Quote Originally Posted by C.O.Prodigy View Post
They start of by playing Park on the right with 3 upfront (4-3-3)and they almost score on their first chance, they have a go at attacking barsa for a good 7-8 first minutes which was brave and honorable but they folded on the first counter-attack of barsa's, one chance one goal - champions.
the first goal killed united, our players couldn't recover, the formation and personnel didn't help and although it's easy with hindsight, i don't think the 4-3-3 works without fletcher or hargreaves in there spoiling, carrick looked like his old sleep-walking self and anderson was out of his depth bless the lad, as soft as the goals were, i don't think it would be fair to single out the united defence for critisism, or the forwards, this battle was lost in midfield and that's where barca shone brightest, iniesta and zavi played well and we couldn't match them

the nature of the defeat is difficult to stomach but i'm glad that united won't have to play the super cup and club championship games next season