Portsmouth 0-0 Arsenal: Baptista gets his hatrick
348 comments May 14th, 2007
Tuesday, 9 January 2007: Julio Baptista’s penalty is palmed away by Jerzy Dudek
Wednesday, 14 February 2007: Baptista blasts over from the spot in extra-time
Sunday, 13 May 2007: No third time lucky. No law of averages. David James flings himself to his right to save yet another Baptista penalty.
I can’t be the only person who feels genuinely sorry for The Beast. If it weren’t for Andriy Shevchenko, he’d be the biggest flop since diced bread.
So, we didn’t come fourth. Where Baptista failed from the spot, Harry Kewell succeeded, and that was that. It’s no biggie, but the prestige probably means less than the £500k in prize money.
No point in worrying about the result, or indeed the game. It meant next to nothing. As a side point, you can’t help but wonder if Manuel Almunia’s exclusion was in the same vein as that of Flamini and Aliadiere.
Oh, and any fans of that evil womble Neil Warnock’s team who might happen to be reading…
…STOP. HAMMERTIME.
