VanNistelrater
Poncey film buff
Do you lot still do player ratings? So buzzing at fulltime I felt an indescribable urge to do them...(euphoria takes many different forms...)
DDG - few heart in mouth moments but solid. 6.
Jones - brilliant defensively, first to almost every ball. 8.
Rio - Class, made it look easy, which I suppose it often was. 7.
Vidic - Unbeatable today. Still competing and winning every ball in the final minute. 8 and Man of the Match
Evra - Bit exposed in the air and a bit average going forward, but fine. 6.
Valencia - back on form after months of being totally anonymous. Started going past players again today, and passing was good if unspectacular. 7.
Carrick - Maestro. When did he suddenly become our most important player? 8.
Rooney - Hope this doesnt encourage any ideas of him as a central midfielder, or as the answer to our midfield problems! But very comfortable, dictated things for us going forward and took the sting out of the game when needed. 8.
Kagawa - Probably our only off-form player, I thought. Some tidy touches but always looked awkward, and lost the ball for us too often. Ineffective going forward too - was screaming for him to be replaced by Giggs by the end. I like him a lot on his day, but he's pretty obviously still looking for a role. 5
Hernandez - Lovable! Chased everything and some good passes. 7
Van Persie - looked a lot sharper after the goal - otherwise drifted out of the game a bit. Hopefully that'll be a turning point for him now. 6.
Subs
Welbeck - 6.
DDG - few heart in mouth moments but solid. 6.
Jones - brilliant defensively, first to almost every ball. 8.
Rio - Class, made it look easy, which I suppose it often was. 7.
Vidic - Unbeatable today. Still competing and winning every ball in the final minute. 8 and Man of the Match
Evra - Bit exposed in the air and a bit average going forward, but fine. 6.
Valencia - back on form after months of being totally anonymous. Started going past players again today, and passing was good if unspectacular. 7.
Carrick - Maestro. When did he suddenly become our most important player? 8.
Rooney - Hope this doesnt encourage any ideas of him as a central midfielder, or as the answer to our midfield problems! But very comfortable, dictated things for us going forward and took the sting out of the game when needed. 8.
Kagawa - Probably our only off-form player, I thought. Some tidy touches but always looked awkward, and lost the ball for us too often. Ineffective going forward too - was screaming for him to be replaced by Giggs by the end. I like him a lot on his day, but he's pretty obviously still looking for a role. 5
Hernandez - Lovable! Chased everything and some good passes. 7
Van Persie - looked a lot sharper after the goal - otherwise drifted out of the game a bit. Hopefully that'll be a turning point for him now. 6.
Subs
Welbeck - 6.