Sunday, April 3, 2011

West Ham 2-4 Manchester United

It's "the stuff of champions." There are many reasons why I love United, and amazing come backs is definitely one of them! I thought we were doing pretty well offensively but Evra and Vidic gave away the two penalties in the first half and suddenly we were 2-0 down away from home. But United doesn't give up. We always believe.
[Hat-trick hero, Wayne Rooney]
Wayne Rooney struck a stunning second-half hat-trick as United roared back from 2-0 down to claim a pulsating Barclays Premier League win at Upton Park.

Mark Noble converted a pair of first-half penalties for West Ham to seemingly deal the Reds’ title hopes an untimely setback. United had bossed the match despite Noble’s double, however, and deservedly overturned the scoreline in the second period.

Rooney curled home a magnificent long-range free-kick, thundered in a superb leveller and converted a penalty in a breathless 15-minute spell, before substitute Javier Hernandez turned home a late clincher to cap another rousing fightback from the Reds.

[Man of the Match: Ryan Giggs]
Almost 38 years old, still running the whole 90 minutes. After Evra was taken off, Giggsy was given the role of a left back; and he did the job well. Around the 92nd minute mark, when the game was already sealed, he ran up from his left back position to get the ball forward and attack the West Ham defense. It was just amazing to see him doing that. I cannot express how much I love this man in words. Legend.

I also love Dimitar Berbatov. I've said this a couple times, but watching him coming on as a sub and he just had these moments where he just shows what he can do with the ball at his feet. He can hold up the ball really well and I just wish Sir Alex Ferguson would play him more often.

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