Amazing season ! I had my brain nearly dissolved when Heskey put that header just over the bar ... what a brilliant way for Ryan Giggs to equal Sir Bobby Charlton's record ... the Welsh Wizard who single handedly demolished Juventus at Turin sealed victory !
1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2008 !!
SAF is God
Looking back at the season
# We were at one point of time in the relegation zone (18th) for a few hours ... a nightmare start which included draws to Reading and Portsmouth and a painful derby day loss to City. Nani, the new blood from Portugal scored that blockbuster against Spurs and Ferdinand saves off the line from Berbatov and we got our first win !
# The chain of 1-0 wins in the EPL and CL followed when the ironclad defence simply refused to let in goals and this according to me was absolutely bloody season defining .... Rio, Vida, Evra and Brown (bows)
# Finally we broke free in the home game to Wigan in a 4-0 rout .. I still remember that Tevez goal which set it all off .. he ran and ran and turned one defender after another before finally slotting home. Our attacking machine was kick started and there was no looking back now (Ronaldo had scored only once until this match). We then followed this win by scoring 4 goals for a good number of games. We nearly beat Arsenal 2-1 before Gallas scored that heart breaking equalizer in injury time and the Gooners were celebrating as if they won the title.
# Saha, Tevez and Ronaldo were involved in the best counter attacking move this season (United's trademark strength) to slice up Blackburn at Old Trafford
# Anfield is our home away from home .... the scousers were finally confident that they would put one over us but Rooney and Tevez combined in one of the more intelligent set piece routines to seal a brilliant 1-0 win
# Ronaldo's freekick against Pompey !! OMG ! that match was a blitzkreig attack on hapless Pompey ... bang bang ... game over
# Carlitos Tevez .... if Ronaldo was our stock scorer .. this beast was our attacking engine + big match player. He slotted home some crucial goals in the dying minutes
Spurs away (injury time)
Lyon away (87th minute)
amazing season for him ... and in all probabilities his loan deal will be made permanent
# Another crucial point in the season was the 4-0 thrashing of Arsenal in the FA Cup. The gooners were leading by 5 points in the EPL and we had just suffered a most humiliating defeat to City on the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster. Rooney, Fletcher and Nani destroyed Arsenal that day .... and their confidence was damaged and it showed ... they started dropping points and never recovered ... this was a crucial stage when United managed win after win in a most ruthless fashion
# Wes Brown becomes an unlikely scorer in the crunch match against Liverpool and the way Old Trafford erupts when we score against them is orgasmic ... those are the moments we cherish for life as United fans !
# "Ronaldo ... the impudent devil who strikes like lightning" ... this was the cover page of a newspaper in Rome after Ronaldo evades his marker and rises like beast and scores a thumping header against AS Roma ! This was a defining win for United in Europe where our away form has been generally poor over the years (We only managed wins against Benfica, Lille, Lisbon and Kyiv until that match) ... Donnie Darko and myself watched this match together and we knew then and there that we had a real chance in Europe this year
# Finally we beat Arsenal in the League to shut them out once and for all ... the Hargreaves precision freekick was a season defining moment !! ... I had to face two humiliating defeats (September 2006 + January 2007) of United to Arsenal and a near win at the Emirates this season .... a 2 year wait ended this day. Beating Arsenal always gives a special feeling. I must admit however that they played some good football this year and probably deserved more.
# Tevez's reflex header in Blackburn ! ... Brad Friedel was having the match of his career ... United were a goal down and were making attack after attack pounding the Blackburn defence with no avail ... I remember watching this game in absolute frustration cursing Friedel and then Tevez comes up with this most precious of goals and the relief in the room was so obvious (I kicked a few chairs myself
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# Scholes stunner in CL Semi .... After a poor show in Nou Camp the pressure was on United not to repeat the Madrid experience. Cometh the hour .. Cometh the man ... and Scholes steps up from a poor clearance from Zambrotta and scores one of the most important piledriver of his career .. the way his boot continued to move after the ball left showed how magnificent the shot was !! United held on in the tense final minutes of the game to reach Moscow and a CL final after 9 years.
# Giggs wins the league for United ... no need for description ... watch it again and again ... a goal for the ages to come !
1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2008 !!
SAF is God
Looking back at the season
# We were at one point of time in the relegation zone (18th) for a few hours ... a nightmare start which included draws to Reading and Portsmouth and a painful derby day loss to City. Nani, the new blood from Portugal scored that blockbuster against Spurs and Ferdinand saves off the line from Berbatov and we got our first win !
# The chain of 1-0 wins in the EPL and CL followed when the ironclad defence simply refused to let in goals and this according to me was absolutely bloody season defining .... Rio, Vida, Evra and Brown (bows)
# Finally we broke free in the home game to Wigan in a 4-0 rout .. I still remember that Tevez goal which set it all off .. he ran and ran and turned one defender after another before finally slotting home. Our attacking machine was kick started and there was no looking back now (Ronaldo had scored only once until this match). We then followed this win by scoring 4 goals for a good number of games. We nearly beat Arsenal 2-1 before Gallas scored that heart breaking equalizer in injury time and the Gooners were celebrating as if they won the title.
# Saha, Tevez and Ronaldo were involved in the best counter attacking move this season (United's trademark strength) to slice up Blackburn at Old Trafford
# Anfield is our home away from home .... the scousers were finally confident that they would put one over us but Rooney and Tevez combined in one of the more intelligent set piece routines to seal a brilliant 1-0 win
# Ronaldo's freekick against Pompey !! OMG ! that match was a blitzkreig attack on hapless Pompey ... bang bang ... game over
# Carlitos Tevez .... if Ronaldo was our stock scorer .. this beast was our attacking engine + big match player. He slotted home some crucial goals in the dying minutes
Spurs away (injury time)
Lyon away (87th minute)
amazing season for him ... and in all probabilities his loan deal will be made permanent
# Another crucial point in the season was the 4-0 thrashing of Arsenal in the FA Cup. The gooners were leading by 5 points in the EPL and we had just suffered a most humiliating defeat to City on the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster. Rooney, Fletcher and Nani destroyed Arsenal that day .... and their confidence was damaged and it showed ... they started dropping points and never recovered ... this was a crucial stage when United managed win after win in a most ruthless fashion
# Wes Brown becomes an unlikely scorer in the crunch match against Liverpool and the way Old Trafford erupts when we score against them is orgasmic ... those are the moments we cherish for life as United fans !
# "Ronaldo ... the impudent devil who strikes like lightning" ... this was the cover page of a newspaper in Rome after Ronaldo evades his marker and rises like beast and scores a thumping header against AS Roma ! This was a defining win for United in Europe where our away form has been generally poor over the years (We only managed wins against Benfica, Lille, Lisbon and Kyiv until that match) ... Donnie Darko and myself watched this match together and we knew then and there that we had a real chance in Europe this year
# Finally we beat Arsenal in the League to shut them out once and for all ... the Hargreaves precision freekick was a season defining moment !! ... I had to face two humiliating defeats (September 2006 + January 2007) of United to Arsenal and a near win at the Emirates this season .... a 2 year wait ended this day. Beating Arsenal always gives a special feeling. I must admit however that they played some good football this year and probably deserved more.
# Tevez's reflex header in Blackburn ! ... Brad Friedel was having the match of his career ... United were a goal down and were making attack after attack pounding the Blackburn defence with no avail ... I remember watching this game in absolute frustration cursing Friedel and then Tevez comes up with this most precious of goals and the relief in the room was so obvious (I kicked a few chairs myself
)# Scholes stunner in CL Semi .... After a poor show in Nou Camp the pressure was on United not to repeat the Madrid experience. Cometh the hour .. Cometh the man ... and Scholes steps up from a poor clearance from Zambrotta and scores one of the most important piledriver of his career .. the way his boot continued to move after the ball left showed how magnificent the shot was !! United held on in the tense final minutes of the game to reach Moscow and a CL final after 9 years.
# Giggs wins the league for United ... no need for description ... watch it again and again ... a goal for the ages to come !
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