It didn’t look likely for long stages but United emerged from the Mestalla with a crucial and hugely valuable win. This was only United’s second win in Spain in nineteen attempts and they had to work hard for it. It wasn’t exactly pretty but it was a good, hard-working away performance from Fergie’s men. Valencia [...]
From the monthly archives:
September 2010
When the Champions League groups were announced, Valencia looked like a pretty decent draw in comparison to what we could have got. It was a side famed for past glories, crippled with massive debt and in huge financial difficulty. On top of all this, they had sold their two best players in the summer when [...]
It emerged today on the official United website that Rooney wouldn’t travel to Valencia because he is carrying an ankle injury picked up in the draw at Bolton. The decision to omit Rooney has the skeptics out in force and with good cause. He was seen icing this ankle upon leaving the pitch on Sunday [...]
It has been a good week for United since last Sunday with two good wins. We shouldn’t have let Liverpool back into last week and how it was 2-2 with ten minutes to go is beyond me. However, United got the job done in the end and it was a sweet victory. This was followed [...]
We’re five games into the Premiership, the Champions League has kicked off and United began their defence of the Carling Cup with a comfortable victory away to Scunthorpe United. Now is probably as good a time as any to have a look back at the start to the season made by United and their rivals. [...]
After a shaky start, United cruised to a comfortable 5-2 win in Glanford Park. Predictably, Scunthorpe came out all guns blazing and took a surprise lead with a quality goal. United grew into the game though and began to dominate soon thereafter. We played some quality football and were cutting the Scunthorpe defense at at [...]
The Carling Cup resumes this evening and a tricky tie awaits for United away to Scunthorpe United. A trip to Glanford Park is an altogether different fixture to Liverpool at Old Trafford but it is an important one nonetheless. This is a competition which has come on immensely over the years and Fergie will want [...]
We are still reveling in Berbatov’s performance against Liverpool on Sunday. I said in the pre-match preview that he had been performing well but needed to step up in a big game such as this one. He stepped up alright and more. It was a stunning hatrick that will live long in the memory. In [...]
It doesn’t get much bigger than this. One of the great rivalries of the English game is set to be resumed this Sunday. When I look at the fixture list at the start of the year, this is still the one that I look for. There is something special about this fixture; the passion and [...]
