage either. Despite how well we've done in Europe, the UEFA Cup just can't shake off it's image issue in England.
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