2 Wins Away

Manchester United 1 - Everton 0
Scorer
Manchester United: Hernandez (84)


Team: Van der Sar, Rio, Evans, Fabio, O'Shea (Evra 57), Anderson, Gibson (Giggs 74), Nani (Owen 63), Valencia, Rooney, Hernandez

United took another step closer to knocking to Liverpool off the perch thanks to Hernandez's late goal against Everton.

For a good long while, it looked like a consecutive goalless draw again for the men in red. Everton looked comfortable dealing with what we threw at them and it didn't help matters that we played without any ideas going forward.

Most of our creativity came from the wing play of Nani and Valencia and their crosses were comfortably dealt with by the tall central defenders of Everton. Hernandez was a constant threat, but as the game wore on, it looked like we were fast running out of steam.

Things were looking dire until Distin lost the ball in the 84th minute and Valencia's deflected cross was headed into the net from a rather acute angle by Chicharito. It gave us the 3 points we bearly deserved, but I'll take the 3 points over style.

We're now only 2 wins away from the league title but the schedule looks grueling in the next couple of weeks where we'd have to face Schalke twice in the Champions League and title chasers Arsenal and Chelsea. The next couple of weeks will decide the season.