Slick United finally puts on a razzle-dazzle show
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MANCHESTER United finally produced a swashbuckling display worthy of its great name in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Newcastle United on Tuesday, former Old Trafford favorites Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand said.
“Boring, boring United” suddenly became “scoring, scoring, United” as Louis van Gaal’s men threw caution to the wind in a game being hailed as one of the best Premier League matches of the season.
Surrounding Wayne Rooney with young, energetic forwards could be the key that unlocks a complete turnaround in United’s fortunes, according to Ferdinand.
Rooney was like a firecracker up front, producing a dynamic performance that could have yielded a bucketful of goals for him and his team.
The 30-year-old England striker scored twice, a first-half penalty and a venomous right-foot shot from 20 meters into the top corner late in the game, and laid on another goal for Jesse Lingard with some clever approach play.
Operating alongside the 23-year-old Lingard and the 20-year-old Anthony Martial in the forward line seemed to liberate Rooney. “It was a real confident, immaculate-looking Wayne Rooney tonight,” former England defender Ferdinand, who made 455 appearances for United between 2002-14, told BT Sport.
“The Chelsea game,” he added in reference to last month’s 0-0 draw with the league champion, “and this game, when he’s played something like we’ve seen before, each time he had runners (alongside).”
Scholes has been among the harshest critics of Van Gaal but he was considerably more upbeat after United’s display at Newcastle. “Loads better,” he said. “Tonight that was like watching a Manchester United team. Okay, they didn’t win but they should have won, really ... now they have to try and transfer this type of form to Old Trafford.”
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