I thought crouch in the first gave kolo and richards a hell of a time, bale was whipping them in for fun. Crouch caused all sorts of problems for us like he will do against any team i was relieved when he went off. But kolo and komps and de jong at times was immense when it came to blocks and last ditch tackles.
Anyone know who got that ball away when defoe looked like he was going to tap it in ? was it hart punching it away?