Manchester United Football Blog

The match against Blackburn was decribed like this by Man Utd long-serving manager Sir Alex, after his side produced some impressive football at Ewood Park and ran victors by 2-0. The line-up by the Scot against former Red Devil Paul Ince’s side was (ratings for the game):

GK: Edwin van der Sar = 6
DR: Wesley Brown = 7
DL: Patrice Evra = 7
DC: Rio Ferdinand = 7.5
DC: Nemanja Vidic = 7.5
MR: Cristiano Ronaldo = 7.5
ML: Ryan Giggs = 7
MC: Darren Fletcher = 7
MC: Anderson = 7
ST: Dimitar Berbatov = 7
ST: Wayne Rooney …

On Friday evening it was announced that two midfield players of Manchester United tied themselves to longer contracts as a sign of loyalty to the European & domestic Champions. Scholes, one of the best products of Man Utd, has signalled his intention to end his career at the club by extending his contract by another year. Paul’s previous contract was expiring at the end of this season. Although currently injured, Paul has long been a faithful servant who played his heart out for the team and always turned up great …

The score of 3-0 was well-deserved by the defending Champions of Europe as they earned another 3 points to take their total to 4 out of a maximum of 6 in two games. Although it is still too early, we already know that we will be seeing Man Utd in February. The Red Devils require 6 more points from 4 matches left (max: 12 points). They beat Aalborg in Denmark, and the Danish side showed that it won’t be able to cause an upset at Old Trafford. That’s another guaranteed …

Apologies for failing to maintain this blog on a consistent basis over the past weeks. Since then, Man Utd have finally captured Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov from the Spurs. It may prove to be the last piece of the jigsaw of Sir Alex’s star-studded squad. With his first four matches gone, Berbatov failed to impress the Man Utd faithful by missing numerous chances and failing to net a goal. Despite this, he layed a major role by assisting Tevez in the goal scored at Anfield.

Fans were doubting the yield of the …