An extraordinary day for the special one

I AM writing this with a desperate hangover, so bear with me. Days before the match against United, I was so nervous, convinced we were going to lose and face the terrifying prospect of doing a ‘Newcastle’.

But the minute we kicked off, you could smell victory and I became calm and revelled in the game.

It seemed that the referee, Mike Dean, was not in a forgiving mood; Chelsea losing the semi-final meant that he was unable to be the Cup Final ref this year as he is from the Liverpool area. This is the only reason I can think of for his spiteful and one-sided refereeing.