Welbeck Arrives

Manchester United 3 - Tottenham 0
Scorers
Manchester United: Welbeck (60), Anderson (76), Rooney (87)


Team: De Gea, Jones, Evans, Smalling, Evra, Anderson, Cleverley (Giggs 82), Nani, Young (Park 82), Rooney, Welbeck (Hernandez 82)

That was utterly brilliant. Utterly brilliant. Ferguson must be so proud of the boys tonight. We started with what I must say a really youthful looking team. With the exception of probably Evra, we literally played with boys out there. Boy did they come of age, in the most emphatic fashion.

We didn't exactly start off well in the first half, but did well to stand toe to toe with Spurs, probably edging the number of shots on target but possibly narrowly losing out on the posession stats. We should have gone into the lead, but that ancient giant, Friedel at the ripe old age of 40 was having a really good game preventing shot after shot from beating him.

Whilte the first half was a eye-catching, the second half was breathtaking. The moment Welbeck scored the opener in the 60th minute, the game only went in one direction.

Once Welbeck directed Cleverley's super cross, there was only going to be one outcome. With the goal giving him confidence, Welbeck went on to put an exclaimation mark on his man of the match performance. He had a bicycle kick saved but went on to set up Anderson's goal on a platter. He brilliantly backheeled the ball into Anderson's path and he couldn't miss.

Ferguson was so delighted with the display, he made a triple substitution to allow the Old Trafford crowd to give Welbeck, Cleverley and Young a well deserved ovation. Rooney added icing to the cake with a headed goal provided by Giggs.

On the other end, no game is complete without a small boo-boo from De Gea when he let slip a cross but Defoe could only strike the woodwork. However that said, De Gea had a really good outing. Spurs peppered him with long shots and low shots but he handle it all exceptionally well.

And our youthful defenders all were outstanding. Nothing got past them, and for most parts, Spurs were left with long shots. What was most gratifying to watch was that fact that the 4 forward players continuously came back to help the defense. Everyone played for one another.

On the strength of today's wonderful performance, I honestly cannot see anyone taking the title from us. Screw Shitty and Chelsea, they are simply not at our level. Not even close.