This one had that oh so familiar 3-1 feel from the start and the chance of us losing here for the first time in 8 years was pretty much zero. The scum were giving our midfield too space to work with and despite our early missed opportunities it was always a matter of when rather than if we’re going to score. Almunia finally made a mistake and was completely out of position on the Gareth Bale freekick, he sneaked one in on a bounce, nothing spectacular, it just stunk of bad positioning. But it wouldn’t matter because there was no way Paul Robinson was going to shut us out (see, he’s a goalie who has good stretches but bad games).

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