Manchester United Dugout

The Manchester derby which was seeming to head towards a draw finally tilted in the favor of the red part of Manchester. Manchester United defeated Manchester City in a thrilling match which ended City's unbeaten run in the league this season.

This time instead of writing a few lines about the match analysis, I have thought of posting two images which reflect the sentiments of any die hard Man United fan.

This is the image which created lot of controversy as City tried to get cheeky by making Tevez a scapegoat.

But, Alas! Tevez could not enjoy the derby as he ended up being on the losing side as Michael Owen, literally out of nowhere, snatched a goal and gave United a deserving win. The image below will now be remembered in true sense as it marks Owen's first goal at Old Trafford.


With this victory, Manchester United have silenced their "noisy neighbors" and Carlos Tevez as well.

Glory! Glory! Manchester United.

The only Asian player who wears a Manchester United tee, Park Ji-Sung has recently signed a two-year contract extension. This deal will keep him at Manchester United until 2012. Park's agent did claim a deal with the South Korean had been done during the week, United officially confirmed the news recently.

I remember there was a large degree of scepticism surrounding Park when he first came to United in 2005 from PSV Eindhoven. People had said that United had secured a markatable player in Asia and not a football player, especially after the sale of David Beckham to Real Madrid.

Yet, while the commercial spin-offs of having Asia's highest-profile player in their squad have been obvious in two highly profitable visits to the continent, both of which took United to Seoul, Park has also proved his worth on the field. Even the manager, Sir Alex Ferguson added his own tribute and said, "We are always pleased to secure the future of our star players and Ji-Sung has proved himself to be a fantastic professional as well as an important versatile player in our squad."

Park who has made 127 United appearances so far has scored 12 goals. On his new deal he said, "I am so pleased to have a new contract. We have achieved great success over the last four years and won many trophies. It is a great experience for me to play at this magnificent football club along with other world famous players."

It will be great if Park makes an appearance in today's derby game against Manchester City. It will be tough though, especially with Darren Fletcher in supreme form. But with Paul Scholes out with suspension, Fergie will definitely try to utilize the passion and energy of a player who's got a new deal. I hope it turns out to be a classic Manchester derby.