I hope he was hurt otherwise he has to explain something. Ruud equals at least a tie if not the win. Very depressed now. I didn't get the sense that he was hurt. He was warming up, and looked like he was coming in. I got the sense that van Basten tried to prove some stupid point by not putting Ruud in, and then when the avalanche of cards came out, he wet the bed and put the guy with 33 letters in his name in. Certainly Ruud finishes the clear chances Kuyt had. I don't even know how you don't put him in, even if he is nursing something. You were up a man most of the half, and you controlled posession, so it's not as if he's going to be making 40 yard runs. You put him in to finish in the 18. Thats exactly what I don't understand. If van Bommel got a little desperate when up a man with his selections. Why van Persie struck his shot with the outside of his left instead of the inside I don't get either unless he thought he didn't have time. Also, just to get this off my chest. Figo is a little #$&@!. I hope the hooligans show up on Saturday. I thought that at first, too, but after seeing the replay from the other angle, he got absolutely hammered by that elbow.