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Swansea City 0:4 Manchester United

Post-match discussion


Sat, 19 August 2017

Insanely clinical from us. All clear cut chances we got, we put then in the back of the net. Completely different from last season when we kept wasting chances after chances.

Keep with this and we're a title contenders no doubt.

Well, apart from Rashford's one-on-one. But agreed that we looked a lot more clinical than last season
 
I'm so fecking pumped! I love this team. But I really, really hope the players are well grounded.

I hope that the players don't lose sight and keep focused on each and every single game. It's easy to get complacent after storming the last 2 games.

Also, Jose Mourinho is a genius. Said it from day one, he's a proper United manager.
 
Very happy!!

Knew once we took off mata we could stretch them more and score. I love Juan but dont think he is suited for away games.

The game could have easily turned to 1 all but glad we flipped it and smashed them.
 
Great win with no goals conceded. It was tough going in the first half with Swansea packing their defense, but that goal from Bailly opened it up in the second half. We really need to start Martial and Rashford on either side of Lukaku. Let the opposition worry about how they are going to stop that front line.
 
Two very important changes from last season have helped us immensely
1. Scoring from set pieces
2. Scoring on the counter attack
 
Jones and Bailly look like a rock solid partnership at the back.
 
Martial's celebration. Sulky last week to "feck yeah I'm the man" today. Not to seem like a wannabe body language expert but loved that, looked confident.
 
Missed the game but watched the highlights, we created a lot of chances and like we did last sseason Aron but are putting them away. What was worrying from the highlights was our defence, they got a few chances that a better team will put to bed. But overall foookin luv it
 
Martial's celebration. Sulky last week to "feck yeah I'm the man" today. Not to seem like a wannabe body language expert but loved that, looked confident.
Think Jose is doing a great job with them. He puts his arm round players who aren't always starting and makes them feel they are still special and important in the grand scheme of things.
 
Martial's celebration. Sulky last week to "feck yeah I'm the man" today. Not to seem like a wannabe body language expert but loved that, looked confident.
He is finally taking his chances. Superb efficiency.

I just hope to seem him and Rashford in a good form at the same time. Moving forward, we will need that.
 
What a great result away from home. That 5 minute period of goals was an absolute joy to watch. It was almost unbelievable how clinical we looked. Great time to get the first goal as it really opened the game up after what was a tough first half as Swansea were tough to break down. I can't help but feel this is one of those that would have frustrated us last season.

Most will talk about the attack and rightly so, but our defense looked solid today too. I'd ave probably given man of the match to one of Jones or Bailiy tbh, certainly before the last 10 minutes anyway.
 
Its a fair challenge, but right now he is having a solskjaer like impact and that might be from him trying harder as a sub.

Two 4-0s, keep same starting line isn't a bad way to go!
Yeah I think that's a fair point - he's the ideal impact sub when the opposition are tired.

Just that we need to keep both Rashford and Martial happy. They're the future of this club - the only problem is they're so similar. Both could be amongst the best in the world if they keep developing.
 
I gotta say that the most impressive thing about this ManUtd side through two weeks is their killer instinct. Once a side is down and knackered they put their foot on their throat and run another 2-3 goals past them.

Another encouraging sign is that they're wearing teams out, especially in the second half. Swansea was knackered and wholesale conceding corners at the end of the first half, and suffice to say the ends of the second half have been brilliant thus far.

Just imagine how good y'all are gonna be when you find some form earlier in the halves? Zlatan will probably be willing to take a decent little payout to try and win a CL before he goes out to pasture in the MLS. Good times ahead for MUFC!
 
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I thought Swansea was a notch better than WH, and made the game quite difficult before collapsing towards the end.

I'm happy with the four goals, but also with the few chances we conceded. Even if we lost the ball in dangerous areas, gave away some set pieces, it seemed like we had decent control.

Absolutely. Away from home and Swansea made it tough. But I never got a feeling of anxiety even heading into the final quarter of the match. The team is composed. Keep grounded and keep the effort up and this could be a special season.
 
Excellent result from a difficult game that it didn't look like we were going to get much from. Last season we would have drawn this game, this season we took a deep breath and blew the feckers away.

Glad to see Pogba intelligently managing his yellow card (just!) and scoring again, also great for Lukaku and Martial to keep their scoring runs going. Great for Bailly to open his account, Mkhi and Matic running each other close for MOTM in my opinion... just great in so many ways.

I got a correct prediction on the scoreline too! So happy, time for beer and Chinese food! GGMU!
 
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4 goals - love it.

Two games, 6 points, 8 scored, 0 conceded.

Jose Mourinho is alright isn't he?
 
I'm a miserable git for predicting a defeat here. It's a new season and things have changed ... it looks like we'll have a lot of fun this season!
 
@GifLord

Any gifs of Jose smoking the fake cigar? :D
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4-0 great result away from home. Yeah people will say it's only Swansea but that kind of team clearly caused us issues last year. That's the kind of game Pogba gets sent off in for a second yellow last year as we chase it.

Personally think there is more to come from this squad as well. Put Shaw in that mix bombing down the left gives us even more options.

We need that kind of result, more importantly performance against City, Scouse or Spurs and that will put fear into last year's top 4
 

Man of the Match

Paul Pogba image Paul Pogba 39% of 1161 votes

Runners-up

Player Ratings

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Score Predictions

880,22,25
  • Man Utd win
  • Swansea win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 38% Swansea 0:2 Man Utd
  • 27% Swansea 0:3 Man Utd
  • 10% Swansea 1:3 Man Utd
  • 8% Swansea 1:2 Man Utd
  • 4% Swansea 0:4 Man Utd
  • 4% Swansea 0:5 Man Utd
  • 3% Swansea 0:1 Man Utd
  • 1% Swansea 1:1 Man Utd
  • 1% Swansea 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Swansea 0:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 2:2 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 3:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 5:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 2:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 1:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 5:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 2:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 2:3 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 3:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Swansea 1:5 Man Utd
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Match Stats

  1. Swansea
  2. Man Utd
Possession
41% 59%
Shots
5 17
Shots on Target
0 8
Corners
3 5
Fouls
12 11

Referee

Jonathan Moss