Manchester City vs. Manchester United

:eek: I'm lost for words cause of the quality of the first half.Everything controlled in attack,midfield and defence.Everyone has been awesome so far :lol:
Great stuff
 
Hart one of the few stand out performers for City in Europe............That will be why they are out then if thats the standard!
 
Fantastic.

I'm still very cautious though, one goal from City could completely change the game.
 
Someone needs to give Rafael a half-time haircut. What has that crazy kid done?
 
Great half! Need to continue to good work.

I don't want a Xavi, I am happy with little Tom. Fingers crossed for his form and fitness.

Excellent attacking and defensive play from our wingers and fullbacks on either side.
 
Great first half.Just hope we don't invite them on to us in the second.
 
Hart's been all over the place today, not one mention from the good folks at Sky of course though.
 
I wish I get a one on one with Balotelli.



















With a bat in my hand and he bare handed.
 
We need to control the next 15 minutes of the game now. The next quarter of the match is crucial.

Also the look on Mancini's face when Rooney scored the 2nd goal. Someone needs to gif that! :lol:
 
Very good half. We'll inevitably concede at some point in the second half. It's important that when we do we don't continue to sit back and invite pressure like we did in the Chelsea game when we threw our advantage away after a similar start.
 
After an iffy start, we've done very well. Young has has a good half, Rooney has been superb and Dave looks confident. Midfield with Cleverley looks confident in possession.

Tevez will probably be on at HT

Hopefully we play with the same intensity and concentration in the second half.

Yep. Tevez will offer so much more that Balotelli is. Not just in their attack but also around the park.

Hope we keep pushing for another goal.
 
After that dodgy start we could and possibly should be 3 up.

Expect Tevez and that lanky cnut on after the break

Indeed. If Mancini had his wits about him day he'd bring in Tevez on for Balotelli. An odd decision to not start Tevez today, unless he's got an injury I don't know about.
 
still shitting it , they will pressure in the second .we need one more
 
My one complaint so far was Balotelli deliberately standing on Evans' hamstring and getting away Scott free. We've been immense.
 
Wow. That was fantastic. Our best half of the season so far. Rio, Rafael and Young have been fantastic. We really do look a much much better team when we play without Scholes or Giggs. Just so much more fluid, more energetic and more like a team tbh. We just looked so controlled, so totally in control of the situation. Something I cant say I've seen much that often recently. Everyone seemed to know what there job was, and they were doing it.

Saying that, I wouldn't bet against us still throwing this away somehow, simply because I don't think this team has the same mentality as some of our great teams down the years. But I also wouldn't bet against us scoring again either.

Very promising so far.
 
True. I thought his interview after the CL game was good. He looked broken whilst Mancini came across as ambivalent and surly.

He came across like a dick to be fair. The Real Madrid game he was at fault for 2 of the 3 goals and never got punished for a couple other mistakes. To come and do an interview like Johnny Bravo after being a big part of the blame doesn't look good. He should have been more humble and said they have a lot to learn and praised Madrid.
 
This first 11 and the tactics applied should be used in every single match.This is United's best formation

Well, close.
I'd still rather use Kagawa or Nani ahead of Young if I had the chance, and Vidič always gets the nod when healthy.
 
It's still in the balance, no doubt, but a tactically spot on performance so far. They have had no answer for our width and we have packed the middle to force them out when they have the ball.

Long way to go...
 
We've been a different class to em thus far, the mentality of their players is poor.