baldmosher
Well-Known Member
Cast your minds back.
Arsenal arrive at Old Trafford on the back of a 49-game unbeaten run. They are Premier League Champions, playing magical, silky football under Arsene Wenger, and have an air of invincibility about them, having finished an entire season unbeaten for the first time since the 1880s. Needless to say, they are admired by all in football, and thoroughly earn the nickname "The Invincibles", just as PNE did, albeit from 22, not 38, games. Their feat will probably never be repeated. Utd are playing fast, counter-attacking football, crossing and shooting from the wings.
Arsenal lose 0-2 to a dogged, workmanlike performance from utd, who cheat their way to victory with a dive in the area from teenage starlet Wayne Rooney.
The football world applauds in appreciation of Arsenal. It reluctantly accepts that this is the real world, and sometimes, cheaters win, but that's football. utd brag about it for months.
Manchester United welcome Manchester City to Old Trafford on the back of utd's 42-game unbeaten home run - not as impressive as Arsenal, but nonetheless imposing. They are Premier League Champions, playing fast, counter-attacking football, crossing and shooting from the wings and throwing caution to the wind.
After mid-20s starlet Ashley Young dives to try to get a player booked, utd concede against the run of (possession and hit-and-hope) play, lose their confidence, have a man sent off for a last-gasp cheating pull as scorer Balotelli is put clean through on goal, and then fall apart as City bang in five more goals to utterly humilate them.
The football world applauds in appreciation of City. It wilfully accepts that this is the real world, and sometimes, cheaters get their comeupance, and boy, is it good to watch. utd accept nothing and brag about how City don't deserve anything because they've not got enough fans in China to deserve it.
It's no wonder that everyone hates them.
Arsenal arrive at Old Trafford on the back of a 49-game unbeaten run. They are Premier League Champions, playing magical, silky football under Arsene Wenger, and have an air of invincibility about them, having finished an entire season unbeaten for the first time since the 1880s. Needless to say, they are admired by all in football, and thoroughly earn the nickname "The Invincibles", just as PNE did, albeit from 22, not 38, games. Their feat will probably never be repeated. Utd are playing fast, counter-attacking football, crossing and shooting from the wings.
Arsenal lose 0-2 to a dogged, workmanlike performance from utd, who cheat their way to victory with a dive in the area from teenage starlet Wayne Rooney.
The football world applauds in appreciation of Arsenal. It reluctantly accepts that this is the real world, and sometimes, cheaters win, but that's football. utd brag about it for months.
Manchester United welcome Manchester City to Old Trafford on the back of utd's 42-game unbeaten home run - not as impressive as Arsenal, but nonetheless imposing. They are Premier League Champions, playing fast, counter-attacking football, crossing and shooting from the wings and throwing caution to the wind.
After mid-20s starlet Ashley Young dives to try to get a player booked, utd concede against the run of (possession and hit-and-hope) play, lose their confidence, have a man sent off for a last-gasp cheating pull as scorer Balotelli is put clean through on goal, and then fall apart as City bang in five more goals to utterly humilate them.
The football world applauds in appreciation of City. It wilfully accepts that this is the real world, and sometimes, cheaters get their comeupance, and boy, is it good to watch. utd accept nothing and brag about how City don't deserve anything because they've not got enough fans in China to deserve it.
It's no wonder that everyone hates them.