The Torres myth

comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 50 seconds ago
Barcelona were all over them before that goal, killed the tie
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That's true and of course we'll never know the counterfactual of what would have happened if Torres hadn't scored that goal. Maybe barca would've scored in the last few mins of stoppage time and knocked Chelsea out.

But the fact remains that in hindsight we know that it wasn't the winning goal and so it's nonsense to say that it 'sent them through to the final'.

comment by Loco Liverpool (U18018)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 2 minutes ago
Barcelona were all over them before that goal, killed the tie
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He scored in the 91st minute
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How man minutes of injury time were there?

It annoys me more because Torres nearly lost us the entire tie by losing it in a dangerous area 30 seconds before AND not bothering to try and get the ball back, Bosingwa made a crucial interception that prevented a 2 vs 1 on Cech.

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It made me laugh a bit on the Chelsea official website’s coverage of the retirement that he is ‘well known for winning the corner that led to Drogba’s equaliser’. I think we’ve/I’ve gotten so used to the praise he gets for ‘winning a corner’ that it hit me how silly it is lol. He got dispossessed by Lahm and it happened to go for a corner, probably the first and last time in football history such an inconspicuous moment can be revered so much.

comment by Kunta Kante (U1641)
posted 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
It made me laugh a bit on the Chelsea official website’s coverage of the retirement that he is ‘well known for winning the corner that led to Drogba’s equaliser’. I think we’ve/I’ve gotten so used to the praise he gets for ‘winning a corner’ that it hit me how silly it is lol. He got dispossessed by Lahm and it happened to go for a corner, probably the first and last time in football history such an inconspicuous moment can be revered so much.
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They actually put that on their website? That’s amazing.

He was such a letdown in a blue shirt but still loved him though regardless.

Thought this was going to debunk the common myth that he's good looking.

Be sure to let us know when an arsenal player fires them into a champions league final

comment by West London Express (U5874)
posted 16 hours, 41 minutes ago
Be sure to let us know when an arsenal player fires them into a champions league final
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Toure scored against Villarreal and Lehmann saved a penalty to put us through to a final in 06