September Review (manutd.com)
As We Enter The 2nd Month Of The Season,The Red Devils Look Like They Are Going To Be The Team To Beat In The Premier League,4 Wins And 4 Clean Sheets In August Including Victory Over Manchester City Sees United Top Of The Table,September Is A Busy Month For The Defending Champions As It Sees The Start Of The UEFA Champions League And Also The Carling Cup,With 4 League Games Thrown In Including Games Against Arsenal And Chelsea It Is Sure To Be A Testing Time.
In The UEFA Champions League Manchester United Have Been Handed What Looks Like A Good Draw,Being Drawn Alongside Celtic Of Scotland,Lazio Of Italy And Also AEK Athens Of Greece,The Red Devils Must Surely Be Looking Beyond The Group Stage And Looking To Wrap Up Qualification As Soon As Possible.
September Results
Reading 0 Manchester United 2 Manchester United 2 Birmingham 0 Celtic 1 Manchester United 3 (UEFA Champions League)
Chelsea 0 Manchester United 0 Portsmouth 0 Manchester United 1 (Carling Cup 3rd Round)
Manchester United 3 Arsenal 1 Manager Reaction To The Month With Sky Sports News
Claire Tomlinson - Good Afternoon Mr Flaherty,September Has Been A Busy Month For You And Your Players With 4 League Games Aswell As Champions League And Carling Cup Games How Do You Feel You Coped With The Demands Of The Fixture List
Kieran Flaherty - Hello Claire,As You Have Said We Had A Busy Month With 6 Games In Total Being Played Only 2 Of Which Were At Home,I Feel We Did Very Well Indeed And The Performences We Had Were Very Pleasing Especially Against Arsenal And Chelsea,2 Of Our Rivals For The League,To Come Through Them Unbeaten Is A Big Confidence Booster To The Lads
Claire Tomlinson - Yes Them Results Could Be Very Important Come May For Your Team,I Just Want To Move On And Have A Word With You About The Champions League Draw,What Are Your Feelings About Your Opponents Celtic,Lazio And AEK
Kieran Flaherty - Well Every Team In The Champions League Are Dangerous But To Be Honest I Was Just Glad That We Avoided Any Long Trips,Scotland Is Just A Hour Away And Italy Not Too Far Aswell So I Was Happy With That,I Was Very Pleased With The Result In Glasgow,To Win 3-1 Away Is A Great Achievement As In Past Years Our Away Results Havent Been Great Outside Of Manchester,If We Can Put In Perfomences Like That Away From Home We Will Be Up There At The End Of The Season At The Business End Of The Competition
Claire Tomlinson - Just Before We Go I Just Want To Talk About A Couple Of Individuals,Going Forward Wayne Rooney Scored 7 Goals This Month But You Lost Cristiano Ronaldo To Injury How Do You Feel Your Attacking Options Are,Also Your Defence Has Been Superb More Than 600 Minutes Without Conceding At The Beginning Of The Season
Kieran Flaherty - Well Wayne Has Been In Terrific Form Not Just Scoring Goals But Also His Work Rate Has Been Brilliant,The News On Cristiano Is That He Has Fractured Ribs And Is Going To Be Out For A Month Which Is Unfortunate However We Do Have Nani And Ryan (Giggs) Who Can Play That Position,The Defence Has Really Pleased Me,Only Conceding 1 Goal In The 1st 8 Games Is Brilliant And Is What Is Needed If We Are Goin To Be Succesfull
Claire Tomlinson - Thank You For Your Input Again This Month And Good Luck In October,Speak To You Then
Kieran Flaherty - Thank You Very Much
Positives In September
Rooneys 7 Goals In 6 Games
Carling Cup Progress
Young Player Of The Month (Rooney)
Undefeated Against Arsenal And Chelsea
Negatives In September
Ronaldo Rib Injury (1 Month Out)
