Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is backing his strikeforce to fire the Reds into the Champions League semi-final. While the 69-year-old Scot is seemingly unlikely to deploy Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernández at Stamford Bridge tonight, the trio has now scored 50 goals between them this season. It’s the kind of firepower that took United to the treble in 1999, with Ferguson this week evoking memories of the club’s glory 12 seasons ago.
Ferguson, who says his forwards has covered up for deficiencies in United’s defence recently, is also boosted by the return of key defenders Rafael da Silva and Rio Ferdinand. The Brazilian youngster is certain to start against Chelsea, while Ferdinand, who has trained all week, is a high-profile risk in a key game.
“Johnny Evans is available for tomorrow, Ferdinand has been training for over a week, whether he is ready, I’m not sure,” Ferguson told the media on Tuesday.
“Rafael is available and O’Shea and Brown are back training.”
The good news in defence is a welcome bonus after the United manager was forced to dig deep into his resources in the past month. But it is United’s forward play that has Ferguson purring ahead of a potentially season-defining fixture in London.
“What has kept us going despite the injuries we have had in defensive positions is that there has been a good goal threat from us. We have forwards who can win matches,” added the United manager.
“Scoring is what strikers are all about. When you are scoring goals, the confidence is great, you never think you are going to stop.”
“I am happy with our forward play. Chicharito’s development is a great bonus. Wayne Rooney’s form is coming back. They have been marvellous the two of them together.
“I said at the start of the season if we get two players who can score over 20 goals we are in with a great chance of winning something. Wayne is now on 12. Chicharito is on 17 and Berbatov is on 21. That is a good return and we have quite a few games left. I think my prediction is going to be accurate.”
While Rooney faces a domestic ban for the “foul and abusive language” used in United’s 4-2 win at the Boleyn Ground on Saturday, no such distractions follow the 25-year-old into Europe. Indeed, Rooney scored a fine goal at Stamford Bridge in the recent Premier League meeting between the two sides and now has nine since the turn of the year.
In midfield Ferguson could welcome back Paul Scholes after the 36-year-old’s recent suspension. The flame-haired midfielder is likely to be partnered by Michael Carrick, although Ryan Giggs is also in contention for a place in the side.
And Ferguson was unusually ebullient this week, prompting talk of another treble in an interview with Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport. It’s the kind of talk that 69-year-old normally resists.
“It is 14 games in two months if everything goes our way and, at United, we are used to this kind of thing, which is to our advantage,” he told the paper.
“In the past I have said many times that to win just one trophy would be great. But we have to take the chance of winning all three now. We can repeat the treble of 1999.”
To repeat that feat United will have to improve on an awful recent record against the Londoners. Chelsea completed a double over Ferguson’s side in the Premier League last year and secured a controversial 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge earlier this season. Indeed, United has not won at the Londoners’ home ground for eight years, while manager Carlo Ancelotti can also boast a strong record against United in Europe.
Yet, despite the rivalry Ferguson had kind words for both Ancelotti and new £50 million striker Fernando Torres ahead of tonight’s tie. Ancelotti is widely expected to step down from his role at Chelsea when the season ends in May.
“It’s incredible for Carlo, he won the Double last season. How can Chelsea think of changing such a coach?
“Carlo is a fantastic guy, a really nice person. There is nothing really between our two teams. Both possess excellent footballers, both have international experience, experienced good coaches. Really, I don’t know where all the criticism comes from.
“Of course he will score again,” Ferguson added of Torres, who has not scored since the move south in January.
“When Chelsea signed him, everyone was saying: ‘What a great signing.’ Now, because he has not scored, he is a bad signing. Can people be more ridiculous? Maybe he is just settling in from the Liverpool system to the Chelsea system.”
Ferguson will hope that Torres does not add to the three goals in eight games the Spaniard scored against United during the his time at Liverpool.
Opposition
Chelsea – 442 – Cech; Bosingwa, Terry, Ivanovic, Cole; Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Zhirkov; Drogba, Torres. Subs from: Turnbull, Benayoun, Mikel, Malouda, Ferreira, Kalou, Anelka.
United
United – 442 – van der Sar; Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Park; Rooney, Hernandez. Subs from: Kuszczak, Owen, Scholes, Berbatov, Bébé, Fabio, Park, Obertan, Smalling, Gibson, Tunnicliffe, Morrison, NaniKing, Anderson.
Officials
Referee: Alberto Undiano Ibanez (ESP)
Assistant referees: Fermin Martinez Ibanez & Yuan Carlos Yuste Jimenez
Fourth official: David Fernandez Borbalan
Form
Chelsea – WWWDWD
United – WDWWWW
Was just gonna say where the fuck’s the matchday thread
Hernandez starts too
Torres & Drogba for Chelsea, so 442
Mufc team in full: vds, Evra, rio, Rooney, Giggs, park, Chicharito, Vidic, Carrick, Rafael, Valencia
Man United subs- Kuszczak, Berbatov, Smalling, Nani, Scholes, Evans and Gibson
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cole, Essien, Ramires, Lampard, Torres, Drogba, Bosingwa, Zhirkov, Terry
What’s up with Nani?
ffs….443
lol
i meant 433….fuck you sheesh
I fancy this, which is strange.
We’ve been ordinary or poor, for most of the season… but we’ve been coming into good form recently… largely because of Rooney.
If Rio really is fit, and plays well… I can see us winning this game, or at least matching them with a score draw… and I’d take that back to OT, no problem…
I’m saying 1-2
Come on you fuckerrrrrrrrrrrs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fuck chelsea
dogbreath and ladyboy both up front but rio and vidic will cope
seeing that knob miss that penalty kick 3 years ago still brings such joy to my inner self
shame berbs cant start – 3 pronged attack will really be something
thought nani was a naled on starter.. very weird
1-1 is the bet.. be happy with that
He’s an over rated light weight Ronaldo’s bridesmaid tart!
any score draw is good news if we don’t get a win
park will make a difference i’m sure with his energy in the middle
come on united
Very defensive Chelsea team when you look at the players they’ve picked.
essien needs taken out
rooney will be on fire i hope
no doubt he’ll be fucked sideways by the fa so lets get some goals from him before his enforced rest for 2 games
Don’t be a greedy cunt… I’m impressed Fergie is being THIS positive away from home.
no harm in dreaming is there u moustachiod brothel keeping cunt
What are the odds that:
1) Zhirkov will dive again and Chelsea will get another penalty.
2) One of our players will get sent off.
Pretty much the same as last time.
well the ref’s first name is underpants or something similar……..
vidic is 80/1 to get a straight red off torres
Those are very good odds if you fancy a flutter.
Not to be racist or anything but tonight’s officials are Spanish so I don’t have high expectations of a refereeing masterclass. They love brandishing a card (particularly tonight’s ref). Plays into Chelsea’s hands as they’ll be conned by the cynical fouls and play-acting.
If a bookies was handy, I’d put a fiver on that.
The travelling Reds are getting stuck in…
Can’t fuckin wait… going to be a cracker, methinks!
viva john terry – lol
I’d be much more confident if Anderson was in the side.
Should have gone with Berbatov instead of Hernandez.
a big factor is the absence of luiz i feel – he was a massive boost for them in the league game
come on united
Rooney’s got a face like thunder… I reckon he’s up for murder tonight.
“Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don’t need badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching’ tu madre! Come out from that shit-hole of yours. I have to speak to you.”
I have got the chill. Never been so tense this season. We have to win tonight. No need to wait for Old Trafford.
feel sick…here we go!
I fancy Chico to embarrass Terry…
LOL… ya big jessie!
dirty m/f essien
He is a dirty cunt, Essien.
ffs watching this alone.. all the mates down the bar.. cant do that
Fuck me, Barca ahead already.
what the fuck is up with evra!!!!
Rooney’s going to cop dogs abuse all game.
Giggs needs to be aware of his defensive duties. He has allowed runners to go past him twice now and we have just managed to escape. Evra needs to wake up.
ffs dogbreath…
delayed fake reaction cocksucker
carrick making a challenge…….
evra has been terrible last few games…
ooooh
Giggs corner taking is brutal.
terrible giggs. fuck was that
Who’s that cunt wearing Carricks shirt?
He’s not bad.
evra looks fucked
good save vds
evra looks way off the pace…like is his first game
Valencia’s got some bollocks to get the injury he did, recover so quickly, and jump right back in without any hesitation or fear. It’s great having him back.
Just occurred to me watching him being bashed about by Cole.
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooney
OHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH….
Beautiful…….
Great ball from Carrick, great take from Giggs to ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!
fuck me that was an amazing goal – carrick’s pass and giggs reception were both increadible!
Fantastic ball from Carrick. the touch from Giggs and the finish. take a bow lads
G’won Wayne give the camera some f-bombs
And that… is why I say Park is shit!.
great ball.. his first all season
When it was in mid-flight, I thought Carrick’s pass was terrible, then it proved to be fantastic. He’s showing his best form so far this match, showing us the player he should be.
sit tight guys
Cheating Chelski Fucks clearly under orders to nibble at Rooney to see if he reacts.
I don’t like the fact that this ref seems inclinded, as the ITV commentators say “to let them get on with the game like an English ref”. That means the Chavs will do their usual continual fouling and dirty play. Especially now that they’re behind.
they are dirty fouling fuckers
I agree, although I don’t think they are under orders, Ancelotti doesn’t seem the type. Mourinho drilled constant fouling into the Chavs, and they’ve remembered it ever since. Drogba and Terry set the example.
There seems to be a little contest going on between Giggs and Park on who is better at losing the ball. At the moment Giggs is winning
Don’t mention the name of Park and Giggs together… twat
diving bastard!!!!
jerk off cunt yellow bastard m/f
nice interception by Vidic there, Torres is looking motivated. Motivated to dive, I mean.
Fantastic geometric goal. Shouldn’t blow the lead again.
tell that to Fergie.He has put them together in the team sheet
I can see Chumpski picking up a red, the way they’re playing.
Chico not getting in the game…
Close there though.
What has really happened to Evra??
Hope we get another soon, you know how this second half is going to pan out!
LOL…….
How the fuck did they not score???
big letoff… come on reds
fuckin’ ‘ell!!!!
Fuck me that was a hairy minute
Chelsea fans sitting there spellbound, amazed to see something they don’t see often at Stamford bridge – a good performance from the referee.
Torres has lost it… and he may not get it back at Chelsea… they’re going to start getting on his back soon.
Great match so far. We’re looking like a good team again.
hahaha
best post thus far
Was that Torres who failed to put it into an open goal with VDS on the turf?
Very good game. Really good. We could have had more, they could have equalised too. But we are ahead, we have got the away goal too. Our manager must NOT muck about in the substitutions. We have to match their energy level. Giggs and Scholes must NOT be on this pitch at the same time. Hernancez is pinning them back and that includes Essien too so he must remain on the pitch.
Hang on lads. We can do it. Am so nervous one might think it was the final even.
What’s nice is that with Scholes, Berba, and Nani on the bench, we have the potential to change things up a bit without diminishing our goal threat too much. If we put Scholes or Nani on for Hernandez, for example, we’d bulk up the midfield, but still offer penetration and (in Nani’s case) a scoring threat.
Decent half, we look cool and confident
Carrick is being ace
But this could easily go the the way it always goes – We play well, score, then they turn the screw and beat us
I’m hoping for a 1-1
United have played well but what worries me is those odd moments where they lose possession so sloppily. It’s utterly infuriating. That’s the only way Chelsea can get back into the game – if we let them into it.
Torres should have been booked for diving. Would have been nice if one of our players had ‘accidentally’ injured him.
evra not had a good game but was at the right place to prevent them scoring
park is doing his headless chicken routine to good effect but still so lightweight
sweet pea should be brought into the game more but he could have made it 2-0 if he were 6 inches taller
defence is looking good under that sustained rent boy pressure
more of the same please lads
oh and btw the goal was a right beauty
He’s simply forgotten how to defend. Been like that for a long time now.
aye there is a goal in chelsea. we just need another, take an advantage home and we will be hard to stop
“4 – The last four games between Chelsea and Man Utd have seen the away team 1-0 up at half-time. Pattern.”
Great pass by Carrick for the goal, but his bollockless nerve in the tackle has almost cost us dearly. He shit out of a 50/50 with the tranny who then passed it Drogba who’s shot got tipped over. Then he bottled out of one with Lampard.
Put yer fuckin foot in you faggot or fuck off!
Hernandez may as well come and sit here with me. He’s a super sub, the end.
Get the Berbs on, his brains will undo these fuckers.
“NOT MANY MANAGERS CAN SAY THEY’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NINE GOAL THRILLER AGAINST THE CHAMPIONS”.
Forest manager Ron Atkinson after they’d just lost 8-1 at home to Manchester United.
Goodness me!! Some people will do anything for attention.
How long can giggs last tonight?
We all know there will be an onslaught. Let’s please FOR ONCE not capitulate. Carry on as we are please.
what u talking about willis?
SAF still chomping on the gum at h/t i/v…
Here we go Chelsea 3- United 1
Racist?
stick berbs on to hold the ball up front
Here’s the evidence!
Nani, Anderson, Gibson, Hernandez, the Twins are our future. Please go Neville, Scholes and Giggs. Give Fletcher the skipper’s armband
“NOT MANY MANAGERS CAN SAY THEY’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NINE GOAL THRILLER AGAINST THE CHAMPIONS”.
Forest manager Ron Atkinson after they’d just lost 8-1 at home to Manchester United.
fuck no not evans
what the fuck was Rafael thinking there??
Dont worry han. The person am talking to knows…
should be 1-1
Great, Evra’s having a shocker, Rafael looks injured, and we don’t have Fabio or any other left/right back on the bench. Where’s Fabio and O’Shea?
what the fuck!!!! im puzzled by that
Ok that’s an odd substitution… genius or madness?
Nani on for Rafael. Valencia playing as a RB??
time will tell
Mind you, it’s nice that we’re able to substitute on a player with a decent claim on PL player of the season.
Evra is having a shocker…
nice tackle by park
Fergie will have told them to keep it tight for the first 15/20 min… which we’ve done… and Chumpski have done nothing of real threat…
We’ll start to see more of the ball now, and I can see us getting another.
I think we may go to OT with a 2 goal advantage…
Which would be nice.
Giggs is blowing.
ffs Giggs
We’re well on top, it will piss me off no end if they score.
how th fuck have we not got a corner taker in our team
evra is giving me nightmars
Evra is a fuckin liability… what is his problem?
fucking Evra, Drogba’s all over him
he is the weak link tonight.. drog is all over him.
oooh thought that was going in
Evra gave Drog another opportunity there, but Park cleaned it up. It’s a shame Fabio’s not on the bench, or even O’Shea, I’d prefer just about anyone to Evra at the moment. O’Shea would stand up to Drogba the best. At least the Chavs are picking up yellows in midfield. FUUUUUUUUUCK hernandez how’d you not get there….
Nani is on the pitch so let him take the corners for goodness sake
fuck me that clock is not tickng down at all
It’s amazing how often the Chelsea players look at the officials in confusion when something doesn’t work out for them, they’re so used to being bailed out by the refs.
Drogba off?? Ancelotti must be crazy
need berba on now
I think Chelsea have a player called Torres Nearly, ‘cos he keeps getting mentioned, but he doesn’t seem to be doing any of the things the commentators say he’s doing.
aye he has the beating of evra
fuck me that was nearly u getting burnt
VDS!
VDS!
VDS!
VDS!
Yeah I should shut my trap. I’m getting nervous as fuck mind, I really need that second goal to enjoy the rest of this match.
next year that would be going in, unless we replace VDS with a truly class keeper
need anther in midfield
van der Sar you beauty
Gorra get Hernadez off. Berbs will hold up. Thats iff we get another fuckin kick.
come on berba
hold the ball up front
he says after the subs taken place
Who is this Ramires pert?
Come on ref… use a bit of common sense for fuck sake.
boot to the face…
fook.. didn like the look of that
Jaysus we didn’t make much of that counter…
Why is Rooney on the wing?
He should be in the middle, put Park on the wing.
That’s cause Nani is a spastic fuckhead who hates to pass.
Bring on Scholes… we need some composed possession.
Valencia doing OK as RB
That’s a big let off, legit penalty claim there. It’s called karma, you fuckheads!
CLASS! Torres you fuckhead!
defo penalty…. torres divin cunt!!!
I honestly can not but dislike Berbatov some more. He is totally unreliable. Goodness me.
yes#
1-0
clear penalty for those cunts
motherfuckers didnt get it
getin.. whata result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As for Patrice Evra ,he should never have returned to the French team. Since then he has just been awful. Hope Fabio is ok for the weekend.
Great Spanish ref.
El Nino! Scousers must be laughing their heads off
thats not what u say when he scores 20 goals is it ffs
Get in. Let off with the penalty but it goes some way to evening things out after some of the outrageous decisions those cunts have had over the last few years. Have to say Evra was a liability tonight, but all in all i’ll have some of that all night long. Speaking of which, i’m off to do the Mrs. Later tweeps.
By the way, congrats guys!! Long time coming but worth the wait. They were denied a penalty? They were denied heck. Like who bloody cares!!
getin.. whata result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sets it up nicely for the 2nd leg, they’ll get at least 1 goal at O.T.
Teds match awards.
Golden nugget……..Rooney.
Fuck nugget………Carrick/Evra.
Makes no sense to me, but true… he just hasn’t been right this year…
han, you do love Berbatov and we get it. But how can you not see that he is the most infuriating player ever to play for us. Tonight he had Rooney right in front of him but he dallied with the ball, gave it away and they were on to our back four. He just will not do the simple things. Very annoying.
carrick?? was streets ahead of evra tonight.. we wll pick thse cunts of on the couner next week
What are you getting on Carrick’s back for? He had a very good game tonight.
AMAZING RESULT!!! about time at the bridge as well!!
TORRES YOU ARE SHIT…… LOLPMSLFAFOMG
great result
great to see rio back
evra needs some fucking new boots and a new attitude – poor performance save for the goal line clearance
cal, im not in the mood to pick a fight with you – it was a great result and a fine away performance and 1 error by berbs should not justify your 1st post about him
I’m not surprised that Evra and Fletcher have had poor seasons by their standards, both play a lot of games for us and do a lot of running in every game. Evra needs to put his feet up this summer and have a nice rest.
Cal… you’re talking about Berbatov… but you can say EXACTLY the same thing about Nani…
aye but he won’t
Alf, at least Nani is quick and will go back to try and shut down the space. That other fellow will just stand there and droop his shoulders.
han, you are right. I do find him so annoying to be honest.
vds made some decent saves
how important is he to our defence
please stay for another season
By my count Rooney’s got 11 goals and 6 assists since the new year, and the ratio’s even better since february, he’s more or less getting a goal or assist every game at the moment.
I think that’s a good shout… he looks burnt, out and jaded…
Good point. He has played way too many games. The biggest problem is that without him or Giggs we have no other left footer. Downing!!!!
He did a good pass for the goal, thats it. But he was getting found out again all through the 2nd half. He was always a yard behind Chelsea’s midfield passing, and Park was as well to be fair. Thats why we never got a kick all half. We are desperately short of someone who can command and hold the ball when we are under the cosh a bit.
Great result… Rooney will be rested and fresh for the OT game… and they have to win…
They won’t!
that fucking ken dodd lookalike redcock is so in love with the rent boys – i guess he wants the russian to pick him as their next manager with his comments
great result tonight, and a good performance, still a lot of hard work to do.
The thing is, the problem is’nt going to go away anytime soon.
Unless Madrid do us a massive favour. I’m already taking counselling regarding what Barca would do to us with the world watching. I’m not prepared to reveal what kind of therapy i’m undertaking, but i got 1 months supply of “Butt-eaze” for enroling.
Evra basically plays every game except for the early Carling games, and he bombs up and down the wing for 90 minutes each time. At least Fabio seems like he could do a decent backup role now. Is Fabio not left footed?
I don’t think that’s entirely fair. He did a lot besides that pass, good tackling and interceptions in the first half in particular.
In the second half, we actually had a decent spell of controlling the match in the middle of the half. But you would expect Chelsea to come out raring to go for the first 10-15 mins of the second half, and then to throw caution to the wind in the last 10-15 mins, and that’s basically what happened. There’s not many midfields that could stop that, especially being at Stanford Bridge. You also have to consider that it’s easier for Chelsea’s midfield to look in control in the second half because they are pushing the defenders up and pulling the forwards back, so there’s a lot more blue shirts to pass to. But that also meant that their forwards didn’t get the amount of penetration you’d expect from all that possession.
Thank God we actually had a decent ref tonight. That Torres booking had me applauding at the telly. Karma’s a bitch, eh Rent Boys?
Unsung heroes did well tonight. We needed Park to run about a lot and generally get in the way of the Chelsea players. He put in a few excellent tackles as well. Carrick played better than he normally does. Evra was the only one who looked vulnerable. I don’t think he’s tired. He’s not lacking energy. I think his problem is that his decision making is a bit suspect at times and he can be a bit sloppy defensively. People were making the same excuses for him this time last season. He needs to man up, knuckle down and work on his defending – and I say that as someone who is normally a fan of his.
I hope Rafael isn’t too seriously injured.
I thought Chelsea missed David Luiz. They looked a bit short going forward in that second half.
Oh and thank fuck we had Rio tonight.
Maybe…
Over two legs, Barca would take United to the shed… but in a one off… you never know.
Anyway… get ready to find out, because I’m starting to believe we’re going to make the final.
We’ve got The Renties bent over the kitchen table, and we SHOULD be able to beat Schalke…
I’m not confident Bedoya, Schalke are doing a bit of a Leverkusen are’nt they and we all know what happened there.
Chelsea will deffo get a goal against us, convinced of it. But if we get through, we’ll have Schalke away 2nd leg. 
Things are getting better just when they need to. Valencia is a star. Carrick was two yards quicker than a few weeks ago. Hernandez improves every match. Rio is back. Berba is fresh. Let’s hope that Anderson & Scholes can make a big contribution. In the second half we had another gear; Chelski didn’t.
Anderson is fit again. He is playing in reserves tomorrow, which is good news.
Just keep him away from the post match pies?
Bah!
They had one of “THOSE” games… I expect them to get beat in the second leg, but still go through.
They’re in 11th in the Bundesliga for a reason… they’re shit… and they don’t come up against the likes of Rooney very often.
No excuses… not beating them would be a poor showing.
anyone else see that midget crouch’s reaction when he was sent off on tuesday nite…”oh fuck off”….to the referee and yet will uefa do anything – doubt it becuase its not a united player
fucking whinging slimy bags of fish shit
Can’t fucking believe the result. Where was the Chelsea fight back? Why didn’t they crank it up in the second half like they always do? They lack bottle this season. And their rigid 442 bollocks is reminiscent of England.
I also can’t comprehend how Carrick was my MOTM
And how utter shit Evra is at defending. He needs fucking dropping for Fulham. 2 penalties in 2 games… gah
We got a strong, fair referee n all (although it was deffo a pen)
He blew for every incident no matter how big or small, like they do in Europe. Normally it’s infuriating as fuck, but at least it makes for a more even playing field
We played him well, drawing professional fouls, staying down when we had to etc. we’ve wised up
I keep reading reports that Nani is unhappy at United and wants to move on. He seems to be on the subs bench here lately, don’t know whats really going on. But Fergie uses these tactics to make players more hungry, as you can see what he is doing with Berbatov. Hernandez now starts up front with Rooney and Berbatov is on the bench. Fergie is a very clever manager, so not to worry. Evra has been weak most of the season on that left side and I’m sure other teams know that, so they will keep playing the ball down that side because Evra would be considered the weak link in the defence. And for the record, has Michael Owen played one full game this season? What a waste!
Are you Andy Townsend in disguise?
evra was getting battered last night. felt sorry for him at some point.
rio was superb.
i thought nani did great when he came on. also, valencia was great.
its great to see rio back. its such a calming factor in the big games. you just know that things will be under control with him around
torres is a slimey piece of shit. he should have been yellow carded for his first dive after 15-20 mins. and with the second one he should have been sent off. if fifa/uefa wants to stamp out divers, they should do this. that said, he’s playing like rubbish, so maybe its better that he stay’s available. still cant believe they took drogba off. he was absolutely destroying evra.
happy with the result. great goal. giggs’s touch was sublime. lets finish off the job next week
Because he doesn’t start two games? I think you’re getting a bit carried away, Nani has arguably been our most important player this season.
I can just see Madrid beating Barca and us getting to the final…. against….Ronaldo
i panic at the thought of this united side playing barcelona or real madrid
i went to tesco on 75 minutes, such was my confidence
There’s being an armchair fan, and then there’s this!!
442
Very pleased with the United result last night, should hopefully be enough to see us through to the semi-final as long as we don’t do anything stupid in the return leg. Hopefully that’ll be a psychological win too, we’ve been waiting 9 years for a win at Stamford Bridge, after all! I must admit, it’s been a long time since I’ve been that tense and nervous watching a match, I was praying for United to score a second and knock the fight out of Chelsea completely, but it didn’t happen, and I feared the worst after that awful tackle in the box from Evra. He was unbelievably lucky to stay on the pitch and not concede the penalty, but I reckon Fergie hit the nail on the head when it said it was about time we had some luck, especially after all the dodgy decisions Chelsea got in the league game last month, so I guess what goes around comes around after all. You have to wonder how long Chelsea fans will keep watching Torres’ poor performances before they start to turn on him, he was virtually anonymous last night, aside from that misdirected bicycle kick, the header to produce van der Sar’s save, and the 2 dives he tried on. £50million doesn’t buy much these days apparently.
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Can’t believe people saying Carrick was poor. Definitely his best game in a Utd shirt for a long, long time. Got stuck in, even ran at the defence a few times. Beauty of a cross to Giggs.
I’m far from a Carrick fan but glad to see most are giving credit where it’s due. Hope he can keep it up…. until we sell him in the summer :o)
what you dont use toilet roll now or what, i had to pick up some essentials
LKHF
faffing
To be fair I gave up my season ticket so I am 99% armchair myself these days. Sucks :o(
Was the bear at the gate Knobby?
i had a shit today, and wiping it was like just wiping the end of a mars bar……must have used half a roll
You need some fibre inside you, then you’ll be a one-wipe wonder.
In other news, Anderson and Fletcher are back. Anderson scored twice in the reserves tonight and Fletcher has recovered from his virus and will rejoin the team tomorrow. I’d stick Fletcher on the bench on Saturday.
No Rooney for Saturday but we have enough fire power up front to deal with Fulham.