VIEW: United vs Bolton. 1-0

Good.

Super super Dimi. His first United league goal coming off the bench may well be his most important. The hattricks, stunning over-head kicks and five-in-a-game performances mean nothing if they don't contribute to a successful season, arguably evident in the fact that our 20 goal man has had to watch on from the bench as the Rooney-Hernandez partnership has flourished in recent games. However on a day that we were being increasingly frustrated by a resilient Bolton team and Arsenal were held by West Brom (they drew and lost two points. Remember that. So any reports you read suggesting it was a great Arsenal fight back are lies), Berbs' scrambled goal in the 87th minute was simply perfect. Our previous two league defeats on the trot were horrible and could have been utterly detrimental to our season, however thanks to legendary Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson's West Brom side playing for their lives against the Gooners, coupled with the dramatic finale to our game, those results have found themselves resigned to mere stat status as we are able to move on and concentrate on the last eight games. It's what we can do now that matters.

Valencia. His first 90 minutes since September was accomplished and comfortable, with know fresh knocks to report. He slotted back into his favoured roll on the right, occasionally switching flanks with Nani, and caused the Bolton full-backs problems all afternoon with his pace and passing. Just the way we love him.

Bad.

Evans. An undisputed red card that thankfully didn't impact on our performance too muchl, even though we did look noticeably thin at the back in the final 15 minutes, and had Taylor converted his free header when it was still 0-0 (you assume Evans would have had him covered if he was still on the pitch) then things could have been very different. The biggest negative aspect of the awful (yet 50-50) challenge on Holden is the three match ban Evans will have to serve. With no Vidic, Rio and now Brown (who came off at half-time with a knock) we are left with Michael Carrick filling in at centre-back. Fuck.

Player Ratings.

Van der sar 6; Brown 6, Evans 6, Smalling 7, Evra 7; Valencia 7, Carrick 6, Giggs 7, Nani 7; Hernandez 7, Rooney 7.