Wayne Rooney believes the criticism directed at him for the lack of goals for Manchester United is unwarranted and is confident he will soon rediscover his scoring touch.
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In fact, there were a number of stand out performers on the day for Newcastle, who proved that even when their backs are against the wall they are up for the fight under McClaren.
Newcastle drew their first game 2-2 at home to Southampton and lost their second 2-0 away to Swansea City.
An end-to-end finish to the match saw both sides go agonisingly close to a victor , with Chris Smalling hitting the post with a header before Newcastle debutant Florian Thauvin nearly diverted Papiss Cisse’s centre past Romero.
Manager Louis van Gaal, though, maintains that United is not in need of attacking reinforcements before the transfer window closes on September 1.
“We did not make the right choices in the final third, but we played fantastic as a team”.
Chicharito had the best chance of the game after coming on late into the match, but Tim Krul pulled off a good save with his feet to deny the Mexican a first goal since returning to Manchester from Madrid.
Manchester United will travel to Belgium to take on Club Brugge in the second leg of their Champions League playoff round tie on Wednesday and Shaw feels it will be a good opportunity for them to bounce back from a disappointing result in the league.
Another player who’s seen his chances in the first team reduced with the acquisition of Memphis, and Januzaj’s recent inclusion, is Young.
The two could prove a real handful to defences as the season wears on. Wilson had landed two before a half an hour but West Ham brought it back level after half-time with goals from Mark Noble and Cheikhou Kouyate.
Chelsea haven’t had the start to the season they would have wanted. Most of the attention surrounding Chelsea has been about the fall-out between Mourinho and club doctor Eva Carneiro so not a lot has been said about Chelsea’s poor start. Which fantasy players do you have in this one? There is some uncertainty surrounding West Brom Striker Saido Berahino’s future after Tottenham had a bid for him rejected this week. Benteke is looking ever more risky as the weeks pass and could Monday be the night he conjures up some magic for his new club? I know how to play the role.
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“We had a bit of luck but I want this result to give us belief”.
