Reds and Blues Draw 1-1

I hate not being able to watch my Manchester United Reds. Especially when they play their rival, Chelsea Blue's. I won't lie, I was not terribly excited for this game. The last years european and premier league champions have not had a perfect season so far. First their opening game ended with a draw to Newcastle, which was horrible to watch. Also the the little capitulation to Zenit St. Petersburg in the Super Cup was an embarrassment, and last weekend’s defeat to the Liverpool team that looked supierior to Manchester United shows the lack of attitude the team has in the opening weeks of the season very well, and the injuries and suspensions they have had just add insult to injury.

But despite all of these factors Manchester United managed to pull off a draw, that could have been very possibly a win. Cristiano Ronaldo, arguably the best player in the world, didn't even start for the Reds, but later came in, and Carlos Tevez did not even play. Then later in the 32 Minute, Goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar went up for a 50/50 ball and came down injured so the Red's had to play with their backup keeper for the remainder of the match. Referee Mike Riley made matters worse as he was a little card happy and decided to hand out 7 yellow cards to Manchester United. As Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, commented that he did not think any of those tackles were bad.

The Red's could have won after being up 1-0 in the 18th Minute, but Sir Alex Ferguson said that they played to conservative after their goal which allowed Chelsea to regroup and tie it up in the 79th Minute. It's disappointing to see Manchester United draw after being up 1-0, but how the season has been going, I'll gladly take this draw and expect only for the Reds to gain momentum and improve from here on out. Manchester United, as fans can remember last season, had a dismal start to their season and were crowned european and primier league champions, so all is not lost Manchester United Fans.