Hiddink lucky to have Essien back with a bang
It may not have been the best trip in terms of sight-seeing, conversing with the locals and general silliness, but the result is all that mattered.
We had a horrible start to the game and it took us half an hour to find our rhythm. From there on it was a good game and we played well. Not that you would have known that had you based your opinion on the following day’s English papers. If ever you needed proof journalists write 80% of the copy in the first third of the game, then this was it.
