ronaldo a point shaver?

i don't know why else you would catch a ball going for your forehead. If ronaldo didn't go down so GD easily all the time, than he would get a lot more decisions, you think he would have figured that out by now, and he presumably has. Even still, he seems more content to just give up on a play when he feels he's been fouled, and that puts a lot of pressure on the ref to then instantly give the decision. Messi on the otherhand, will get kicked all day long, and let the play run out, and allow the ref to pull the play back to where he was originally fouled, a far more efficient and pleasing on the eye strategy.

but honestly, its tough to like and root for the collective united. especially ferguson, he really is a kid in a candy store. they've got some outstanding players. players i'd love on my squad, evra, park, anderson, tevez. but the amount that they bitch and whine is second to none. maybe those 2000s yankees a la roger clemens. but rio ferdinand is right up there with ferguson on that one.

Anyway, Man U 1- Man city 0. man of the match was SWP for me. what a joy to watch he is, and he gets kicked just as much, if not more than ronaldo week in and week out, and takes it like a man.

Its nice to finally see xavi getting all of the praise he deserves, but "one of the best in the world?" He really hasn't done that dramatically different from the last few years, has he? and as for henry on barcelona, well... yeah, it doesn't really work does it? I wanted to believe that he could fit in at barca, and he can at times, but the match is always going to be an odd one. little intricate passing has never been his forte, but rather that infamous dragback move that he patented along the left appears to be the only useful trick he has left in the bag. It's not that he's really lost a step, because it doesn't appear that he has, it only appears that Henry's game is better suited for england, for a number of reasons.

he's basically forced to play on the left wing, albeit always close to the pentaly area, and he's not really a winger. granted he can deliver that low hard ball right across the face of the goal with the best of them, that just isn't barca's style, and they would probably be better served leaving him on the bench when they have both iniesta and messi, (not to mention hleb) to support Eto'o.

and yes, come on arsenal! a little luck never hurt anyone did it. but we've been on the wrong end of that 2-1 game one too many times, so its a great win. but lets see if we can sustain any kind of form, before we get all carried away.
RVP is man of the match, who else?
stay classy nick/ piston fans