First X1:
VDS - 8: Excellent contribution, flawless distribution and great handling/shot stopping for the most part, unlucky with the goal.
O'Shea - 7: A good solid performance, at times caught out of position surprisingly for him but sound usually nonetheless. Decent distribution, hit and miss.. but he struck gold with that ball in behind Ashley Cole for Valencia.
Vidic - 7.5: Looks far more settled now that the contract saga is behind him and marshalled the troops well, nice to see him lifting the shield too
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Evans - 7.5: Looked at ease throughout and kept errors to a minimum, him and Vidic will form the bedrock for our title campaign and I'm glad we have such an able deputy in Jonny.
Fabio - 6: I just don't get the hype with this lad with regards to the left back position, he's good at tackling, but positionally suspect and he looks very awkward when the ball runs to his left foot.. which is surprising as he is supposed to be the two-footed brother. Can't wait for Evra to be back.
Scholes - 9(MOTM):. Flawless, struggled abit in the second half when him and Carrick were being overrun but whenever they actually had the ball, they oozed quality with Scholes at the forefront of anything positive we produced.
Carrick - 7.5: Credit where its due, thats much better from Carrick, actually being positive with the ball, please maintain this level of confidence against the better teams.
Park - 5.5: Don't like seeing him start for us in the big games, always a negative move for my liking.. especially out wide, he just blunts our penetration and I'd like Valencia and Nani used for the majority of the season even against the most dangerous of teams.
Valencia - 8: Off the ball movement very good, but I thought his general play was decent rather than spectacular... needs to add more arrows to his bow and show more variety in his play when up against top quality full backs.
Owen - 5.5: Struggled to get into the game, not helped with the lack of service.
Rooney - 7: Good assist, generally kept it simple, can do much better.
SUBS:
Berba - 7.5: Oozed quality. Drifted deep and picked the ball up, constantly trying to drive us forward albeit in his trademark sloth-like manner.. but very effective against Chelsea's sloth-like defence. He dovetailed well with Hernandez and seem pleased to be surrounded by such pace, which allowed him to operate in alot of space.
Hernandez - 7.5: Constant menace. Perfect partner for Berba, crazy finish.. but it was his general play which caught the eye.. cheeky through ball to Berba which was unlucky and just showed great intelligence off the ball.
Smalling - 6: Hard to judge, good to see him though.
Fletcher - 6:Just coasting through to the end.
Nani - 7: Horny little cameo with a splattering of tricks and an excellent through ball for Berba.
Giggs - Lifetime achievement: Deserves a 10 just for making so many appearances at the community shield.
