About that Manchester United/Arsenal game
3 Comments Published by Cardillo on April 29, 2009 at 5:55 PM.
So yeah, this one was pretty straight forward.
Manchester United puts up a respectable, decent 1-0 result against Arsenal at Old Trafford. Deep down neither Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger are likely too thrilled with what played out over the 90 minutes.
United probably would have walked away 2-0 minimum if not for a couple great saves from everyone's favorite ex-pornstar goalkeeper Manuel Almunia. (FYI, same dye as Dunder-Mifflin's Ryan Howard.)
Yet, United are only up a goal -- at least they didn't concede and cheap awaybie (new word, check it out on Urban Dictionary) -- as they head to the Emirates next week.
United will rue that after essentially dominating for about 90 percent of the 90 minutes, they only slipped one goal past a defense featuring a hapless Mikel Silvestre and a greener than the finest kush Kieran Gibbs at left back.
And how does Anderson take not one, but two corner kicks that sail out of bounds without a touch?
It's not much better for Arsenal. Cesc Fabregas looked a little rusty -- playing United is a bit different than Middlesbrough. Emmanuel Adebayor wasn't able to conjure anything out of his magic bag of tricks. Samir Nasri looked a bit lost, too.
The Gunners defense was good, but not lockdown like Chelsea's a day before. Playing for the counter-attack isn't going to work, either. Patrice Evra did a solid job bottling up Theo Walcott and the United center defenders neutered Adebayor enough to the point he had to attempt the audacious. (Perhaps Wenger can mind erase Michel Platini that Andrei Arshavin never played for Zenit St. Petersburg.)
In the end, both sides can take some minor positives from this one and a whole lot more negatives. Wednesday's result leaves it all to play for at the Emirates. Whichever teams makes the better tactical decisions heads to Rome.
Finally, if you happened to have John O'Shea as the lone goal scorer, congrats. Just don't share you winnings with a Nigerian prince.
Manchester United puts up a respectable, decent 1-0 result against Arsenal at Old Trafford. Deep down neither Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger are likely too thrilled with what played out over the 90 minutes.
United probably would have walked away 2-0 minimum if not for a couple great saves from everyone's favorite ex-pornstar goalkeeper Manuel Almunia. (FYI, same dye as Dunder-Mifflin's Ryan Howard.)
Yet, United are only up a goal -- at least they didn't concede and cheap awaybie (new word, check it out on Urban Dictionary) -- as they head to the Emirates next week.
United will rue that after essentially dominating for about 90 percent of the 90 minutes, they only slipped one goal past a defense featuring a hapless Mikel Silvestre and a greener than the finest kush Kieran Gibbs at left back.
And how does Anderson take not one, but two corner kicks that sail out of bounds without a touch?
It's not much better for Arsenal. Cesc Fabregas looked a little rusty -- playing United is a bit different than Middlesbrough. Emmanuel Adebayor wasn't able to conjure anything out of his magic bag of tricks. Samir Nasri looked a bit lost, too.
The Gunners defense was good, but not lockdown like Chelsea's a day before. Playing for the counter-attack isn't going to work, either. Patrice Evra did a solid job bottling up Theo Walcott and the United center defenders neutered Adebayor enough to the point he had to attempt the audacious. (Perhaps Wenger can mind erase Michel Platini that Andrei Arshavin never played for Zenit St. Petersburg.)
In the end, both sides can take some minor positives from this one and a whole lot more negatives. Wednesday's result leaves it all to play for at the Emirates. Whichever teams makes the better tactical decisions heads to Rome.
Finally, if you happened to have John O'Shea as the lone goal scorer, congrats. Just don't share you winnings with a Nigerian prince.
Labels: Arsenal, champions league, manchester United, Soccer
I think today's game was a great result for Manchester, and there was nothing in the Arsenal attack that really gave United trouble...
Hopefully for Arsenal's sake Van Persie will come back and Rio Ferdinand will be out with an injury for the final leg..
Crynaldo doing what he does best...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKVD7s3HiE4
I'm rootin for the gunners so - take what I say with a grain of salt.
Such a fuckin' petulant little baby, but scares the beer out of me when he loads up that right foot and unloads it. Lucky for us it crashed off of the crossbar.