In my humble opinion, i think the best big game player Man Utd have at the moment is none other than the versatile and sometimes forgotten John O'Shea. Hes the man whos so versatile, he often is relied upon to get the team out of trouble by filling up any available position. Hes played and scored as striker, Goalkeeper (made a fine save too) and every other position you coudl think of. Last night, he once again did what 90 million dollars worth of striking power couldnt, that is to score and with such aplomb too. Reminscent of the match against Liverpool some time back where he popped out from the right side of the penalty box to score the winner just liek he did last night against Arsenal. Goals aside, hes also helped them keep the defence tight and his committment to the cause is nothing short of fantastic.
But to be frank, United did really well against an Arsenal that were lacking in flow and creativity. Attribute it to United's pressure or the jeering home crowd, it was really end to end stuff from Man Utd stopping every Arsenal attack and counter attacking so swiftly. No thanks to the horrible blind Dutch referee for being plain lousy and not awarding the proper freekicks.
Special mention to Giggs, Fletcher, Rooney, Berbatov and Tevez for excellent contributions.
Chelsea vs Barcelona was a feat for Chelsea as they managed to hold the hottest team in the world to a stalemate away and one can only wonder if it will be an all English final. No comments from me there except that Cech had done fantastic to deny Barcelona the final touches to magical attacks.
Till the next week where it will be crunch time and advantage to the home side.
Not forgetting the promising performance by Gibbs too.. in the second half.. he had a forgetable first half.
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