A WIN! FINALLY!

A WIN! FINALLY! CHEERS AT OLD TRAFFORD

The first home game this season saw Manchester United defeating Chelsea 3 – 2. The scoreline could have easily read 5 – 2, but for Petr Cech. Wonderful goalkeeping. Whereas, age is starting to show on Van der Sar. Maybe in one of the next few matches I will have to try Kuszczak in his place. There was one change in this match. Saha was kept out. In lieu of Saha, Smith played and delightfully well. A 9 pointer. His match experience points also increased by 9 points. However, my Man of the Match was C. Ronaldo. Scoring the first goal in the eleventh minute and then following it up with a fabulous corner to assist Rooney to net the second in, controlling his side of the midfield and the amazing runs forcing Bridge to commit three fouls, all deserving Yellow Cards, C. Ronaldo ruled this game.

The teams :

Chelsea

Cech
Ferreira, Carvalho, Gallas, Bridge
Essien
S. Wright-Phillips, Robben
Lampard
Kalou Shevchenko



Manchester United

Van der Sar
Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Heinze
C. Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs
Rooney, Smith


The Events

11th minute – goal Manchester United - C. Ronaldo
28th minute – goal Chelsea – Lampard
41st minute – goal Manchester United – Rooney

At half time Manchester United was leading 2 – 1

53rd minute – goal Manchester United – Smith
53rd minute – Chelsea – Drogba in , Kalou out
56th minute – Yellow Card Manchester United- Heinze
70th minute – goal Chelsea – Drogba
77th minute – Manchester United – Evra in, Heinze out

The game statistics

Manchester United versus Chelsea
3 Goals 2
15 Total Shots 9
10 Shots on Target 4
25 Tackles 23
2 Fouls 4
1 Bookings 0
5 Corners 1
2 Offsides 0
77% Passing % 66%
55% Possession % 45%
66% Shot Accuracy 44%

Clearly Manchester United was the better side today.

After the match the team of the month was announced and three players from the Manchester United team were selected – Ferdinand, Scholes and C. Ronaldo. Also, I was asked to rest key players before the Bolton match. The Team Chemistry is 41, my Job Security 68 and Fan Support 53.

However, the transfer window closed and I failed to bring in neither Terry not Tevez. Without Tevez moving in, and Saha not being my favorite, I guess Smith will be into the playing eleven on a rather permanent basis. By the way, I do not intend to use Solkjaer unless there are any injuries to the key players and I a, really short of strikers, and I also plan to sell him off in the January transfer window.