I was so impressed with him and Carrick today. They were brilliant. Park also fell much less down to the ground, kept the ball well and always tracked his man. His head is always focused on where he's supposed to be. Each time Chelsea got a corner he was the first to focus.
Park Ji Sung
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Have to see it again to be sure, but that run he made for the goal, he had to have been dog-tired at that point and still came blazing down the wing from offscreen somewhere around the halfway line I think.
Where would one get the stats in terms of distance covered tonight?
Immense today, Cole couldn't get near him when he cut inside
90 minutes and he's still pelting around the pitch. Amazing energy on this guy.
Another remarkable performance from him again tonight rounded off with a fine & well deserved goal, a proper pain in the hole for Chelsea all over the pitch, my MotM.
I would love to see the stats on how much distance he covered, I wish I had a tenth of his energy.
Match Center:
UEFA Champions League - Matches 2011 ? UEFA.com
Carrick: 11.75 km
Park: 11 km
Giggs: 11.7 km
Roon: 11.3 km
Hernandez: 9.3 km
Park's energy matches Chewsea.
37 years of age. Fair play.
Big game player ! Brilliant again tonight.
Very good display, very good use of the ball, and then to score that goal - brilliant! Glad he is back
I see the 'just a headless chicken brigade' have gone.
Park is a much better footballer than people give him credit for.
He can beat his man, pick out a pass, and even finish too!
feckin love him.
Park is a much better footballer than people give him credit for.
He can beat his man, pick out a pass, and even finish too!
feckin love him.
Thanks Top. 4 players covering over 11km is rare i'd say
Actually it's mostly us people who liked him all along.
Amazing on here how some just don't get Park and why SAF chooses him for big games
Absolutely immense tonight, he was all over the place. MOTM for me no doubt.
Big game player, always has been, that's why he gets picked.
He's an enigma alright. But when he fancies it, he can give it all like no one else. Amazing player.
Brilliant tonight. Made Cole's night hell all game.
he dribbled out of tight positions, beat his man, made himself available for passes.
This is EXACTLY what many people on here were saying that our midfield wasn't doing.
Then BANG, Park gets back and we win some huge games.
This is EXACTLY what many people on here were saying that our midfield wasn't doing.
Then BANG, Park gets back and we win some huge games.
A player for the big games - great goal as well.
I've always rated him.
Perhaps this is the time to release that Park song, with the current momentum, I could see it hitting the Top 10.
Well he can definitely be a liability in the league against physical teams and with FA refs less-inclined than their continental counterparts to give him calls.
But yes, personally I'd say he's our first-choice big game offensive player. Well, the Rooney-Park tandem that is. Rooney by himself can sometimes drift in and out of a game, but when these two are on the pitch together I can't remember a game where they weren't all over the place influencing the play.
Big game player, very dependable. He's scored some really important goals in his time too.
The goals this season have been a real bonus, and nearly all have been crucial. It's the area of his game he needed to improve.
Big match player
a very good player to have, I still find it sickening there are still some doubters who said we buy him only to sell shirts....
Rio: "The other players want to know what Ji is on and what he eats, he never stops"
Park sprinted at least ten of those km's.
He's in tip top condition.
Thank god he retired from international football. He didn't have to, could carry on for a couple more years at least. We're really lucky.
Thank god he retired from international football. He didn't have to, could carry on for a couple more years at least. We're really lucky.
Watch out, that'll be the next stat they'll be quoting to us.
Hernandez did the most hard work, his game looks like a particularly vicious form of fartlek. You spend an hour jogging at medium pace with frequent top-speed sprints - it fecking kills you.
Park is immense. I've always said so.
You're the one who can't see it. There's a reason Fergie picks him in the big games. And it's because he's immense.
And the burgeoning egg cup market.
I want to go back in time to 3 years ago and punch myself in the face for thinking he was shit.