Man Utd official website report
Soccernet report
It was a great game and as Sir Alex pointed out, it was the toughest game of the season so far and for Man Utd to still come up with a win, albeit another narrow one, shows they are not going to give up their title that easily.
This win coupled with a fifth successive clean sheet propels Man Utd to second in the league behind the impressive Arsenal side who also won their away game at West Ham United. The only sore point was that Man Utd will make do without custodian, Edwin van der Sar, who injured his toe in the first half, for a few games maybe. Despite the injury, Man Utd has a ready-made replacement in Tomas Kusczak who impressed with his first league game in goal this season.
After the midweek lost in the League Cup, Sir Alex opted to restore the starting XI that defeated Chelsea last Sunday, which was somewhat surprising considering they have a key Champions' League clash against Roma this coming week. I am quite sure Sir Alex is doing this so as to let Tevez and Rooney settled into the side and find their rhythm (people have been saying that they simply can't play in the same side together) and I have no doubt this decision will be vindicated by the truckload of goals this team promises to bring.
It was a game of two halves and Birmingham totally ran over Man Utd in the first. Ferdinand and co. were outstanding though, and despite the sluggish offensive movement, the defence kept Man Utd in the game. It was a totally different second half as Man Utd turned up their performance slightly and five minutes into the second half, the Man of the Match for me, Rio Ferdinand, played a delightful deep ball from the Man Utd half, which didn't bring any danger till Quedrue failed to read the ball.
The twinkle-toed Ronaldo took advantage, danced around 3 or 4 Birmingham players and scored with a cool finish for his first league goal of the season. Man Utd then proceeded to dominate proceedings but Birmingham still provided a few scares with Kusczak really proving his ability and keeping a clean sheet for himself. His performance may just convinced Sir Alex that he has got a good replacement for the not so young Edwin van der Sar.
By the time the match ended, Man Utd probably were just about lucky to have snatched the win. Birmingham has shown they can play a good game against their more illustrious opponents but they refused to do so against Liverpool recently. Maybe they should be more confident and Steve Bruce may be in for a comfortable return to the top league in England.
~Akim~
Soccernet report
It was a great game and as Sir Alex pointed out, it was the toughest game of the season so far and for Man Utd to still come up with a win, albeit another narrow one, shows they are not going to give up their title that easily.
This win coupled with a fifth successive clean sheet propels Man Utd to second in the league behind the impressive Arsenal side who also won their away game at West Ham United. The only sore point was that Man Utd will make do without custodian, Edwin van der Sar, who injured his toe in the first half, for a few games maybe. Despite the injury, Man Utd has a ready-made replacement in Tomas Kusczak who impressed with his first league game in goal this season.
After the midweek lost in the League Cup, Sir Alex opted to restore the starting XI that defeated Chelsea last Sunday, which was somewhat surprising considering they have a key Champions' League clash against Roma this coming week. I am quite sure Sir Alex is doing this so as to let Tevez and Rooney settled into the side and find their rhythm (people have been saying that they simply can't play in the same side together) and I have no doubt this decision will be vindicated by the truckload of goals this team promises to bring.
It was a game of two halves and Birmingham totally ran over Man Utd in the first. Ferdinand and co. were outstanding though, and despite the sluggish offensive movement, the defence kept Man Utd in the game. It was a totally different second half as Man Utd turned up their performance slightly and five minutes into the second half, the Man of the Match for me, Rio Ferdinand, played a delightful deep ball from the Man Utd half, which didn't bring any danger till Quedrue failed to read the ball.
The twinkle-toed Ronaldo took advantage, danced around 3 or 4 Birmingham players and scored with a cool finish for his first league goal of the season. Man Utd then proceeded to dominate proceedings but Birmingham still provided a few scares with Kusczak really proving his ability and keeping a clean sheet for himself. His performance may just convinced Sir Alex that he has got a good replacement for the not so young Edwin van der Sar.
By the time the match ended, Man Utd probably were just about lucky to have snatched the win. Birmingham has shown they can play a good game against their more illustrious opponents but they refused to do so against Liverpool recently. Maybe they should be more confident and Steve Bruce may be in for a comfortable return to the top league in England.
~Akim~
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