[Lucky McLuckerson]

A winning start to the season and a very satisfying one.

We held a slim 1:0 advantage at half-time and it was a very open first 45 minutes with Chelsea well in it.

In the second-half we tightened up, sat deeper and looked to hit Chelsea on the break. We did so with devastating effect scoring two quick fire goals midway through the second-half from Martial and Rashford. Daniel James put the icing on the cake with a fourth just minutes after making his debut.

A 4:0 win in the end and lots of positives to take from the result. Plenty still to work on but we're off and running.


Match Stats

Possession
Man Utd 46%
Chelsea 54%

Shots
Man Utd 11
Chelsea 18

Shots on Target
Man Utd 5
Chelsea 7

Corners
Man Utd 3
Chelsea 4

Fouls
Man Utd 15
Chelsea 13

 

[2 man midfield]

Buzzing

 

[Isotope]

A half fit Pogba is still world class.

 

[Bastian]

Delighted.

Maguire looked superb. We look balanced at the back. And pure joy seeing James score.

 

[alsabi]

Not too shabby

 

[Rado_N]

Less goals than City. Ole out.

 

[Ventura]

Yes.

 

[Mr Pigeon]

Utter shite. Can only manage 4 goals against a team that have a transfer ban and lost their only decent player in the summer? Useless. Back in my day this never would have happened. We walked 50 miles to Old Trafford, not like these car driving millennials nowadays, and we drank real drinks like urine instead of these fancy alcopops laced with ket that I assume the children drink when they go to their dive bars filled with Xbox arcade devices and processed sugar biscuits. Sack Ole and bring back Charlie Chaplin, I say.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

fecking brilliant. Maguire man of the match for me.

 

[Snafu17]

That was nice.

 

[Rory 7]

We’re gonna win the league

 

[Ramshock]

loving the score and effort, still have concerns about our midfield, but overall happy

 

[MikeUpNorth]

We're going to win the league

 

[fergosaurus]

Great start. Rashford and Martial off the mark, debut goal from James, two assists for Pogba. Let's keep it going!

 

[Wumminator]

Can’t wait to see people actually moaning in this thread. It’s going to happen.

 

[izec]

Maguire MOTM.

AWB was great as well.

Good counter attacking football. Improvement needed in possession.

Lets go, win against Wolves next

 

[Massive Spanner]

Dodgy first half, probably lucky to go in ahead. Fantastic second half.

AWB and Maguire looked great. Lindelof MotM.

Anyone who wants rid of Pogba needs to give their head a wobble.

Fecking buzzing!

 

[kouroux]

I was expecting a win but not something as enjoyable as this. My day is complete

 

[SalfordRed18]

Said we'd fecking do em and we fecking did em.

 

[RoadTrip]

Things to work on of course but so many positives. So happy with that.

 

[simonhch]

Tons of positive. Very lucky at times, but a huge confidence boosting win. Maguire will be a huge signing, as will Wan-Bissaka.

 

[Ekeke]

Lucky at the back but also nice buildup play, deadly up front in the 2nd half

 

[FootyGirl88]

Great result, the midfield is a huge worry going forward.

 

[PoTMS]

So we're winning the league...

 

[Big Ben Foster]

Decent start

 

[mu4c_20le]

Welcome to Old Trafford Frank

 

[ants7]

New signings were great, Maguire specifically solid as rock.

Great start!

 

[Al-T]

As surprised and delighted as Brighton fans probably were last night!

 

[DatIrishFella]

Harry Maguire.

 

[Mockney]

Well, feck me.

 

[Steven7290]

couldn't be more perfect a start than that could it?

The goal celebrations especially the Rashford 2nd gave me a bit of chills

 

[Santos J]

Well that was fecking fun

 

[Nick7]

First clean sheet since Feb, right?

Poor first half. But the change of tactics around the 55th minute or so changed the game for us. We started to easily handle Chelsea's attack and could exploit the space behind them. Very good second half from everyone.

Pereira had a great assist, but I struggle to see him nailing a consistent place in the team. Probably the worst of our players out there. Concerning.

 

[manc_lass13]

Rubbish first 15 but played some lovely stuff after. Love Maguire, class act!

BUZZING!!

 

[SirAnderson]

Just brilliant! Much needed start to our campaign!
Onward and upward!

 

[Shark]

First half was terrible but I’m absolutely delighted with what I’ve seen overall. We look an actual team, excellent debuts.

 

[Rozay]

Get in!

 

[Bojan11]

Clinical. Build up and pressing needs work though.

 

[Cloud7]

Authoritative game from big Harry and AWB. They both look like money well spent. Rash and Martial grew into the game. Pogba didn’t have his best game today but even when he’s not at his best he’s capable of moments like that. Couldn’t be happier for James, the raw emotion when he scored was beautiful.

 

[dove]

Lots of room for improvement but you just can't be negative winning 4-0 against Chelsea I thought the biggest positives were our new guys, especially Maguire. Our midfield is still very worrying though, the likes of Lingard and Perreira should be nowhere near our first team.

 

[redom]

Perfect result but plenty to work on from the performance, hopefully it was just a bit of early season rust and nerves which that result should go some way to alleviate.

 

[Judge Red]

Not going to get carried away with the performance as a whole but the outcome is everything you could have hoped for before the match. Goals for Rashford and Martial, James scoring on his debut and a clean sheet for the new defence.