Last minute business? Maybe. Excellent defending? Surely. The result we needed? Definitely. Three points from this game means we go 5 points clear of Man-City, and if potentially 8 by the end of the next weekend.
Meanwhile rumours of City cracking up are everywhere, all that remains is those waving white flags. City showed that they still had spirit, coming back from 3-1 against Sunderland , to draw 3 all. But worryingly for City fans they also demonstrated why a clash of ego's was a collision waiting to happen. The City juggernaut appears to have applied the breaks, but that was not the only thing Nigel De Jong felt like breaking on that evening, following his feud with Mancini. (Yes we are talking about the cool, calm, collected composed and a work horse by nature, De Jong) Then Super Mario showed why he was still 'untrustable' in his managers words by having his mini argument with Kolorov on a set-piece just outside the box.
United however are coolly ahead now. They had to work for it though. Throughout the first half the Reds found no penetration despite seeing 67% of possession. Blackburn in contrast had the only clear cut shots, 3 splendidly saved by the increasingly maturing De Gea. The second half nothing changed, and Hernandez continued his trend of wasting shots from the first half. The Mexican was soon substituted for Danny Welbeck. Also Paul Scholes came off for Ashley Young and Giggs came on for ex-Rovers man Phil Jones.
United suddenly turned up a few notches quite like against Norwich City a few matches back and soon Antonio Valencia had the ball at the back of the net after taking the ball along the wing.
5 minutes later Robinson was again picking the ball out of the goal, after Ashley Young curled a pristine shot just out the range of the Keeper.
United ahead means manythings, not least a 20th title, and for the most Optimistic fan, the Reds could well lift the title at the Ethihad.(Titbit-----Ethihad means United)
Meanwhile rumours of City cracking up are everywhere, all that remains is those waving white flags. City showed that they still had spirit, coming back from 3-1 against Sunderland , to draw 3 all. But worryingly for City fans they also demonstrated why a clash of ego's was a collision waiting to happen. The City juggernaut appears to have applied the breaks, but that was not the only thing Nigel De Jong felt like breaking on that evening, following his feud with Mancini. (Yes we are talking about the cool, calm, collected composed and a work horse by nature, De Jong) Then Super Mario showed why he was still 'untrustable' in his managers words by having his mini argument with Kolorov on a set-piece just outside the box.
United however are coolly ahead now. They had to work for it though. Throughout the first half the Reds found no penetration despite seeing 67% of possession. Blackburn in contrast had the only clear cut shots, 3 splendidly saved by the increasingly maturing De Gea. The second half nothing changed, and Hernandez continued his trend of wasting shots from the first half. The Mexican was soon substituted for Danny Welbeck. Also Paul Scholes came off for Ashley Young and Giggs came on for ex-Rovers man Phil Jones.
United suddenly turned up a few notches quite like against Norwich City a few matches back and soon Antonio Valencia had the ball at the back of the net after taking the ball along the wing.
5 minutes later Robinson was again picking the ball out of the goal, after Ashley Young curled a pristine shot just out the range of the Keeper.
United ahead means manythings, not least a 20th title, and for the most Optimistic fan, the Reds could well lift the title at the Ethihad.(Titbit-----Ethihad means United)
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