Champions of England! Champions of Europe! Champions of the World! Winners of the Carling Cup!
Venue: Old Trafford.
Attendance: 75569
Opponents: Liverpool
Scoreline: Manchester United 4 - Liverpool 1 (Oh O! I mean the other way around.)
Disaster! Katastrophe! Calamité! Desastres! Or in simple Indian - BHENCHOT!!!!
How did this happen? Or like the way Richie says to one of his sidekicks in The History of Violence - How did we fuck that up? I just can't believe it!
We were 7 points clear with a game in hand and at the top of the table. Crusing in true sense. Then came the scousers beating their drums after a fantastic win against Real Madrid in the Champions League. And did we not FUCK it up? Yes, we got beat 4-1. But it was more about our defensive shambles than Liverpool's offense. The same defense which is the base for our push on 5 fronts this season. Vidic's schoolboy errors handed them 2 piss-easy goals. And the scousers had the bext 2 weeks in recent memory. Although, as Steve Gardner mentioned in his blog on Manutd.com, they tend to forget that we had the the best 2 decades.
I never in my worst nightmares thought we would lose so badly. Losing against Liverpool always hurts. Losing 4 goals to 1 is even bad. And that too at Old Trafford is just catostrophic. I was fortunate to escape the stick from my liverpool supporting mates in India as I was on my way back to London that day.
The result was a one-off. Or that's what we thought. We all were expecting a backslash against Fulham at Craven Cottage. We even pitied the poor Whites or Cottagers as they love to call themselves. Roy Hodgson even gave an interesting statement before the game when it sounded defeat even before the game started. He said Chelsea and Liverpool should expect no favours from Fulham when they visit. Although it sounded like a white flag before the battle, it seemt more out of Fergie's books if anything.
We played absolutely rubbish in the first half but upped the tempo in the second half and should have got away with atleast a point. Both results show us in a very poor state altough we played quite outstandingly, arguably. But then we did come away with 3 points when we weren't at our very best previously in the campaign. Sir Alex kept on hinting that we would drop points at some point or the other. Even he would never have imagined we would come true to his words against the scousers. The players have had a fantastic season so far bar the last few games. Vidic has been outstanding. He has just had one bad game and I am sure he will come up with the goods come the rest of the season. We would miss Rooney, Scholesy and Vidic against Villa. But I think our squad is big enough and I believe we can cope with it for the next few games.
What next? I have no bloody idea. I am losing my sleep over it. I want the premier league desperately! At any cost! We cannot afford to drop any more points. Coming away with 3 points against Villa is vital to show everyone that it was a one off week. We always make it hard for ourselves, we always do. This is the 18th! This is the season when we knock the scousers off their fecking perch. I dont want to lose this one. I can't imagine how much the scousers would love it to rub it in for years to come if we bottle this one up. I dont care about the Champions League or the FA cup for that matter. It was always an unrealistic expectation to win 5 trophies anyways.
We have to show belief. We have to support the reds. We always win it. We should take it by the scruff off the neck. Come on you reds!
B-E-L-I-E-V-E
