- Aug 21, 2011
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We managed the game really well as it went on. RM were tiring out, their crowd was restless and muted. I couldn't even believe the Bernabeu could be so quiet!
I never expect to feel this, but when it was 85th minutes, I was hoping we can have another 10 minutes more. Similarly when only 3 minutes of stoppage time were given, I was quite disappointed too. There was no nervousness that we might concede and lose. There was more feeling of us grabbing the winner and becoming victorious.
Yeah there was the point that Dier dropped fully into the back line and I was shitting bricks about gifting them the midfield (especially with Modric pulling the strings) but they didn't do anything with it in those minutes. Then poof all of sudden it looked like we were running the game. It was almost as if our whole team realised we were fitter them and could run the match from here on in.