Man Utd thrills, spills, makes up and pleases!

It's been a while since I've stayed up to watch a Man United match - kinda shameful for a self-proclaimed hard-core Man United fan, but I stayed up tonight to watch Man United take on AC Milan.

Man United scored the opener with C. Ronaldo heading in a goal in the first 5 minutes of play - what a way to start! I was kinda scared cos Man United have the tendancy to let goals in - especially after an early one.

Kaka wrecked havoc on the Man United defence which was short of Rio Ferdinand, Vidic and Gary Neville - leaving Heinze in in central defence with Wes Brown, and scored 2 goals, sinking Man United down 2-1 at a home game.

It was 2-1 at half time and when the second half kicked off, Man United were in top gear, pushing for the equalizer which came from Scholes and Rooney. A beautiful flick-off from Scholes left Rooney in the open and Rooney took his chance, slamming the ball just under Dida for the equalizer. Dida got his body to it, but it came so hard that it just bounced under and into the goal! 2-2!

The remaining 30 minutes or so were gruelling... the thrills were there in the opener, the spills (both defensive errors) that led to the two goals from Kaka and then the make-up goal from Rooney. The lot of us watching the game were waiting for that one more goal for Man United to take the game. We waited till the 90th minute and added time... then it happened.

Ryan Giggs stole the ball from midfield (on the right side) and played it down to the middle at the corner of the penalty area. Rooney ran in the center of the penalty area and Giggs slipped the ball through the defence. Rooney touched the ball once and curled it with so much speed and accuracy that a diving Dida could do nothing to reach the ball. 90+1 minutes!!!!

WHAT A GAME!! I'm glad I stayed up for it! Man United beat AC Milan 3-2, even with a 2nd string defence! Wooo!!! Gooooooooood morning!