you mean Angel, Wayne and Juan in front of Michael and Ander.
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I did mean that. Thanks!
Ander doesn't get enough credit here for his tackling. The dude has a little shitbag streak in him.
Man Utd 0:1 Southampton
Got him down to score today.
Think he was our best player that half.
He had one good piece of play right before half time. Other than that, completely ineffective
I agree. His technique was sometimes as good as it can get on top level. He's a gift from god.
No idea how often it happens, but he does lose the ball in situations that I find annoying whenever I've watched him with us. He's clearly not strong enough to hold off shoulder/body challenges when he's on the ball, so why try to hang onto it - pass it quicker.
How dare you praise Mata
Di Maria should be the one you tell that to. Mata did some really decent stuff out there apart from the defending.
Looks like he'll be the one to provide something for us.
That last attack from him was beautiful.
Looks sharp. I just love the way he always seems to play the right pass rather than the most difficult pass.
That was a sexual way to end the half. He's a great player to watch when he takes control and shows some balls.
His first touch is closest I've seen to Berbatov in our team that is the compliment he is getting from me.
Still needs to do a whole lot more for me.
I've noticed Di Maria trying risky passes a bit too much, but not overdribbling in the middle for no particular reason and getting dispossessed. Do you mean ADM does this?
I agree that he wasn't too impressive(he had better games just recently), but he looks miles better than his teammates upfront today.
Rooney and Di Maria have been a little bit too wasteful, but Mata not creating more than 1 thing in the half is part of the reason for that - the other half is Di Maria and Rooney being a bit careless or unlucky in different situations
He was a bit sloppy at times as well, mostly because he can't seem to make up his mind. Stod still a couple of times and got dispossessed white trying to figure out what to do with the ball. Horrible cross to Mata that went straight into the arms of the keeper. He should be the one getting the ball from Mata, not the other way around.
Yup, think he dribbled around 4 or 5 players there with that huge half circle he did.
Our best player so far, and his technique is fantastic. Just a shame he isn't a bit faster.
He's doing well imo our best player so far.
Looks like if we are to get something it'll be through him.
He's definitely not sharp, poor first touch a couple of times and some very poor passes. But he does have the skill and pace to dribble past players so I wouldn't have a problem with him trying it. With Mata sometimes, it's clear he's going to get outmuscled by an opponent and yet he fails to lay the ball off to someone else and gets dispossessed. As I said though, could just be an impression based on few observations, was curious to see if others had the same impression or not.
If Rooney needs to stay in midfield than switch him with Di Maria.
He's looking more and more like the excellent little player we knew he could be when we bought him, pleased with how he's played for most of this game.
Absolutely had to take one of those chances.
Think he's been excellent again today but boy should he have scored by now.
Ok I mean-had to take one of those 3 chances!
3 chances now.
Meh. Sometimes players miss, it happens. He's actually quite a good goal scorer generally.
Looked the most likely to do something.
Looked the most likely to do something.
It's kind of strange actually. For parts of the season, he'd been fairly anonymous and average in his overall performance, but he was still delivering by getting goals/assists and his productivity was quite good.
Today, his overall performance has been very good, more like what you'd expect from him, but his finishing has been woeful.
Today, his overall performance has been very good, more like what you'd expect from him, but his finishing has been woeful.
Can't believe he didn't get any of them on target...never mind scoring. But it speaks volumes that our only clear chances have come to Mata in a game where Di Maria, Rooney and van Persie have played as out and out forwards at some point.
Our best player by a big margin, should have scored. Only player that looks capable of producing something.
Shame because people will probably blame him for our loss today even though we were average once again.
They were all tough but he should've really taken the second chance. Apart from that he was the one attacking player who played well today, he's so much more involved than he was previously. It's just a shame that the system and the players around him were so poor.
It was uncharacteristic for him to miss all those chances,despite that he was the only player who looked to make something happen. I've been criticising him a lot but he deserves credit he's playing with confidence and it's great to watch.
Should have scored, but some good movement to get into scoring positions.
Got better in the 2nd half, having not done enough in the first. Dissappointing that he was just looking to keep the ball rather than play people in. We have Carrick and Blind in the team to keep the ball, we need Rooney, Mata, Di Maria and Van Persie trying things to affect the scoreline.
Got better in the 2nd half, having not done enough in the first. Dissappointing that he was just looking to keep the ball rather than play people in. We have Carrick and Blind in the team to keep the ball, we need Rooney, Mata, Di Maria and Van Persie trying things to affect the scoreline.
Couldn't finish, but still the best of the very poor bunch of attackers we had out there.
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