United Scraps Past Norwich

Manchester United 2 - Norwich 0
Scorers
Manchester United: Anderson (68), Welbeck (88)


Team: Lindegaard, Jones, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Anderson (Rio 77), Park, Nani (Giggs 64), Rooney, Hernandez (Welbeck 64)

Looks like we're back to the struggles we faced last season breaking down teams at Old Trafford. We won this one thru sheer, dumb luck. If luck was a lady, we definitely rode her ragged.

Norwich came with a game plan and part of that was to park the bus. Their counters were particularly devastating and really could have resulted in, an altogether, different scoreline. Lindegaard also shown in this game that he's a really good keeper too. He kept us in the game when our back four fell apart for the second consecutive game.

Ferguson has got to be worried at how easily we're allowing opponents potshots at goal every single game. We may not have conceded in this game, but for every game this season, we've kept opponents in the game with terrible defending. The statistical fact that De Gea makes the most saves in the Premiership is testimont to just how fragil we are at the back. While we glow at the emergence of Jones and Smalling, the revival of Evans, the truth is that they have not really performed as a unit. The reason we're still keeping clean sheets is all due to the keepers.

Cover from midfield has been terrible too. After a springly start, Anderson seems to have faded off really fast. He may have scored the winner today, but his passes today, and the last couple of games, have been all over the place. He really needs to pick up his socks. When Vidic returns, I can see Ferguson pushing Jones to play in midfield.

Upfront, we seemed to lack the firepower despite both Rooney and Hernandez returning from short-termed injuries. They are probably shaking off abit of rust, while Welbeck seems to be showing some really good form, and scoring a good goal to kill off the game.

Overall, it's a great result but a poor performance. We take a couple of weeks off for the international break, which really isn't much of a break for us considering most of our players are involved. When we return, it's a trip down to Anfield to face Liverpool. If we get a similar kind of treatment from the refs the way they screwed Everton, we're in for a really long day.