Sunday, January 31, 2010

Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United

It's always nice to beat your fierce rivals; it's even better to beat two in under one week. After beating local rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford, Manchester United travels to London to face Arsenal at the Emirates.
United are breathing down Chelsea's necks again after a maiden league win at the Emirates Stadium left Arsenal's title credentials in tatters.

The Reds raced into a 3-0 lead through Manuel Almunia's own goal, Wayne Rooney's 100th Premier League strike and a first notch of the season for Ji-sung Park. And although the Gunners scored late on through Thomas Vermaelen, it was to be no more than a consolation for the hosts in a game that started – and finished – in end-to-end fashion.
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It was such a great performance by United, and hats off to Nani! He's had a nice run these past few matches; hopefully you'll keep on getting better.

Wayne Rooney scored his 100th Premier League goal, and what a wonderful goal it was to mark this achievement. I've always loved counter attacks, and it was definitely one of the bests out there. Reminds me of Cristiano Ronaldo's goal from last season's Champions League match, also against Arsenal. Apparently the experts and analysts thought the same and they made a comparison between the two goals. It took both goals only 9.2 seconds to go from the scorers' feet on defense to the back of the opposition's net.

Congrats Rooney for getting the century mark. He did it in fewer matches than Ronaldo, too! The goal also makes Rooney score more goals than Ronaldo did, with less time on the pitch.

We're on a good roll, and I bet the players are high on confidence level. Hope the winning streak continues!

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