Manchester United versus Tottenham Hotspur – English Premier League: Match Review
Manchester United took on Tottenham Hotspur in their latest Premier League encounter at Old Trafford. Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-de-Gea-c10463 started as United’s goalkeeper.
The Spanish shot stopper was assisted by a four man defence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231 took up his usual left back position. In central midfield, Ferguson
retained the partnership of Anderson and Thomas Cleverley with Young on the left wing and Luis Nani on the right. Up front, Daniel Welbeck was once again preferred to the likes of Macheda and Berbatov as he played alongside http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736.
For Tottenham, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luka-Modric-c22857 was left out of the squad altogether as Redknapp with Jermaine Defoe and Rafael Van der Vaart as his team’s two main offensive orchestrators. In midfield, Livermore was given a season debut alongside
Nico Kranjcar. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kyle-Walker-c21566 on the right.
In the 3rd minute of the match, Manchester United almost got their opening goal as Wayne Rooney connected with Luis http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brad-Friedel-c7953 who held onto the ball expertly. In the
6th minute, Cleverley tested Friedel from outside the box and the 40 year old made an impressive save down his left to keep his team on level terms with the defending champions.
The first half started at a frantic pace but the tempo slowed down as the half time approached. Both the teams had their fair share of possession but Tottenham just shaded the match a little as Manchester United struggled to create
definitive goal scoring opportunities in the final third of the field. It was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Welbeck who got the first goal of the match when he headed in Cleverley’s cross in the 60th minute of the second half. Soon after, Welbeck and Anderson combined
to give United a two goal lead in the 75th minute.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Anderson-c5565 slipped an incisive through ball for Welbeck and the English striker back heeled the pass to the Brazilian midfielder who continued his run into the box to produce a fine finish. Wayne Rooney netted United’s last goal
of the match when he headed in Ryan Giggs’ cross to make it 3-0 to Manchester United. Tottenham failed to get a consolation goal in the end as United ended the match as deserving winners with the final score line at 3-0.
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