Quote Originally Posted by Numeric View Post
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
Goog points. That's how I see it aswell. The way both teams played made for a great game. I'm sure United had the power to suffocate the game and play a 4-5-1 or a 4-4-2 with more players in the middle but they wanted to attack Barsa and to play football and they lost. Good for them I say, you can't win them all. It's interesting that Sir Alex thought that defending against Barca would be futile. Xavi and Iniesta - Class. Messi and Eto - magick.