Similar to our former group of posts “From London With Love”, this series of articles provides weekly coverage of what is going on in the land of our next UEFA Champions League rival and co-finalist, Manchester United. Every week, guest writer (and a friend of our own writer, Hady) Hasan Noureldin, who happens to be an avid Liverpool and English Premier League fan, will be covering what’s happening in the stadium of dreams – Old Trafford – in Manchester.
From match details to internal club and transfer issues, this is a chance to look at the upcoming encounter from a neutral’s point of view through a slightly sarcastic lens. Manchester United have showed a solid performance against Chelsea and managed to win in a thrilling game. Continue on for a full review of their latest match here on your number one source for all Barça-related issues.
It was just 35 seconds… 35 seconds and Manchester United were on course to their record-breaking 19th Premier League title. All of the talk of them being not a “vintage United side” was put to rest as soon as the whistle blew to signal the start of the game. It was United’s best performance of the season, one of the best performances of the season by any team so far.
Chelsea were not up to pace -yes, that should be said- but it was the high pressure of Man Utd that created an air of uncertainty for the Chelsea backline. They were fantastic in every department, and the only blemish on a great day was conceding a goal, a goal that put United under pressure, but even then they continued to create chance after chance through counterattacks. They could and should have been 4-0 up before Chelsea even attempted to get something out of the match.
Park was at his industrious best, competing from the left hand side and proving to be a handful, Valencia went past Ashley Cole more than the latter had cheated on his ex-wife. Hernandez could have bagged a hat-trick, Rooney had chances to score as well. Out there on the pitch, there wasn’t a single player who didn’t perform well, from the defense to offense, it was perfect.
United have all but sealed the title, needing 1 point from their last 2 games to win it. This would give Fergie the chance to rest some players before the final, and it will hopefully be worth the wait. Barcelona will be confident enough to surpass them, but it depends hugely on the Red Devils. If they reproduce the same performance they had against Chelsea, we will be in for a cracking game.
Hady’s question to the readers: After this great game by Manchester, are you afraid of any surprises that United may have in store for Barça? And what do you think of their manager’s latest words in which he said that he’ll be able to harm Barça in the UCL final? Personally, I think we’re in for a very challenging game with a slight number of goals due to the fear of counter attacks on both sides, but, as always . . .
. . .IN PEP WE TRUST!
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