3-2 and Milan scores his first hat trick for us! Hope this is the start of many hat tricks.
We started the match brightly and was only denied to take a lead earlier only by the brilliant performance of their goalkeeper. Carra even has a shot! I don't know why he was in the Palace area as it was not a set piece action... Milan was terrible and he won us 2 penalties and another free kick that lead to the 3 goals.
The defence was OK except Josemi. He's evolved into our weakest link... better catch up soon.
Players Rating:
Kirkland: 6.5 Wasn't too bad, the 2 goals are not his responsibility, and he has a nice diving header outside the box in the dying minute to prevent Palace to equalize the third time.
Josemi: 5 Need to adapt to the Premiership pace ASAP. Or Rafa should start Finnan instead. Fault on both goals.
Carragher: 7.5 Solid as usual, and even have our first scoring chance in the game.
Hyypia: 7 A good understanding with Carra has developed.
Traore: 7 A good display throughout, but if his crossing improves he will be a better player.
Hamann: 7 Rock in midfield.
Alonso: 8 His vision bring to the first penalty and also his intelligent pass created the 2nd goal. A good display.
Riise: 7 A good performance but was unfortunately substituted due to tactical reason. His freekick just before he is substituted is very close.
Kewell: 6.5 He created the 2nd and 3rd goal , but most of the time he just give away the ball or not daring to dribble pass a player... Still unsure.
Garcia: 7 An OK display.
Baros: 10 A full mark display. His Euro 04 form is back! One thing he need to work on is to try pass to other players when they are in a better position to score.
Substitutions:
Finnan: 7 A very good game. I think he should be starting ahead of Josemi.
Mellor/Sinama-Pongolle: Not enough time to shine.
Rafa: 7 A good win, but I think he should consider starting Finnan instead of Josemi. How he is going to shuffle now that Stevie G is back is really interesting to see.
Crystal Palace: 7 They just never give up! If they continue to play like this I am sure they will staty up. Maybe as high as 11th place.
Man of the Match: Baros. Let's score more hat tricks!
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