Manchester United Soccer

Manchester United Rival, Liverpool, dominates Dutch champions

My former English Premiership Fantasy Football striker, Dirk Kout, opened the scoring for Liverpool in match day 2 of Liverpool v. PSV Eindhoven. If only he could have scored in the EPL when my fantasy team still had him on the squad.
It’s only fitting that he should score his first goal of the 2008 campaign against the Dutch Champions.

Much like Berbatov breaking his duck in yesterday’s match vs Aalborg, Robbie Keene finally scored his first goal in a Liverpool shirt. I wonder what Fergie and Benitez will argue over now? Who overpaid for whom?

Berbatov gets the duece, Rafael shines in Champions League Debut

Dimitov Berbatov scored his first goals in a Manchester United shirt as the Red Devils soar past the Danish side, Aalborg, 3-0.

The game did not come without sacrifice as both Paul Scholes and Rafael were stretchered off the ptich; Rooney also picked up a knock and headed straight to the dressing room as a precaution.

Before Rafael’s departure, he showed Fergie that he is ready to contend with the likes of Gary Neville and Wes Brown for a starting spot on the first team. My personal opinion of Rafael is that he may belong in the midfield, despite the overload of Manchester United Stars already in the middle of the pitch. The 18 year old Brazilian showed quite a few weaknesses in the right back position against the Danish champions. His attacking ability and runs down the line will be of extreme value to Manchester United in the years to come.

Does anyone feel that Dimitov Berbatov shows no excitement in his game. Even when he puts one in the back of the net, he tends to show no emotion. The Bulgarian captain definitely started today’s game rather sluggish until ultimately being the talking point of Manchester’s victory. I am going to search the web for a snapshot of Berbatov’s facial expression just moments after his very first goal as a Red and post it on ManUtdBlogs.com.

Manchester United move to the top of the table in Champion’s League group E alongside Villarreal.