United’s September In Review
When I look back at September, I’m not looking at many goals. For a start the only goals conceded were with a reserve defence in the Carling Cup. And United themselves didn’t score many more, recording four 1-0 wins, and one 2-0 win.
On the 1st September Saha returned from injury and scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at home to Sunderland. Anderson made his debut but did not impress and was withdrawn at half time for Saha. Once again United struggled to win and did not play well.
An international break did not change the pattern of United’s season when the managed to beat Everton 1-0 at Goodison Park “not even the return of Ronaldo bringing back the attacking team we used to love“. I noticed that Carlos Tevez was anonymous in this game, and it was Hero Vidic that scored the goal to win the game.
On the 19th United returned to Champions League action with a trip to Sporting Lisbon. It was an emotional return for Nani and, in particular, Ronaldo. He scored the only goal in another 1-0 win and the sporting fans gave their prodigal son a standing ovation when he later came off injured.
All the talk before the game against Chelsea was about the sacking/leaving of Jose Mourhino but it appeared to affect Chelsea far more than United and new manager had no idea what to do after Jon Obi Mikel was sent off and United had their most comfortable game of the season running out 2-0 winners.
United’s participation in this season’s Carling Cup started and ended on the 26th as they lost 2-0 at home to Coventry City with Mifsud getting 2 goals. Most United fans couldn’t care less and in fact with the enforced cup ticket fiasco are probably glad they won’t have to see more games.
The final game of the month was away to Birmingham City and it was another 1-0 win. It was down to determination, resolute defending, two excellent goalkeepers, a Birmingham defenders mistake and a composed finish from Christiano Ronaldo.
September started with United in a little bit of trouble in the league and finished with us crashing out of the first cup competition. But in between we recorded 4 league wins without conceding a goal and a good start to our Champions League campaign. Whilst we haven’t played at all well, things are looking up.
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October 11th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Always like your monthly round-up - concise, accurate, and to the point.
That Man Utd Posts from other blogs is a useful feature. I presume it’s a Google Reader application, something I’ve not had time to study how to set up properly.