First one was deflected by Kolarov.
Fine half from him. I think he's the best right-back at the club.
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Fine half from him. I think he's the best right-back at the club.
Just keep Sterling in his sight and hes golden. No interchanging at all from City which is good for Valencia. He is doing well so far, keep attacking Kolarov and take his time when putting a cross in.
Did well against Sterling. De Bruyne now.
Was good defensively had sterling in his pocket.
What do we think of the injury?
Unlucky for him, what that a hamstring or what? Thought he was good today.
Had a rock solid performance today. He put the straps on De Bruyne and Sterling and looked alright going forward.
Did well today. One of our better players.
Shaw is no doubt excellent full back with world class potential and already one of the best in the league. Darmian's potential is much lower but he can do a job for us, I'd be satisfied with him as a cover for both positions LB, RB and we entered the market for another fullback we need on the right, Valencia's good servant and certainly can put in a shift but I wouldn't cry if we sold him and bought finally a manchester united quality right back
Good performance, more than justified his selection
No final ball as usual but at least puts the opposition on the back foot, hope his injury is only minor, maybe he shouldn't have played on as he seemed to hurt his ankle in the first half.
Very impressive defensive display. Barely noticed Sterling was playing.
His injury in the first half really halted his marauding runs forward which was unfortunate. He really does own that right wing when on song. His final ball's endlessly frustrating but his attacking contribution is great in spite of that.
Was it Kompany who did him in?
Dirty player, I remember he smashed into Blind's ankle last season too which got him injured for the next few games.
Dirty player, I remember he smashed into Blind's ankle last season too which got him injured for the next few games.
Think it was the challenge he started limping after in the first half that had the conclusive effect on him. It was him against Sterling at some point when Sterling stood on his foot or something and Sterling got hit in the face or something.
Played very well today by the way.
it was nice to see him actually take the full back on a few times today, shame he still can't cross for shit but i thought by his own standards of late he had a good game, bossed citys latest shiny things
Did his job, as expected...Hopefully the injury is nothing serious..Darmian should start against Boro though
How many other top 4 clubs would have Valencia as a right back?
Not this nonsense again, Chelsea have Ivanovic as rb who has been abysmal beyond measure, and Baba was benched yesterday for Zouma who is a cb as rb.
Very good today and a good decision to play him.
Final ball is lacking but least he can get the ball and immediately put us on the front foot.
Final ball is lacking but least he can get the ball and immediately put us on the front foot.
Didn't give Sterling a sniff.
One of our best players today, it's a shame he had to go off it was easily his best performance this season without question.
I don't think thats true, but if I had to pick one of them to go toe to toe against a pacy winger it would probably be Valencia. He gets caught out sometimes when he has to do proper defending but he can basically bully anyone with his physicality. Probably should have played against Arsenal.
At his self-critique on Instagram: "The fans witnessed far too much sideways passing. Also if you could cross you would be a decent footballer." He has gained a lot of humor lately that man.Played really well today.
Still can't cross.
Still can't cross.
Was glad to see him finally take on the full back... Didnt come on as often as I would have liked and when it did his crossing was poor but atleast there was intent. We need him to do that more often specially as Mata likes to come inside so Valencia needs to provide the width and crossing.
It's a shame he can't use his left foot. There were a few moments when he could have put a nice ball in with his left foot after cutting inside, but he seems to have absolutely no confidence in pulling it off. Can't we get him a personal "left-foot" coach or something?
But still, he did a good job overall.
But still, he did a good job overall.
That was an awesome performance from him. All that fear of trying to dribble past anybody was gone and he tried his best. I don't mind seeing someone fail here and there while giving it their best go. I think this is the first performance in two years I've praised for him and even his poor crossing can't be put on him, we had one target inside the box in Rooney.
Martial needs a more free role if he plays out wide left so he can enter the box from the left at any chance of a cross from the right. Just silly to have him stand out wide left in those situations.
Martial needs a more free role if he plays out wide left so he can enter the box from the left at any chance of a cross from the right. Just silly to have him stand out wide left in those situations.
Could he be finally growing into this role .Good going forward and defended well against De Bruyne.
You don't even need a free role, it should really be common practice that when the ball is out the right, the left winger shifts inside and vice versa for the other side. It happened all the time with Adnan last season and it never made sense to me. If we are attacking down the right what is he offering standing on the left touchline? Absolutely nothing. You got to shift with the play but I can only assume van Gaal is telling them to hold the width no matter what.
Valencia was honestly my favorite United player the season before he got injured, but especially his first season back from that injury.
Instrumental in our title win that season IMO.
Watching him now (in general) is so frustrating, but I still think he is a decent option at RB and had a pretty good game against City.
Instrumental in our title win that season IMO.
Watching him now (in general) is so frustrating, but I still think he is a decent option at RB and had a pretty good game against City.
This man is a true warrior. Very little wingers can cope with his athleticism. The few times he burst down the flank, Sterling tried to catch up but bounced off him instead.
Was the right choice for this game. I'm one of the few that think he's a very good right back. Other games Darmian may be a better choice. Glad we have them both.
Any update on his injury?
On the ball its not even a contest. He is miles ahead of Darmian in that respect. Think Darmian is better positionally and potentially defensively but thats still to be seen.
No doubt that Valencia should be first choice RB at this time IMO, wouldn't mind seeing Darmian on theleft again
Darmian a much better defender who had a couple of shit games. Tony was magnificent on Sunday and I have a lot of time for him but he gets into some terrible positions at times.
He's the most easily marked player in our team along with Rooney. It's frightening how such a one dimensional player has risen so far in the game. Does nobody sit him down to watch videos of himself and point out that blasting the ball against the opposition fullback ten times a game just isn't working? When he tries to beat a man, it's just kick and rush. I mean, how can you be a winger or wingback or whatever, and have zero tricks? He's Stewart Downing when he played for Liverpool. Run up to an opponent, stop, turn, pass it back or sideways, rinse and repeat.
If he played for someone else, would anyone here want to buy him?
If he played for someone else, would anyone here want to buy him?
That was one of his better performances. Really kept Sterling and De Bruyne in his pocket. Says a lot that. Still don't understand whether he is a reliable back up for Darmian or LVG will keep rotating that position between the two
What exactly did he provide after running down the flanks? He faced up against Kolarov who always forced him wider and his cross ended up out of play most times.
That being said, had a decent game defensively but was still caught out a couple of times with stupid tackless or bad positioning.
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