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Originally Posted by Royboy39

Anelka...Chelsea.............Missed.
Champions..............Manchester United

Anelka didn’t miss. His shot was saved. Please give the goalkeeper due credit.
Neither did Ronaldo. His penalty was also saved. Please give the credit due to the goalkeeper.

Terry missed. His shot went wide.

Ronaldo had his shot saved because he was trying to be too clever or some would consider cheating. Stopping for as long as he did is at best outside the spirit of the rules. He was trying to get the goalkeeper to commit himself and then tap the ball in for a sure fire goal. Well it backfired on him and very nearly lost Man U the match but for van the man.

If the match had been scored, as they do in boxing, by half time Man U were ahead. But by full time Chelsea had drawn level and even edged ahead a little by virtue of Chelsea having hit the post and bar with the Man U defence nowhere and their goalkeeper a spectator. By the end of extra time I had both teams level.