easy,easy,easy. i was never so relaxed watching a united liverpool match. after weathering the first five minutes we took control of the game and never looked like loosing.
darren fletcher put in a man of the match performance and got stuck in to gonzalez and riise straight away. scholes and carrick controlled the middle of the park. giggs always carried a threat going forward,sahas control was exquisite and rooney worked his socks off. defencively we were solid with vidic and evra both looking like quality signings.
it was a great team performance and we outbattled and outplayed liverpool on every inch of the park. we have developed a great deal as a unit and it is a pleasure to see our team play for each other. we are looking good and the result was a great response to chelseas win over portsmouth. i am delighted.
i wont single out one particular player for adulation but i saw that carrick was coming in for some stick because he gave the ball away(i think it was three times). he was given a few hospital passes and on another occasion nobody would make a move for him. his desire to get back and cover midfield runners more then made up for that and he made a few crucial challenges at vital times. add some of the passes he made today,particularly where he picked out rooney in the liverpool box, was excellent. he is a natural midfielder and is growing into his role all the time. he is a positive influence on our nidfield and i believe he has bright future with united. dont break his balls.
liverpool were poor though. gerrard must be loosing his patience with rafa as he is constantly being played out of position. there is more to their relationship then meets the eye as i have eluded to on this blog and i dont think there is any love lost between the two. liverpool dont look too strong and it would seem their league is over already. maybe not but they need to find some form and rapidly.
as for the chelsea portsmouth game,if there is match fixing in the premiership that game was a perfect example of it. for a team that were fourth in the table at the time,pompey were pathetic. pamerot and the centre back with the hair were desperate and wouldnt have made galway uniteds starting eleven. they invited chelsea to attack and couldnt defend or didnt. drogba assaulted james and mourinho whinged because they didnt get a goal. for me chelsea are a physical negative side who try anything and everything to win a game. they are there to be shot at this year by a well organised pacey side like us. i cant wait to play them. hopefully the memory of last years defeat at the bridge will stand to our lads and help drive them on to victory against the blues.
great weekend. great result. happy days.