Manchester United moved closer to the 19th championship title, after winning at the limit at Old Trafford against Everton, the team which is fighting for a spot in the Champions League with Liverpool. Guests made their intentions clear since the beginning of the game, opting for a solid defensive game and hoping to make a hit on the counterattack, while Sir Alex Ferguson rested Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick for the match with Schalke from Champions League next week.
In the first half, neither of the two teams did not have an extended possessing game, and the biggest opportunities came at the gate of Tim Howard, who opposed both Javier Hernandez's chances, but also in front of Nani. In the second half, United's pressure increased, but those who could have scored were David Moyes's students , Jack Rodwell testing seriously the veteran Edwinvan Der Sar. The end found United in a total forcing in front of a team barricaded on two lines and the goal dropped naturally in the 83rd minute, when Hernandez scored the only goal of the game with a head shot after a centering of Antonio Valencia.
Despite the limited success, Alex Ferguson seemed bothered by the English press:
"The thing that annoys me is that journalists insist on the idea that Arsenal and Chelsea still have to play against us like the two matches are already lost.Why wouldn't we win these matches? I repeated to my students not to care about all that's published in the press and to focus on their game. We have four more natches to play and if we mind our own business we can't lose our title."said the Scot.
Gary Neville knows from reliable sources that Mourinho will replace Sir Alex Ferguson in the summer and has not kept information to himself! He said it out loud in The Sun.
The FA Cup quarterfinal victory, 2-0 against Arsenal on Saturday it's not the only reason for joy for United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson. One of the most important players this season, the Potuguese Nani seems to recover in time for the Champions League second leg that " the red devils" will play Tuesday against the French champions, Olympique Marseille.
Sir Alex Ferguson will be able to sit on the technical bench in the match that Manchester United will play Sunday on Liverpool's ground in the 29th round of the Premier League. He will be suspended and fined next week by the F.A Disciplinary Committee for his statements at the end of the match against Chelsea. He made the referee Martin Atkinson with egg and vinegar , accusing him of manipulating the result by non-eliminating David Luiz at 1-1 score and of giving easily a penalty for Chelsea after a duel between Smalling and Zhirkov in the box.
The dream of the billionaires Arab from Machester City to triumph in the Premier League for the first time seemed feasible two stages ago when they were occupying the second place in the rankings, at equal points with their rivals Manchester United. For City followed two consecutive trips , after which Mancini's students got one point after the 2-2 draw with Birmingham City, losing in front of the other representative of the city, Aston Villa, with 1-0.
Gary Neville, who turns 36 years on February 18, played very little in the last two seasons because of injuries that afected him almost constantly. He was at Manchester United since 1991, when he made his debut in the youth team.
