Manchester United loses on penalties to Chelsea.
Usually, player’s heroics are considered to win matches and trophies to their teams. But today’s FA Community Shield saw something bizarre. Referee Chris Foy’s horrifics helped Chelsea win their first trophy under their new head coach.Manchester United started the game very well and were rewarded when Nani scored inside the first 10 minutes. After that United did look a bit shaky but still had more chances and looked more attacking than Chelsea. The score remained in United’s favor at the interval.
However, after the interval, Chelsea looked very different and started to pass the ball very well. Their consistent possession of the ball coupled with great passing and shaky defending from United gifted them an equalizer when Ricardo Carvalho scored with a diving header.
It was all square again and the game looked very competitive with no team allowing the other to score a goal. That’s when referee Chris Foy decided to play spoilsport. His fucking decision making abilities allowed Chelsea to take the lead and that delivered a blow to United.
Chelsea substitute Michael Ballack clearly elbowed Patrice Evra, and knocked him down. Even while he was laying hurt on the ground referee Chris Foy allowed play to continue. This distracted United’s attention and Lampard scored to make it 2-1 to Chelsea.
United players did make appeals to the referee but he paid no heed. Neither was Ballack booked nor was he reprimanded. Rather, minutes later Evra was booked for a cynical foul on Ballack. Common Chris Foy, how much did Chelsea pay you for all those decisions?Wayne Rooney did equalize in injury time to send the match in a penalty shoot-out, but United fumbled there and lost. I do agree that United had some serious chances to nail this match much earlier and they failed to convert those chances. But I have a strong belief that referee Chris Foy was responsible for United’s loss. I think he prevented Manchester United from winning their third successive FA Community Shield. Fuck you, Mr.Chris Foy.
What’s your take?
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney helped destroy West Brom at Old Trafford, and then claimed he was in the best form of his career. The wonder kid has now scored eight goals in six games following his strike in the 4-0 win. He also collected two assists as Portugal pair Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani added their names to the score sheet.
"This is possibly the best form of my career," said Rooney.
Following his World Cup qualifying exploits for England, Rooney carried on where he left off, collecting Berbatov's short pass before slotting in a fine solo effort that ended the brave resistance of West Brom. A capacity crowd did not need to look again to see the damage Rooney could cause. And after that Ronaldo, Berbatov and Nani scored to make it 4-0. The best part was Barbatov also scored his goal for United in the league and at Old Trafford.
Sir Alex Ferguson does feel his side are now starting to find their feet after a difficult start to the campaign. And, with Celtic due in the Champions League on Tuesday, he will definitely like Rooney to display the same form.
A double strike from the English duo of Wes Brown & Wayne Rooney ensured a 2-0 win for Man Utd against Blackburn yesterday.
The first 10 minutes was a typical Blackburn-United game, it was hammer and tongs, tackles flying in and it wasn't settled. But once United had the ball, they settled well and started threatening Rovers goalie Brown. Finally United broke the deadlock via Wes Brown who climbed high and headed the ball into the net. Blackburn boss Paul Ince was not happy with the goal as he thought it was a foul from Vidic on his goalie. Hence he has launched a verbal assault on referee Steve Bennett for not spotting the foul and allowing the goal to stand.
The second half was entertaining as United marched ahead with confidence and went on missing a lot of good chances, before Ronaldo set up Rooney for the second. With England head Fabio Capello in the stands, he must have been impressed with the English duo's performance; as he announces his squad for the international matches later today. But i feel United could have hammered more goals and won by a bigger margin. Currently with this win ManU sit at the sixth position in the table, 3 points behind leaders Chelsea: who play Aston Villa today.
