A welcome and very impressive three points after the Arsenal debacle. Van Gaal rung the changes, bringing in Jones and Rojo into the back four and dropping Blind to the bench. Back came Schneidelin into the middle of the park with Herrera further forward. Martial was shifted to the left, Rooney further forward and Memphis Depay left on the bench.
The changes to the back line and the return of Schneiderlin were timely and very welcome. Smalling and Jones may not be Rio, Vidic, but at least they are two proper centre half's who are not going to get shown up for pace or bullied. And with Schneiderlin in front of them alongside Schweinsteiger, we had a decent shield for that back four. It helped greatly that Everton didn't turn up during that first half, I'm not getting that carried away. Their tactics seemed to be to sit back and try and catch us on the break, except they couldn't get enough of the ball and couldn't get enough help up to Lukaku to do us any damage.
Once the first goal came, excellently put away by Schneiderlin, United seemed to take complete control of the game. The second goal was a real belter, a superb cross from Rojo and a nice late run into tbe box from Herrera and a pretty neat header to boot. It was disappointing to see Martial stuck out on the left to accomodate Rooney, and a waste for the most part during the first half. Rooney gave an improved performance and capped it with a goal. But I'd sooner see Martial in the forward role all day long. Thankfully Martial showed in the second half that he will even be a handful playing wide on the left as gave Coleman a torrid time. He looked a proper United wingman, a Ronaldo, a Giggs, jesus just how good is he going to be!
That was the play that really got me excited, as for the rest, it was a typical Van Gaal possession based performance. I've got to be honest, it's not the kind of football that's ever going to get me off the edge of my seat. But with City to come next week, it was vital we got some confidence back. I wouldn't say I was confident we are going to win next week, but with Aguerro and maybe Silva missing next week we must have a real good chance!
The changes to the back line and the return of Schneiderlin were timely and very welcome. Smalling and Jones may not be Rio, Vidic, but at least they are two proper centre half's who are not going to get shown up for pace or bullied. And with Schneiderlin in front of them alongside Schweinsteiger, we had a decent shield for that back four. It helped greatly that Everton didn't turn up during that first half, I'm not getting that carried away. Their tactics seemed to be to sit back and try and catch us on the break, except they couldn't get enough of the ball and couldn't get enough help up to Lukaku to do us any damage.
Once the first goal came, excellently put away by Schneiderlin, United seemed to take complete control of the game. The second goal was a real belter, a superb cross from Rojo and a nice late run into tbe box from Herrera and a pretty neat header to boot. It was disappointing to see Martial stuck out on the left to accomodate Rooney, and a waste for the most part during the first half. Rooney gave an improved performance and capped it with a goal. But I'd sooner see Martial in the forward role all day long. Thankfully Martial showed in the second half that he will even be a handful playing wide on the left as gave Coleman a torrid time. He looked a proper United wingman, a Ronaldo, a Giggs, jesus just how good is he going to be!
That was the play that really got me excited, as for the rest, it was a typical Van Gaal possession based performance. I've got to be honest, it's not the kind of football that's ever going to get me off the edge of my seat. But with City to come next week, it was vital we got some confidence back. I wouldn't say I was confident we are going to win next week, but with Aguerro and maybe Silva missing next week we must have a real good chance!
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