And breath! First half we were brilliant if sometimes a little slow moving the ball forward but you sensed at only 1-0 Swansea would gain heart and start to have a go and that is exactly what happened. At times we seemed to be trying to be too clever it was that easy instead of getting another couple of goals and then showboating. The problem is with that back four you always feel is going to gift and/or concede a goal and that is exactly what happened.
Clichy is abysmal and as soon as he went in for that tackle for the goal you knew he would lose it. Willy looked like he should have done better with the goal but he did make a great save from the free kick.
It was so obvious we had lost our way in the second half that the changes needed to be made earlier, it seems a frustrating trait from Pep.
Once again the ref and linesman give us nothing as usual, something really needs to be done about it, it is almost every single week now. opposition players getting away with foul after foul, slowing our play down and kicking lumps off our players into the bargain, then the first one we do is a booking. To rub salt in the wounds we are denied...again...a clear penalty and a booking for our pains!! No way the linesman could say that was a dive it was too quick. If he wasn't sure it was a penalty how the hell could he be so sure it was a dive?
Jesus looks like some player, hard to believe he is settling into a new club and country and is only 19!
The title has gone this season if we cement a top three/four place, win the cup and get to the semi's of the champions league it will have been a success, with Pep settling in and trying to rebuild the squad. Onwards and upwards hopefully!
