Putting the Squeeze on Chelski (Manchester United 3 - Manchester City 1)

We never really looked close to firing on all cylinders in the big Manchester derby. Credit to City for a spirited performance, stifling our midfield. However in the end that little bit of extra quality shone thru and we came away with all three points to go 9 ahead of Chelsea.

We had a bright start to the game when Rooney put us ahead with his 50th premiership goal in the opening 5 minutes. Despite our early goal, I believe City had most of the possession in the half. Thankfully they lacked any sort of quality up front. Rio and Vidic were hardly troubled.

At the end of the half, it became Saha's turn to notch his 50th premiership goal after some determined effort from Hienze to cross the ball to him. It's becoming a healthy race between Saha and Rooney to outdo one another.

Again in the second half, City had alot possession without troubling Van Der Sar. We were beginning to impose our football on City, stringing passes, and coming close to scoring the third. However it was City who stunned us by scoring a superb goal. Trabelsi belted the ball just outside the penalty area with 5 United men (that's right...I counted 5) around him.

City suddenly felt a new lease of life, and for the next 15 minutes looked very much like equalising. We were literally rocked by the goal. Our defense suddenly felt nervy and the midfield was conceding possession.

Just when City looked like they were going to romp all over us, Ronaldo restored the 2 goal cushion, after Rooney's shot had fortuitously fallen onto his path. With only 5 minutes left on the clock, City's dogged challenge had ended and we were victorious. To add insult to injury, Corradi was sent off for a dive at the end of the game.

Tomorrow Chelsea face Arsenal and we shall see how today's result affects Chelsea's performance.