City player stats vrs Blackburn

i don't think some people watch football,they simply take 'their opinion' on matches from whatever alan shearer says on that evening's match of the day. united,despite never getting out of second gear yesterday,could still have scored ten. match of the day pick and choose their higlights in order to suit their adenga. fact is norwhich parked the bus yesterday and had one clear opening on the break which they missed and one freak deflection that hit the post. all this about them being unlucky is just typical anti united bull from the media. anything but a home victory yesterday would have been a travesty. we have been the better team in all our matches so far this season,bar stoke away,and have thourughly deserved each of our victories. as a result we sit top of the league after the hardest run of fixtures at the start of a season that we could possibly have been given,wih probably only bolton having had a tougher start in terms of opposition faced,all the while coping with an injury list of gargantuan proportions,so i personally think we're doing alright.

united,despite never getting out of second gear yesterday,could still have scored ten

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So why didn't they then?

By the very same token, Norwich could have scored 2, 3, 4?

why didn't city score ten at home to everton? sometimes patience is the key. i watched the first half of your game last week and ours yesterday was virtually the same. it takes time to break down the opposition when they have no intention of scoring themselves. norwhich had one clear opening all game and it came after we'd hemmed them in and over commited from a corner. they missed it and that was that. a freak deflection does not count as a clear opening either,so where you get that they could have scored three or four from i can't imagine. unless you streamed manchester united's match on the internet whilst your on team were playing yesterday,i can only assume that you've seen around seven minutes of selective editing from the bbc aka liverpool fc tv coupled with the usual anti united drivel from profesional ABU shearer.

It seems you miss my point fallowfield. In the interests of fairness, when any fan talks about missed chances for their team, they should also at the very least consider the missed chances of the opposition.

Ergo, you say United could have scored 10. I say Norwich could have scored 4.

"norwich had one clear opening all game"

That is BS. Better decisions (on three occasions) would have resulted in a goal for Norwich yesterday. The shot that hit the post could have also gone in. Note the word "could". It's the very same word you used when saying United "could" have scored 10.

" they missed it and that was that"

Yes they did, and yes that was indeed that. But then, these 10 goals United could have scored - well they missed them as well, so by the very same token, that is indeed that also.

"i can only assume that you've seen around seven minutes of selective editing from the bbc"

I did only see "selective editing" from the BBC. But unless I'm mistaken, those incidents in the game (that I did see) did actually happen - unless MotD got the game developers from Fifa 12 on board and made those incidents up.

Just to be clear - I'm not denying the chances that United had. I'm not even trying to suggest that United didn't deserve to win the game. I'm merely stating when someone talks about the chances of one team, it's just as easy (and indeed fair) to talk about the chances that the other team had as well.

match of the day failed to show hernandez miss two clear cut openings,rooney hitting the side netting and forcing a save out of their keeper and a nani shot from long range which landed on the roof of the net. all this took place in the first half,yet match of the day chose not to show them. rooney should have scored hattrick in the second half,yet match of the day only showed his chipped effort. but what would i know,i was only at the match in person. like i say the highlights are edited with a clear agenda already set. sky's football first offers a far more conclusive highlights for premier league games,i'd give that a go in future.

"match of the day failed to show hernandez miss two clear cut openings"

Once again, in the hope that it registers with you this time: I'm not denying the chances that United had. I'm not even trying to suggest that United didn't deserve to win the game. I'm merely stating when someone talks about the chances of one team, it's just as easy (and indeed fair) to talk about the chances that the other team had as well.

"like i say the highlights are edited with a clear agenda already set"

Ah, I sense another conspiracy coming on. What agenda, exactly, would this be?

"sky's football first offers a far more conclusive highlights for premier league games,i'd give that a go in future"

Yet another comment that shows just how much you are missing the point I'm making. So I watch Sky's highlights - does that mean that the Norwich chances wouldn't have been shown on that? Once again, I'm not denying the chances that United had - I'm merely stating that Norwich had chances also. If United could have scored from their chances, then is it (or is it not) fair to say that Norwich could have scored from theirs? There's that word "could" again. I know you know knows what it means.

Don't get me wrong - we all do this. We all state that our team could have scored more in a game, but in doing so, few afford the opposition the very same consideration. Yes - United could have scored more. But then so too could have Norwich scored (and scored more than one). The same can be said of any game. City could have scored more against Spurs, but equally Spurs themselves could have also registered more than 1 goal in that game.

I really do not understand what the problem is in saying that. Am I saying that Norwich DESERVED to get at least a point out the game yesterday? No, not at all. Is that sinking in with you yet?

calm down ripleys. i was just setting the record straight. the amount of comments i've read about united being fortunate to beat norwhich. no we weren't. i call it as i see it and i've been to all united's matches this season apart from the community shield and west brom away,and the only games in which we haven't deserved to win were stoke away and basel at home. those two aside we have been the better side in each of our matches,no mean feat given the opposition we've faced and the amount of injuries we've had to cope with. have we got the credit we deserve from this from the likes of shearer and lawrenson? of course we haven't. why? because we're manchester united.

"i was just setting the record straight"

As am I. United had chances in which they could have scored. Norwich had chances in which they could have scored. No more setting the record straight than that all said and done.

"i've read about united being fortunate to beat norwhich"

Well, not from me you haven't.

"have we got the credit we deserve from this from the likes of shearer and lawrenson? of course we haven't"

Who, really, gives a toss about Shearer and Lawrenson? They just give their own opinion. If you don't like what they say, that doesn't mean there's an "agenda" against you.

"why? because we're manchester united"

Oh, poor you.

City are averaging over 20 goal attempts a game but I don't think I've read anyone saying that City should or could have won every game 20-0. The only thing that stopped Chelsea or Norwich getting anything at OT was Sunday League standard finishing.

norwhich got nothing yesterday because we were the better team and scored twice. chelsea only created as many chances as they did because we were bereft of three of our first choice back four and it was a crazy game anyway..10-8 to united would have been a more a realistic scoreline given how the game panned out.