Being "unlucky" this often at Old Trafford can't be a coincidence, can it? Not to deny the brilliance of Nani's first goal for the Red Devils, which came in the 68th minute, but the lack of a call on an apparent handball by Wes Brown, which thwarted yet another Spurs shot on goal, was the type of advantage the "big four clubs" seem to get in matches (yes, I know about Chelsea at Liverpool from a couple of weeks ago...).
A lot of action in this one, but way too many errant passes by both sides hampered the flow of the offenses for large chunks of time. There was a nice run by new defenseman Gareth Bale up the left side that created a chance early on, and Dimitar Berbatov was his usual self up front in trying to capitalize on those, but it took a great effort by Rio Ferdinand to clear one of those shots off the line after Berbatov had beaten Man U goalie Edwin van der Sar. Jermaine Jenas also cleared a shot off of the line after Spurs goalie Paul Robinson had been beaten late in the second half, the only mistake Robinson had made all day, he really had no chance to stop Nani's rocket, even though he did manage to get some fingers on the ball. Ricardo Rocha also did well on the defensive effort for Spurs, especially in the latter parts of the first half, when Man U seemed to have risen from their slumber.
Spurs definitely deserved a point from this one, which is the worst feeling of them all. Of course, there will be other matches, but this one stings just a little bit more. Grrr.
BBC REPORT
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