Thankfully
most did just about make it as the game kicked off, although some
wished they hadn't bothered by the time the final whistle blew.
A few
changes saw Stewart and McKinlay in the starting line up which raised
eyebrows. Thankfully Man Utd were playing most of their reserves
and there was no van Nistelrooy, Giggs or Keane.
So
how did we do? You could look at it two ways. You could say we did
ok and held them pretty much. Or you could say both teams were just
bleeding useless and it was a pile of rubbish. City never looked
like scoring.
Man
Utd had a few chances and Ian Walker was once again the busier goalkeeper
and on fine form with the half dozen shots he had to save. Saha
turned into Ade a couple of times which was lucky.
A brief
period of Man Utd pressure resulted in plenty of stout and panicky
defending but eventually the ball whizzed past Walker from none
other than G Neville who hadn't scored for 3 bleeding years. Of
all the people...
Ronaldo
cuased us constant problems down the wing with his pace and neat
step overs. And time after time we let him do it. Was no-one marking
him? Didn't look like it.
There
was a vague shout for a penalty by Leicester from Muzzy at one stage,
but 1) you'll be unlikey to get one at OT and 2) he fell over.
Micky's
subs were, quite frankly, bizarre. We're sure he had his reasons
but...??? Scowy is a waste of space. And why have Gupps and Gillespie
on to cross balls in and then have literally not one player up front
for them to pass to?
Ben
Thatcher played half of the second half with a ballooning face oozing
blood, which is what we like to see. Foxes never quit and all that.
But apart from that there didn't seem a lot of fight and urgency
against a side that was beatable on the night. Do our lads think
we're already down?
One
to forget.
5
|
On
target
|
12
|
7
|
Off
target
|
4
|
11
|
Fouls
|
11
|
4
|
Corners
|
7
|
2
|
Yellow
Cards
|
0
|
0
|
Red
Cards
|
0
|
|