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Robin van Persie Leads Manchester United to Another Win over Liverpool
For the fourth consecutive time, Old Trafford was too much for Liverpool, who came to play about 60 minutes too late. Manchester United were the better side for the first hour, including the entire first half, getting enough of an advantage through the goals of Robin van Persie and Nemanja Vidic, giving them enough of an advantage to come away with a 2-1 win.
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Manchester United – Not Worth Much Without Robin van Persie
Sometimes, being a one-man team isn’t such a bad thing. There isn’t much to Manchester United this season beyond Robin van Persie, but that doesn’t seem to be hurting them too much.
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Javier Hernandez, the Most Efficient Scorer in the Premier League
What makes the best striker in the Premier League? The amount of goals he scores, or the rate in which he scores them in? Whatever the calculation and method is, Manchester United can feel quite secure. They have both Robin van Persie, the league’s top scorer, and Javier Hernandez, with the best goal-per-minute ration in the league.
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Roberto Mancini Uses Robin van Persie as a Subtle Excuse
When you’re the manager of the richest team in England, that has spent quite lavishly yet unwisely in yet another summer transfer window, and you’re already out of the Champions League and 7 points behind in the title race, you gotta make excuses to make it look like it’s not your fault. By talking about Robin van Persie as the difference between City and Manchester United, Roberto Mancini is doing just that.
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Manchester United – Robin van Persie Saves Best for Last
He played for only 24 minutes, but Robin van Persie got to be the only scorer for Manchester United in one of their hardest-earned wins of the season due to the terrible pitch conditions which deprived them from a more free flowing game and because of a very persistent and hard to handle opponents.
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Manchester United – Robin van Persie Hides Everything That’s Wrong
Alex Ferguson still doesn’t have a single defensive player he can trust, or a goalkeeper he knows won’t be a culprit in one of the goals Manchester United concede in a match. So what? Comebacks have nothing to do with them. They have everything to do with Javier Hernandez and Robin van Persie, brilliant and clutch despite everything that goes on.
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Manchester United – Robin van Persie Wasted by Bad Defending
At the end of the day, Robin van Persie was probably feeling a bit more angry towards the player that shot a ball straight to his head from point blank range, although he should be angry at the Manchester United defensive crew, which had another bad performance, allowing two points to slip away.
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Manchester United – Start With Wayne Rooney, Ends With Robin van Persie
Give Manchester United the underdog role, especially in a Premier League match, and they flourish. Wayne Rooney was built for matches like these, with tons of space to operate in and show off skills at both scoring and providing for others, while Robin van Persie simply doesn’t care who he plays against and the stature of the match, he’ll find a way to score.
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Robin van Persie With the Perfect Free Kick Winner (Manchester City vs Manchester United)
Joe Hart took one step too many to his left; Samir Nasri sent his leg forward just a tad too much. Robin van Persie was brought in the beginning of the season to put Manchester United back on top of the Premier League and over Manchester City. In the 90th minute, with a free kick goal against the flow of the final moments he did just that.
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December’s Top Scorers in Europe’s Top Leagues
The list of the top scorers around the best leagues of Europe, as we approach the midway point of the season, consists of some expected names, along with a few surprising ones. While seeing Lionel Messi chased by Cristiano Ronaldo in Spain, Robin van Persie battling with Luis Suarez in England and Zlatan Ibrahimovic leading the charts in France, there are also Michu and Stephan El Shaarawy breaking through.