You only had to look at Chelsea's halftime score at home to Sunderland to know how wasteful United were yesterday. The one thin that has eluded us this season is the ability to be ruthless as far as chances to goals ratio. I must say we have the chances, but we do not have somebody to make one of every two chances count. I know the name that springs to mind is Cristiano Ronaldo but I believe that we've got enough in Berbatov and Rooney to put away most of the chances they get.
The thing is, Burnley could easily have won yesterday. They had three good chances to take the lead and given how they defend, they could have held onto the lead. We seem not to have learnt that lesson in our second league game of the season.
Worsestill, we seem to have as porous a midfield as it can get. Time and time again, our opponents marched through our midfield unchallenged. I thought it was testament to the role Fletcher plays for us. Without him and Hargo, we seem to be done for!
Antonio Valencia needs to take the shot himself. I mean the lad was as close as ten yards to goal several times but still elected to pass the ball into a crowd of players. It is the confidence of shooting that made Cristiano get as many goals as he did for us---and you don't have to be a Ronaldo to shoot.
Nani seems determined to play his way out of OT but fair play to him yesterday, he was better than we've seen in most games this season. But for brilliant goalkeeping, he could have added another spectacular goal to his tally.
It was supposed to be an easy game yesterday but we made it hard for ourselves especially n the first half. Against teams like AC Milan, we'll have one or two chances and we shall have to take it. It's hence a worry that ten times out of eleven, our strikers could not hit the target yesterday. There are complaints about the inconsistency in our back line but I feel that it is in the striking department that we are lacking. Yes, we have scored as much as we did at this stage last season but this team is different. Inconsistency in team selection can only be remedied by goals. If our strikers score, than the defence will be more confident than when you're trying to avoid conceding the lead. It's why I was happy to see Mame Briam Diuof scoring. Fingers crossed, he could go on to become a hit at OT.
It's Man City in the Cup semi o Tuesday. It bodes for interesting viewing....if you are a neutral!
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