EPL - Manchester United vs West Ham - Feb 23
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Manchester United vs West Ham
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Channel 27: 4:00 am - "Live" (Wed morning)Premier League Game 28
Van der Sar, Evra, Fabio Da Silva, Rio, Brown, Vidic, Anderson, Rafael Da Silva, Park, Carrick, Valencia, Berbatov, Scholes, Fletcher, Welbeck, Rooney, Neville, Owen, Obertan, Kuszczak, Evans, Diouf, Macheda.
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isnt 23 february Tuesday? 27 February then is sat.
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Midweek match.
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
isnt 23 february Tuesday? 27 February then is sat.
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I will give Manchester United a chance for this game. I will bet on then to win.
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united need to beat west ham at home, period.
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MANCHESTER UNITED v West Ham: Rio Ferdinand set to partner Nemanja Vidic for first time since October
Ban over: Rio Ferdinand / Expected start: Nemanja Vidic
Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic could be back to bolster Manchester United's flagging Premier League title challenge against West Ham tomorrow.
Sir Alex Ferguson has not had his first-choice central defensive partnership available since October but with Ferdinand now clear of suspension and Vidic over the nerve problem that has prevented him making an appearance in 2010, both are expected to start against the Hammers.
With the Carling Cup final just five days away, Ferguson might have been tempted to rest Wayne Rooney but that hardly seems likely in the wake of Saturday's defeat at Everton that left the Red Devils four points adrift of Chelsea.
Nani is still suspended.
Team (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Neville, Brown, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Park, Anderson, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Gibson, Rooney, Owen, Berbatov, Diouf.
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3-0
Rooney x2
Owen x1 -
Man U 1 pt behind leader.
Can Man U overtake chelsea in the last hurdle?
I wish Man U can.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Man U 1 pt behind leader.
Can Man U overtake chelsea in the last hurdle?
I wish Man U can.
They've still got a game in hand, don't forget.
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They've still got a game in hand, don't forget.
But that game in hand is against their cross-town rivals Manchester City this Saturday/Sunday. While the game is at Stamford Bridge, and Chelsea have won all but one of their home games so far, let's not forget that Manchester City did beat Chelsea 2-1 at Eastlands in the reverse fixture, with Adebayor and Tevez as the scorers.
Fingers crossed that John Terry scores an own goal from a Wayne Bridge cross to hand City victory.
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Luckily i stayed up and watched the match. However, i had this sick feeling when the teamsheet is out: Foster is playing, so is Neville and Anderson. No sign of any defensive midfielder, Gibson is not a defensive midfielder.
It's an open match with both sides creating equal amount of chances but United took full advantage on 3 occasion to seal the victory.
In defence, the return of Vidic certainly did United a favour as he commands the line much better than Evans and Brown pairing. Foster had a few shots to save in an otherwise comfortable match. Diamanti's deflected shot off Neville was probably the one that almost got away. Foster did well, back -paddling to claw the ball away before it crosses the line. Luckily West Ham did not exploit Neville's flank.
Anderson had to be substituted after a recurrence of his old knee problem. In his place, Park did ok but messed up alot of chances. He could have at least scored a couple of goals if not of lack of composure. Smacked the right frame of Green's goal in the start of the second half.
Scholes is at his usual self, spraying the ball all across the field. Gibson did nothing much to suggest that he is worth the starting 11. Gibson took alot of wild shots instead of passing to his teammates. A disappointment from the young Ireland International.
Valencia has matured into a player that United is counting on everytime they break forward into attack. You can see that almost 90% of the time the ball is spread to the right side, with Valencia taking on former devil Spector. His link up play with Rooney and Berba is good if not superb. Fergie replaced a goal machine in Ronaldo with an assist king.
Rooney is on fire and is scoring centre forward goals. The commentator also made a comment that Rooney has added a new dimension to his game - headers. Long before, he only score 4 headed goals in his entire career and now he has scored 4 in his last 3 games. His link up play with Valencia is so telepathic - he knows exactly where Valencia crosses are coming in. A definite asset but Fergie should worry about finding a strike partner for Rooney. Diouf still lacks match experience. He needs more practice.
Berba has been a major disappointment yet again. He goes to ground far too easy for a targetman and cant shield the ball long enough for support. His replacement, Owen, took only a couple of touches after coming on and scored the 3rd. Enough said.
Overall a good performance by United but the absence of Carrick and Fletcher is prominent. United lack the steel in midfield and was overrrun by West Ham on quite a number of occasion. Wayward passes from West Ham saved United the blushes.
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tks for the review...didnt watch the match lol
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Yes foster kicking still sucks man
I was surprised that gary also played in this match. so I suppose those missing in this match will play in the league cup final against villa. so those missing are VDS, carrick, evans, fabio, fletcher that will play on sunday. I am not sure if rooney and berbatov will play against villa, cos they played on till 78 mins, am wondering why fergie took such a long time to haul them off, when victory is already secured. -
Three sublimely-crafted goals - two from Wayne Rooney, one from Michael Owen - got United back to winning ways and moved the champions to within a point of Premier League leaders Chelsea.
West Ham were clinically put to the sword as two devastating team moves yielded Rooney headers either side of the interval, before arch-poacher Owen plundered a fine third goal within three minutes of his introduction as a late substitute.
After last Saturday's surprisingly meek surrender at Goodison Park, and with this Sunday's Carling Cup final against Aston Villa on the horizon, Sir Alex Ferguson sprang several selection surprises to face a Hammers side catapulted - for now - out of their relegation worries by back-to-back victories.
In came Ben Foster, Darron Gibson and Anderson, while Nemanja Vidic made a welcome return to the defence for his first start of 2010. Rio Ferdinand, available after his four-match suspension, was conspicuous by his absence, leaving Wes Brown to partner the Serbian in the centre of defence.
A curious first half served up a cocktail of mistakes and brilliance. While the early sparring couldn't deliver a telling blow for either side, it did claim Anderson, who succumbed to a knee injury inside the first 15 minutes. Around the 20 minute mark, however, came a flurry of chances at either end.
Only a superb challenge from James Tomkins halted a marauding run from Rooney, and prompted a West Ham attack which ended with Valon Behrami dragging a shot past Foster's far post. Moments later, the United stopper survived a jittery moment as Alessandro Diamanti's deflected effort looped high before dipping just under the crossbar. Foster was comfortably in control of the situation, but nevertheless would have held his breath as he padded the ball down on his own goal-line before collecting it.
At the other end, Dimitar Berbatov was denied a clear shot by a saving challenge from Matthew Upson, and then a sprawling save from Green, who managed to contort almost in slow-motion to save the Bulgarian's improvised diversion of an errant Darron Gibson shot.
United's pressure steadily grew as Gibson thrice tested Green in the space of four minutes. The Irishman's first and third long-range efforts were comfortably fielded, but his second drew a superb low save from the Hammers' goalkeeper, who just managed to brush the ball past the post.
Parity was creaking, however, and gave in on 38 minutes as United's forward four combined in devastating fashion. Park, on for Anderson, threaded a neat ball through to Berbatov, who cantered infield before chipping a measured pass to Valencia on the right-hand side of the penalty area. The Ecuadorian thudded in a stunning first-time cross with his instep which begged Rooney to convert. In the form of his life, the Reds' top scorer emphatically obliged with a thumping header.
It was a quite stunning team goal which ripped the Hammers to shreds through its simplicity. Two minutes later, another similarly direct effort almost doubled the lead. Berbatov touched on for Rooney, who just managed to stay level before touching the ball past Upson and lashing a fabulous volley onto the roof of Green's net.
Half-time provided timely respite for the visitors, but United sought to end the contest within seconds of the restart. Straight from the centre the ball was ferried to Valencia, who swapped passes with Rooney before crossing low and deep into the box. Park took a first time swing at it, only for his effort to thud off the underside of the crossbar. As it rebounded to Park he was felled by Behrami, by referee Alan Wiley waved away claims for a penalty.
A second goal soon arrived, however, and three of the quartet who had combined so well for the opener were at it again. Berbatov's sublime threaded pass released Valencia down the right, and he sped past marker Jonathan Spector before standing up a superb cross. Rooney, who had peeled away from Tomkins, thumped another header past Green, despite the goalkeeper's valiant attempt to save.
Two was almost three for United and Rooney as he beat Green in a race to a long, loose forward ball on the Stretford End byline. The United striker outmuscled his international colleague, turned, and curled a shot towards the unguarded goal, only for Faubert to comfortably clear the danger.
West Ham's beleaguered defenders would have been pleased to see the back of Rooney and Berbatov, who had one superb surging run halted by Faubert's crude block, when they were replaced by Owen and Diouf for the final 11 minutes, but there would be no respite.
Out on the left flank, Owen showed neat skill to slip the ball to Gibson before trotting infield. Once there, he accepted a superb ball from the flawless Scholes and, having been played onside by Upson, steered in an unerring finish via Green's left-hand post.
Scholes could have capped a superb display with a fittingly sublime goal four minutes from time but, after skipping past two challenges, the veteran midfielder shot high into the Stretford End, provoking much mirth from a home contingent who had been cooing over his display all night long.and a timely reminder to those who most covet the Premier League title that the champions' grip on the trophy is not slipping yet constitutes a satisfactory evening. The quest for four in a row can continue at Molineux next month. For now, attentions switch to Wembley, and the defence of another title: the Carling Cup.