Having been gutted with last weekend's results, I was so eagerly waiting for this match though I know we should be winning it comfortably and the match is not expected to provide me with any thrill - But what thrill do you want other than United winning?
We once again went with 4-4-2 and I was as excited as anyone else to see Wayne Rooney back in the starting XI. For United to get on course in the season, Wayne has to be in form and none better than getting minutes under your belt - that too West Ham at home, can't ask for more.
And for the first time in many matches I could remember, the old stalwarts Giggs and Scholes started the game together.
United made a soppy start to the match and were hardly looking inspiring. We kept losing balls easily and when someone like Scholes loses possession cheaply, you start doubting if a goal would arrive.
But as always, the former England midfielder sent a searing long range pass to Giggs at the left and the latter tricked himself into the box only to be stupidly tripped by a former Manchester United man, Jonathan Spector. Rooney, who had gone over 1000 minutes on the pitch without scoring, picked up this opportunity from the spot, to break the drought and the deadlock too.
The home team would have been 2-0 up by half time had Nani timed his chip a little more delicately. The setup was brilliant - First Scholes and Giggs slid simultaneously to grab possession in our own half. Then Ryan Giggs expertly found Nani, only to see the chance go begging.
Dimitar Berbatov was busy collecting and dispatching passes at will. He topped up a perfect day with a "Beautiful" finish which he always emphasizes.
Between this and Wazza's penalty, Nani ran through a glut of defenders and scored a brilliant goal that would have provided him the much needed redemption, following his penalty miss last weekend.
SAF made a triple substitution following the 3rd Goal and though we looked threatening enough to score more, West Ham somehow held firm. The closest they came to scoring was when Kieron Dyer hit the outside of the post in the 55th Minute. Vida made a couple of noteworthy crunching tackles when Carlton Cole looked through on goal on both occasions. The importance of the Serbian to our defense cannot be overstated.
West Ham has not scored against United for the last 2 years - Dean Ashton was the last one to score in United's penultimate game (known for Nani's head butt) of the 2007-08 season. They continued to go scoreless again.
Two 3-0 home wins out of Two - time to focus hard on the away form. We go on an International break, that's one weekend wasted in life, deprived of Manchester United Football.
Off to the Goodison Park now, we have a score to settle for last season's 1-3 defeat.
Pictures courtesy: bbcsport
We once again went with 4-4-2 and I was as excited as anyone else to see Wayne Rooney back in the starting XI. For United to get on course in the season, Wayne has to be in form and none better than getting minutes under your belt - that too West Ham at home, can't ask for more.
And for the first time in many matches I could remember, the old stalwarts Giggs and Scholes started the game together.
United made a soppy start to the match and were hardly looking inspiring. We kept losing balls easily and when someone like Scholes loses possession cheaply, you start doubting if a goal would arrive.
But as always, the former England midfielder sent a searing long range pass to Giggs at the left and the latter tricked himself into the box only to be stupidly tripped by a former Manchester United man, Jonathan Spector. Rooney, who had gone over 1000 minutes on the pitch without scoring, picked up this opportunity from the spot, to break the drought and the deadlock too.The home team would have been 2-0 up by half time had Nani timed his chip a little more delicately. The setup was brilliant - First Scholes and Giggs slid simultaneously to grab possession in our own half. Then Ryan Giggs expertly found Nani, only to see the chance go begging.
Dimitar Berbatov was busy collecting and dispatching passes at will. He topped up a perfect day with a "Beautiful" finish which he always emphasizes.
Between this and Wazza's penalty, Nani ran through a glut of defenders and scored a brilliant goal that would have provided him the much needed redemption, following his penalty miss last weekend.
SAF made a triple substitution following the 3rd Goal and though we looked threatening enough to score more, West Ham somehow held firm. The closest they came to scoring was when Kieron Dyer hit the outside of the post in the 55th Minute. Vida made a couple of noteworthy crunching tackles when Carlton Cole looked through on goal on both occasions. The importance of the Serbian to our defense cannot be overstated.
West Ham has not scored against United for the last 2 years - Dean Ashton was the last one to score in United's penultimate game (known for Nani's head butt) of the 2007-08 season. They continued to go scoreless again.
Two 3-0 home wins out of Two - time to focus hard on the away form. We go on an International break, that's one weekend wasted in life, deprived of Manchester United Football.
Off to the Goodison Park now, we have a score to settle for last season's 1-3 defeat.
Pictures courtesy: bbcsport
...We go on an International break, that's one weekend wasted in life,...."
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