Awful Blackburn Escapes Spanking

Blackburn 0 - Manchester United 2
Scorers
Manchester United: Brown (30), Rooney (62)

Team: Van der Sar, Rio, Vidic, Brown, Evra (O'Shea 71), Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs (Tevez 66), Ronaldo, Berbatov, Rooney (Park 78)

I'll probably go short tonight since I can hardly keep my eyes open. That's the problem with late kickoffs, it ends at about 2.30 am over here in Singapore.

The game came as a bit of a surprise to me. The result was probably expected, since we've been playing better lately, coupled with the scoring form of Rooney. But what surprised me is just how meek Blackburn were today. I don't know what Ince did to the Blackburn of the past, today it was like wolves playing against lambs. They simply couldn't cope with our pace and power, and for a good period of the game, couldn't even find a way out of their own half. It's shocking to see Blackburn play so poorly at Ewood.

United took the lead with an unlikely scorer, Brown, in the first half. There was a suspicion of a foul leading up to the goal, but it stood despite the vivid protestations of the Blackburn players. I don't really why they even bothered. If they had spent the same amount of energy on the game, they wouldn't have conceded.

In a classic United counter attack, Rooney added a stunning second in the second period of the game. We could have punished Blackburn further but good goalkeeping and the woodwork kept the score low.

It's a pity it's the international break next week, just when we're finding form. Our football in the past week has been pretty good, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. We're getting there slowly.