Oh well, so Man Utd beat Portsmouth 3-1 on penalty kicks. BIG DEAL. This gave us an indication of what is to come in the new season. Either Man Utd will struggle to retain their title OR Portsmouth can break the traditional big 4 mould.
3rd place for the reds? Very likely…I shall now turn my attention to the match happening this Sunday at Old Trafford…
A Liverpool Win?
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Many pundits (and ex liverpudians) have come out. Ian Rush is one such example. He mentioned that, with the form that we’re currently experiencing, there is no reason to believe we cannot beat Man Yoo. Well Said Rusdie!
It’s easy to get carried away at times especially with the rich vein of form that Liverpool and, most notably, Torres is experiencing. Which leads up to my 2nd point of the preview…
Torres Vs Ronaldo
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Both hugely talented, both has movie star looks and both are in a rich vein of form. Of come they have some differences, one is a winger, one is a striker, one dives, one doesn’t, one organises romps in his house, one doesn’t…
It’ll be an interesting battle to see how both of them fair and the spotlight will undoubtedly fall on both of them. I expect to see Rio Ferdinand roughly up ‘El Nino’ and I get lots of ‘whining vibes’ from Ronaldo…I don’t know…we shall see this Sunday!
Won 6 league games in a row and…Torres grabbed his 20th league goal (First since Robbie Fowler in 1995-1996!). Being a Pool fan, one should be happy but some problems still persists…like the constant playing of the ineffectual Kuyt.
It is clear that he isn’t a winger, sure he crosses better them Pennant but he just does not cut it as a winger. Can’t understand the manager’s insistence on playing him despite having Benayoun in the team. BAH, a win is a win, we get the 3 points and I’m happy.
Whats funny was that the commentators were suggesting that we could make an improbable sudden entry into the title race… Since we’re to play Manchester United and Arsenal very soon, if we were to grab WINS in those, then you never know…
A few days ago, Sir Alex Ferguson revealed to the media he was going to retire in three more years. I believed that was a big mistake, have he not forgotten what happened the last time he said something like that? The team blew their title chances and went on to win nothing for that season.
Boy was i right… Man U were kicked out of the FA cup by Portsmouth and together with it, their treble dreams…
Lets look at the statistics… The devils had 19 shots on goal and 9 shots on target compared to Pompey’s miserly 6 shots on goal. The Red devils had enough chances to wrap up the game with Ronaldo and Gang being time and again denied by last minute clearances of the line.
Disaster struck when Fergie took off Van der sar for Tomasz Kuszczak during the break. Probably he wqas injured or something, whatever the reason, it was to have a great impact on the game. The latter keeper got sent off in the 76th minute.
The refree gave what was perceived as a harsh red card but the penalty would not have mattered as Baros was to have scored anyways even if Tomasz Kuszczak didn’t bring him down. As all three subs were utilised by Fergie at that time, Ferdinand pulled on the keeper’s gloves and made a brave attempt to save Muntar’s shot. He did guess the right way, alas… it was just not United’s day…
Luck proved to be against them in their search for the equaliser as they battled till the end. Equal credit to Portsmouth for hanging on and defending solidly.
Sir Fergie must be scratching his head and he should seriously reflect on his mistake of annoucing to the media of his retirement plans… especially at such a crucial point in the season when the club were challenging for their second treble.
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