Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
Not the best of EM derbies by a long shot. The stats say 26 shots (13-13) and 8 on target (3-5) but, in reality, the keepers weren't all that busy.

I think Marshall was likely already feeling his back when they scored. I can't think of another reason he would have let that one in. Roos came on, the first shot he had to deal with bounced in front of him and away off his body, he then pounced to smother it very well. Not unduly worried after that. Apart from the goal their keeper wasn't looking like getting beaten.

Knight had time and space to control and shoot but chose instead to spoon the ball over the bar. Probably all academic anyway as the ref would probably have given the subtle foul by Wisdom on Samba. Then Ribeiro's arm was in anything but a "natural position" and we should have been given the penalty. On the other hand, Kazim's equaliser should have been ruled out for hands.

The ref did make some mistakes but there was no apparent bias one way or the other and overall I think he is one of the better ones we've had this season.

All in all, it was pretty anti climactic and a draw was the right outcome as neither side deserved 3 points.
Eminently forgettable, but another pt in the bag, now we just ned Reading to beat Rotherham and we are a little bit closer to safety.