Giggsy The Saviour...!!

You the man..Giggsy!!

For 70 minutes Blackpool, the team who still wash their own training kit, whose squad cost just £3.5m to assemble and whose top earner picks up just £10,000 a week – one tenth of Wayne Rooney’s salary – were on the verge of a victory that would have ripped the heart out of United’s title challenge but warmed the hearts of the rest. 

Instead, United’s legendary powers of recovery shone through from 2-0 down as Javier Hernandez, on for the under-performing Rooney, and two-goal hero Dimitar Berbatov saved them from the brink of disaster, rescued their unbeaten record and earned an improbable victory that puts them five points clear at the top of the Premier League. 

For Blackpool it was heartbreaking, but perhaps on reflection they will still see this performance as an incredible achievement to go alongside their two victories over Liverpool that have already marked Ian Holloway’s men out as something different. 

It was United’s greater strength in depth, and their never-say-die spirit, that was the difference in the end because after Craig Cathcart and DJ Campbell scored in the first half for Blackpool, subs Giggs and Hernandez changed the game in 16 dramatic minutes. 

Berbatov got the first after 72 minutes, Hernandez the second two minutes later from a Giggs pass and then Paul Scholes set up Berbatov again for a remarkable 88th minute winner that at one stage had never looked possible. And that’s why United are still title favourites. 

"We are a team who believe no matter how bad the game, even if it’s 2-0 down, that if we can score one we can score more," insisted Berbatov afterwards. 

"The first half was not too good. You come here and it’s not such a friendly ground, the pitch is not like Old Trafford, the ball is jumping around and Blackpool played a very good game and could have scored more. But we told ourselves at half time we could do it and we did. It was the team spirit that won the game." 

United, who lost Rafael late on to a worrying head injury that saw him sent to hospital with concussion, have now gone 28 Premier League matches without defeat, which is why manager Ferguson was concentrating on his team’s powers of recovery rather than their miserable start. 

"I have to say that it’s down to the history of the club, we never give up," he said. 

"We changed at half time and Giggs made a tremendous difference, we started playing our way and were deserved winners in the end." (continues..)

-thanx to irishexaminer.com

Aku setuju betol dgn artikel ni..coz semalam 1st half punya performance memang betol2 buat aku cuax!! Tak kan MU nak kalah?? Dgn Blackpool lak tu?? Kenapa Sir Alex main 4-3-3?? Macam2 la yg bermain dalam pikiran aku!! Then masuk 2nd half Sir Alex kembali ke 4-4-2 dgn memasukan Giggsy gantikan Gibson then barula nampak Man Utd menguasai permainan!! Perasaan tak tenang aku akhirnya hilang minit 74 bila Berbatop skor gol pertama..bila dah gol tu aku dah mula yakin MU bole mengekalkan rekod tanpa kalahnyer..!! Tapi tak sangka MU menang..cayalah!! Aku tabik spring sama lu Giggsy,Berba n tak lupa little pea..yeehaaa!! GGMU..