Park Out Of Wolfsburg Clash
Posted on 29 Sep 2009Park Ji-Sung will be unavailable for selection as United host German champions Wolfsburg in the Champions League on Wednesday night. The tireless midfielder was struck down by a virus over the weekend and after missing training, Ferguson has ruled the... Read more »
The Red Mist Of Rooney
Posted on 16 Sep 2009The red mist descended around Wayne Rooney last night as he was substituted for Michael Owen in the 64th minute in the 1 – 0 win away to Besiktas. At the time, the game was tied at 0-0 and Rooney, playing as a lone striker, although working hard, had... Read more »
Rio: Rome Was Sickening
Posted on 15 Sep 2009Rio Ferdinand made his first league appearance of the season in the 3 – 1 victory over Spurs on Saturday after recovering from a thigh injury sustained in training. His prolonged absence from the team has given the United captain plenty of time to reflect... Read more »
Vidic: We Won’t Be Happy Unless We Win
Posted on 14 Sep 2009Reaching a third consecutive Champion’s League Final won’t be enough for Nemanja Vidic. Winning is everything to the Serbian. United were aiming to be the first team to win back to back European titles last year but a lacklustre performance saw the... Read more »
Three Trophies Should Be an Achievement
Posted on 28 May 2009At the start of the season, had I been offered the opportunity of finishing the campaign with three trophies, I would have more than likely taken it. Today, when you look at that same accomplishment; you can only reflect on what could have been with an... Read more »
Forget The Final, We Have A League To Win
Posted on 12 May 2009Whilst Manchester United have booked their place in this season’s Champions League Final; now is not the time to think about it. United meet Barcelona in Rome on 27th May in a bid to become the first team to successfully defend the trophy. But before... Read more »
UEFA Ruling Means Fletcher Will Miss The Final
Posted on 11 May 2009After a specially convened meeting, UEFA have insisted “there were no grounds” to contest the decision of Italian referee, Roberto Rosetti following Darren Fletcher’s sending off against Arsenal. So that’s that, Fletcher will miss... Read more »
UEFA Could Consider Fletcher Ban
Posted on 7 May 2009Darren Fletcher may be permitted to play in Rome when United take on Barcelona in this season’s Champions League Final. Fletcher was sent off 15 minutes before the end of United’s semi-final victory over Arsenal but replays clearly show the midfielder... Read more »
No Foul, No Appeal; Darren Fletcher Will Miss The Final
Posted on 6 May 2009Darren Fletcher will miss the Champions League Final in Rome no matter what after being sent off in Tuesday’s semi-final victory over Arsenal. It was reported after the game that the Scot would be unable to appeal the decision but a possible silver... Read more »
Rome Here We Come
Posted on 6 May 2009Manchester United needed just ten minutes to confirm their place in this season’s Champions League Final, as the reigning Champions cruised passed Arsenal last night at the Emirates. Coming into the game with a 1-0 lead, a goal for the visitors would... Read more »
Rio Back in Training
Posted on 4 May 2009A boost for United today as Rio Ferdinand resumed training. The centre-back was reported to have been left coughing blood following his collision with Edwin van der Sar in the first leg of the Champion’s League Semi Final with Arsenal. This will... Read more »
Disappointing performance, but happy to be through
Posted on 12 Mar 2009A sentiment echoed by the boss himself. Alex Ferguson is understandably happy with a two nil victory over reigning Italian Champions Inter Milan. But ask him about the performance and you’ll get a different response. “It was the type of match where... Read more »
Ibra-himo-who? Two
Posted on 11 Mar 2009Manchester United progressed to the quarter finals of the Champions League after beating Inter Milan 2-0 on Wednesday night at Old Trafford (2-0 on aggregate). Inter Milan were much improved since the first leg but were undone by goals early in each... Read more »
Ibra-himo-who?
Posted on 25 Feb 2009You’d be forgiven if you tuned into last night’s Champions League clash expecting to see a goal fest given the hype surrounding Inter Milan’s superstar striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He himself claims to be better than Wayne Rooney whilst Jose Mourinho... Read more »
Rafael da Silva latest to miss Champions League trip
Posted on 23 Feb 2009Even with Rafael in the team, United were going to struggle to put out a defence against Internazionale tomorrow evening at the San Siro. The United squad boarded a plane and departed Manchester airport this morning with only six recognised defenders.... Read more »
Manchester United’s defensive duo: Who to face Inter? Who can you find?
Posted on 23 Feb 2009Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans; between them they have appeared in all 44 of Manchester United’s fixtures this season. Such is their importance to the team, Fergie has utilised two of the three in all but four matches this campaign –... Read more »
Man Utd update Champions League squad
Posted on 9 Feb 2009Manchester United have updated their list of competing players in this season’s Champions League with the addition of young Italians Federico Macheda and Davide Petrucci. The two youngsters will replace the injured Owen Hargreaves and on loan striker... Read more »
Manchester United draw Inter in Champions League last 16
Posted on 19 Dec 2008The Champions League draw for the first knock out stage has paired Manchester United with Italian giants Internazionale. The first leg will be played at the San Siro on 24th February with the return leg two weeks later on 11th March. Chelsea and Arsenal... Read more »
Champions League knockout phase – United’s first casualty
Posted on 11 Dec 2008Finishing first in the group stages means United will face a group runner up in their first knock out tie of the Champions League. The teams that finished second in their groups are: Chelsea, Inter Milan, Sporting Lisbon, Athletico Madrid, Villarreal,... Read more »
Champions League Draw 2008/09
Posted on 28 Aug 2008This year’s Champions League draw took place today and for once, we are not drawn in a group with Roma but as usual, could prove tricky. United have been drawn in Group E alongside La Liga runners up Villarreal, Scottish champions Celtic and Danish... Read more »
