BillCarlisle Ex-Manchester said:
It was indeed a good thing IMO.
For years they have been rubbing our noses in for this that and the other.
One thing they will NEVER do is put 6 past us at our place. They never did it when we were crap and at HT last week it was looking like they had their chance to do it, but they couldn't.
We'll always be able to remind them about " The 6-1". That's going to hurt them for a long, long time.
More importantly, it should have given this team the self-belief that if they can put 6 goals past the Rags at the Swamp, they can win anywhere.
The other thing about the 6-1 is that, as the song says, it really could have been 10. Dzeko missed a couple of 1 on 1s, Richards should have had a penalty, Silva put a volley over the bar, Yaya curled one just past the post.
Last week, other than the three they scored I can only remember one real chance, when Welbeck couldn't get on the end of a Valencia cross. Our domination of them, and their failure to do so when the tables were turned, will stand us in good stead not just this season but in years to come.