Manchester United 1:2 Manchester City

Wooly Red · Sep 10, 2016

This has been a really entertaining game.

There have been 30+ chances at the goal from both sides! Under LvG that'd have taken half a season! :P

ivaldo · Sep 10, 2016

Thought that was in...

Ludens the Red · Sep 10, 2016

Ricardo de la Vega said:
Ill be honest. This has played out as I thought it would exactly after seeing the team sheet. A first half where we have absolutely no posession because the system Mourinho plays relies on a really disciplined defensively minded holding player. We don't have that in Pogba and Fellaini - they kept losing de Bruyne behind them. I said a few weeks ago in the Pogba thread that it'd be interesting to see if he could "run" the big games like this in that role. I doubted it. It'll work great against teams we're better than - we'll crush a lot of teams. But against excellent technical sides in big games on a big pitch - we'll struggle to get the ball.

We'll have to change this - like Mourinho has acknowledged in the second half. He must play Hererra, Carrick, Schneiderlin or Blind in midfield - or even Schweinsteiger - all he has to do is sit - they don't need to run - and shift Pogba further forward into the hole - sacrificing Rooney or making him play wide if necessary.

I was called out on it in the Pogba thread but as we see - we don't have enough of the ball in that system with that midfield.

Agreed, the problem is who gets dropped, Fellaini has done well enough to retain his place and we know Rooney isn't getting dropped so it's something we'll be dealing with all season and something that will inevitable cost us a number of times this season.

Jazz · Sep 10, 2016

Oh feck! almost

Phil · Sep 10, 2016

Yellow? no? Ok

ManUtd1999 · Sep 10, 2016

Dargonk said:
Ibra's shooting has been poor in the second half

Could've done better today.

Stretford End Phil · Sep 10, 2016

Fouling blue shites..

Parry Gallister · Sep 10, 2016

Jazz said:
Losing at home to them fecks sakes - we won't hear the end of it all week

more like all fecking autumn

sunama · Sep 10, 2016

ash_86 said:
can we sop hoofing and give the ball to rash/martial plz?

We are in the last 2 minutes of the game and need to score.
Route One football is what all teams will play, in this scenario.

pauldyson1uk · Sep 10, 2016

MannyB said:
Both teams gassed out at 85 minutes

your winding us up , after a game like this you think it is an embarrassing for PL that the player have run out of steam !!!!!

Rado_N · Sep 10, 2016

Shane88 said:
Have you seen how many counters City have had and how many times they could've have finished us off?

But yeah, multiqoute and a smiley is a solid counter point.

They haven't scored though, and we've had chances too.

Hellboy · Sep 10, 2016

shite corners

sunama · Sep 10, 2016

Hang on, is Rooney playing in defence?

peridigm · Sep 10, 2016

One more ball in.

2 Neville's · Sep 10, 2016

Feck sake Antonio just belt it in

Phil · Sep 10, 2016

Holy fecking shit a yellow card for City

justboy68 · Sep 10, 2016

Get the keeper up.

Nickosaur · Sep 10, 2016

fecking hell

JinnerJamie · Sep 10, 2016

City are something...

dileno · Sep 10, 2016

peridigm · Sep 10, 2016

Gutted.

BIGbadBOO4 · Sep 10, 2016

I cannot count the amount of time city players foul and stopped us counter attacking yet no yellows.

JonDahl · Sep 10, 2016

feck sake. Terrific game.

JPRouve · Sep 10, 2016

MannyB said:
Both teams gassed out at 85 minutes despite a reputation for relentless action

It was a game played at a very high intensity.

Drifter · Sep 10, 2016

Almost!

BringNaniBack · Sep 10, 2016

We won't catch City this season. No way we are beating them to the title. They are levels above us.

Petr1 · Sep 10, 2016

Rooney looks so lazy, always waiting for the ball to come to him before the opponent cuts him off

Uniquim · Sep 10, 2016

full time.

duffer · Sep 10, 2016

Bravo has been just plain shit. Can't remember a goalie being worse but still ending up on the winning side.

Red Dreams · Sep 10, 2016

we lost because of a stupid first half.....

Stretford End Phil · Sep 10, 2016

Well done Reds, brave effort.

Raw · Sep 10, 2016

I hereby declare we ban all resident City fans for a week!

Bloxy · Sep 10, 2016

clattenburg - should have given a penalty

justboy68 · Sep 10, 2016

Damn.

Tom Van Persie · Sep 10, 2016

That's my fecking weekend ruined.

saivet · Sep 10, 2016

We improved in the second half, but City deserved the win today.

PitchFork · Sep 10, 2016

Feck City. Good game. Bring on the Etihad.

Walters_19_MuFc · Sep 10, 2016

That's why we should have played 433 from the off. Lost the game in the fecking first half. Bollocks

Mr Smith · Sep 10, 2016

Gutted. We deserved at least a draw. We came so close too. What a match though.

FlawlessThaw · Sep 10, 2016

How have we not scored against Bravo in the 2nd half

The Stain · Sep 10, 2016

feck this. Should have had a penalty

dichinero · Sep 10, 2016

Rooney keeps losing crucial balls

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