UNITED KNOCK LIVERPOOL OFF THEIR PERCH!--BOLTON VS MAN UNITED REVIEW!


I posted earlier on in my preview that I wouldn't complain if United won yet another game 1-0--in fact, I'm grateful we that we won 1-0. Forget Rafa's facts, one solid one is that the Premier League is a hard league. More often than not, it's all about getting the points rather than putting in a great show of football. It's why the likes of Arsenal are finding it difficult to create a balance between swashbuckling displays and result winning performances. Thankfully, Manchester United is not one dimensional and will, more often than not, seek to grind out results without playing all too well.
Bolton were always going to be the kind of opposition that would defend and invite us to break them down. But for their goalkeeper, the job would have been done within the first half. It was good to see Ronaldo put all his free kicks on target and also see Anderson try the outrageous drive that could have gifted him a first goal for United. I thought Tevez did offer as much energy upfront as Wayne does. He actually is another version of Wayne only that he will not defend as much as the former does. Tevez actually worked well with Berba upfront--teeing up each other, only to be foiled by a flag-happy linesman.
We showed more urgency in the second period and boy what we could have given to see the back of the Bolton net shake. Sir Alex jokingly revealed that his latest tactic is to get a player stripped on the bench and then watch what the team reaction is. Danny Welbeck was getting ready to come on for Tevez upfront. It only needed the ball to go out of play and the lad would have come on. Fergie will be grateful that he didn't make the change as Tevez(who was supposed to come off) made a remarkable contribution of beating 2 defenders and and crossing for Berbatov to easily head in the three pointer. The two lads combined well to see us to victory at the Britannia stadium on Boxing Day. Yesterday, their brilliance won us a match that was certainly heading for a stalemate. Maybe there is nothing to fear as regards how our three main strikers operate and co-operate. For Berba, he must be feeling a huge sigh of relief following the recent bellows from fans about his contribution. He is the Premier League's assist leader and is now getting us goals that are winning games for us. Pundits must now be having few complaints. I certainly have none!
The win takes us to he summit of the league for the first time since May when we won it--but my goodness isn't the pressure on the Dippers. Anything less than a win tomorrow and the bookmakers will toss them out of the window as far as the league title is concerned!

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