Oh dear. I'd better start by saying that it was a good game! I was only watching it intermittently, so I may not have everything right! First of all, Chrystal Palace were easily the better side. They played excellently, and for all I might say, we were disgraceful. Their first goal was fantastic, I blinked a few times afterwards! Beautiful free kick, IMO. The second wasn't impressive, but shows just how far we're going to have to climb this season.
I think for singling out: I'm going to have to pick Smalling. He really wasn't up to it. He was left spinning a lot of the time, made some very silly errors and probably shouldn't have played. I think he's got a long way to go.
At the end of the day, it's only the carling cup and no one gives a sh*t!
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