article_snippet.sent: United enjoyed enough possession throughout to get something from a game.
article_snippet.sent: If that is true then maybe the United manager should have said something in the United manager pre-match address to halt his pre-match address.
article_snippet.sent: Regardless, the United manager suggestion that the United manager lost three individual duels in the build-up to the first goal was telling and James McCarthy’s strike illustrated how the afternoon was to play out for both sides.
article_snippet.sent: United had begun reasonably well.
article_snippet.sent: United passed the ball well at Chelsea last weekend and began this game in a similar groove.
article_snippet.sent: it should have been stopped at source, though, and United’s attempts to gain parity over the next 30 minutes similarly lacked conviction.
article_snippet.sent: With so much of the game still to run, there was no sense of panic from United.
article_snippet.sent: Once again, United enjoyed possession.