Manchester United 1- 0 Spurs

Our first win today, which just puts a smile on my face. Even though we didn’t look as strong today as we did in our first three games we still came away with 3 points. That just shows you how frustrating football can be. I was cursing the entire game about how narrow we were playing and then the goal comes. From then onwards it was nail biting stuff until the final whistle as Spurs changed gear determined to get a point.

There weren’t many chances in the game for us. Scholes went just over the bar with a shot, Carrick just missed from 20-yards out and Hargreaves with two long range shots off target. The referring was good today because Spurs could have easily been given an unjust penalty for what seemed to be a Wes Brown hand ball at time. Just before that Rio cleared the ball just a few centimeters before the line denying Berbatov his first goal of the season.

Today Tevez and Carrick were both terrible, good think we took Carrick off though I think taking Tevez off wasn't a good idea and. What if Spurs Scored? We would only have Eagles upfront, that would have been to much pressure for the youngster. Tevez is very ineffective on his own upfront and will be a much better player once he gets Saha up front with him(which should be next weekend) but we still need a top striker on the field no matter what.

Match Stats
United Spurs
Shots (on Goal) United 14(5)Spurs 10(3)
Fouls United15 Spurs 7
Corner Kicks United 4 Spurs 4
Offsides United4 Spurs 5
Time of Possession United 63% Spurs 37%
Yellow Cards United 2 Spurs 3
Red Cards 0 0
Saves 2 4

The result was just what United needed to get some confident spirits on the training ground tomorrow. It will surely boost the team for Sunderland and after that Ronaldo will be back to face Chelsea in our next EPL game. United will get through this hard period of injuries and suspensions and after that we will dominate the rest of the season.

GGMU

Top half of the table tomorrow.

I tried to dig up us much as I can on tomorrows opponents but there wasn’t much I could find. I don’t know if I'm looking in the right places though. Two memorable games that I can remember though with Spurs are coming back from 1-0 down at home in the last game of the season in 1999. This come back was the first of three vitals games towards the treble. Another is the 5-3 come back at white heart lane on the 29th of September 2001, with Beckham, Blanc, Cole, Van Nistelrooy and Veron the scorers.

We have played Spurs 30 times in the EPL winning 22 losing 3, not once have we lost at home but we have drawn 3 times. In total we have played Spurs 162 times won 74 and lost 46. The 30 games we have played in the EPL have seen a total of 80 goals which is just below a 3 goals per game average.

Today our 3 rivals for the title all won their games which leave us 8 point behind Chelsea. A must win game for us tomorrow.

I think the score is going to be 3-0 in our favor. I know this sounds optimistic considering my last three predictions but let me set something straight. I NEVER THINK WE ARE GOING TO LOSE. Not once since I have started watching football have I ever thought we would lose and I never will. Even if we are playing Real Madrid with our reserve team will I think a loss for us impossible. I say that when a player walks onto the field wearing a United strip he is a 25% better footballer. United is about passion and heart. Players will always have the backing of the fans regardless of the odds.

UNITED WE STAND.