Rooney Wins It for Manchester United (Sheffield United 1 - Manchester United 2)

We won this one despite going on down early in the game.

Evra in particular was awful. After a run of good games, he couldn't keep it up, especially after being called up to the French national team in midweek. His passing was awful and Keith Gillespie was practically having his way with Evra. In the 13th minute, Gillespie headed the ball beyond Edwin to give Sheffield United the lead with Evra nowhere in sight. Throughout the entire game, Gillespie was abusing Evra. I haven't seen a black man so badly beaten since Rodney King.

Thankfully we have Rooney to thank. He scored 2 really brilliant goals, one in each half. The first goal was a result of a really great first touch, taking out the defender and flicking the ball past the keeper. The credit of the second goal has to go to Evra. He made amends with a superb cross that found Rooney who volleyed it in from close range.

We then proceeded to miss a number of good chances, the best falling to Ronaldo who somehow missed an open goal from 2 yards out. We played some really good soccer in the second half, but couldn't find the net due to good defending by the Sheffield defense and our own failure to take our chances.

In all, this was a good win against a hardworking and dogged side like Sheffield United. More importantly, with Chelsea winning, we go into next week's game with a good 3 point lead and a superior goal difference. But before we jump that far ahead, we still have a tough Champion's League game at Parkhead against Celtic.