Tag: Robin Van Persie

  • Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Shines in Tactical Mayhem

    Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Shines in Tactical Mayhem

    Tactics? What are tactics? Alex Ferguson continues to let his players go gung-ho in their attempts to erase all of their defensive mistakes. That is just fine with Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney, thriving in the tactical mayhem that has become the breeding ground for these Manchester United comebacks.

  • Manchester United – Robin van Persie is All You Need

    Manchester United – Robin van Persie is All You Need

    Two schools of thought in football: One says that results are all that matter, and it doesn’t matter how you win. The other says that ability, good or bad, in the long range, will eventually catch up with you. It’s easy to understand that after another bad game, decided after only 33 seconds, Alex Ferugson is hoping the first school of thought determines the fate of Manchester United.

  • Manchester United – Don’t Need Robin van Persie Goals

    Manchester United – Don’t Need Robin van Persie Goals

    Another match of falling behind and making a feverish comeback, this time not even needing goals from Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney. Manchester United keep on winning despite playing only 20 minutes of good football each match. It has nothing to do with tactics, and it’ll make them fall and stumble down the road.

  • Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Cheats His Way to Victory

    Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Cheats His Way to Victory

    It was Robin van Persie, as always, that began yet another Manchester United comeback. It was Wayne Rooney selling a dive on the soaked pitch wonderfully, winning a penalty and scoring it this time (unlike the weekend) to keep the Red Devils perfect in the Champions League group stage, clinching qualification into the knockout stage.

  • Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Doing Everything

    Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Doing Everything

    Playing well wasn’t on the table for both teams, only Manchester United executed first. Robin van Persie scored once more, this time in an apologetic manner, but it was Wayne Rooney who made everything happen for the league leaders, doing everything and being everywhere for 90 minutes.

  • Robin van Persie Opens Manchester United Win vs Arsenal

    Robin van Persie Opens Manchester United Win vs Arsenal

    It took him only three minutes to put the Arsenal chapter of his life behind him. Robin van Persie didn’t celebrate his goal, but it was him saying and cementing the fact that he’s moved on to a better place, a better team, as Manchester United cruised to a 2-1 win against a sad, weak and impotent side fielded by Arsene Wenger.

  • Manchester United – Robin van Persie in his Best Form Ever

    Manchester United – Robin van Persie in his Best Form Ever

    This Manchester United side that Alex Ferguson is running with this season is a strange hybrid of atrocious defending, a goalkeeper that defies logic, no midfield play whatsoever, wings that keep on pushing and one Robin van Persie, continuing a two year stretch of being the best goalscorer and player in the Premier League.

  • Robin van Persie Goals & Referee Mistakes win it for Manchester United at Chelsea

    Robin van Persie Goals & Referee Mistakes win it for Manchester United at Chelsea

    Best match of the Premier League season so far? Probably. Manchester United, lead by a prolific Robin van Persie, enojyed a quick lead and a frantic finish that saw Chelsea left win nine men and their comeback attempts thrashed by a goal from an offside position, giving the Red Devils a 3-2 win.

  • Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Enjoying Football Again

    Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Enjoying Football Again

    Two months into the 2012-2013 season, you might say that Wayne Rooney is finally beginning his campaign, picking up his first Premier League goals of the season in another performance that reminded everyone of what he can do for a Manchester United team that needs all the scoring it can get.

  • Manchester United – The Cost of Building the Current Squad

    Despite the general perception of some, almost every important player on the Manchester United team has been purchased for quite a hefty some, with the current squad of players, including Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, Nani, Antonio Valencia and Shinji Kagawa, assembled for a total of £364 million.