Manchester United's Weekend

It's Monday and what else can I blog about other than football!?

Anyway, it's a good weekend to be a Manchester United fan.

Firstly, Manchester United won its second silverware of the season after winning the Carling Cup Finals against Tottenham Hotspurs. In an otherwise sleep-inducing match, Manchester United stuck with the reserves to play an almost full-strength Spurs team. It was quite difficult to see where a goal could come in and it proved to be the point as the game had to be decided on penalty kicks which Manchester United won comfortably. Ben Foster was voted the Man of the Match, which he deserved after making a string of good saves in the two hours of normal play and making a penalty save late on.

Secondly, the only team which was believed to have enough credentials to challenge Manchester United to the summit of the Barclays Premier League failed to take advantage of reducing the gap between them and Manchester United. Liverpool lost their game to Middlesbrough. It was made worse as Chelsea won their game and leapfrogged Liverpool into the second place. The gap between Manchester United and the nearest title rivals remain seven point, with Manchester United having played one game less. Many football pundits believe that the title is now Manchester United to lose, as the title challenges from Chelsea and Liverpool are seen to be over.

Now two pieces of silverware done, three more to go!

Manchester United's next Barclays Premier League game will be an away game at Newcastle United on Wednesday, 4 March.