As I said in my previous post, I was expecting the weekend to end on a positive note, and it couldn't have ended in a better way. Manchester United thrashed their 'noisy neighbors' - Manchester City (shitty!!) out of the 4th round of the FA Cup. Manchester City, the defending champions, fought out a battle which otherwise would have brought a humiliating defeat to their side. Trailing 3-0 at half time and reduced to 10 men, thanks to the red carded captain Vincent Kompany, fought out with a never say die attitude and scored twice in the second half. Just when they thought they had a glimpse of the hope, the United defense charged up to prevent them from scoring another, and eventually winning the match 3-2.
The first half was a nightmare for the petromoney mongers, with Wayne 'Wazza' Rooney scoring from a fabulous header in the 10th minute. To add to the pain, Vincent Kompany was sent off for a two-footed tackle on Nani and City were reduced to ten men. They looked in utter dismay when Danny Welbeck scored from a screamer, a world class finishing from the young striker, to make the score 2-0. Welbeck played his role again, when he was brought down in the City penalty area leading to a penalty. Rooney, who normally doesn't miss any, hit it straight to the goal keeper who couldn't hold it, and Rooney scored from a rebound to make the score 3-0. With the triplet of Rooney-Welbeck-Valencia looking deadly and City reduced to 10 men, a massacre looked on the cards. To my disappointment, however, City put in a blistering performance in the second half. A fabulous free kick (mark my words, you won't see many like those) from Alexander Kolarev made the score 3-1. He shoot in a fabulous inch-perfect banana, the ones we normally see only in FIFA, to score for his team. No goalie in the world would have been able to stop it, trust me! Than a slip from United defense saw Sergio 'Kun' Aguero scoring to make the score 3-2. United and its fans had their hearts in their mouths for a while, but a calm and composed United side regrouped, to keep the scoreline 3-2 and eventually winning the game.
United played as worse in the second half as they played good in the first half. It was disappointing to be honest. However, amongst the glorious and heart warming news was the return of the United midfield maestro, the living legend, Paul Scholes. Scholsey, who retired 7 months back, was ready to answer calls to united's midfield woes/crisis, mostly due to injuries to key players. Scholes, who is 37 already, has signed a contract which extends until the end of the season and he will wear the #22 jersey. I couldn't be more happier, to see him play again for united. It was his 668th appearance for the club, 4th highest for any player in history. Welcome back, Scholsey!! We missed you.
Amongst other new, it was good to see Chris Smalling back from injury. Tom Cleverly is expected to train from Monday. Hence, we are going to have a pretty strong squad soon, with players recovering from injuries. Hail Alex Ferguson, hail Scholsey, hail Manchester United. GGMU!!
The first half was a nightmare for the petromoney mongers, with Wayne 'Wazza' Rooney scoring from a fabulous header in the 10th minute. To add to the pain, Vincent Kompany was sent off for a two-footed tackle on Nani and City were reduced to ten men. They looked in utter dismay when Danny Welbeck scored from a screamer, a world class finishing from the young striker, to make the score 2-0. Welbeck played his role again, when he was brought down in the City penalty area leading to a penalty. Rooney, who normally doesn't miss any, hit it straight to the goal keeper who couldn't hold it, and Rooney scored from a rebound to make the score 3-0. With the triplet of Rooney-Welbeck-Valencia looking deadly and City reduced to 10 men, a massacre looked on the cards. To my disappointment, however, City put in a blistering performance in the second half. A fabulous free kick (mark my words, you won't see many like those) from Alexander Kolarev made the score 3-1. He shoot in a fabulous inch-perfect banana, the ones we normally see only in FIFA, to score for his team. No goalie in the world would have been able to stop it, trust me! Than a slip from United defense saw Sergio 'Kun' Aguero scoring to make the score 3-2. United and its fans had their hearts in their mouths for a while, but a calm and composed United side regrouped, to keep the scoreline 3-2 and eventually winning the game.
United played as worse in the second half as they played good in the first half. It was disappointing to be honest. However, amongst the glorious and heart warming news was the return of the United midfield maestro, the living legend, Paul Scholes. Scholsey, who retired 7 months back, was ready to answer calls to united's midfield woes/crisis, mostly due to injuries to key players. Scholes, who is 37 already, has signed a contract which extends until the end of the season and he will wear the #22 jersey. I couldn't be more happier, to see him play again for united. It was his 668th appearance for the club, 4th highest for any player in history. Welcome back, Scholsey!! We missed you.
Amongst other new, it was good to see Chris Smalling back from injury. Tom Cleverly is expected to train from Monday. Hence, we are going to have a pretty strong squad soon, with players recovering from injuries. Hail Alex Ferguson, hail Scholsey, hail Manchester United. GGMU!!
