I thought we were going to end up robbed, after that game changing few minutes where we had a perfectly good goal disallowed and then they went up to the other end to pull one back, so that last minute winner was just so, so sweet. Some reds have said they are glad it happened the way it did, as it pissed them off even more. I know where they're coming from, it's a tough call, but if we'd got that third, who knows what score it could have ended up and what it would have done to their confidence. Anyway justice was done in the end as we were definitely the better team.
I can't say i was thinking that after the first ten minutes, as City bossed the game and United had hardly been in their half. In fact it was basically our first attack, never mind first attempt on goal, that saw Rooney give us the lead. Now it was City's turn to look nervy and concede possession as United bossed the game. I'll be honest as dangerous as we looked going forward i was never really totally convinced about us at the back even in this spell of dominance. Seeing Kompany go off, can't have done our lads morale any harm and the second goal was just as incisive as the first as Valencia fed the overlapping Rafael who found Rooney in the box and he made no mistake to give us a commanding two goal lead.
For some reason we weren't as fluid in attack at the beginning of the second half, but City weren't really causing much bother at our end of the pitch. I wasn't sure at the time whether Evra was brought down or not for a penalty, but it was another decision that didn't go our way. Then came the few minutes that changed the game, even before I'd seen the replays I'd thought he was onside, and they say we get all the decisions. De Gea was unlucky to concede their first after two great saves and had a pretty good game in general, i was more than happy to see him in the starting line up.
It now became end to end, but they started to look as dangerous as us. I thought Fergie should have made a change or two with about a quarter of an hour go, and the way Welbeck made things happen after coming on I'm convinced he should have done. It was probably down to the changes just made that led to their second as nobody manned the edge of the box allowing Zabaleta the time and space to hit the back of the net.
And then came redemption from that left foot of the man who turned down the oil riches of City for the history of United, a fitting finale for the day. Tevez was lucky to stay on the pitch after kicking Jones, you can bet your life if Paul Scholes had done that, he'd have seen red straight away, mind you he probably would have took his man out properly as well.
I thought the whole team played well, Rooney was outstanding and reminded us what a great player he can be, but my man of the match was Carrick, he was outstanding, he really is our main man in central midfield nowadays, not that he'll ever please some. I actually thought he had a cracking game at their place last season, he was about the only unfortunately. Valencia had a pretty good first half, really going at his man for the first time in ages. He faded away a bit in the second half, but it was nice to see him somewhere near back to his best. I'm no great fan of Young but that was a decent performance from him as well, in fact he has shown an improved level of consistency over the last few games that suggests things may be looking up for him in a red shirt.
Next weekend could be very interesting with City going to geordie land presumably without Kompany and Sunderland visiting us. Could it be another great weekend?
I can't say i was thinking that after the first ten minutes, as City bossed the game and United had hardly been in their half. In fact it was basically our first attack, never mind first attempt on goal, that saw Rooney give us the lead. Now it was City's turn to look nervy and concede possession as United bossed the game. I'll be honest as dangerous as we looked going forward i was never really totally convinced about us at the back even in this spell of dominance. Seeing Kompany go off, can't have done our lads morale any harm and the second goal was just as incisive as the first as Valencia fed the overlapping Rafael who found Rooney in the box and he made no mistake to give us a commanding two goal lead.
For some reason we weren't as fluid in attack at the beginning of the second half, but City weren't really causing much bother at our end of the pitch. I wasn't sure at the time whether Evra was brought down or not for a penalty, but it was another decision that didn't go our way. Then came the few minutes that changed the game, even before I'd seen the replays I'd thought he was onside, and they say we get all the decisions. De Gea was unlucky to concede their first after two great saves and had a pretty good game in general, i was more than happy to see him in the starting line up.
It now became end to end, but they started to look as dangerous as us. I thought Fergie should have made a change or two with about a quarter of an hour go, and the way Welbeck made things happen after coming on I'm convinced he should have done. It was probably down to the changes just made that led to their second as nobody manned the edge of the box allowing Zabaleta the time and space to hit the back of the net.
And then came redemption from that left foot of the man who turned down the oil riches of City for the history of United, a fitting finale for the day. Tevez was lucky to stay on the pitch after kicking Jones, you can bet your life if Paul Scholes had done that, he'd have seen red straight away, mind you he probably would have took his man out properly as well.
I thought the whole team played well, Rooney was outstanding and reminded us what a great player he can be, but my man of the match was Carrick, he was outstanding, he really is our main man in central midfield nowadays, not that he'll ever please some. I actually thought he had a cracking game at their place last season, he was about the only unfortunately. Valencia had a pretty good first half, really going at his man for the first time in ages. He faded away a bit in the second half, but it was nice to see him somewhere near back to his best. I'm no great fan of Young but that was a decent performance from him as well, in fact he has shown an improved level of consistency over the last few games that suggests things may be looking up for him in a red shirt.
Next weekend could be very interesting with City going to geordie land presumably without Kompany and Sunderland visiting us. Could it be another great weekend?
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