Red Devils Story

Loan News - Mats Daehli has joined Crewe on loan for a month

Super-sub Berbatov

Champions League Group Stage - A.C. Milan (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: David De Gea, Cesar Azpilicueta, Phil Jones, Neven Subotic, Rafael, Ashley Young, Eden Hazard, Nani, Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney, Yaya Sanogo
Subs Used: Patrice Evra, Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck

Manchester United came back from a goal down to win 2-1 with Berbatov scoring the match winner. Manchester United were behind in the early minute when Neven Subotic put the ball into his own goal. Manchester United got their equaliser after Cesar Azpilicueta pump up the ball to Sanogo who then found Wayne Rooney in an acre of space and Rooney did not made any mistake by slotting the ball into the open goal. Both teams were then looking for the lead but it was never a threat to both goalkeepers.

Just as the fans thought that the match would settle for a draw, Dimitar Berbatov who came on for Hernandez scored the winning goal. Wayne Rooney found Berbatov who managed to skip pass his own marker and cool as u like Berbatov put the ball into the bottom right corner pass through goalkeeper Christian Abbiati.

A good come back and a good start to the Champions League.

Man Utd
Wayne Rooney (34)
Dimitar Berbatov (90)

A.C. Milan
Neven Subotic (7)
Mathieu Flamini (42)
Kevin-Prince Boateng (45+2)
Antonio Nocerino (90+3)

Wayne Rooney

Valencia shines as Man Utd win

Premier League - West Bromwich Albion (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: David De Gea, Chris Smalling, Neven Subotic, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Andre Ayew, Paul Pogba, Antonio Valencia, Yaya Sanogo, Javier Hernandez, Federico Macheda
Subs Used: Cesar Azpilicueta, Anderson, Dimitar Berbatov

Manchester United won 1-0 from Antonio Valencia curling effort from 18 yards. Manchester United had a number of attempts on goal but Scott Loach played well today to keep the ball from going pass him. Subotic was stretched off in the match due to an injury.

West Brom
Jonas Olsson (13)
Steven Reid (25)

Man Utd
Antonio Valencia (20)
Neven Subotic (82)

Antonio Valencia

Injury News - Neven Subotic out for 2-3 months due to a damaged achilles tendon

Clancy makes professional debut

League Cup 3rd Round - Leeds United (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: Anders Lindegaard, Fabio, Jonny Evans, Luke McCullough, Andrea Giovanni Tessari, William Clancy, Lorenzo Crisetig, Tom Cleverley, Phil Hoyte, Danny Welbeck, Carlos Fierro
Subs Used: Rafael, Ravel Morrison, Yaya Sanogo

I decided to rest my key players and have the youngsters experience some first team football. It turn out well with Jonny Evans scoring two goals both from a corner but the night went out to William Clancy as he made an impressive start to his Manchester United career by providing two assist to Evans goal. Luke McCullough also made his Manchester United debut in the match.

Man Utd
Jonny Evans (45+3, 72)
Fabio (16)
Luke McCullough
William Clancy (90+3)

Leeds
Robert Snodgrass (40)

Jonny Evans

William Clancy attributes

William Clancy a Bradford born right winger is currently 17 years old, playing for United U18 squad.

Other News (League Cup) - Arsenal and Manchester City out of the competition. Arsenal suffered a heavy 5-0 defeat by Aston Villa while Manchester City lose to Chelsea 1-0

League Cup 4th Round draw

Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United

Five-star Man Utd triumph in North-West Derby

Premier League - Liverpool (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: David De Gea, Cesar Azpilicueta, Phil Jones, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Andre Ayew, Anderson, Eden Hazard, Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney, Yaya Sanogo
Subs Used: Fabio, Ashley Young, Danny Welbeck

Manchester United put up a great performance by beating rival Liverpool 5-1. Manchester United got the lead through Wayne Rooney goal from close range but Luiz Suarez equalised for Liverpool minutes later. Manchester United took over the lead once again when a miscommunication between Daniel Agger and Jose Manuel Reina allowed Wayne Rooney to seize the opportunity and score a well executed finish.

From then on it was United's way with Dirk Kuyt scoring an own goal and Phil Jones completed the rout minutes before full-time.

Man Utd
Wayne Rooney (13, 22)
Nemanja Vidic (33)
Dirk Kuyt (44)
Phil Jones (84)
Wayne Rooney (87)

Liverpool
Luis Suarez (18)

Wayne Rooney

Injury News - Wayne Rooney out for 3-4 days due to a gashed arm following a robust challenge from Glen Johnson during the match against Liverpool

Smooth sailing victory

Champions League Group Stage - FC Sheriff Tiraspol (A)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Rafael, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Fabio, Antonio Valencia, Paul Pogba, Eden Hazard, Danny Welbeck, Yaya Sanogo, Dimitar Berbatov
Subs Used: Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Young

Manchester United had an easy victory by beating Sheriff 3-0. Dimitar Berbatov scored in the early minutes with a diving header while Eden Hazard bags two goals of the night.

Sheriff
Oleg Cerga (90+1)

Man Utd
Dimitar Berbatov (6)
Eden Hazard (16, 20)
Paul Pogba (4)
Nemanja Vidic (30)
Fabio (47)
Rafael (63)

Eden Hazard

Unlucky Wigan

Premier League - Wigan Athletic (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Patrice Evra, Tom Cleverley, Anderson, Nani, Danny Welbeck, Javier Hernandez, Dimitar Berbatov
Subs Used: Andre Ayew, Federico Macheda

Manchester United escaped sharing a point with Wigan after missing plenty of chances and had to rely on Emmerson Boyce's own goal to get the full three points. Andre Ayew played a perfect pass to Federico Macheda on the left but Macheda shots from a narrow angle was parried by Al-Habsi and the ball deflected off Boyce to put the ball into the back of his own net.

Wigan
Stephen Crainey (88)

Man Utd
Emmerson Boyce (80)

Chris Smalling

Other News (Transfer) - Manchester United are currently discussing a contract with Jack Wilshere

Jack Wilshere is unhappy at Arsenal due to lack of first team soccer.

Transfer News - Manchester United signed Jack Wilshere for £12M

The transfer will go through on 1st Jan 2014.

Injury News - Tom Cleverley out for 9-11 days due to a thigh strain after awkwardly striking a ball in training