United v. Sunderland: Belated Highlights
By: Taylor Rockwell | December 8th, 2008So, I thought I put a post up Sunday afternoon, but apparently it didn’t go through so here we are. I watched this match in a crowded bar surrounded by American football fans who were screaming for their various college teams. So, when Vidic knocked in the late winner and every other screen was at commercial, the other patrons were a bit confused why four people in the corner of the bar were screaming at the top of their lungs. Ah well… such is life…
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
United 1 – Sunderland 0 (Vidic in the 91′)
First Half Highlights
Second Half Highlights
Anyway, right place-right time for Vidic and United secure a well-deserved three points. I was pretty pleased with the entire squad on the whole. I am forced to admit that I loved what I saw from Berba this weekend. He seemed to recognize that Tevez was making a case for starting, and the big Bulgarian responded with hard tackles, skilled challenges (despite missing a relatively easy header), and otherwise determined play.
And you, dear readers? A deserved three points? A lucky three points? Does Tevez deserve to start over a Rooney-Berba combo? What is the best XI United can field at any given time? Should Sergio Ramos be taking notes from Rafael? I’m going to go ahead and say yes to that final question. You?
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Tags: Add new tag, Carlos Tevez, Dimitar Berbatov, goal, Highlights, Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael da Silva, SunderlandSubscribe
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I was pleased with parts of Berba’s game, but not it all.
Rafael has been a revelation, I just want to see what Fabio can do now.
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it was deserved…at one point the possession was 85-15 in the second half. they camped out the whole game and had it coming…surprised it took that long though. i like carlitos alot and i know he works alot harder than berba but does it really get all that different of a result? i know he’s hated here for appearing lazy but berbatov really does add a complete other dimension to the squad especially with scholes not there to pick the passes out in a more forward part of the pitch…that’s just not something carlos does…he puts his head down and charges like he’s on an episode of that japanese game show where people are trying to figure out which door to plow through.
and yea i know thats an oversimplification but its what this blogs been doing to berba since he joined up.
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Oversimplification? How dare you imply that constantly referencing Berba’s love of cheeseburgers/laziness is an oversimplification of his playing style.
Like I said, I think that we saw more endeavor from Berba, and I appreciated the result. I will go one step further and say that a Rooney/Berba combo (when playing to their potential) necessitates Tevez be left on the bench as much as he has been. I believe such was the case on Saturday.
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taylor you should know by now that my berba manlove won’t be deterred by visions of marlboro’s and big mac’s. i see myself in him! haha
but really, as hard as park works he needs to ride the pine instead of carlos…it’s not like nani could hang with the tevez either. i fail to see how that’s escaped the ferg.
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