OTF

Ben Arfa should have driven on himself and taken the shot.

Good sportsmanship from Harper there.

Perch does in one ball what Anita has failed to do in fifteen.

Bloody lucky there.

I am still shocked to this day based on his first season, but you're right it seems. Ben Arfa having a wasteful patch.

Great hustle and tackle from Perch there.

Master tactician. Look shite for 45 minutes to play them into complacency then actually start playing in the second half.

Nice ball by Cabaye, but most of that goal was in the finish.

When the Colo injury was mentioned this is what I was unfortunately expecting. We really rely on his ability to play the ball out from the back. Him out and Williamson in is like replacing a Ferrari with a 1980s Hyundai. Demba!!!! Sneaky finish. Game on.

Cabaye: 4 completed passes, 5 incomplete passes and no successful dribbles. Marveaux for Ba makes sense.

Shakier than Michael J Fox with the ball he is. Hoof is unfortunately the safest option for him most of the time.

To make matters worse Ba is much better than Cisse at holding the ball up, so if we are going to play like that we'd be much better served with him up front.

Yep, no mention of the amount, just that Anichebe was out for 11 months. It was a horrid challenge that would have clean snapped just about any other players leg.

Tyler just going on about how he was paid an out of court settlement by Nolan for that horror 'tackle'.

To be fair he caned himself on the post 2 minutes in. Surprised he lasted so long, really likes to score obviously.

Luckily pienaar's having a shitter or else they'd be three up.

Ben Arfa clearly frustrated to be dropping back that far... But feck me that was cheap and almost costly giving it away there.

Where's Osman's yellow for simulation and/or handball?

Poor Harper. Not the game you want to be making a return in.

We're missing Tiote's energy and his square passes - amongst other things...

Thanks Foxtel (Sky equivalent) box decides to reset itself, I assume for an update. Came back to see Cisse miss a great chance.

Nah, 'twas Jonas. Was 'marking' Baines when he made the pass and then just went through the motions of following his run without getting goalside. It is just past 5AM here but almost certain it was Jonas. Seems to be defending out on the right a fair bit.

Can only hope that the goal slows them down. Playing like they're halfway through their season and we've just returned for the start of the pre-season.

Shit defending from Jonas there. Was lazy earlier on as well against Baines.

We're really struggling to get any traction here. Need to try to slow it down and keep some possession or else it seems only a matter of time before they score. An there it is