| Sign Up | Google+
 

Manchester United Vs. Manchester City, FA Cup Semi-Final: Long Punts Ahoy As Second Half Gets Underway

Stay connected with SB Nation

Manchester City get us going in the second half and almost immediately attempt a silly long pass forward that Manchester United mop up and shuttle to Michael Carrick. The immediately attempts a silly long pass forward that goes out for a goal kick, and then Joe Hart's punt downfield is retrieved by the United defence. It's a bit like a pinball match here.

City manage to put a few (short) passes together and look at least vaguely dangerous for a while, but a clean(!) sliding challenge by Paul Scholes cuts out the opportunity, and then United are free to give the ball back to City with a long pass. At some point those punts are either going to actually work or no longer attempted, right? Please? City might be a boring team but they appear to have picked up the memo much faster than United have in this half, and consequently are looking more dangerous.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

In This StoryStream

There are 0 Comments. Add Yours. Loading

Shortcuts to mastering the comment thread. Use wisely.

C - Next Comment
X - Mark as Read

R - Reply
Z - Mark Read & Next

Shift + C - Previous
Shift + A - Mark All Read

Comment Settings

Live comment alert: Hide it!

Comments for this post are closed.

tracking_pixel_5349_tracker tracking_pixel_5351_tracker