The Kimchi Gift (Spurs 1 - Manchester United 2)

The game started with a bang and ended with a wimper for us. Rooney scored twice in the first half to give us a narrow victory. The winning goal was a gift from Spurs left back Lee Young-Pyo, allowing Park to poke the ball away from him onto Rooney's feet for an easy goal.

I caught the game with Cow and Kentona, and we all agreed that Park probably owes Lee a kimchi meal for that piece of sloopy defending. Spurs played really well and probably deserved a draw for their efforts. Good thing I was watching and chatting most of the time and not concentrating on the game much. Spurs were easily the better team, by far.

Don't get me wrong, I've never really liked Spurs as a team. The reason being, it's my elder cousin's favourite team. Although we never clashed much as soccer fans, it's sort of a sibling rivalry thingy. Another reason was that I always liked Arsenal more in the 80s than Spurs. I mean any team that had Tony Adams was worth a laugh or 3 then. Not to mention that Michael Thomas goal that denied Liverpool the League Championship in the dying seconds of the last game of that season.

However, I'm impressed with what Martin Jol has done to team. He's bought young players into the team, played an attractive brand of soccer and more importantly built (or is building) a team with young English men as the nucleus or backbone of this team. You've got to admire that in a foreign manager.

At the end of the day, it was a good victory. Although by no means convincing, it still helps us consolidate the 2nd position. We probably need one more victory in the next 3 games to make sure of that, since we have a superior goal difference to Liverpool.