Few things from Tonight's game:
- Interesting tactics. A revolving 6 man midfield for United with Carrick the only one asked to sit. Van Bommel and significantly Schweinsteiger couldn't live with the runs from midfield from Gibson and Fletcher. The yioung left-back got raped by Valencia, and Nani's pressure - something we've not seen a lot of before - was impressive.
- Pressure. Immense. Totally hounding the man on the ball, led best by Fletcher. Reminded me of the 7-1 raping they handed out to Roma at the same venue 3 or 4 years ago with Alan Smith leading the line and not giving the Italians an inch.
- But they didn't kill them. Bayern's quick, one-touch counter attacking opened them up a few times. The threat from Olic was there before he scored the goal. Carrick's part in Bayern's first was significant. Significantly bad. Fucking stand up and muscle him out of it. That's twice in a week the Englishman's been bowled over. Capello probably would have taken note.
- The back of Rooney's neck. Seriously, does he never ask the hairdresser/Coleen to shave it? He looks like a fucking werewolf.
- Robben. Held quite well by Evra for the most part, his finish was absolutely sublime for the goal though. That's what 20M gets you.