Middlesbrough Away

A good solid 2-0 win for United today. They played well and Middlesbrough never really threatened.

A couple of players were rested ready for the Champions League 2nd leg with Arsenal on Tuesday but the squad is good enough that any replacements can do a good job.

Ryan Giggs scored the first goal in his 801st game for United just a week after becoming the PFA Player of the Year. Giggs was a surprise winner of the award but looking back over his career, there's clearly a case that he sould have won it way before now.

I remember when Giggs made his debut back in 1991. He was 17 years old. Now, aged 34 he's still going strong despite having won everything there is to win (many times) and he's done it all playing for the same team which is especially rare these days.

The second goal of the day was scored by Park after a great ball from Rooney to put United 6 points clear of Liverpool having now played the same games and with just 4 remaining.

It's certainly not all over yet but it's looking good.

Football. Bloody hell.

Another topsy-turvy day in the English Premier League.

After watching Liverpool set themselves on the way to a 3-1 victory at Hull courtesy of a cheating little Argentinian and reclaim top spot on goal difference, it was time to settle down to the real action, Manchester United v Tottenham.

The day seemed to take a turn for the worse when Tottenham went in at half time with a surprising 2-0 lead. I tried cheering myself up by telling my Wife about the game a few years agao at White Hart Lane when Tottenham were 3-0 up at half time and United came out 5-3 winners. I was probably just trying to convince myself it wasn't all over.

United got a fortunate penalty which Ronaldo tucked away to give us a glimmer of hope. I say fortunate because I've seen a lot of similar challenges go unpunished but the Tottenham goalkeeper did make contact with Michael Carrick and a penalty was the right decision.

Wayne Rooney hit the equaliser 10 minutes later, and set Ronaldo up for the third just a minute later and the game was turned on it's head. There was no stopping United now with Rooney getting his second, United's fourth.

Even Dimitar Berbatov got in on the action, forcing in a fifth against his old club.

This certainly made a refreshing change from the scrappy 1-0 wins that have seen United through this far in the season. I think the game was coming where they would find things going their way, even if it was just the second half today.

Hopefully this result will boost their confidence and give them the momentum to see them through to the end of the season. United need three wins from the last five league games to clinch the title for the third year running.

There's also the small matter of the Champions League Semi-final against Arsenal. Teams often get in the habit of winning. Maybe this was the game that reminded United what they are capable of.

It's been a crazy few weeks whatever team you follow, reminding us all why we love this game. In the words of Sir Alex Ferguson: Football. Bloody hell.