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We are at the point of a season that if you want to win the EPL, you must, and i emphasis MUST not drop points against opponents like Blackburn. It’s just too much of a risk to drop points against teams who can’t match you in terms of quality or financially. Manchester started this match without their star, Wayne Rooney. I knew that it was too early for him to play against Bayern, and i seriously suspect that they injected him with painkillers to allow him to play for an hour before being taken off. Sir Alex, i said if Rooney’s ankle is injured further, that you would be facing a hard time battling for the title without your star striker and i am still sticking with my statement, and as for England’s World Cup dreams, if he sits out like he did for most of the competition during the 2006 World Cup, there will be fingers pointing at you for pushing him when you shouldn’t have only time will tell.
Berbatov started the match partnering Macheda who was called up to replace the injured Rooney. Berbatov who has been poor most of season with only a little glympse of the form that we all seen during his Totteham days, didn’t live up to his £30million tag, as he barely tested the former England number one through out the game. The loss to Bayern was evident as United couldn’t find their rhythm throughout the match. Manchester United were poor, friction between Ferdinand and Van Der Sar and having 16 shots with only 4 on target pretty much sums up their worst possible week. With a loss to Chelsea (2-1), knocked out of the Champions League on away goals to Bayern (4-4) and now a draw with Blackburn to put their title dreams possibly over. Chelsea lead by one point with a game in hand, they will definitely want to capitalize on this chance to go 4 points ahead of their rivals.
I am suspecting that United will be looking to cut their losses and try to get back some of the pounds they paid for Dimitar Berbatov, he has been a disappointment all season. Without Rooney, Manchester at times looked like a blunt weapon, they will need to do some investing if they are to challenge the title again next season. As i said in my last post, it will be interesting to see how Manchester bounce back from a demoralizing defeat to Bayern, and today it definitely showed that their Bayern hang over is still lingering in each of them and the players didn’t have it in them to put out a decent performance. This could spell the end of United’s campaign, out of every cup competition and with the title race looking very unlikely.
Signing off,
Prosoc8
Passion For Football 