MAN UNITED 1 ARSENAL 0
IF Arsenal win the Carling cup ,can become the runner up of EPL and go into the quarter-final of CL , and give FA Cup a run then I will be very happy.. Title contender ? or just a pretender !!!
Young goalie looks very solid and very tall , should be the next No.1 within two years.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/36021/tv-online-man-utd-v-arsenal-highlights
This Arsenal team can win the Carling Cup.
This Manchester United can draw at Chelsea on Sunday and win the title.
Wenger's best player last night was Wojciech Szczesny, the 20-year old Polish keeper who made his Premier League debut in front of 75,000 at Old Trafford.
Tonight's team should play in the Carling Cup - and win it.
Safehands Szczesny had no chance against the terrific reflex header by Park which decided the game .
Basically, Sir Alex wrote the script for a belt-and braces job.
He picked his spikiest team with five in midfield: Anderson, Park, Nani, Fletcher and Carrick. He told them : I want to see a lot of energy and tackles, hit Wayne with long balls, and break quickly when you can.
He showed Arsenal a lot of respect. In the interview afterwards, Sir Alex was very relieved to get the game out of the way.
Rooney missed a penalty but that was never a penalty anyway, after Nani kicked the ball against the arm of Clichy when he was on the ground.
The first half was all tackles, energy and mistakes. Most of the brighter moves came from United.
Van Der Sar hit a goal clearance, Fletcher headed on to Rooney, who nodded neatly to Nani, who shuffled inside Clichy for a left foot shot that squirted across the box off Clichy's foot. The ball went behind Park, so he stopped running, leaned back, and glanced a tasty header over the keeper for the only goal of the game.
At first the goal looked like a fluke. But the replay showed it was a great reflex header.
41 minutes, 1-0 to Man United.
Rooney was rubbish. Evra, Rafael and Nani played well
More could be said about this scrappy, tight, tense game.
But not much more, so I’ll sleep on it. Till tomorrow.
Dec 13, 2010