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When people email, text and Tweet me that Rafa was definitely wrong to take off Torres at Birmingham, I ask “how do you know?”

There’s a chance that this wonderful striker, who was clearly tired and not really in the game, could have pulled a rabbit out of the hat, as he did at Villa.

There’s also a chance that he might not – as was the case at Wigan, when he stayed on and missed good chances.

And there’s a chance that, given he was clearly leggy after a tough shift in Portugal, and given his problems this season (not to mention how injuries occur more readily to tired, over-stretched players), he might have pulled a muscle.

Then where would we be?

Now, those who think Rafa was 100% wrong fail to see such alternatives.

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