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water_long

Originally posted by AC米仔 at 11-9-2005 00:45:

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老人鋒線

AC米仔

Originally posted by TAMTOM at 11/9/05 00:46:

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中場攻守分工失衡......

AC米仔

Originally posted by water_long at 11/9/05 00:47:

老人鋒線

加入華素爾已後生左喇

小妖

Originally posted by water_long at 2005-9-11 12:47 AM:

老人鋒線

鋒線其實都OK的

起碼都做到應該做既野

不過高爾同華素爾一傷就大獲

[ Last edited by 小妖 on 11-9-2005 at 12:55 AM ]

water_long

Originally posted by AC米仔 at 11-9-2005 00:49:

加入華素爾已後生左喇

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小妖

Originally posted by TAMTOM at 2005-9-11 12:46 AM:

愛華頓起排面上己經執得幾好 ,不過打出黎就

今季愛華頓買個D多數都係工兵型球員

對球隊整體實力幫助真係唔大

AC米仔

Originally posted by 小妖 at 11/9/05 00:53:


鋒線其實都OK的

起碼都做到應該做既野

不過高爾同華素爾一傷就大獲

[ Last edited by 小妖 on 11-9-2005 at 12:55 AM ]

有冇新仔可提拔?

小妖

Originally posted by AC米仔 at 2005-9-11 12:56 AM:

有冇新仔可提拔?

BWP

其他實在太後生

water_long

Originally posted by AC米仔 at 11-9-2005 00:56:

有冇新仔可提拔?

胡禮菲臘B

小妖

TAMTOM

Originally posted by AC米仔 at 2005-9-11 00:47:

中場攻守分工失衡......

中場中間問題好大

TAMTOM

Originally posted by 小妖 at 2005-9-11 00:54:


今季愛華頓買個D多數都係工兵型球員

對球隊整體實力幫助真係唔大

Davies ,VDM ,Arteta
加埋上季已經起度既其他多數後防黎

我又唔覺買個D多數都係工兵型球員

小妖

City 1-1 United

10/09/2005 14:18

Manchester United v Manchester City

Saturday 10th September 2005. 3.00pm
Old Trafford - Att: 67,839

Teams:

City: James, Mills (Sun 73), Thatcher, Distin, Dunne, Sinclair, Reyna, Barton, Musampa (Sibierski 73), Vassell (Fowler 83 mins), Cole

Subs: Weaver, Onuoha

United:  Van der Sar,  Heinze, Ferdinand, Silvestre, O'Shea, Park (Giggs 81), Fletcher, Smith (Richardson 86), Scholes, Rooney, van Nistelrooy,

Subs: Howard, Keane, Bardsley


Goals: van Nistelrooy (45 mins), Barton (75 mins)

Bookings: Cole (4 mins), Thatcher (31 mins), Mills (58 mins)

Referee:  S Bennett

Match report

City have secured a point after falling behind just before half time, with Joey Barton's deflection on 75 minutes putting the Blues level. City can be rightly proud of the fightback, and indeed other than van Nistelrooy's goal the hosts hardly looked threatening, Stuart Pearce's men showing great spirit and refusing to panic.

Sylvain Distin returns to the starting lineup, and Robbie Fowler is on the bench as City prepare to take on United at Old Trafford. Nicky Weaver makes a long-awaited reappearance in the squad.

For the hosts, Keane is on the bench and Alan Smith occupies midfield alongside Paul Scholes. Ryan Giggs is also a substitute.

It's an overcast, muggy day here in Manchester, and City's relatively small but vocal support occupy the south-east corner of the stadium.

The game started with a huge appeal for a penalty from United in the first minute when Rooney went down when challenged by Thatcher, but the referee waved away the appeal to the disgust of the home fans.

City's first corner came in the fourth minute when Ferdinand headed away a Musampa free kick, but from the corner Andy Cole was booked for handling in front of former team-mate van der Sar.

In the tenth minute United had their first real chance, with Rooney side-footing it to Park, who's well hit shot from the right side of the area with his right foot was always curling away beyond the far post. At this stage, United were passing neatly in midfield, but City's defence, with Musampa tracking back to help negate Fletcher and Park, was coping calmly.

Also worth noting that Andrew Cole was not, quite rightly, getting any grief ftom the home fans.

With 21 minutes gone, a deep cross from Heinze was headed back to Scholes from O'Shea, but captain's shot on the turn near the penalty spot was well wide and did not trouble James.

City looked for a flag in theb29th minute, when a Park flick on found van Nistelrooy, and with most in the ground assuming the flag would come he lobbed the ball over when completely unmarked eight yards out.

A minute later Mills went on a barnstorming run down the right, but he could not make the telling cross and United cleared.

But just when it looked like the game would go into half time scoreless, United scored in controversial circumstances.

A Scholes free kick was deflected, with James making a superb save. However, the ball fell into van Nistelrooy's path and with City convinced he was offside due to the deflection the Dutchman slotted the ball home.

Half time United 1-0 City

City began looking to get back on terms after keeping the hosts at bay with such ease for the entire first half.

Danger came in the second minute, with Scholes receiving in the area, but the ball was trapped between his feet and was unable to get a shot away.

The Blues had a half chance eleven minutes in, when a Reyna cross deflected towards Cole, but falling away he could only head wide.

Mills received a yellow card for bringing Rooney down on 58 minutes, but the England striker could not make the free kick count, James punching clear with ease.

On 64 minutes there was more danger for City, when a Park cross from a Rooney flick on flew across the area, but Trevor Sinclair was back to head clear. The resulting corner was again punched away by James.

Sun and Sibierski came on on 73 minutes for Mills and Musampa, just Rooney had conced a throw in and engaged in some friendly banter with the City fans just over his shoulder.

But on 75 minutes Joey Barton levelled the scores! Darius Vassell swept the ball goalwards after receiving from Cole, and Baron deflected it past van der Sar to send the 2,000 City fans into ecstasy.

Giggs was thrown on on 81 minutes for Park, and two minutes later local favourite Robbie Fowler came on for Darius Vassell.

Shortly after a short Silvestre back-header nearly put Cole in, put van der Sar raced out to collect.

Alan Smith was replaced by Kieron Richardson with four minutes to go.

With two minutes left Giggs nearly put the hosts ahead, when a deft Rooney flick on was met by the Welshman's head, but thankfully for city the ball curled just around the post.

In stoppage time Richardson wasted a corner, hitting the side netting much to the home fans disgust.

And in the dying seconds Cole nearly made the perfect ending, volleying a Sinclair cross but van der Sar tipped over, a superb save.

There was no more time after that, City can be proud of a battling fight-back.

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小妖

Prem Reaction: The Manchester Derby
9/10/2005 8:53:00 PM
Joey Barton scored a late equaliser to give Manchester City a point at Old Trafford and preserve their unbeaten start to the season.

Ruud van Nistelrooy put United ahead in first-half injury at the second attempt, after David James had saved his first effort superbly.

But United failed to exploit their dominance, van Nistelrooy and Park Ji-sung missing further chances before Barton struck after 76 minutes.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: "They didn't deserve what they got, but that's football.

"We could have scored two or three more and we were a bit unlucky. We needed the second goal because there was always going to be some point where they had a go, and they scored with their first shot.

"In the end it took a great save from Edwin van der Sar to stop Andy Cole getting the winner, which would have been a ridiculous scoreline.

"We've had quite a tough programme, but the team is playing well and there is good confidence and a great team spirit."

City boss Stuart Pearce commented: "Hopefully we are built on a more organised foundation and the players are starting to believe that if you do the right thing you get your rewards.

"We don't want boom and bust at this football club, either in transfer policy or on the pitch. I want steady progress.

"The players must know exactly what they are doing from the first minute to the last. We are the poor relations in this city in terms of finance, but we are not poor relations in terms of team spirit."

GOAL.COM

小妖

Van der Sar spares United blushes as City's stock rises

Man Utd 1 - 1 Man City

Paul Wilson at Old Trafford
Sunday September 11, 2005
The Observer

Manchester City deserved this point and but for a tremendous save by Edwin van der Sar in stoppage time they would have had all three.

That might not have been a fair reflection of the game but United could not have complained. In a game of few chances, City created more clear-cut ones, and the one Trevor Sinclair carved out for Andy Cole at the end was the clearest of the lot.

The former United striker did exceptionally well to get a first-time shot on target and only Van der Sar's reactions saved United's blushes.

Gary Neville recently suggested the league title should always be United's first priority and the club should not get too fixated on the Champions League until domestic superiority had been re-established.

Sensible words, one would have thought, so it was something of a surprise to see Sir Alex Ferguson resting Roy Keane with an eye on the midweek visit to Villarreal. This was a Manchester derby, after all and one of the rare ones that started with City in the higher league position.

Alan Smith initially struggled in the Keane midfield role, principally because when he shouted for the ball his colleagues did not surrender it quite so promptly as is their habit with the captain, though the former Leeds player was behind United first real attack.

A firmly driven pass found Wayne Rooney on the edge of the area and a well-executed turn and lay-off gave Park Ji-Sung a shooting chance, only for his angled drive to miss by a couple of feet. Smith and Park were also involved in the second best chance of the first half, when patient build-up play led to a cross from John O'Shea on the right that the Korean nodded into Ruud van Nistelrooy's path. But the Holland striker scooped a volley over the bar with only David James to beat.

Van Nistelrooy showed his annoyance a couple of minutes later, when he needlessly picked up a booking for illegally impeding James as the goalkeeper threw out from the edge of his area.

City were holding their own in the midfield contest, with the industrious Joey Barton looking sharper than Darren Fletcher or Paul Scholes, but there was precious little happening further upfield for the visitors.

The only time Van der Sar was busy in the first half was when Richard Dunne managed a headed up-and- under from a corner. The ball came down about 30 seconds later right under Van der Sar's crossbar and the goalkeeper was obliged to punch it clear. Still, City hardly deserved to turn round a goal down and paid a high price for a momentary indiscretion by Darius Vassell in added time. It hardly looked a shooting chance, but Scholes' optimistic drive from a free-kick 30 yards out was transformed by a touch from Van Nistelrooy. James produced a terrific reaction save, only to see the striker tuck away the rebound.

Taking the lead removed any temptation Ferguson might have felt to tinker with his formation at half time. With Cristiano Ronaldo on compassionate leave following the death of his father and Ryan Giggs on the bench, United lacked width to the extent that Van Nistelrooy hardly saw any service at all from the flanks. To the consternation of some of their supporters United remained narrow, making the odd half chance through the middle but rarely threatening to extend their lead. If City felt the need to come out a bit more in search of an equaliser it would have taken a keen eye to spot it, though they did send on Sun Jihai and Antoine Sibierski for the last 17 minutes and begin to make progress up the right wing.

That was where the equaliser came from. Sinclair and Claudio Reyna combined to send over a cross that found Cole at the far post and brought a sharp save from Van der Sar. Like James at the same end, the goalkeeper was unable to keep hold of the ball, and he was grounded and powerless when Vassell's follow-up shot was nudged over the line beyond Gabriel Heinze's despairing lunge by Barton.

Ferguson sent on Giggs and Keane in a belated response to conceding a goal for the first time this season, and though it proved too late to change anything, Giggs did at least get a chance in the 89th minute from Rooney's accurate cross.

Van Nistelrooy might have got a header on target, Giggs could not quite manage it and City breathed again.

Finally, though, it ought to be recorded that City fans did not just interrupt the minute's silence for Noel Cantwell, they did so with a reference to Munich. Lovely people.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Joey Barton Was already giving a good account of himself in midfield before he got on the scoresheet. His goal was not a thing of beauty but some of his uncomplicated touches and alert interventions were easy on the eye. In starting with Roy Keane on the bench, United may have underestimated the City midfield.

Observer

小妖

The Sunday Times - Football

Manchester United 1 Manchester City 1: Barton’s the toast of City
Joe Lovejoy at Old Trafford
JOEY BARTON has had a chequered career with City, and was close to getting the sack in the summer, but the combative midfielder was the toast of the blue half of Manchester last night after his late equaliser preserved what is an unusual Mancunian status quo. The first goal United have conceded in six matches this season keeps City one point ahead of them in the table and leaves Stuart Pearce unbeaten in 13 Premiership games as manager.

In a typically frenetic derby, United took the lead with Ruud van Nistelrooy’s fifth goal of what promises to be a restorative season for the Dutchman, and Sir Alex Ferguson insisted they had done enough to win.

Instead, Barton diverted in a shot from Darius Vassell after 75 minutes, and City’s bright start to the season continues. Each team might have claimed all three points at the death, but a flying header from Ryan Giggs, on as substitute, flew inches wide, and Andy Cole was denied a spectacular volleyed winner against his old club by a top-class save from Edwin van der Sar.

“Mr Grumpy”, aka Ferguson, gave City scant credit. “It was like last season,” he said. “They just parked themselves on the edge of their box and played off scraps.” His irritation probably had more to do with the league table than the opposition’s obdurate determination.

It is a long time since City came into one of these derbies better placed than United, and their competitiveness under Pearce, the August manager of the month, suggests Ferguson will have to endure a few more tight scraps for Mancunian bragging rights.

There was a disappointing moment before the kick-off, when a minute’s silence in memory of Noel Cantwell, the former United and Ireland captain, was interrupted by one or two idiots in the City end, but when play got under way the rivalry between the two sides was of a more acceptable sort, with every ball contested as if the next Ferrari depended on it.

United, somewhat surprisingly, opted to rest Roy Keane, using Alan Smith in central midfield instead. Smith is a gutsy battler but he is no midfield strategist, and there is no doubt who City will have preferred facing. As befits the home team, United were more assertive, with Park Ji Sung and Wayne Rooney dropping deep when the situation warranted.

Ferguson favours a narrow 4-3-3, allowing both wide men to move into the middle when the fancy takes them — a situation Rooney infinitely prefers to his ersatz winger’s role with England in midweek — and after the tantrums of Windsor Park he was back to something like his beguiling best.

United made all the running and Park and Paul Scholes both went close with shots from 12 yards, then Van Nistelrooy, stretching, volleyed over at close range. City, battling hard on the back foot, thought they were going to reach the haven of the interval on level terms, but they were wrong. In added time, a free kick 30 yards out was rolled by Rooney to Scholes, whose howitzer drive was diverted late by Van Nistelrooy. David James, wrong-footed, seemed to have no chance, and having pulled off a stunning reflex save, he could count himself unlucky when the loose ball fell obligingly back at the feet of the Dutch predator, who tucked it past him from eight yards.

City hit the accelerator pedal but United were more accomplished, and a dexterous piece of skill by Rooney set up Park for a chance that must have had the home fans aching for Giggs. Oddly, the Wales captain was neglected again until he replaced Park for the last 10 minutes.

The equaliser came after a pinball sequence in the United penalty area. Trevor Sinclair’s cross found its way via Antoine Sibierski to Cole, whose drive was blocked, but not held, by Van der Sar. The loose ball enabled Vassell to try his luck, and his shot on the turn was helped in by Barton, standing on the six-yard line. “There’s only one Joey Barton,” chorused the gleeful blue contingent. There are those who will be grateful for that.

STAR MAN: Wayne Rooney (Man United)

Player ratings: Manchester United: Van der Sar 7, O’Shea 5, Ferdinand 6, Silvestre 6, Heinze 6, Fletcher 6 (Keane, 78min), Smith 5 (Richardson 87min), Scholes 6, Rooney 8, Van Nistelrooy 7, Park 6 (Giggs, 81min)

Manchester City: James 6, Mills 6 (Sibierski, 72min 6), Dunne 7, Distin 7, Thatcher 6, Sinclair 6, Barton 6, Reyna 7, Musampa 5 (Sun, 72min 6), Vassell 6 (Fowler, 84min), Cole 7

Referee: S Bennett

Attendance: 67,839