Just arrived back in Belgium after a great football weekend (also visited man utd and man city stadium).
About the match: I thought the first half wasn't great (on and off the pitch). Chelsea was slightly better but they didn't create a lot of chances (or Eto'o ruined them). The 1-0 was a great goal though, fantastic assist from Jelavic. The second half was much much better, with also a great atmosphere. In the end, i think a draw would have been a fair result, but we were happy with a win from the home team.
I thought Barry was MOTM, what a tackle to prevent the 0-1! Barkley also had some great moments, but he lost possession a little too often in my opinion. Mirallas had a quiet first half but a fantastic second half. He was a handful for Chelsea's defense.
On the other hand, it wasn't Howard's best performance with some shaky interventions, a great save on Ramires' attempt though. Jelavic gave a great assist, but he's very static. I think both Koné (in last year's form) and Lukaku are better players. Naismith had a decent game and scored the goal, but i'm not really a fan of him. He seems like a poor man's Mirallas to me, but i'm probably biased
The thing that made a great impression on me was the pub-culture before and after the game, that's something we don't have in Belgium. We also had a great time in the Ship & Mitre near the railstation before going back to Manchester, they have a very impressive (Belgian) beer-list
We'll certainly come back to Goodison park for one of the next big games.
(I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes)
