Frustrating is the only word to describe that match, it was a game we should have won. Mind you when the fixtures were announced last summer, yesterday was a fixture where i would have probably settled for a draw. So I'm not too down on the result, but we had the chances to keep six points between us and the divs and we didn't take them.
I always try and take something positive from a game, so on the plus side, we went there and almost completely dominated the game, not too many teams will manage that. They had a spell towards half time where they were dangerous, but even then United were creating chances at the other end. It seemed a strange decision to bring Vidic back for this game, which was never going to be easy and unsurprisingly he looked very rusty at times in that first half. I never really fancied us to keep a clean sheet and wasn't surprised we let in yet another soft goal. It was great to see Evra score, and a yet another headed goal from a corner, but I'd swap the goal for the defender of two or three years back. The goal wasn't the only time his defensive play didn't cut the mustard.
I thought we were the better team, even in the first half. They may have got back into the game during the latter stages of the first half, but even then we were creating chances. But the second half was played completely in the home team's half. It just had the feel of one of those days, because when we did create clear openings we just never really looked like we would finish the job. It didn't help that a fair proportion of those chances fell to Rooney, who's day got worse as the game wore on. He wasn't great in the first half, but i didn't think he was, that bad. But as the second half progressed, Rooney got progressively worse, he should have been took of far earlier really, but i suppose Fergie hoped he might produce a moment of magic.
I suppose the form of Valencia will have to be mentioned, it was another out of sorts performance from our right winger. I can't believe we would have come away with all the points if he had been on his game. He just seems to have lost the confidence to take his man on, full stop at the moment. You wouldn't think this was the man who has completely pulverised Ashley Cole at times in the past. It doesn't help our cause when the one winger we have in our squad that can get to that byline, won't take his full back on. Young had a decent game again, it's a good job that he is in reasonable form or we might be going back to a winger less diamond shape.
It will be interesting to see Wednesday's team after Fergie telling the press we will be rotating our squad over the next nine days. Yesterday was as close to our strongest team as you will get, so who'll be left out and who'll be brought in for a game we now have to win. I suppose yesterday's result was all the more galling after City's last gasp winner on Saturday, we can't grumble too much, we have done it enough times ourselves. We need six points from the next tow games though.
I always try and take something positive from a game, so on the plus side, we went there and almost completely dominated the game, not too many teams will manage that. They had a spell towards half time where they were dangerous, but even then United were creating chances at the other end. It seemed a strange decision to bring Vidic back for this game, which was never going to be easy and unsurprisingly he looked very rusty at times in that first half. I never really fancied us to keep a clean sheet and wasn't surprised we let in yet another soft goal. It was great to see Evra score, and a yet another headed goal from a corner, but I'd swap the goal for the defender of two or three years back. The goal wasn't the only time his defensive play didn't cut the mustard.
I thought we were the better team, even in the first half. They may have got back into the game during the latter stages of the first half, but even then we were creating chances. But the second half was played completely in the home team's half. It just had the feel of one of those days, because when we did create clear openings we just never really looked like we would finish the job. It didn't help that a fair proportion of those chances fell to Rooney, who's day got worse as the game wore on. He wasn't great in the first half, but i didn't think he was, that bad. But as the second half progressed, Rooney got progressively worse, he should have been took of far earlier really, but i suppose Fergie hoped he might produce a moment of magic.
I suppose the form of Valencia will have to be mentioned, it was another out of sorts performance from our right winger. I can't believe we would have come away with all the points if he had been on his game. He just seems to have lost the confidence to take his man on, full stop at the moment. You wouldn't think this was the man who has completely pulverised Ashley Cole at times in the past. It doesn't help our cause when the one winger we have in our squad that can get to that byline, won't take his full back on. Young had a decent game again, it's a good job that he is in reasonable form or we might be going back to a winger less diamond shape.
It will be interesting to see Wednesday's team after Fergie telling the press we will be rotating our squad over the next nine days. Yesterday was as close to our strongest team as you will get, so who'll be left out and who'll be brought in for a game we now have to win. I suppose yesterday's result was all the more galling after City's last gasp winner on Saturday, we can't grumble too much, we have done it enough times ourselves. We need six points from the next tow games though.
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