Attacking Wigan gave hard time to United

I was scared yesterday night. I thought the cup has just slipped. They way Wigan played in first half. Superb play by them. We would have really got in to a deeper trouble, had Valencia have scored on the error which Evans made in the first 5 mins. Evans also gave Rodallega a chance to score(I guess it was around 20th minute) when he fell down and left the ball with clean space for him. Thanks to God, they didn't score at all. Rooney got a very handsome chance to take a lead at 11th minute he put header wide on a clean Goal. Bad miss by him. In the 11th Minute only, Carrick made a good attempt to goal and the ball was not more than 2 yards over the post. Hard luck for United. United looked to attack through out the first half. But no doubt, Wigan played better in the first half. In 17th Minute, Carrick again made an attempt to Goal but sadly, he scored a weak, slow and wider shot.

Anyways, soon after 10 minutes, the disaster came for United. Rodallega scored from a closed Range. Although Van Der Sar had covered the goal brilliantly, but Rodallega was very accurate in opting the very little space for shooting the goal. Excellent one from him. Vidic claimed it was a foul by the attacker but referee was not interested. So United went down 1-0 in 28th Minute. Sad United fans were not able to make an impact among the loud shouts of Home fans. They were happy, and why wouldn't they be. Their team was giving so hard time to the best team in the world.

Vidic made a challenge to Rodallega, which didn't look like as if it should be that painful but Rodallega refused to get up for 2 minutes and the play was stopped from 37th to 39th minute because he was behaving as he has been hit very badly by Vidic. To me, it seems like a plan to go to interval with a lead.

Rooney got a clean chance at 45th minute when he was clean on the left but he put it over the bar. He should have scored that time :(



Ronaldo was no where in the match. He is behaving strange to the fouls these days. Even if referee is not giving fouls against him, he should not behave like a "Kid". He responded so bad to Ferguson, when he has hit the ball over the Bar. Ferguson reacted and he reacted the same way. He should learn how to respect Sir Alex Ferguson.

United were not able to create much impact in the first 10 minutes. Then a actual sensible thing happened for United. Tevez was in for Anderson and the attack for United went very very fast as compared to the previous moments. At 61st minute, Tevez got a pass from Carrick and he turned beautifully to chip the ball to the other side of the Goal. Ball rushed to the goal even after a brave attempt by Wigan Goal keeper. What a moment for him. He scored within 5 minutes he came on the pitch. Brilliant.




United were excellent in running thereafter. They speed up the game and controlled the midfiled. By that time, Wigan started looking a little less impressive. They didn't create too many chances in 2nd half. United were showing their calibre and giving hard time to Wigan defenders by moving very quickly. United was able to take the lead in 87th minute. He got a pass from Oshea, Giggs rushed to the ball but left it for Carrick. Wigan defenders didn't understand it for a second. And Carrick played it to left hand upper side corner. United went ahead 2-1. Heart break for Home Fans. The final result appeared to be same 2-1.

Good game by Wigan, but at last United won the game. As I said in the previous post, the Wigan must be itching to beat United after a defeat from WBA, but United is United you know. Ronaldo was bad yesterday. Tevez was excellent. Berbatov also played excelled yesterday. Rooney, Evra, Oshea, Scholes played good. I didn't like Anderson yesterday. He will need to raise the bar of his game play.

So United is just one point away from the trophy. One draw this weekend(or if Liverpool is defeated by Villa this weekend) we will be champions. WOW, third consecutive year Champions. I love Man United.

Thanks,
Vikas

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