Sunday, August 9, 2009

FA Community Shield: Manchester United vs. Chelsea

It was a game of two halves...United was the better team in the first and Chelsea was simply too good in the second. Defensively we were good just that Oshea allowed Malouda a lot of freedom. Foster was nervous at times but made a couple of good saves.

In the midfield, Fletcher was good while Carrick was decent. Nani scored a good goal but otherwise was pretty much ineffective. Park was again his industrious self. Valencia was a disappointment but he will slowly get better.

Berbatov showed some good touches but otherwise I think he does slow down the game a lot. I hope SAF plays him purely as a centre-forward. Rooney was our best player. Kept running all through and took his goal well. Owen made a few good runs as well.

Penalties...well as always they are a lottery. But Giggs should have taken it better. Evra was harrowed I think but still not an excuse for such a sloppy penalty. I dont understand why Rooney, Owen and Scholes dont take penalties.

On the whole, I think we will have to really step up our game if we have to retain the EPL and win the UCL.

Glory Glory Manchester United!!!

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