| 5¹ | QUARESMA dribbled round XAVI and poked a poor shot wide. |
| 8¹ | A penalty box scramble resulted in RONALDO cracking a low shot over. |
| 14¹ | A neatly crafted cross from COLEMAN was shot goalbound by QUARESMA only for CECH to palm clear. |
| 16¹ | A corner found COLEMAN who flicked the ball inches wide. |
| 18¹ | PUYOL rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post. |
| 19¹ | A accurate pass was collected by BOSINGWA and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide. |
| 24¹ | CECH managed to palm clear an amazing effort. |
| 27¹ | The motionless CECH was all agog as a backpass from PUYOL dropped just over. |
| 30¹ | A useful ball from VAN BOMMEL on the left was collected by RONALDO who sliced his shot over. |
| 36¹ | XABI ALONSO hit a right foot shot inches over from twenty yards out. |
| 38¹ | A late foul gets GOSLING a yellow card. |
| 41¹ | A shot from RONALDO was kicked off the line by JAGIELKA. |
| 1² | GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was expertly slammed into the roof of the net by XAVI. (1-0 Southampton)| 4² | JELAVIC headed wide. | | 7² | A delightful save prevented VAN PERSIE from scoring a lovely goal. | | 8² | NANI floated the ball to XAVI who turned it over. | | 22² | VAN PERSIE rushed an easy chance. | | 35² | A cross from PIRLO left RONALDO in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. | | 35² | A left foot effort from AGGER was stopped by the 'keeper. | | 40² | A weak shot from QUARESMA trickled agonisingly wide. | | 41² | A good effort from BOSINGWA scraped the top of the crossbar. | | 43² | QUARESMA was put clear by GOSLING and he dummied the Southampton 'keeper but thrust his shot just wide. | |