an unconvincing opening matchday win at Birmingham and a horrendous loss to Burnley their previous match did little to justify the statement from SAF that the loss of CR7 and Tevez would be made up for with higher workload from the existing players and the addition of Owen and Valencia.
the pundits (and me) put it down to lack of confidence after the loss of such big players and ManUtd's traditional slow start to the season. no worries, some hardcore fans said, but i had my doubts abt them regaining the title this time rd.
5th min: settled down after bathing, chicken wings in tow.
15th min: all 5 IKEA wings eaten up :)
16th min: wishing i'd bought more food
17th min: settled for a nice ribena drink cos i'm on a diet.
a tame (quite boring) first half with several half-chances on either side transpired, and i spent the 15min half-time interval doing up the overgrip on my spare racket as well as fixing up the dampeners. it's gonna be a dreary draw and they're gonna fall further behind in the title race, i sadly thought to myself. i was wrong.
56th min: GOAL! 1-0 to man utd. rooney headed into the top left corner from a nani corner. quite amazing considering he's only 1.75m and ManUtd are known for their pathetic (i feel) conversion rate from corners. but a slender lead's hard to protect, i thought.
58th min: GOAL! after a quick one-two with rooney outside the box, berbatov utilised his marvellous 1st touch, first lobbing Kirkland (keeper) then poking the ball into the empty net. nice! 2-0's a good scoreline, and they seem hungry for more.
65th min: GOAL! rooney received the ball inside the box (left) from berbatov, then proceeded for a shot on goal, scoring from a deflection off Melchiot whilst Kirkland stood rooted on the spot. so glad i'm watching this match - good stuff!
85th min: GOAL! Substitute Owen latched on to a through pass by Nani and shot with his weaker left foot, placing the ball off the right crossbar and into the net. marvellous effort by the injury-plagued england international which many deemed a has-been. really felt for him at this point; it's gg to go a long way in proving his critics wrong.
90th min: GOAL! i was alr v happy abt a 4-0 victory but this was the icing on the cake. after being awarded a free kick a long distance away from the goal, Nani readied himself to take it. ridiculous, i thought, you think u're CR7? and he shot. the ball sailed over the wall and curled away from the rooted (again!) keeper into the bottom left corner. WTF! i exclaimed.
having buried 3 ghosts (tt berbatov's workrate's lousy, owen can't score and there's no-one else to score from free-kicks), it was definitely a wonderful night for ManUtd and their legions of fans out there. happily, i warmed up my wonton noodles, ready for a good eat-read session b4 sleeping.
i know. shall work out later and go for a swim b4 ECP tml.
2 comments:
shopping after saying that you want to save up!!! tsk tsk...
but i NEED the sportshoes for IPPT reasons. haha. my old red asics pair's too small, it hurts even b4 i start running. dunno why i stuck w it for 4 yrs..
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