Everton 0 Manchester United 1
A later header from Nemanja Vidic gave United a third 1-0 win in a row and pushed them right back towards the top of the table.
In a very tight game, United were again out of sorts, not even the return of Ronaldo bringing back the attacking team we used to love. Whilst Everton are no pushovers and we are getting the wins we don’t deserve, you have to worry that we will not find our form before we meet one of the big teams. Indeed with a Champions League game on Wednesday, we’ve got to find some sort of form before we fall out of the group stages again.
Most notable in the highlights I watched later on Match of the Day was the complete absence of Carlos Tevez. Does this guy only play from January to July because he didn’t score for 22 games for West Ham and looks like he’ll be going another 22 before scoring for us. The spectre of Gary Birtles always rises at this point and haunted Diego Forlan out of the club. As Tevez is only on “loan” maybe we will cut our losses in a year and get an out and out striker in replacement.
With Saha on the bench and Tevez operating with Giggs up front, it was like United were playing with a group of bridesmaids, but no bride. We have a host of excellent attacking midfielders, but our one and only striker seems to be perpetually one sneeze away from a two month layoff.
United played with Evra in midfield and Silvestre at left back, but unfortunately for the frenchman, it will be the last time that happens this season as he did his knee in and will be out for the rest of the season. Nani came on as a replacement and it was eventually his excellent corner that helped United win the game.
Vidic had previously stated that he wanted to start scoring goals, and has threatened to do so in recent weeks but this time he really came up with the goods. From Nani’s corner, Vidic got goal side of his marker and powered a storming header into the net. Great goal and much needed.
United ended the game top of the league (but 4th by the end of the weekend) and after such a poor start to the season, this is a pretty good position to be in.
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September 16th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
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