7-1 win by Manchester United over AS Roma. Wow. Now that is some goal scoring dominance like I’ve never seen in a game at this level. Lets rank these goals from most impressive to least impressive, and then cue the highlights so you can be the judge.
- Goal #2, Alan Smith – Beautiful one-touch passing up three-quarters of the field. Turns out to be the game winner as a bonus.
- Goal #6, Michael Carrick – With no hesitation, turns and fires into the top corner from 25 yards.
- Goal #3, Wayne Rooney – Roma looks completely overmatched on this one as ManU moves up the field. Perfect cross by Ryan Giggs and flick by Rooney.
- Goal #4, Cristiano Ronaldo – More of a one-man show on this one, but what a show. He was itching to get in on the goal scoring at this point.
- Goal #1, Carrick – An unexpected strike catches the keeper out of position, and kicks off the fireworks.
- Goal #5, Ronaldo – More nice passing to set up a another cross by Giggs which manages to find Ronaldo for an easy convert.
- Goal #7, Patrice Evra – A nice effort.
| Manchester United 7, Roma 1: One of those, I wouldn’t believe if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. |
It took the full-time to get a decision on this one, but Chelsea prevails over Valencia in what turned out to be a much closer competition than our pool picks (heavily favouring Chelsea) would seem to indicate.
| Valencia 1, Chelsea 2: Michael Essien scores the winner, the first time Chelsea lead over both legs of the matchup. |