Jose Mourinho struggling again to stop United - Telegraph

Jose Mourinho struggling again to stop United - Telegraph

I can't be bothered to write my take on yesterdays match, read alan smith in the telegraph instead. This fixture becomes more of a non event every year that goes past. It's a lot of money to pay for a glorified friendly, and i didn't go. Although United were marginally the better of the two teams, neither team really deserved to win. It was a bit of shock though, to see United win a penalty shoot out, and as easily as that, i had to slap myself to make sure i was really seeing us winning it 3-0.
Watching the match though, has strengthened my conviction that we will take more points of them this season than we will lose. I know they have got injuries, and it is a bit early to be saying this, but i can see Chelsea struggling this season, especially at christmas when they lose Essien, Drogba etc to the African nations cup. If Arsenal or Liverpool can get off to a good start they may challenge Chelsea for second spot. I can't see any of those three being good enough to stop us winning the league, the only problem could be if we end up fighting on three fronts come the end of the season. I haven't been as confident as this at the beginning of the season, since the turn of the decade. I don't know what the odds are, for the champions league, but United must have as good a chance as anyone. Whilst we would all obviously love to win another champions league, it would be great for football in general to see a real attacking team lift Europeans premier prize.