Due to the fact that this blog was so painful to write, it took a little longer then usual.

In the opening minute, Brown put United in trouble after a horrible back header, Kalou won the ball and passed it off to Essien at the top of the 18, but Essien put it over the bar

Disaster for United early on as Vidic took Drogba’s knee to his face, he would be subbed off for Owen Hargreaves. After the match it was confirmed Vidic needed a few stitches under his lip and also lost a tooth

In the 14th minute of play, Kalou attempted to fool the referee by collapsing just inside the 18, no call by the ref.
A counter attack would follow, with Nani as the creator, He creates enough space to take a shot, and he did but was it the right choice? He had two teammates out wide, anything would have been better then that shot.
Rooney looked furious with Nani!

Close call in the 21st , as Essien is denied by the woodwork! It was going top right corner. That should have been a wake up call for United!

In injury time, Ballack was completely unmarked and headed in a center from Drogba. A terrible way to end the 1st half!

I’m very disappointed in United starting line up! No Ronaldo! Giggs started! United have not won the Premier League yet! I understand maybe Sir Alex wanted to rest key players for Barcelona next week, But I think he has got to take it one step at a time. He had a chance to seal the Premier League Title, Why not try to do it? The Multi-Million $ Players need to MAN UP for the most important 7 days of the season!

No changes for United to start the second

It only took United 10 minutes into the second half to equalize after an incredible blunder by Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho. Ricardo accidentally passed the ball back to Wayne Rooney, thinking he was the last defender. Wayne Rooney made no mistake and finished like one of the greats.

Wayne Rooney is finally subbed off in the 64th, he had been limping since scoring the goal.
It was Ronaldo who came on for the hurt, Rooney.

Sir Alex was content with a tie, something he would later regret. He decided to sub off Anderson for a defender. Anderson came off for O’Shea!

Like a carefully thought out chess move, Avram Grant waited for Sir Alex to make his move before he made his. And sure enough, Nicolas Anelka came on for Paulo Ferreira.

Then a devastating call against United. A Penalty! The linesman flagged a handball against Michael Carrick.
Ballack would step up to take it. And in the 86th minute United go down 2-1.
Even more devastating, United had nothing but defenders on the field.

In the 89th minute United have a great opportunity, with Nani feeding the ball back into the middle for Ronaldo who fired a rocket, But Ashley Cole, made an amazing decision to drop back to the goal line and Ashley happened to be in the right spot at the right time and cleared the ball off the line.

Just minutes later Fletcher had a brilliant header that in any other circumstances would have gone directly in. But this time Schevchenko cleared the ball off the line, of all people…Schevchenko!

Absolutely no luck for United!

Sir Alex needs to start a game with the intention of winning, something he hasn’t done since he last won, against Arsenal!

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