Manchester United v Braga | 19:45 | TV3 & ITV

nkay1985

Chico got some power in it in fairness.

killwill

Jax Teller wrote: »

Yes great ball Kagawa . Good header Chico

Bet your happy Kagawa is on now!!!
Come on United, push on from here

Nemanja91

That was a lovely cross, Rooney should swap with Kagawa, see how he Kagawa can influence the game from CAM.

MagicMarker

Kagawa looks done for.

Lord TSC

Great. Kag with a great assist and then has to limp off....

Kerrydude1981

That was some mess defending that corner

Corvo

Van Persies movement is just a cut above anything I have seen in a while and Rooney has the skill and vision (along with Kagawa) to pick him out.

Kerrydude1981

Great play

Mars Bar

That would have been a class goal

nkay1985

Mars Bar wrote: »

That would have been a class goal

I'm just really surprised it wasn't! You'd back Chico to knock it in.

Kerrydude1981

That was close

Mars Bar

He was on!

Jax Teller

Poor decision lino

LostBoy101

Didn't look offside to me..

Kylo Ren

Kag was on Ffs.

The_Kew_Tour

United get another decision...oh wait

Hulk Hands

That offside wasn't even hard to get right

allybhoy

Dive

Should have been carded for diving

kmart6

Went looking for that!

The_Kew_Tour

Ya dive. Still though amazing how many missed the offside:p

Very open game.

The_Kew_Tour

Like a goal before half time for us

DDC1990

Yeah enjoying it I have to say.

Both side look dangerous in attack, but shakey in defence.

United should have had another goal from the offside, but that was an awful dive from Buttner.

EDIT: I'll see at half time, but my first instinct was that RVP "might" have been off for the first ball.

Hulk Hands

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Ya dive. Still though amazing how many missed the offside:p

Amazing how many will chose to ignore the much more important moment

mike65

Enjoyable game, though not quite as good as the first 25 minutes naturally! :pac:

I was looking for Rooney and even wondered if he was on the bench for a moment. I know he can play at the head of the midfield but is that just Fergie being a bit eccentric with the shape or just making do preferring him to Scholes or Giggs?

All_in_Flynn

mike65 wrote: »

Enjoyable game, though not quite as good as the first 25 minutes naturally! :pac:

I was looking for Rooney and even wondered if he was on the bench for a moment. I know he can play at the head of the midfield but is that just Fergie being a bit eccentric with the shape or just making do preferring him to Scholes or Giggs?

Seriously? He's been at the heart of most of United's good play.

Mikeyt086

mike65 wrote: »

Enjoyable game, though not quite as good as the first 25 minutes naturally! :pac:

I was looking for Rooney and even wondered if he was on the bench for a moment. I know he can play at the head of the midfield but is that just Fergie being a bit eccentric with the shape or just making do preferring him to Scholes or Giggs?

Rooney is there on merit. He has played every game there since he came back from the gash/injury and has been absolutely brilliant in each game. Could have been Fergie being eccentric with the shape initially but it has worked really well so we've stuck with it.

mike65

All_in_Flynn wrote: »

Seriously? He's been at the heart of most of United's good play.

Ah well there's the problem He was invisible for the first 20something minutes. Kagawa I saw more of, though that might have been as he was getting fouled and bumped around a bit.

Kerrydude1981

Nani on for Kagawa

Paul Tergat

Time to shine Nani

ScummyMan

Kagawa off, ugh

Jax Teller

Rooney wide left now

Drumpot

This game might actually suit Nani, very technical opponents and not physical . . Time to shine

Mars Bar

It was clear Kagawa was struggling with an injury.

Although I would have thought Anderson would have been coming in to be honest. It would certainly make more sense with this formation.

It did seem like Kagawa had a bit of knock, but I hope that's why he's been taken off. He would have had two assists if the linesman had gotten his call right.

Mr.Crinklewood

I hate when you think the ball is going one way ( ie towards goal ), only to find it is going the opposite direction.

ScummyMan

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

I hate when you think the ball is going one way ( ie towards goal ), only to find it is going the opposite direction.

Agreed! I thought Evans header was heading into the top corner :mad:

Paul Tergat

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

I hate when you think the ball is going one way ( ie towards goal ), only to find it is going the opposite direction.

evans header?

keith16

A lot better from the reds this half.

Mr.Crinklewood

Paul Tergat wrote: »

evans header?

Correct.

Perhaps some of Uniteds defending can be put down to this.

keith16

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Correct.

Perhaps some of Uniteds defending can be put down to this.

My TV is also tilted to the left a bit, surely this is influencing play.

MagicMarker

Buttner was way too slow getting back there...

Jimmy Iovine

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

I hate when you think the ball is going one way ( ie towards goal ), only to find it is going the opposite direction.

I think it's Upton Park where the camera is positioned up really high in the stadium. As a result every single kick looks like it's going the opposite way to the way it actually is. Makes for some seriously frustrating viewing.

MagicMarker

And-er-son, And-er-son, And-er-son, And-er-son....

ScummyMan

Just as a matter of interest, is Powell injured? Seems to be getting very few chances even in games like this.

Professey Chin

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

Just as a matter of interest, is Powell injured? Seems to be getting very few chances even in games like this.

Just young. Still only 18/19

Jimmy Iovine

Brilliant from Rooney there. Free kick was poor but the tackle and the subsequent cross were very good. Pity they couldn't finish it off.

JP Liz V1

Come on MU

MagicMarker

How the **** did that go in!!!