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young Macheda trying in vain to fathom out how you develop a rapport with Berbatov.t could have worked. Blackburn were not overly ambitious and one goal for the visiting team probably would have been enough. But, when their smattering of chances did come, United couldn’t take them. Oh, for Wayne RooneyIn the first half they really threatened only twice. Antonio Valencia — one of their better players — saw an angled drive beaten out by Paul Robinson in the 25th minute before the Blackburn goalkeeper denied the same player 20 minutes later.With half-time beckoning, Berbatov played a cute ball through to set Valencia clear. The Ecuadorian appeared to have won the battle of wits with Robinson by delaying his shot but the ball still rebounded from the goalkeeper’s legs.Ferguson later blamed the pitch but still admitted Valencia should have scored was our best chance and a goal then would have come at a crucial time,’ he saidThere was no fighting talk, no message of defiance to Chelsea. Barring two slip-ups by the London club, the Barclays Premier League title will head to Stamford Bridge.United’s race is not yet run. But the defending champions are on their last legs — tired legs, too, if Sunday was anything to go bFerguson tried to shake things up a little and inject some energy by making six changes to the team that went out of the Champions League to Bayern Munich in midweek. He played 18-year-old Federico Macheda up front with Dimitar Berbatov and that was a relatively brave movBut it would appear that United’s European setback has sucked the life from Ferguson’s squad, not just from the players who appeared that night.his was a lacklustre effort, from front to back, and though they were the better side they were not good enoughThe 5,000 travelling United supporters who gave their team such admirable backing throughout will have headed back down the M61 irritated no doubt by one of Berbatov’s most insipid performanceThe Bulgarian was very poor, a moaning, whining, gesturing, posturing waste of a The sight of seasoned United players like Gary Neville and Paul Scholes refusing to draw attention to Berbatov’s ‘injury’ perhaps said everything for his standing at Old Trafford.
This time there were no excuses. No red cards. No Germans to blame. Instead, there was an acceptance from Sir Alex Ferguson that his Manchester United side had not quite been of the
Man U held at Blackburn
Man U held at Blackburn
Man U held at Blackburn
Man U held at Blackburn

Man U held at Blackburn