I was quite surprised to see how far Bayer Leverkusen had deteriorated. They used to be a great team with great players, playing great football, now though, a few of their star players are now on the wrong side if 30 and didn’t impress much.<\/p>\n
Our goal was scored in the 36th minute after a fantastic pass by Robbie Keane putting Aaron Lennon in on goal. His shot was saved but Dimitar Berbatov tapped home.<\/p>\n
We played well, creating so many chances. Unfortunately, Berbatov and Keane just don’t seem to be clinical in their finishing. The German club’s ‘keeper Jorg Butt made some great saves, but I still feel that we should have had more goals to clinch the win more comfortably. Instead, they brought on flying winger Paul Freier who always looked a threat against left-back Benoit Assou-Ekoto.<\/p>\n
They had their chances too, like the header from a corner after 53 minutes (where was the marking!?). Also Robbo had to make a great save from Andriy Voronin too. They could have snatched an undeserved draw too if Bernd Schneider’s shot had gone in, luckily it hit the post instead.<\/p>\n
Thankfully we got the 1-0 win and now qualify for the knockout stages. I can’t wait to find out who we get!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"