adminWelbeck was right to celebrate scoring for Arsenal at Old Trafford — it was Manchester United who did not want him! says Jamie Redknapp.
I just loved seeing Danny Welbeck celebrate his goal.It is a load of tosh when a former player doesn’t celebrate against his old team. Goalscoring is why we play/watch/support — and it’s a while since Danny scored one!
United didn’t want to keep him, he left for Arsenal and here he was back at Old Trafford scoring a predatory winner.
Of course he should enjoy it.
Before his goal, watching Danny for an hour was awkward TV. The ball was bouncing away from him. He looked desperate at times.
Even when he went down in the box, I thought he could have gone on to get a shot away. How much did he want to get into that position to shoot?
If you look at Chelsea striker Diego Costa, he just lives for the chances, but as soon as the ball drops for Danny, it’s as if you can hear his pulse racing through the TV and nerves get the better of him.
There are lots of things you can work on in football, but goalscorers have that ice in their veins, like Robbie Fowler, Alan Shearer or Thierry Henry.
It was staggering that Louis van Gaal did not turn to Radamel Falcao. The poor lad must be thinking: What am I doing here?
I know he is not the player Manchester United thought they were getting, but isn’t it down to the manager to get the best out of him?
Goalscorers change games but instead they chased the match with Daley Blind and Michael Carrick, two sitting midfielders, on the pitch.
The defending from United for Arsenal’s first goal was unbelievable!
Yes, it was a fantastic goal for Arsenal but the defending from United was scandalous. That’s not about tactics, that’s players needing to tackle.
Three United players failed to stop Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as he ran at them and Antonio Valencia — who was playing at right back — turned his back on the Arsenal player.
You cannot do that. Roy Keane was in the studio but he must have been thinking he should be putting his boots back on.
Even Roy, at 43, would have put up more resistance. Oxlade-Chamberlain does very well, driving forward and creating the opening (it was nice skill from Mesut Ozil in the build-up too), but they cannot be allowed to do that.
This fixture used to have Keane v Vieira, but these two midfields were packed with different players and nobody more bold than Santi Cazorla.
He doesn’t crash into tackles, but he has a different type of courage; courage on the ball.
He’ll take it in tight areas, uses both feet and always likes to get the play moving. I could watch him all day.
Arsenal were shot to pieces in the 3-1 defeat by Monaco and if it had been down to me, Per Mertesacker would never have played for them again after his display that night.
But his performance at Old Trafford showed character and a welcome return to form.
Luke Shaw will come through this, but he is playing like he has the handbrake on. Is he being overcoached?
What has happened to the marauding full back who played with such freedom for Southampton?
He is only 19 and he will come again, but the player Manchester United signed for £30 million would hit crosses on the run and did his best work at the top end of the pitch.
He isn’t doing that now. It looks to me as if he’s thinking too much and that will be down to him trying to carry out instructions.
He is going to be a star, but when you consider how Nathaniel Clyne is developing, why isn’t Shaw doing the same?
He is a young man, who has had his injuries, but he is struggling and was taken off at half-time in a reshuffle that ultimately didn’t pay off. — Daily Mail Sport
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