It was goal fest October as United finally clicked into gear this month. Five games, five wins and four goals for United in four of the games. Whilst September was the month of the 1-0 win, October was the month where United went on a goal streak that equalled a 100-year old record.
However, the first game of the month felt like September hadn’t ended as we beat Roma in the Champions League 1-0. It was a typical tense European match which United won with a well worked goal from Wayne Rooney. That move was a hint of the goals that were to come.
I sometimes say things that are right and whilst I rarely get an actual score prediction correct, after the Roma victory I declared :-
I think we’ve always had a top class defence but if you are 3-0 up, you don’t care if it becomes 3-1, and we’d tend to bomb further forward and make it 4-1. When you are 1-0 up, you are less likely to attack in the final ten minutes.
I’d like to think that was the United way. Why win 3-0 when you get get a 4th. In the next league game against Wigan, when United finally put in a big victory, the 4th goal came when our young stand-in full-back, Danny Simpson bombed forward and crossed the ball for Rooney to head home. It may have been his home league debut and he was only playing because of injury but it shows that he has been schooled in the United Way to attack.
After the international break, United played away to Aston Villa and beat them 4-1. Tevez and Rooney were starting to form a really strong partnership but Villa didn’t help themselves by getting 2 men sent off.
Back to the Champions League on the 23rd and United went all the way to Kiev and beat them 4-2. Whilst there were some very poor defending, United showed some great attacking prowess with Anderson making me sit up and take notice. The Brazilian didn’t have the best start to his United career, but really came to the fore this month. With the loss of Paul Scholes for 3 months, Anderson has a very important role this season and whilst he will probably lose his place to Carrick when he is fit, he has done enough already to wipe the whisper of Kleberson from everyone’s lips.
The final game of the month was at home to Middlesbrough. A 4-1 win as Rooney and Tevez showed they have work on their telepathy in training. A defence splitting back heel from Rooney fell straight to Carlos and the Argentina slotted it home. But the best goal of the night came in the 3rd minute as Nani scored another wonder-goal.
So United turned their September goal scoring form on its head and scored 4 goals in 4 successive games. United are now joint top with Arsenal with the same goal difference (okay so they have a game in hand) and we play them on a perfectly timed match up on Saturday. This season feels like Mourhino never even existed and the Arsenal United rivally has come back. Another 4-2 would be nice 
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As you rightly point out, October was the month that Anderson finally joined the party! And I don’t mean the party at Ronaldo’s house, which I could have done with an invitation to. We all kind of knew he was going to be good, but he had a shaky start coming off a Copa America where he got dropped after a game and a half. Now, he’s playing like he was made for the Premiership. His performances against Dynamo Kiev and Middlesbrough were very good and he did more than just Ok against Wigan. There’s a goal in him too, now I just wish he’d wrestle the ball of Ronaldo on the free kicks.
I think both Tevez and Anderson came back from the Copa America knackered, didn’t they? That combined with Rooney and Saha’s injuries and Ronaldo’s suspension meant we didn’t truly get going until they were all back and playing well, which was October
Yep, I’m hoping Anderson will get a goal too. Would be nice against Arsenal tomorrow. I haven’t seen him take a freekick, is he good?