United managed to sneak past crew last night, with a 2-1 victory in extra time. It was a time for the youngsters to stand up and be counted in a game they really should have won easily. Kieren Lee grabbed his first goal for the club in extra time on his debut; it wasn’t a bad night for the youngster.
Solskjaer was captain for the night and was United’s best player by far. Smith, still fighting his way back to fitness saw little of the ball for the first 45 minutes, but when he did get it, there were flashes of things to come.
For much of the game Crew were on top and probably deserved to win the game. Their breakthrough came on 77 minutes when Varney struck a low shot, beating Kuszczak and levelling the scores at 1-1. Richie Jones kept battling in the midfield and showed why one day he could be the Keane replacement. There is a lot to be done until that day comes though.
With the game in extra time United showed their strength and managed to eek out the 2nd goal. Kieren Lee rifled a low shot into the corner of the net after Alan Smiths Incisive pass split the Crew defence in two.
All in all a poor game which we probably didn’t deserve to win, but you take them any way you can. If we are to progress in this cup the youngsters need to really push themselves and show that we still have the best youth setup in the world!
In other news it was great to see Rossi get on the score-sheet for Newcastle last night. I still think it’s time we brought him back to Old Trafford. On the other hand perhaps his goal will mean that Roeder considers him as a first team option from now on in the premiership!
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i didn watch the match though...
however thats a piece of good news.
man u fielded a relatively reserve side while bolton with some of their senior players crash out to charlton.
i suppose we will be fresher when we meet them on saturday
getting 3 points at reebok stabium is never easy
just ask liverpool
In honesty i thought we were poor, solskjaer was our man of the match , no one seemed to want to pass to smith, and that barnes guy, yeah fair enough he is young but he was awful.
We should of at least taken saha or another member of the first team just in case (remember burton albion?? ), but hey Lee did it for us and didnt go to penalties.
We were very lucky! cracking goal by ole
and our fans were very loud i was happy with that!
Good for rossi to for scoring, and hopefully we can keep top of prem this weekend.!!
Liverpool can't beat Sheffield away! Useless Car thieves
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