Heartbreak. That says it all for United fans as Man Utd drew 2-2 with Porto who were played down by the media that made us all underestimate them. They had threatened from the start and could have got more goals had it not been for improved defending from United and the heroics of Van de Saar.
Evra and Fletcher had been United's best performers all night and the likes of Ronaldo, Rooney, Carrick and Vidic were quiet. O'shea was quiet by his own standards as well. Early defensive errors had led to C. Rodriguez capping a fine Porto move that saw him draw first bloody in the 4th min. It was just the jolt United needed to put an end to their arrogance. Honestly Porto looked the better side all evening. A silly defensive error saw a back pass fall to rooney in the 15th minute and he made no mistake by putting calmly slotting it into the Porto goal after wrong footing the keeper.
Substitute Carlos Tevez looked all set to rumble and looked very sharp compared to a tired performance on Sunday. He linked up well and scored from Rooney's flick on from the byline to once again highlight his worth in the 85th min. That shining moment was one of the best from United and sent the crowd into relieved ecstacy as they had given it up to a draw. Another hero looked to be worshipped until a defiant Porto side oozing quality and constantly threatening equalised in extra time after capitalising on yet another defensive error by United and equalised through substitute Gonzalez.
United will now be licking their wounds as they face a tough away tie in Portugal. Heartbreak. Period.
Over in spain, Villarreal as expected, put up a spirited performance and led through a Senna goal early in the first half and dominated the match until a Adebayor equalised for Arsenal and scored his 3rd goal in 2 games since returning from injury. It was a hard fought result for Arsenal. The match eventually ended 1-1.
Tonight we'll see Chelsea take on Liverpool and Barecelona fight it out in fixtures that are good enough to be finals in their own right.
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