Manchester United end of season squad review – English Premier League (Part 3)
After dissecting the deficiencies inside Manchester United’s midfield and some of the possible improvements that can be made in the summer transfer window, it is now time to shed some light on the Red Devils’ attack and their contribution
to United’s Premier League campaign as well as their run to the final of the UEFA Champions League.
Offense
In all reality, Manchester United’s title triumph in the 2010-2011 Premier League season was primarily a result of their brilliant offensive options. Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson utilized his three main strikers to the best of their abilities.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 was the star of the show in the English Premier League whilst Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez enjoyed the spotlight in the UEFA Champions League.
When the season started, United’s fans were calling for Berbatov’s head and lamenting the fact that Ferguson had not offloaded the Bulgarian striker in the summer of 2010. Ferguson’s faith in the former Bayer Leverkusen target-man
paid off in terms of goals. As the season came to a halt, Dimitar ended the 2010-2011 Premier League as England’s top goal scorer joint on goals scored with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809
in the early part of the season when he netted a hatrick against the Reds.
Additionally, Berbatov went onto score crucial goals against Blackburn http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rovers-c40385 and Blackpool as well. Critics have been quick to outline the fact that Berbatov scored in bursts throughout the season and did nothing of note in the
latter part of the season. This is true to a certain extent but that these experts fail to highlight is that Javier Hernandez started to gain Ferguson’s confidence after January and Berbatov was relegated to the bench despite his match winning performances
for the Red Devils.
Hernandez was a revelation for the Red Devils as well. After buying the Mexican striker for just 6 million pounds in the summer transfer window of 2010, Javier also known as Chicharito became United’s star striker near the end
of the season. He scored in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League against Chelsea before scoring against the Blues at Old Trafford in the English Premier League as well. He went onto assist Wayne Rooney’s goal against Schalke 04 in the semi-finals
of the Champions League as well. All in all, Hernandez was United’s surprise package in the 2010-2011 Premier League season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 also did his part in Manchester United’s title winning campaign. After coming out in the media at the start of the 2010-2011 Premier League campaign and stating that he wanted to leave Old Trafford due to the lack
of ambition at the Manchester club, Rooney choose to stay with the Red Devils. In the UEFA Champions League and as well as the English Premier League, Rooney was deployed in a no.10 position for Manchester United. In his new role, Rooney formed a formidable
partnership with Hernandez as United raced away to win the Premier League by a nine point margin.
Not only that, a glance at Manchester United’s goal scored record in the Premier League for the recently concluded season reveals that the Red Devils were much more prolific in front of goal than their immediate rivals. United
scored 78 goals which is nine more than http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 who finished second and 18 more than Manchester City who finished third. This effective offensive proficiency is a result of Berbatov’s efforts combined with Wayne Rooney and Hernandez’s marvellous goal scoring
run near the end of the season.
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