Match report – Player ratings – Video Just so we're clear: there isn't going to be much in this blog post that will cheer anybody up. I don't think that's even possible when you get battered in a European final, and your season ends with such a disheartening, demoralising defeat. It was going ok until Olivier Giroud came back to haunt us early in the second half. The first 45 had been pretty even. I thought perhaps we were marginally the better side even if Chelsea forged a couple of good chances late in the half. The closest we came was a Granit Xhaka shot which skimmed off the top of the bar. There had been shouts early on for a penalty, but having watched it again numerous...
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