Santiago Muñez signs for Man United!!!!!

Remember Santiago Muñez?

This one. :D

On Man United.com Chicharito hails 'dream' move

• Firstly, Javier, how does it feel to have signed for United?
  It’s a dream and I feel so happy. I’ve really enjoyed my week in Manchester – the stadium, the atmosphere at the club and the history are incredible and I want to do great things here.
  
  You were at the Bayern game – what did you make of the experience?
  I felt a lot of things and, as I said, I’m living a dream. The atmosphere was incredible with all the fans singing. It was fantastic to see.
  
  What sort of player are you?
  I just like to enjoy myself. I want to win every day and I hope I can do great things.
  
  You’ve met Sir Alex – what were your impressions of the manager?
  He is a great person and probably the best coach of all time. All my impressions of the team, the club and the city are incredible.
  
  Your family must be very excited at the prospect of you playing for the Reds…
  Yes, they are. My family are my biggest supporters and have been there with me through the good and the bad times and they have supported me a lot, so they’re very pleased.
  
  United will play in Mexico this summer – what reception can the team expect?
  The best. In our country Manchester United are the top team and the reception they will get will be fabulous.

And this is how Chicharitio looks like.

Manchester United 3 Bayern Munich 2

There were chatter that Wayne Rooney was doing a full work out on a bicycle and it was said he played in a practice match with the youth team at Carrington.

I knew Rooney would want to play and I knew Sir Alex would most likely start Rooney given the dismal team performance for the last 2 matches. Losing tonight would most likely be the end of the season. We needed a lift and the senior players had been urging the crowd to be in full support all week.

And when Rooney was named in the starting eleven, and Old Trafford was truly buzzing.

Sir Alex made 3 changes.

Rafeal for Neville. Valencia, Carrick, Fletcher, Gibson and Nani in the midfield and Rooney upfront.

And the changes made were a stroke of masterpiece from Sir Alex.

Rafael drives forward, lays the ball squarely to Rooney who immediately lays the ball to Darron Gibson. Perhaps Bayern were unaware of Gibson's long range shooting abilities and Darron was given the time and space to open the scoring.

3 minutes. 1-0. United got the goal they wanted.

United doubled its lead 3 minutes later. Rooney sends a long, beautiful cross field pass to Valencia. Valencia attacked the flank and sends a cross to a totally unmark Nani who scores with a neat flick!

2-0 inside 8 minutes. Old Trafford was rocking and Bayern was rocked by United.

And in 41 st minute, Valencia sets up Nani's second. 3-0. United is in dream land. I thought I was dreaming.

Two minutes later, Olic pulls one back for Bayern. 3-1. 4-3 on aggregate. Still ok.

Then trouble came.

50th minute. Rafael gets the red card after getting his second booking. Sigh!

Sir Alex takes out Rooney and brings on John O'Shea.

Bayern smelt blood and they went for the kill. In the 74th minute, Ribbery sends corner to the far side of goal to Robben and Robben sends an incredible volley past Van der Sar.

Oh no!

United leads 3-2 for the night but is down on away goal.

Argh!

At 3-0, we had a 2 goal lead for the tie and yet we blew it.

Sigh!

Man United 1 Chelsea 2

Yeah, yeah, yeah. To allow Drogba goal to stand when he was clearly offside was hard to stomach, reminds me about the poor referee decisions at Stamford Bridge earlier decision. Would things have changed if the goal was not allowed?

Doesn't matter now and make no mistake, we deserved to lose.

We were simply out of depth in the first half. Shape of the team was wrong but we shockingly laced the desire, the determination and the effort to want to win the match.

It was exactly watching that Bayern Munich horror show all over again but this time our opponents, Chelsea hit us early in the first half and we never did look like scoring.

Yes, we did played with greater purpose in the second half but that was not good enough.

We have now lost our lead in the league.

Could we still win the league? It's clearly out of our hands now. It's for Chelsea to lose.

Match Review: Manchester United Vs Chelsea

Big clash against Chelsea tomorrow and a bigger clash against Bayern Munich next week.

And no Wayne Rooney.

Good point is both matches will be played at Old Trafford.

And good point is we have Sir Alex.

I honestly never expected Man United to win the title this season, not so soon after selling Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid and only bringing in Valencia and Micheal Owen. From day one, I thought Chelsea had the edge.

And this is where Sir Alex has done so well this season.

Let me count out, just in case.

He's got Wayne Rooney playing much better, yes? He's got Nani back again. And even the older players, like Scholes and Neville has performed great this season. Even Ji Sung is playing much better and lately, especially in the Bolton match, I have to admit, even Berbatov had shown more determination. And it all boils down to Sir Alex, yes?

First thing, how would Sir Alex handle this two match? According to the tables, a draw against Chelsea is not a bad result but we have to beat Bayern Munich. So would he favour and place more importance in the Champions League match next week?

Me? I don't think so.

Sir Alex will want to win this year.

We are simply to close to the finish line to throw it away, and more importantly, it would mean, United has won more league titles than Liverpool and I know Sir Alex would love to have that. No buts to that!

And this is why I feel United will go all out against Chelsea this weekend.

Having said that is easy. Sure easy. Talk is cheap but can United beat Chelsea who suddenly is playing so hot?

Firstly, Portsmouth was a gifted match - thanks to Daivd James's air kicking skills again - what a blunder, what a blooper! Portsmouth was so poor. I am not going to read much about that. Villa match. Chelsea were good but Villa really collapsed in the second half and having seen the match again, I felt that they playing without Drogba was a plus. Their game became for fluid. Now don't get me wrong. It's not that Drogba is no good but it's different. Drogba needs someone really strong midfielder in the team, someone like Essien. With Essien powering up the middle, Drogba is simply more deadlier. That's how I see it and Essien is missing. And this is why I feel that Chelsea had struggled recently. Essien is really the the star.

Before Rooney's injury, I was very confident. United is having a real strong run at home and I was so confident that United will win tomorrow.

But now there's no Rooney.

I still don't think Chelsea can beat United. Certainly not at Old Trafford. Question for me is can United beat Chelsea?

Firstly, United needs to bounce back from their absolute shitty performance last Tuesday.

That was a shocker.

Yeah, I know, there's no Rooney but most of the players already knew that Rooney would be out right after the match and they were already focusing on Chelsea already.

Can Berbatov do it alone? Yes, Berbatov needs to have a big match. Nani and Valencia too! And we need the energy from Ji Sung and Fletcher.

How?

At this moment, I feel United can get at least a draw and let me say it, I won't be surprise to United win. Let me take a wild guess, 2-0 too! Fletcher and Ryan Giggs to be the scorers!

Hehe.. yeah.. a wild, wild guess from me.

Come on United!