Great first half. We didn't make it easy for ourselves in the second, but we held on. Our defense held up, and though I think need our attack to be a bit more convincing, I think Suarez's return will mitigate that somewhat.
I'm very encouraged by the fact that so far this season we have shown that A) we can win without Suarez B) we can beat physical teams C) we can hold onto 1-0 leads. All of these were huge problems for us least year. Also, in terms of clinical finishing 5 attempts, 1 on goal, and a goal from that. That's pretty clinical. Also, BR got the tactics spot on today. We managed the physical forwards and the counterattacking game very well today.