I'm far from a fan of Pardew but to blame him for tonight is just ridiculous. We went 1-0 up, hit the post twice and also had a great opportunity when Marveaux should have played it across the box for a Cisse tap in. Benfica's goals were very unlucky as well, the first one could have landed anywhere and it landed at the feet of one of them, we all know the story with the other two goals. Two of the substitutions were forced on Pardew as well.
Basically bar a bit of luck and bit more thought from two or three of our players, we would have won this game and we'd be singing Pardew's praises.