Result and performance, fancy that. I don't think the most optimistic red expected anything quite like that. Probably as good as anything I've ever seen from United at Anfield in my lifetime. It was a pity that Rooney didn't convert that late penalty because 3-1 would have been a fairer reflection of the game than the 2-1 was.
That first 35 minutes where we completely dominated events was the best football we have played all season. What a day to produce our best away display, it was even better than last weeks first half display that blew Spurs away. I'll be honest i didn't think that the line up selected was capable of the kind of pressing we saw for that first 35 minutes. The icing on the cake, of course was the goals, two crackers and both scored at good moments in the game. The first capped off the domination we had shown and the second came just as they had looked like they might have been capable of getting back into the game, even down to ten men.
It was a big call to start Mata instead of Di Maria, but even I thought that it was justified. I've never been Mata's biggest fan but he played well last week and was even better yesterday and that was without his goals. I'm afraid Di Maria showed why he didn't deserve to start when brought on as a substitute. Even though he was involved in Mata's glorious second goal, in general, he could hardly do anything right. Rooney's performance was a strange one, I thought last week was his best performance in years, but yesterday was one of those days where the ball just wouldn't stick. It was a pity Wilson wasn't on the bench, because when they went down to ten men, his pace would have been deadly.
On the plus side the back four were excellent, the midfield also, again, i'm no great fan of Fellaini, but he has been integral to the last two performances. He's still not my idea of a United player, but you have to acknowledge the trouble he has cause both Spurs and Liverpool.
And to think I have been dreading this end of season run in, the games can't come quick enough now, bring on City, he says giddily.
That first 35 minutes where we completely dominated events was the best football we have played all season. What a day to produce our best away display, it was even better than last weeks first half display that blew Spurs away. I'll be honest i didn't think that the line up selected was capable of the kind of pressing we saw for that first 35 minutes. The icing on the cake, of course was the goals, two crackers and both scored at good moments in the game. The first capped off the domination we had shown and the second came just as they had looked like they might have been capable of getting back into the game, even down to ten men.
It was a big call to start Mata instead of Di Maria, but even I thought that it was justified. I've never been Mata's biggest fan but he played well last week and was even better yesterday and that was without his goals. I'm afraid Di Maria showed why he didn't deserve to start when brought on as a substitute. Even though he was involved in Mata's glorious second goal, in general, he could hardly do anything right. Rooney's performance was a strange one, I thought last week was his best performance in years, but yesterday was one of those days where the ball just wouldn't stick. It was a pity Wilson wasn't on the bench, because when they went down to ten men, his pace would have been deadly.
On the plus side the back four were excellent, the midfield also, again, i'm no great fan of Fellaini, but he has been integral to the last two performances. He's still not my idea of a United player, but you have to acknowledge the trouble he has cause both Spurs and Liverpool.
And to think I have been dreading this end of season run in, the games can't come quick enough now, bring on City, he says giddily.
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