Poor Manchester United

Sporting weekends do not get any better than this past weekend! It was either going to be a great weekend for me or a total disaster but I am glad I can still be smiling and gloating right now. After seeing the All Blacks trounce the Wallabies there was barely time to even go to the bathroom before having to switch over to the game at Anfield. I will be honest, going into the match I was not to convinced Liverpool could win, especially when I saw that Gerrard and Torres were not starting. And then United scored after a few minutes into the game and I thought “Oh no! Here we go again!” At that point I honestly thought we were going to get hammered like 4-0. But then as the game went on, Liverpool got more and more into the game and thanks to Wes Brown and Van der Saar we were able to equalise. I knew after that own goal that the Manchester United fans were going to be on our case if the game ended 1-1 as they would have said, “You guys can’t even score by yourselves and we need to score goals for you!”

But alas, I have not heard a single United fan say that to me now that we went on to win the game thanks to a late winner by Babel. Liverpool totally dominated United and not even United fans can say we played better than you because we just looked a shade above them. It was about time that we beat these guys. They had been lucky in previous seasons to win against us as we dominated games against them but we never got the result.

It was time for United fans to switch off their phones after the game! Shame guys! I will be gloating about this win until we play them again in March. So that means a good 6 months of bad mouthing United fans. How sweeter can that get?

I am not usually one to make comments or judgment about other teams, especially United but I have to say that without Ronaldo, United look out of their depth. Ronaldo scored 40 odd goals for them last season and it is clear he is a very important part of their team. Just look at how poorly they have started this season without him. And that is when everyone is busy saying Liverpool are a two man team of Torres and Gerrard. Well, we beat the best team in Europe without our two man team! Secondly, I do not see how United are going to be able to keep Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez and Berabtov all happy. There is no way all 4 can play together upfront. But I guess Sir Alex knows what he is doing. And lastly to add more insult to injury; it looks like United’s shirt sponsors, AIG, maybe going under as a company. This financial crisis gripping the world seems to be taking its toll and United may soon have a bankrupt sponsor on their shirts. Someone like Carlsberg, you know it will take a lot for them to go under. After all, how many millions of people drink beer?

As you can see in the image at the top; Sir Alex bowing down to Rafa with Mascherano looking over the proceedings. I think it is time the guard has shifted and Liverpool are now on their way to title number 19.