Manchester United produced one of
their finest performances of the season as they trounced the Toons by 3
goals at the Sports Direct Arena. Evans and Evra gave united early two goal
lead and Cleverley sealed the victory late in the second half with a fantastic
strike. Manchester United having been defeated in the last game by Tottenham
had made this game a very crucial one for themselves especially after Chelsea,
Arsenal and ManCity had all won their respective matches on Saturday. With the
Victory Manchester United have now climbed up to second on the table, four
points behind Chelsea and tied on points with the blue team of Manchester.
The Red Devils started off very brightly with Rooney, RVP and
Welbeck upfront causing Defenders nightmare from the very beginning. Sir Alex had opted for a very narrow 4-3-3
formation which was against United's style of play and this perhaps was the masterstroke
as Newcastle didn’t seem to be ready for such a formation by their opponents. Rightly
so United took the lead on the 8th min when Evans headed home a
beautiful corner by RVP. Minutes Later United won another corner and this
time it was taken by Rooney who found Evra's head perfectly. Newcastle
without their First and Second choice keepers were clearly struggling to stay
in the match. After the second goal though United once again fell asleep in the
midfield and Newcastle ceased the chance to dominate the game. Chances after
Chances fell to Newcastle but they couldn’t finish it into goals either because
of poor finishing or due to some last ditched defending by the Red Devils.
The Story of Newcastle’s dominance continued into the second
half and united even though having changed back to 4-4-2 by substituting
Valencia in the place of Kagawa were not able to keep hold of the ball. The
dominance was clearly irritating the United players and as a result a number of
fouls and few yellow cards were picked up. Finally on the 71st
minute United sealed the win with a fantastic Long range curler by Cleverley.
The young Newcastle keeper had no choice but to watch the ball go past him and
into the net. Newcastle however continued to press on but to no avail. One of
their biggest drawback were the Set pieces, even after getting a huge number of
corners and Free kicks Newcastle really weren’t able to create any huge threat
to United from them. The game ended with United taking a perfect revenge over
the toons for the defeat at the same place at the very beginning of this year.
This was Manchester United’s second clean Sheet of the season and David De gea’s
first. Rooney though yet to open his goal tally this season won the man of the
match for his wonderful overall performance. He was brilliant going forward but
equally classy defending whenever required – a complete player.
Full Time: Newcastle 0 Manchester United 3 (Evans 8’, Evra 15’,
Cleverley 71’)
Line ups:
Manchester United – De Gea, Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra,
Carrick, Cleverley, Kagawa (Valencia), Welbeck, Rooney (Scholes), Robin Van Persie
(Giggs).
Subs unused – Lindegaard, Anderson, Hernandez, Wooton.
Formation: 4-3-3 (4-4-2)
Newcastle United – Harper, Santon, Williamson, Perch, Ferguson
(Anita), Cabaye, Tiote (Bigirimana), Guiterrez, Ben Arfa, Cisse (Shoala Ameobi),
Ba.
Subs Unused– Alnwick, Simpson, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi.
Top Performers:
Newcastle United- Ferguson (7/10), Ben Arfa (6.5/10)
Manchester United- Rooney (9/10), Cleverley (7.5/10)
Next Game: Stoke City (H) – Old Trafford, 20th October (Premier
League)
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