Bit surprised seeing Rooney and Valencia getting all the hate. Carrick and Schneiderlin have been the poor ones for me. Everything will change if they make an effort to speed things up and make runs forward, like what Bastian can do.
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Manchester United 3:0 Sunderland
Old Trafford
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
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I made a good pun
Walkin by Memphis
nobody said so
Well then you are clearly blinded by his performances when he is not on form.
http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/95...League-2015-2016-Manchester-United-Sunderland
whoscored rate him as 2nd best player.Considering how awful Sunderland is, we have made life hard for ourselves.
The Man Utd midfield is totally disjointed. There's very little cohesion or creativity coming from that area. Blind and Smalling have offered more attacking impetus stepping out from centre back than anyone in midfield. Schneiderlin and Carrick are playing in the same areas and there is nobody linking the play. Rooney is trying to link the play. However, Rooney is having to cover big distances because of the positioning of our double pivot, and it does not help that he is nowhere near top form.
I hope Memphis' goal will give him a confidence boost, his decision making has been dreadful. Memphis has the beating of the Sunderland left back but, perhaps due to low morale, he has been doing all the wrong things first half. Darmian has also looked occasionally quite shaky at left back.
I would introduce Bastian for Schneiderlin and Herrera for Rooney early in the second half if things don't improve. Fortunately its Sunderland, so we should be able to play this one out for a 1-0. Bad performance though so far.
Good lad.Blind - what a man!
Watching the team you support? That's usually the enjoyable bit.
I've noticed you seem to struggle with this concept on a weekly basis. We don't okay 1990s hung ho wing football anymore, nobody does in the professional game unless they are desperate or managed by a Neanderthal.
If you can enjoy the team you support, on the verge of going top, well..... What else is there to say?What!! City lost earlier 4-1 to Tottenham. AWESOME!
We are going top
WTF my stream has gone to Leicester ?
He hasn't been bad but very good is really pushing it.
Argues with referees, apparently lifts the team with his appearance. oh, and collects a 300k paycheck each week for this.
Come on Rooney, make me look like fool.
They always look good nights out tbf.Blind has been very good with his long passing. Becoming a real asset to us specially given the lack of attacking by our full backs.No second half here. They're screening the Arsenal game on two channels.So much poor passing into the box in that first half. Thought I would crack up. Thankfully the goal relieved my frustration a bit. Still though, the final ball was shocking more or less the whole game.
Me tooNothing new this but we are so slow in our buildup and it's frustrating as feck to watch.Why am I watching Arsenal now?
Earn 300k a week to cast silent domination all over the pitchHave NBC SN changed to the Arsenal game?!!Memphis is actually more productive than Mata this season
4 goals and 4 assists, more than Mata's 2 goals and 5 assists.This goal will hopefully help Depay and spur him onto being even betterI predict another 2 or 3 goals for us in the seconds half. Sunderland have to move a forward a bit more now....I'm sure Dick is saying that in the dressing roomI'm not really surprised as we're on the caf, but i genuinely don't know why most of you are united fans. You seem to hate most of our team and spend the entire game posting stuff like "shithouse".
I always enjoy watching united. We've not been great today, but we are winning, and we've looked comfortable.
I'm not saying you can't be unhappy but feck me you lot are miserable. I'd get another hobby if i was you lot.
It's really hard to say what Rooney is doing. Not pressing, not linking midfield with attack and not really linking up with attacking players.Substitution for Sunderland
Fletcher for Johnson.My favourite ex-L'pool player is Ray Houghton. So there.Me too
Im watching NBCSN, they said that its bonus coverage until our half starts.Johnson off for FletcherWe are rubbish team with an old fashioned manager who play boring football .... according to some .... and yet sit top of the table right now.
Wonder what we'll be like if we were any good?Have NBC SN changed to the Arsenal game?!!
They're switching back. Just a look in at Arse.Poor half, but happy that Memphis finally got his prem goal, hopefully he can lower his shoulders now
Other than the CB's, De Gea and Martial we've been shiteSecond-half kick-off
Did you see the spurs game at the start of the season?
Have you perhaps missed the incessant whining from an ever decreasing number of posters about how we only have one shot or so...
We are certainly creating more.Second-half kick-off
United back on
Someone called Stephen Fletcher is on for Sunderland, he has a good beard
But the signal is RooneyNBC change back to United!!2-0!Man Utd Goal - Wayne Rooney (46')what a beard Fletcher has.46 min
What a start to the second-half and Rooney's 11 game Premier League goal drought is over.
He owes Martial a big thank you as the Frenchman dribbles past two players in the box and picks out the United captain in the six yard area and he guides it in with his knee.
Goal scored 38 seconds into the second-half. Let's go smash these guys...
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Man of the Match
Runners-up
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33%
Juan Mata
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10%
Daley Blind
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5%
Chris Smalling
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3%
Wayne Rooney
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David de Gea
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Memphis Depay
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1%
Matteo Darmian
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Morgan Schneiderlin
Player Ratings
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Compiled from 852 ratings.
Score Predictions
759,9,18
- Man Utd win
- Sunderland win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 35% Man Utd 3:0 Sunderland
- 22% Man Utd 2:0 Sunderland
- 18% Man Utd 4:0 Sunderland
- 6% Man Utd 5:0 Sunderland
- 6% Man Utd 3:1 Sunderland
- 3% Man Utd 4:1 Sunderland
- 3% Man Utd 2:1 Sunderland
- 3% Man Utd 1:0 Sunderland
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Sunderland
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 0:2 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 1:1 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 5:2 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 0:1 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 1:2 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 3:2 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 0:3 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 0:5 Sunderland
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Sunderland
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Sunderland
- Possession
- 66% 34%
- Shots
- 12 9
- Shots on Target
- 7 4
- Corners
- 5 2
- Fouls
- 12 17
Referee
Mike Jones
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Ashley Young
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replaced by Bastian Schweinsteiger
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