However, aside from a Cole snap-shot on the turn on the stroke of half-time, Ancelotti's men looked blunt going forward and were a shadow of the side that had plundered 14 goals in their three preious matches.

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Put aside the fact that Papelbon, about to turn 31, is three years removed from his last true lights-out season.

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