Man Utd Thread:

[GJL]

Utd working on their goal difference tonight. 

[Boycey]

VAR can even suck the life out of a 9-0 win...

[Cunny Funt]

Old fashion ruthless performance from United tonight. Early sending off clearly helped but sometimes games can be difficult against 10 men and I recall United drawing against a 10 man Southampton a few years ago.

Confidence boosting goals for Martial, Rashford both back firing will boost Uniteds chances of a top 4 finish.

[Rich Ricci]

Important to get a result and a decent performance tonight after dropping points against Sheff Utd and Arsenal albeit against 10 men. Cavani excellent in the 1st half and hopefully Martial can take a bit of confidence from his two goals which were both taken brilliantly. Much sterner test against Everton on Saturday.

VAR continues to baffle..

[Maroon Manc]

United really needed that, brilliant to see how ruthless they were and that they kept going until the end too.

Luke Shaw has had some turnaround, been outstanding since Telles was signed. He's finally grown up too, surrounded himself with too many hangers on for far too long and is now fully concentrated on his football.

They've admitted they got both decisions wrong in the 1st half last week against Sheffield United, their goal should have been disallowed and Martials should have been allowed.

[laoislad]

It's a shame Martial felt the need to dive even at 6-0.
Terrible decision by the Ref/VAR

[NAG1]

It's a shame Martial felt the need to dive even at 6-0.
Terrible decision by the Ref/VAR

There was contact and he goes down, doesnt matter if its 6 0 or 0 0, any where else on the pitch the ref blows it as a foul and the game moves on.

Sometimes these go for you and sometimes they dont was we saw against Sheff Utd.

Good result on to the next one.

[StPatsAbu]

It's a shame Martial felt the need to dive even at 6-0.
Terrible decision by the Ref/VAR

Martial made most of the contact but obviously was not a dive as ref reviewed and sent the player off for denying a goalscoring opportuity by making no effort to play the ball, instead impeded player.  Similar to David Luiz sending off for Arsenal

[Milltown Row2]

For some that say they don't post on a thread he's having a bit of a gurn on it...


The game was over after the red card, it was an easy red to give, thought their disallowed goal was a bit harsh, after that they completely folded.

In fairness to Utd they really chased the game down and helped their goal difference but City are 1/4 to win the league, that's a serious odds on price at this time, think the guy on radio this morning said Utd were 12/1 and Liverpool 4/1 that's a serious gap in prices...

Liverpool can still have a say in this regardless of their defence issues, their form last few games has been championship form...

This weekend games will be telling.

A better season than last year

[BennyCake]

Martial must be the sourest looking bollix that ever wore a football shirt. Two goals and not even a hint of a smile.

Maybe he knows his day are numbered at United. Hopefully that's the case.

[Milltown Row2]

Martial must be the sourest looking bollix that ever wore a football shirt. Two goals and not even a hint of a smile.

Maybe he knows his day are numbered at United. Hopefully that's the case.

Yeah, thon was a face that needed a good slap, loads of potential and in some games can be brilliant, but not interested

[Maroon Manc]

The rule will be changed just like the offside rule was changed after the ridiculous offside goal City scored against Villa.

Greenwood was through on goal when Dean awarded a penalty, surely Mike Dean should have waited to see if Greenwood scored before making a decision. Its equally as contentious as the sending off but for some reasons nobody wants to talk about it. United were on the receiving end of 2 bad decisions last week and it was barely mentioned yet when United apparently benefit from something the media are relentless.

So it turns out United should have had a penalty as the rule is if contact continues from outside the area into the area its a penalty. Its all just a shambles.

[Boycey]

Well done Jesse..

[pbat]

Surely if Lingard can get a bit of form and confidence hed be a better squad player than Dan James.

[Bord na Mona man]

The subtleties are often interesting. Any reporting of the 9-0 I've seen has put heavy emphasis on Southampton being down to 10 and then 9 men. When Utd lost 6-1 to Spurs the Martial sending off wasn't particularly highlighted as being key to the scoreline. I suspect that back then several people in the media reckoned that Ole was teetering on his perch and were hoping to help nudge him.