It's games like that, that make me wonder why I still bother watching United and spending virtually all my spare cash and more on them. The first half we were just plain average, and during the second we got lucky in taking the lead, and maybe even luckier holding onto it.
I've read in plenty of places that the German team are a good side because they are third in the Bundesliga. Sorry that doesn't wash, yes they are no mugs, but they are nothing special, though United made them look it, especially during that last mind numbing twenty minutes. It's a very uncompetitive league, so there being third tells us not that much.
They went for our throats right from the start, playing with a pace that we rarely witness under the current regime. The goal we conceded after four minutes was far too easy, they just ripped through us. United slowly worked their way back into the game, but it was hard work and we didn't really look as if we had the guile to open them up for an equaliser. The best maybe only real chance came after a brilliant run and cross from Martial that Rooney skyed from six yards, it was an appalling miss. Yet again that just emphasised where the future lies, in fact it tells some of us where the present should lie, but come Sunday you just know Rooney will be selected however bad his form becomes.
The penalty was a touch fortunate, thank fuck Mata was entrusted with, not Rooney, he made no mistake and we went into the break all square.
The second half was pretty even then United got a really fortuitous goal where Smalling finished off after a poor cross was intelligently touched on by Mata I think. The last twenty minutes just did my head in. I don't buy this tired bollocks from Van Gaal this morning, it was September still last night. Once again it was poor substitutions and tactics. It was fair enough to take Schweinsteiger off, I didn't think that good a game to be honest. But bringing Perreira on for Depay was nuts. It left us with no pace up front. It should have been Wilson on for Mata or Rooney for me. Sitting back on the lead if you then have a counter attacking threat full of pace is a decent tactic. But getting everybody behind the ball and playing for the 2-1 with little to no attacking intent, that just blew my mind. Van Gaal just threw everything on Martial's shoulders as the sole attacking threat for the remainder of the game.
They went close a couple of time during this period, the free kick looked especially close from our angle, but crucially we survived. That was a vital three points. Fuck knows what to expect on Sunday, Arsenal will need to bounce back from their disastrous defeat on Tuesday. If we play like did last night things ain't looking good.
I've read in plenty of places that the German team are a good side because they are third in the Bundesliga. Sorry that doesn't wash, yes they are no mugs, but they are nothing special, though United made them look it, especially during that last mind numbing twenty minutes. It's a very uncompetitive league, so there being third tells us not that much.
They went for our throats right from the start, playing with a pace that we rarely witness under the current regime. The goal we conceded after four minutes was far too easy, they just ripped through us. United slowly worked their way back into the game, but it was hard work and we didn't really look as if we had the guile to open them up for an equaliser. The best maybe only real chance came after a brilliant run and cross from Martial that Rooney skyed from six yards, it was an appalling miss. Yet again that just emphasised where the future lies, in fact it tells some of us where the present should lie, but come Sunday you just know Rooney will be selected however bad his form becomes.
The penalty was a touch fortunate, thank fuck Mata was entrusted with, not Rooney, he made no mistake and we went into the break all square.
The second half was pretty even then United got a really fortuitous goal where Smalling finished off after a poor cross was intelligently touched on by Mata I think. The last twenty minutes just did my head in. I don't buy this tired bollocks from Van Gaal this morning, it was September still last night. Once again it was poor substitutions and tactics. It was fair enough to take Schweinsteiger off, I didn't think that good a game to be honest. But bringing Perreira on for Depay was nuts. It left us with no pace up front. It should have been Wilson on for Mata or Rooney for me. Sitting back on the lead if you then have a counter attacking threat full of pace is a decent tactic. But getting everybody behind the ball and playing for the 2-1 with little to no attacking intent, that just blew my mind. Van Gaal just threw everything on Martial's shoulders as the sole attacking threat for the remainder of the game.
They went close a couple of time during this period, the free kick looked especially close from our angle, but crucially we survived. That was a vital three points. Fuck knows what to expect on Sunday, Arsenal will need to bounce back from their disastrous defeat on Tuesday. If we play like did last night things ain't looking good.
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