The Performance Of Champions! Manchester United! The Comeback Kings!

The Performance Of Champions! Manchester United! The Comeback Kings! Yes I've repeated the title, my blog I can do what I like haha but to the point of this post its to discuss our season to date and because I haven't posted since 14th February.

As we all know Manchester United are the comeback kings, there have been so many performances of the comeback kind in the last 20 odd years that I can't even begin to list them... 1-0 down to Bayern Munich Champions League Final in Barcelona with Sheringham and Solskjaer to score two injury time goals and make us the only team in English football to achieve the unprecedented treble, yeah that's just one and obviously one of the main ones so had to mention it. A few more to mention there was the game down at White Heart Lane where we were 3-0 down at halftime to Tottenham and then ended up winning 5-3 thanks to goals from Cole, Blanc, Van Nistelrooy, Veron and Beckham... I'm hoping I'm right ok I probably am haha and then there's examples of the comeback determination this season like the game against Blackpool where we were 2-0 and turned the game on its head to win 3-2 which brings me to today....

Before this season I haven't seen United play much but thanks to student finance I've made sure I've gone. I'm no armchair supporter I mean having a Manchester United tattoo on my forearm should help to prove I'm a diehard supporter lol but yes today well yesterday looking at the time me and my dad went to the West Ham versus Manchester United game at Upton Park. I got tickets for us both because he is a Hammers fan and after driving me to Old Trafford to watch us stuff Arsenal with 7 defenders recently in the FA Cup Quarter Finals 2-0 I thought I'd buy us tickets but yes I had to sit with the West Ham fans. We went 2-0 down to two first half penalties, no complaints with them but really I'm not sure if 2-0 had justified the way we were playing, we'd created chances but lacked the cutting edge until the second half... at halftime I kissed my tattoo in the toilets as I was obviously not showing that I was a Man United fan whilst sitting with the home fans haha but yeah I said as I kissed the badge 'Come On United! We can do this!' well Hernandez came on, the Mexican superstar and thankfully he and the team delivered an inspiring second half comeback! Just to add Ryan Giggs had another class as always, one of the greatest players of all time... there is no doubt about it!

Rooney scored a quality curling free kick before finishing fantastically from a marvellous first touch for his second and then Wazza completed his hat-trick with a penalty! I was over the moon and twitching with joy and smiling. I went to the toilet after our first to smile to myself lmao but yes the comeback was completed, I got to see Wayne Rooney have the best game of his season and hopefully get back to his best form which he has slowly been getting to up until this great performance. Javier Hernandez got the 4th, I was so happy to get to see probably my favourite player for United score. A great day out but I did feel slightly sorry for my Dad but being honest I think West Ham will survive and I hope they do.

To finish this really was a Championship winning performance, I feel like we've got the title now but obviously we have to just focus to make sure we finish the job and hopefully with winning the Premier League so will Champions League and FA Cup triumphs. A second treble would be amazing! To every United fan out there have faith and believe in the team and we will achieve greatness! Glory Glory Man United! Thanks for reading.

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Javier Hernández : A Star Is Born!

Like most Manchester United fans I only heard of Javier Hernández when we announced his signing, I thought his name rang a bell but I wasn't too sure, the transfer didn't have that much press especially as it was around the time of our Champions League game with Bayern Munich and I only heard his name again from that day when England played a World Cup warm up friendly against Mexico. I remember they mentioned that he had scored 4 goals in 4 international games for them which sounded impressive and he looked sharp in that game despite not scoring but he did the business where it matters, unlike the England team, as he took the World Cup by storm. He scored against France as Mexico beat them 2-0, a well taken goal as he sidestepped Hugo Lloris before finishing into the open net. Impressive performances earned him his first start of the tournament against Argentina where he scored a quality goal turning Demichelis before firing with his left foot into the top left corner but unfortunately Mexico did not go on to win that match.

As I am a huge football fan I watched most of the World Cup games so seeing Hernández perform so highly was great to watch as it showed his huge amount of potential. When you look at some of the goals he has scored on youtube they are just class. His goal against Chelsea was hilarious when he shot and the ball deflected off his face into the back of the net, I'd like to add that I was extremely happy that United won 3-1. Since that goal he's gone on to score another 8 goals this season for Manchester United, every game we haven't been winning I have always been calling for him to come on. The first time was when we played Valencia away and I just kept saying bring Hernandez on and someone in the room said why he won't do anything so I said fine I'll bet you a tenner and what do you know he scored the winner! Sadly I didn't get the 10 pound but oh well United won and "Chicharito" scored so that's the main thing. Speaking of his nickname I'd like to say that I think its great, I think its sounds like a pokemon and yes after thinking that I did make a joke about Sir Alex saying 'I choose you Chicharito' which is funny or not depending on who you are haha.

Anyway back to where I was, following the Valencia game Javier Hernández has scored another 7 goals for United. He is already on his way to becoming a fan favourite at Old Trafford following crucial goals in games like the one against Stoke away in the Premiership, both goals in that game showed how great he is with his feet and his head as the backflick header in that game was just quality, it reminded me of a Teddy Sheringham type header. He went on to score in the last minute against Wolves and most recently grabbed a late winner against West Brom away to get 3 points for United and on Tuesday night he scored against Stoke in a 2-1 win at Old Trafford. That goal was his 9th of the season and made him the highest scoring Mexican in Premiership history. Sir Alex Ferguson recently compared Chicharito to Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following his knack for last minute goals just like the United legend. Hernández said he has much more to do before he can be compared to Ole, the young Mexican is making progress towards becoming the next baby faced assassin at the Theatre of Dreams and if he manages to emulate Solskjaer by grabbing a winning goal in a Champions League Final for United he really will be a star.