Nemanja Vidic scored in the 90th minute against Sunderland yesterday to lift Manchester United to another win on the season. After the game Vidic admitted that his goal in stoppage time is the most important goal in his Manchester United career. Vidic has now scored eight times since arriving at Manchester United in January 2006, but none prompted the sort of celebrations seen after his strike on Saturday.
“I think the pictures tell the story!” Vidic told MUTV. “My favourite goal is my one against Everton (another winner, in September 2007), but this one, scored with my left foot, is probably the most important. It’s always nice to score.”
Old Trafford erupted when Vidic side footed home in the 90th minute after Michael Carrick’s shot came back off the post. The Reds had been knocking on the door all afternoon, only to be frustrated time and time again after blowing each opportunity.
“We tried all game to score a goal, but we never gave up,” Vidic said. “We attacked all game and we got our reward, we got the three points. At this time in the season it’s important to win every game and we did that. We’ve taken another important step today. We played well against Manchester City last week and today, although we didn’t play as well as we did last Sunday, we got the three points and that’s what’s important."
For anyone who does not know, the points system in the English Premier League is 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. So it is absolutely important to just barely win 1-0 as this system pays favor for the teams that can pull out wins week in and week out. Rivals Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool all pulled out wins earlier in the day so Manchester United's huge win kept them in distance as they are 5 points behind Chelsea and 6 points behind league leading Liverpool.
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