Fantastic performance from the little magician today! Credit to him for his attitude to work his way back into the team and fight for his place!
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- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Amazing goal.
Superstar.
Superstar.
Judging by LVG's comments this is probably where he'll continue to be played. This could be really good for us.
Amazing isn't it ? When he scored, I celebrated it as if I was the one who scored it. I even love his movement and control for the first. His technique is so consistent.What a beautiful second goal. I could watch that all day.
I fecking love Juan Mata. Probably second to my grandmother as my favorite person in the world.
Hope so. It gives us an extra body in midfield, which allows us to keep the ball better, whilst Valencia gives the width on the right.
Was mad when Rooney took the penalty, should've let Mata get his hattrick, he deserved it. What a second goal, hope ADM doesn't get off the bench for him.
Seems like we've finally found a place for Mata. He's so fecking loveable.
Couldn't agree more. He looks great as a wide playmaker with the license to come in. That's how he played for Valencia and also for Chelsea in his first season.
I think it is due to distance to the camera and the position. When he played like 10 or 8 in two striker system he was quite lost there, he's not the right guy to burst forward and press the keeper or anyone, on the right when the combination's rightly timed and Herrera's perfect guy to make 1-2 with, you can be send free that right hand side and the defender doesn't have a chance to catch you. I was also little bit surprised to see Mata driving past Moreno tbh but that's him he's intelligent little poacher who can find spaces.
I also hope that Rafael is coming on for Valencia, not tha Valencia wasn't solid enough but this understanding between Juan and Ander could be utilized even more as Rafael is another intelligent player onlike Antonio-robot--Valencia.
Anyway as for Mata two sublime finishes, I am very pleased for him, the second goal was pretty much Berbatov-esque, shame he didn't complete his hattrick like Bulgarian that day..
No matter how his career ends for United, that performance and those goals at Anfield resulting in a win will make him a legend for us. Hope he gets a great chant out of it now. Classy player that links well with Herrera and Carrick and with Rooney. No surprise.
Classic goal
Shades of Rooney against City on that goal. Not as good of course but I fecking love beating those cnuts.
Needs a song surely?
Needs a song surely?
This Mata performance will be remembered for decades, much like Forlan's.
He's small,
He's nice,
He fecked the Scousers twice
Juan Mataaa, Juan Mataaa
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He's nice,
He fecked the Scousers twice
Juan Mataaa, Juan Mataaa
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World class performance today.... absolutely superb!
The finish for the first goal was fantastic as well. If we're going to play one up front from now on, we'll need our wingers to be reliable finishers. Mata is exactly that.
'Ou la la', is that a common saying in Spanish commentary? It has a sort of camp innuendo meaning in English like 'ou la la you kinky devil'.
Probably? I sense some doubt. We need a tiebreaker.
Who would you shag - your granny or Mata?
We both know the answer, don't we.
Juan Mata is now your favorite person in the world.
Watch herrera when he scores that goal. He's off the screen the moment it happens, but comes on just at the end and looks like he has his hand on his head in disbelief
I'd have no problems with staring at this gif all week instead of going to work. None at all.
'Ou la la', is that a common saying in Spanish commentary? It has a sort of camp innuendo meaning in English like 'ou la la you kinky devil'.
It's not Spanish!
What a beautiful, beautiful man.
My favourite Utd player scores twice at Anfield, one of them a wonder goal.
I'm still giddy thinking about it.
My favourite Utd player scores twice at Anfield, one of them a wonder goal.
I'm still giddy thinking about it.
It's Russian.
'Ou la la', is that a common saying in Spanish commentary? It has a sort of camp innuendo meaning in English like 'ou la la you kinky devil'.
I'd love to have a screencap or some wallpaper or whatever from 25ish second when you've got all those cnuts looking his way and he's already in the air producing magic, would be my new desktop or that 'in the background' photo on facebook
Chap.
False right-winger.
Also potentially helps to resolve one of our problem areas. Who needs to sign new wingers when we have Juan sexying things up on the right?
It is days like today that make being a football fan worthwhile. I was delirious at times in that game. I was laughing like a maniac at the Gerarrd moment and Mata's goal!
That was as good a performance as I can remember for a long time by an attacking player of ours in a big big match. His control over everything he was doing was top notch, he never looked like losing the ball ever, and his goals were top notch. Well done Mata.
One of my friends sisters does the make up for most of Uniteds Wags. For my birthday my mate asked her to get a Juan Mata shirt signed, anyway she gets the signed shirt but he made it out in her brothers name.... So my mate (who is a Leeds fan) has a really nice framed Mata shirt with his feckin name on it. When he sent me the pic I nearly cried.
Love him. I feel vindicated for pleading his case all season when others have said he's too lightweight and other such rubbish.
Just a little Mata...but very important.
Just a little Mata...but very important.
Such a shame he never took the penalty at the end, though. I'd be built a statue out of my own shite for him outside my house if he scored a hattrick away at Liverpool. We'd have still been talking about that for years.
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