VIEW: United vs Bolton. 4-0

After stupidly claiming yesterday that we were nicely boosted by Mr. Rooney passing his fitness test (bloody 'The Times Sport' predicted line-up!!), we were in fact NOT boosted by Mr. Rooney passing his
fitness test at all. So in the absence of our top scorer, who better to
capitalise on the goals than top scorers’ no.2 and no.3: Berbatov and o.g. It
was the potent o.g. that struck first; yet, as always, it was all thanks to
some awesome work by his team-mates. Nani’s vision and intuition played in the
darting and forever sprightly Giggs, who whipped in a ball so treacherous that
o.g. (this time in the form of Jlloyd Samuel) simply couldn’t miss.

The game was still a bit edgy up until then (probably
represented by the fact it took us nearly 40 minutes to find the net), yet it
could’ve been so much worse had 2 of last seasons most reliable players not
stepped up when it mattered. Firstly Vidic, who was generally immense all game
(sorry, no real example there) and secondly, the most agile 39 year old on the
planet. Van der saar gave Elmander no chance when he tried to squeeze a tight’un
in at the near post, but one of the saves of the season came a little later.
Muamba smacked a peach from distance – spotting the big man off his line – only
to see his top corner bound effort tipped miraculously away. Even the retarded
mascot was seen jumping for joy as the shot was seemingly flying in. Absolutely
stunning.

With the game still in the balance, the second half was all
about increasing our tally, giving our youthful back five a well earnt rest
(did I mention Van der saar’s 39!?) and allow our 3^rd top scorer a
chance to show us all that he CAN score more for us than opposition players
have.

Berbatov, clearly a bit miffed at being leapfrogged by a
non-existent United player in the scoring charts, was thankfully having none of
it. His 11^th and 12^th came late in the second half – the
first, taking advantage of Fletcher’s shot that Jaaskelainen’s parried into his
path, and the second, to put the game out of reach at 3-0, was a simple tap
from some brilliant work down the wing by Nani.

The fourth, to give the scoreline a slightly flattering
appeal, again involved the awesome Nani (yes I DO realise how hypocritical that
comment sounds) as his hardwork provided the space and time for Gibson to whack
in the fourth. After the afternoon’s earlier stupid result at Stamford
Bridge (who else here thought Villa
might actually do us a favour?) this was the most perfect response. Back on
top, still in our hands…yet now, slightly shitting it about next Sunday.