City Win Derby, Who Does Alex Turn To?

by Rohandevgan

A few minutes ago Manchester City triumphed at home, 1-0 against arch rivals Manchester United. Giovanni scored the lone goal for City striking from outside the box and taking a slight deflection of Vidic, before beating diving van der Sar. United have now got just 2 points from their first three games, kicking off the worst start in Premier League by defending champions. The thing to be noticed was the calibre of bench strength and substitutions made by Alex Ferguson. United were without Wayne Rooney (injured) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Suspended). Playmaker Nani was taken off to bring on Chris Eagles and later 19-year old Fraizer Campbell made his Premier League Debut for United.

Is this the kind of bench strength Alex Ferguson hopes to retain the title with? Owen Hargreaves making his debut for United in the League played well but Carlos Tevez was the disappointment missing two golden opportunities in the second half. United fans are surely worried and hurting a great deal, as they have already slipped 7 points behind the leaders in just 3 games.

JgiuffraDiv-I Stud

828 days ago

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I hope Eagles will pan out up front. It kills me that Fergie sold Rossi and Smith and didn't replace them. Tevez is a playmaker not a striker. All we can do is have faith that the Scotsman knows what he's doing. I have to think that Fergie will bring in another striker this weekend...I hope so anyway.

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Dcsundevil2002Div-I Stud

827 days ago

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SAF needs to get on the phone and start looking for another striker. Tevez is the only striker healthy right now and he doesn't seem to be linking up with his new teamates right yet. Now that United have made a good deal with Real Madrid by selling Henize, they should offer to buy Ruud back.

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