I was fairly pleased with the performance, which was more professional than spectacular - although we did play some good football at times. Good to see the three scorers, can only be positive for them.
Listening to the summariser on the Fox Sports transmission here in Oz (Barry Horne I think), he actually made some very good points. One thing he said about Carroll was that he felt over the past few games in particular that Carroll was getting into better positions and was actually laying off the ball (particularly with his head) into spaces that players should be in, but that no one was anticipating or making runs. Two minutes later Kuyt crossed deep to the back post, Carroll played it back into the middle of the goal, and sure enough, Henderson had not fully anticipated and the ball was cleared. Good point, and once players do start to anticipate and read Carrolls game better, he will create chances for others.
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