United March On

What can anyone say right now, except that the reds in Manchester simply cannot stop their roll through the Premier League. Wayne Rooney is in great form, with two back to back Hat tricks, and all of our new players are making such a smashing statement! Sadly, there has not been many posts in a little while, but I will catch up now!

Opening EPL Match



The season opened up for Manchester United away at The Hawthorns, playing against West Brom. The game was one of the tougher starts for United, mainly with the defense losing both Vidic and Ferdinand.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 12th minute, with lovely passing between him and Young, who started on the his debut for Manchester. With a lovely back heel pass to Young after catching the pass from Rafael, Rooney charged up the middle of the field and waited for Young, who then would pass to him and let Rooney work his magic, his eye on the ball and slotted it near the right post.

Sadly, after a tough but strong game against Manchester City, new goalie David De Gea, let Shane Long cross in such a long ball that should have been easily collected by the 20-year old goalie, but instead slipped past him into the net, to tie the game up at 1.

It wasn't till the 80th minute of the game, when Ashley Young charged down the left side of the field, pushing into West Brom's box and shooting the ball, catching off of Steven Reid's leg and going in, giving him his first score and sealing a win for Manchester United, 2-1.

Manchester v Tottenham



The second game for United in the new season found them at Old Trafford, playing against Tottenham. The game, ramped up to be one of the first and major slug matches, slowly turned to be true during the first half, with both sides struggling to find too many chances.

It wasn't till the 60th minute, when Tom Cleverly crossed in a ball into Tottenham's box, aiming for Danny Welbeck, who smashed the ball with a lovely header. It was the 20 year old first start, and first goal of the season.

After a few more back and forth, United again started putting the pressure down on Tottenham's back line, who was left in the dust by United's passing skills, the ball bouncing around between everyone before finding Danny Welbeck. He would, instead of falling down on a defender's challenge, back heel pass to Anderson, who simply tapped it in past the goal keeper, United jumping up to celebrate both Welbeck's amazing pass and Anderson's lovely tap in.

Finally, before the 90 minutes was up, Ryan Giggs crossed in a lovely ball for Rooney, letting Wazza smash in another header, sealing the game up completely at three to nill, United walking proudly to the locker room.

Arsenal v Man United



No one can doubt that United are Champions and they continue to prove it with their next game, again at Old Trafford, versus Arsenal, who were considered to be serious title contenders. The game instead turned into a slaughter of Arsenal, all starting with Danny Welbeck who met a cross in the Arsenal box and lifted the ball over the goalie and two defenders with his head, giving the first goal at the 21st minute.

A few moments later, United pulled off another strong charge down the field, with Young holding the ball outside of the Arsenal box, letting loose with a shot that would send the ball flying to the top right corner, above everyone.

United continued to keep the pressure on Arsenal, eventually at the 40th minute gaining a free kick, which Rooney took by giving a small tap to Young, who held the ball in the spot and allow Rooney to curl the ball into the net, giving United a three, nill lead.

It wasn't till a bad defender mistake in United's box that would give Theo Walcott a chance to squeeze the ball between De Gea, after De Gea beautifully stopped a penalty shot taken by Robin Van Persie, early in the 27th minute.

After half time, United was given another free kick outside of the Arsenal box, and yet again Rooney and Young pulled the same deal, same result, giving United a four to one lead over Arsenal, till Nani a few minutes later caught a lovely cross and chipped a goal home.

Arsenal looked in serious trouble as the minutes continued to tick by, reaching the 70th minute when another lovely passing display by United allowed Ji-Sung Park a lovely goal.

Another silly mistake by a United Defender not clearing a cross well enough led to Robin Van Persie to smash home a ball, giving United a 6-2 lead over Arsenal.

In the 81st minute, United was at it again, charging down the field towards the Arsenal box with lovely passing in between. It wasn't till Javier Hernández received the ball and walked into the box that he was tripped up by Carl Jenkison, who was given a red card and United a penalty. Rooney completed his hat-trick, first of the season, faking out the Arsenal goal keeper and sending it home.

Finally, before the game was officially over, Ashley Young proved again why he wears the number 18, sending in another lovely curl ball, hitting the net and rolling in.

The game was over, Arsenal was in shambles, and United walked off with a EIGHT to TWO demolition over Arsenal.

Bolton v United

United find themselves on the road again, heading to the Reebok Stadium to face Bolton. At this point in the season, the only two teams to be on a 100% start come from Manchester, with United and City fighting for the top spot.

Javier Hernández opened the scoring in the 5th minute of the game, showing that yet again United will display their awesome passing game, dominating Bolton all around, and even De Gea stepping up the plate and stopping a few worthy attempts on goal. Rooney would score on the 20th minute and the 25th minute, giving United a three to nill lead going into the half.

Javier Hernández completed his brace of the game, getting his second goal at the 58th minute, while Rooney completed his second hat-trick of the season, and first time back to back hat-tricks, at the 68th minute.

The game ended with United heading home with another win, a five - nill win.

Champion's League Match-up

This was the first Champion's League group match, with United taking on Benfica. Unlike many of United's games, this one wound up as a draw for both sides, with many chances in between. Benfica opened up the scoring in the 24th minute, with Óscar Cardozo striking from long range to smash home a lovely ball. United would answer in the 42nd minute, with old timer and United Hero, Ryan Giggs smashing home a lovely ball after a strong United counter attack.

The game ended 1-1.

Chelsea v United



Today's game was the next top title contender slug match in line for United, who were at home to play Chelsea.

In a game of epic porpotions, United, to the surprise of a few, opened up the scoring from a Chris Smalling goal, in the 5th minute of the game. This led to a strong United half, even though Chelsea had many attempts, and too many close calls.

Around the 37th minute, United pushed yet again down the field,which Juan Mata was brushed aside by Nani,but once the midfielder was out of the way, Nani advanced with confidence and drove a 20-yard effort into the top corner, giving United a very early two - nill lead.

By half-time, United got a third goal as John Terry's attempted clearance of the ball from the Chelsea Box bounced off Nani and into the path of Rooney, who tapped home his ninth of the season. Just a couple minutes later though, Fernando Torres finally got the goal he was looking for, bringing Chelsea up one, with United sitting comfortably at three.

The second half was filled with missed chances, and more heart-breaking tales about Torres, who had a completely empty net to score and only managed to hit the bar and watch it roll out.

Wayne Rooney had a chance at a penalty, but found himself remembering of John Terry's miss in Moscow years ago, slipping when he got to the ball and falling on his back, sending the ball high and wide.

The game ended with United going two points up top, because Manchester City gave up a two goal lead against Fulham and drew with them, two - two.

Closing notes



It has been such a great start for United, and I cannot wait till we get deeper into the season, as so many people are already saying to just hand the title to United. Can United retain the Premier League title? Can they also win in European clashes? These questions and many more will be answered in the next few weeks, as United now sit on the lead.