Van der Vaart makes the defence for the defence

An injury crisis stripped the club of William Gallas, Michael Dawson, Ledley King and Vedran Corluka leaving us to field what was practically our only available back four yesterday, but two-goal Rafael van der Vaart was quick to praise our defence's contribution.

"When you score you're always in the headlines, but I think the defenders were amazing today.

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