ANOTHER JOB DONE

 

(Image taken from Manutd.com)

 

Well, we'd already shredded Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. Since then the Blades, like in the early 90s, have been sucked into the relegation dogfight. In the meantime we were needing to keep ahead of Chelsea so this game at Old Trafford looked like a straightforward three points. However due to injuries it was yet another scrabbly looking defence with Kuszczak in goal, Fletcher of all peeps at right back, Brown and Heinze at centre back and Evra at left back.

Well Watford may have had the first attack but in the 4th minute Ronaldo found Carrick and the midfield dynamo lobbed Patrick Kenny smoothly. The Blades goalie was certainly the busier of the two though the visitors had their moments in terms of chances, pity for them that the visiting strikers showed an inability to shoot straight. Clearly this wasn't the Red Devils all guns blazing but given the injury problems they had every right to want to just get through the match.

The game was pretty much wrapped up in the 50th minute when Rooney blasted a Giggsy cross into the net. Once again, the Reds hammered the visiting oal looking for more and once again the visiting goalie kept getting in the way if a determined defence didn't stop us first. Not that it mattered though there was a shout for a Blades penalty at one point, it wasn't given and the visitors were never going to hit the net any other way. We did what we needed to do, nothing more.

It was then Chelsea's move and they faced West Ham at Upton Park. You's have thought the Hammers could have done us a favour but it wasn't to be. Shaun Wright Philipps opened the scoring for the Blues and though Carlos Tevez soon equalised, Wright Philipps got his second for the Blues to regain the lead then Soloman Kalou and Didier Drogba finished the game off. Which leaves Chelsea still hot on United's Premiership heels. The gap's still only three points.

And that's that.

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