Now i have calmed myself down I can now react on the devastation and shock of City's 6-1 win at Old Trafford. Ish. I still can't come to terms with the scoreline, mainly because through my red-tinted spectacles I actually thought the score flattered City immensely, but also because of the massive hyper-reaction from some pundits after yesterday's game.
Yes, we conceded 6 goals. To City. But people seem to forget that City's first goal came out of absolutely nowhere, and definitely against the run of play. Then, not to make excuses, 2 minutes into the second half we lose Jonny Evans and we are up against some of the best players in the world with 10 men. Surely there's only going to be one winner? Our undoubted quality 10 players v City's mega-bucks megastars.
As soon as the game finished, every pundit and even the most common of Joe Bloggs ripped into United like we deserved such humiliation. Really? Admittedly City in the second half were streets ahead of us but that mainly led down to the way we played after the sending off. Instead of trying to perhaps snatch an equaliser by containing and frustrating City we played our usual game at home this season; open, stretched and with the midfield providing little cover for the defence. So of course the likes of Aguero, Silva and Balotelli are going to, using the cringeworthy cliche, cut through us like a hot knife through butter. But that was a tactical mistake and not really a lot to do with the personnel wearing a red shirt yesterday, and surely not worthy of a 6-1 hammering anyway?
It is extremely hard for me to say this but City, when they got going, looked pretty good; although I think United contributed to their own downfall with the poor tactics at times. I hope City fans remember that Manchester will always be RED.
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