Honest speaking .... if i am a Utd fan , i will be very much
worried about the next few matches United going to play .... If
Liverpool can beat Villa 5-0 with relative ease , United , the
reigning champion , must have slaughter Villa by 10-0 , not 3-2 at
stoppages time .
If Liverpool are on a uphill form , i saw a decline in Utd's
form , Ferguson's face shown all ..... last night .
When you see the line-up at the start, I felt this was going to be
very difficult... The defence were totally gone apart from only
Evra... who was also a short player. The 2 goals that Villa
scored were from free headers that would normally get cleared
away if Rio and Vidic were playing... The good news here is United
played with more than a number of 2nd team squad players and they
still manage to win a very much improved Villa side...
Coming back from a goal down with 10 mins to play
is of course a great result. Most would probably expected
a draw as the best they could hope for given the time
limit if not a lost. Of course the better news is Rio, Vidic,
Rooney, Berbatov, Rafael could all be back very soon maybe even by
the next match... The stability to the defence could return by then
too...
Pool has not been under lots of pressure before, all along
they have only been chasing and hoping... But now that they
have got to the top and lost it, I belief they will really start to
feel the pressure from now on in every match... their players
have not been through this phase before... If you thought they
were great against Villa in their previous game, then I guess they
were not so great against Fulham...
The thing here I feel is, this win against Villa isn't just
about 3 points... A lost could have started the collapse of their
season as confidence could suffer a great deal and the pressure
would get too great but instead now confidence could have been
boosted with this result or at least they still stand a decent
chance at the title. Pools players confidence could be effected too
with this result. Maybe had United not won, they would be more
confident going into their next match... Now the pressure will
build on them.
I think its hard for you to understand cos you are not a United
fan as this coming after 2 straight defeats and staring a 3rd
with just 10 mins to go... Then from nowhere an
unknown 17 yrs old kid comes up with a wonder strike in injury
time... From despair to delight... thats why the ecstasy
among United fans... Simply overwhelming...
