United returned to Champions League action last night as they took on French Champions Marseille in the last 16. There had been much talk leading up to the game about how this fixture signalled the start of the run-in to the end of the season. With United still fighting for silverware on three fronts the [...]
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What. A. Goal. Wayne Rooney produced a stunning effort to help United beat City 2-1 in what was a pretty tight affair in Old Trafford. It was Van Basten esque and quite brilliant. You don’t need me to ramble on about it. Watch for your self. Big win. Get in. No. 19 here we come..
I wrote the other day on the blog how it may be time to look at dropping Rooney, due to his continued poor form and the potency of Hernandez. I also took him out of my fantasy football team, after persisting with him for the majority of the season. Cue Rooney to return to form! [...]
United dismantled Birmingham yesterday at Old Trafford in a clinical performance, although Alex McLeish’s side offered very little, in all honesty. Berba was back amongst the goals with his THIRD hatrick of the season! Here is a couple of the goals in case you missed them.
So often, games of this magnitude start with trepidation from both sides. It was anything but in this FA Cup third round clash. United were awarded a penalty within 30 seconds of the start of the encounter after Agger was adjudged to have brought down Berba in the box. This wasn’t to be Howard Webb’s [...]
United emerged from Eastlands tonight with a well deserved point in a fairly uneventful derby. It wasn’t vintage United by any means but it was a decent point nonetheless. We came into this game crippled with injury and a virus but in truth, a draw wasn’t the worst result. However, it was surprising how defensive [...]
This man Hernandez is fast becoming a hero at Old Trafford. For the second game in a row, he bagged a late winner, although this one was even more tardy than the one against Stoke. We spoke in the Stoke match report about how he was Solskjaer-esque with his timing, finishing and ability to be [...]
This was more like it. Our first win on the road in the premier league this season came against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium yesterday and it was deserved. It looked to be the familiar story with Stoke claiming a late goal to level the scores but in true United fashion, we rallied and had [...]
On a day where our star player stated his intentions to leave the club, there was the still the small matter of a Champions League match to attend to. At times, the Old Trafford crowd were muted this evening, almost confused how to react in what has been a manic few days for the club. [...]
