Bettor.com analyzes the Red Devils’ front two, who have managed to wreak havoc in the Premier League and beyond this season.
During Sir Alex Ferguson’s illustrious time at the Theatre of Dreams, Manchester United have been fortunate enough to have some of the most scintillating striking options ever assembled in club football.
Who can forget the psychic bond Andy Cole and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 and Wayne Rooney in what can be called as United’s most dominating run
in the Premier League.
Now the former forwards maybe gone, but Rooney remains and has been joined by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380, the man who kept Arsenal’s UEFA Champions League hopes alive by scoring freely throughout the 2011/12 season.
Since his arrival at the Theatre of Dreams, pundits have been wondering as to whether the duo can properly gel together and fire the 19-time English champions to the top of European football once more.
And the answer is that yes, they can and definitely will considering the pace they are now moving at.
The weekend tie against Sunderland firmly summed up their blossoming understanding, which has reached extra-ordinary levels in such a short space of time.
Many claimed that there would be an altercation of egos in the dressing room, but Rooney and Van Persie don’t only get along in harmony, but their exquisite skills on the pitch have been breathtaking at times.
Watch the 3rd goal against the Black Cats and you understand why Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson is relishing the prospect of ending the season on a high.
Van Persie picks the ball from just outside the penalty box and hands it over to Ashley Young, before embarking on a clever run on the far side. Knowing the quality of the man alongside him, Young obliges with a pass and the Dutchman coolly nutmegs his opposing
defender before picking out http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736, who despite being very closely marked, manages to find the back of the net.
Sunderland were shocked. And Martin O’Neill was drooling with the kind of talent now present at Old Trafford.
The Scottish manager, who has had top flight spells with Celtic and Aston Villa before, was full of praise for the Holland International and just about summed up the entire situation in Manchester with carefully balanced praises.
"With players of the calibre of Van Persie in your side, you always have a chance of winning football matches. Would, for instance, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 didn't play?” said the coach while speaking to reporters after the game.
"The number of goals Messi has scored is incredible. They are a very talented team but without him, you don't know, because Messi is their talisman,” he added.
"Honestly, Van Persie can get goals out of very little. It looks like nothing is happening and you have players there in the area. But all of a sudden he has opened up a gap,” O’Neill was quoted as saying while speaking to the media after the games.
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