I didn't really see that coming, i thought we had got over this kind of inconsistency, Fergie was probably on to something, admitting he had got his team selection wrong. So much for Henry Winter's advice to Stuart Pearce to play Smalling and Jones against Holland next week. I don't think Jones had a bad game, but i'm still not really convinced centre half will be his position.
We started fairly well, but i wasn't that impressed with our central midfield pairing either, i don't know how serious Cleverley's injury but he didn't really look right the whole time he was on the pitch. I know Park needs game time , but he is not a central midfield player, especially in a midfield two. Still when Hernandez gave us the lead i was thinking of how many we would get . What the game showed is that with such an inexperienced defence United really do need to attack, attack, attack because they can't hold on to leads, the second half was a reminder why we are in this competition. I think we have the potential to get near Barca but we are nowhere near them at the moment. Which is a pity because i think Barca aren't quite what they were, Messi's brilliance is what's keeping them where they are, if he got injured their form would be interesting to watch.
Their equaliser was fortunate but they possibly deserved it for their attacking intentions. United had chances but were a bit careless in front of goal. It looked like we were going to escape with a less than satisfactory draw until the late header gave them anight to remember. Again it was a pretty soft goal to give away, at least this performance happened on a night it didn't matter too much. Any performances like that in the league and we'll be hearing blue moon sang all summer.
We started fairly well, but i wasn't that impressed with our central midfield pairing either, i don't know how serious Cleverley's injury but he didn't really look right the whole time he was on the pitch. I know Park needs game time , but he is not a central midfield player, especially in a midfield two. Still when Hernandez gave us the lead i was thinking of how many we would get . What the game showed is that with such an inexperienced defence United really do need to attack, attack, attack because they can't hold on to leads, the second half was a reminder why we are in this competition. I think we have the potential to get near Barca but we are nowhere near them at the moment. Which is a pity because i think Barca aren't quite what they were, Messi's brilliance is what's keeping them where they are, if he got injured their form would be interesting to watch.
Their equaliser was fortunate but they possibly deserved it for their attacking intentions. United had chances but were a bit careless in front of goal. It looked like we were going to escape with a less than satisfactory draw until the late header gave them anight to remember. Again it was a pretty soft goal to give away, at least this performance happened on a night it didn't matter too much. Any performances like that in the league and we'll be hearing blue moon sang all summer.
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