"Crouch was too tall and Kuyt too strong." There was also something about Rafa not being stupid, and Mourinho not being able to work magic. Terry and Carvalho were out and I think it was Cech's first game back after his incident, they lined up with Essien in central defence and Mikel as the anchor man in midfield. Crouch put Kuyt through after 3 minutes and Pennant scored with an impressive volley soon afterwards. Other memorable were Robben trying to tackle a player and hurting his ankle, he had to go off and walked to the dugout - Mourinho was furious with him. Afterwards Sky were trying to blame the head guard for restricting Cech's view but Mourinho set the record straight. I don't think he was complaining about us, he was well pissed off at his players because without Terry, Carvalho and Makelele they weren't up for it psychologically and it was also clear Cech was a shadow of his former self. Abramovich had refused to sign a defender the week before as well so he had plenty to be unhappy about.