Deliberately sleep early last night just to ensure myself having enough sleep while watching Manchester United vs Tottenham game. This is the 2nd game of the season and first at Old Trafford for United whereas first game for Tottenham. Manchester United has a average game last week with narrow win over West Brom whereas Tottenham was in really good form to have beaten Hearts in the champions league 5-0 just few days earlier. I was expecting this game to be tough due to injuries to many experienced defenders for United.
This is the line-up for last night's game
(GK) David De Gea
(RB) Chris Smalling - (CB) Phil Jones - (CB) Johnny Evans - (LB) Patrice Evra
(RM) Luis Nani - (CM) Tom Cleverly - (CM) Anderson - (LM) Ashley Young
(CF) Wayne Rooney
(ST) Danny Welbeck
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(ST) Jermain Defoe
(AM) Rafael Van Der Vaart
(LM) Gareth Bale - (CM) Jake Livermore - (CM) Niko Kranjcar - (RM) Aaron Lennon
(LB) Benoit Assou-Ekotto - (CB) Younes Kaboul - (CB) Michael Dawson - (RB) Kyle Walker
(GK) Brad Friedel
Manchester United has plenty of experienced substitute but SAF decided to give the younger generation a try with average age of 23 years old. The oldest member is Patrice Evra at 29. Three other defenders age are 19 (Jones), 21 (Smalling) and 23 (Evans).
The score was tied at 0 - 0 until 61 minutes where the possession was quite balanced among the two teams.
Until the sudden change of pace in cross by Tom Cleverly, he spotted Danny Welbeck at the goal as swing in a superb cross and Danny managed to head it into the goal with Brad Friedel only managed to look on.
Danny became much more confident after the goal and he did a clever backheel back to Anderson and Anderson who is not famous for scoring scored easily past Friedel.
With quarter an hour left, SAF sent on three experienced players - Ryan Giggs, Park Ji Sung and Javier Hernandez to finish off the game. With that limited time given, Giggs still managed to provide an assist by crossing a pin point cross to Rooney to head goal, his second of the season.
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| Man-Of-The-Match Danny Welbeck shines for Manchester United as the Red Devils overturn Tottenham Hotspur with a 3-0 victory |
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| Sir Alex and Harry share a few words before the game as Tottenham face Manchester United in their first Premier League game of the season |
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| Man United players take to the pitch before kick-off in their new lucratively sponsored training gear DHL |
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| Noisy neighbours Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini and David Platt check up on their city rivals and Man City's next opponents Tottenham |
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| The Old Trafford faithful find a free gift on their seats, a commemorative '19 champions' scarf |
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| The game gets off to a fiery start with both teams playing at a furious pace |
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| Tom Cleverley can hardly believe it when his toe poke is superbly touched around the post by Brad Friedel |
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| Jonny Evans receives a yellow card after going through the back of Rafael van der Vaart |
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| Phil Jones does an excellent job of keeping Jermain Defoe quiet throughout the entire game |
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| Tempers boil over when Younes Kaboul clashes with Manchester United's Portuguese winger Nani |
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| In the spotlight, David De Gea keeps his eye on the ball to make a routine save |
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| The deadlock is broken on the hour when Danny Welbeck meets a cross from Tom Cleverley... |
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| ...his header finds the corner and sends Old Trafford into raptures |
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| Welbeck celebrates his first goal for Manchester United in two years |
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| United's Spanish keeper is left flapping when Gareth Bale challenges him on a cross |
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| Brimming with confidence after his goal, Danny Welbeck attempts an overhead kick but it flies straight into the clutches of Brad Friedel |
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| The lead is doubled on 76 minutes when a flowing move is perfectly capped off by a Welbeck backheel and Anderson strike |
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| The Brazilian celebrates his goal with a little dance in front of the cameras and Stretford End |
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| Harry Redknapp is left with plenty to ponder where it all went wrong after his side wilt in the second-half |
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| Manchester United's number 10 can only laugh after he misses from point-blank range after a low cross from Nani |
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| Three minutes from time and it's three for the hosts. Wayne Rooney leaps to meet a cross from substitute Ryan Giggs |
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| Rooney finds the net with a well directed header and Tottenham sink to a 3-0 defeat |
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| Sir Alex is all-smiles as his side take maximum points from their first two games and join Man City at the top of the league |
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