Man Utd 2 - 1 Stoke City

The news is that one.

Habari ndiyo hiyo.

Scrappy is the word.......the visitors ought to have killed the game when Tuncay headed out with no keeper in sight.....I reiterate.This one will crumble soon.

Lucky escape from another unnecessary draw....@ Njung'e, i agree with you, if they continue playing like that then its only a matter of time before they follow Chelsea. The coming fixtures are also not that favorable to them...L'fool (FA), Spurs (A), Birmingham (H),Blackpool (A), Villa (H), Wolves (A) Man City (H). I can only hope Arsenal won't drop points during this period although i don't think tonight's match is a "must win" for us.

Ok, let me get something straight. StRoke City had only 5 shots (1 on target) with 35% ball possession and it was a lucky escape? They did not even trouble Kuszczk, were weak in the final 3rd, their 2 strikers were not in the game. A lucky escape is what we saw in the West Brom game over the weekend!

That they ought to have killed the game? Man U had 19 shots (albeit 2 on target) with 65% possession. United had the chances to kill it off, which they never took.

Taz, Njung'e, et al. It may no have been a convincing win, but I think you arsenal fans are just hating, period. Champions grind out results. Clearly you guys wouldnt know that. Plus mmekuwa mkingoja the cookie to crumble since we started getting the numerous draws.

Besides, if you dont win the 'not a must win' game against Shitty, you will be 5 points adrift having played a game more...I dont think Arsene will want to read your memo.

Jus Blazin & Maichblak.....wacheni kelele, Man Utd got 3 valuable points last night but failed to kill off the match when the had numerous chances.

Even if City win tonight like you said they will still have to play Man utd soon enough, so clearly your theory on points situation is not valid. We're still in January with crucial matches coming up, what excites me is that we're almost through with the top teams this season while Man Utd have not even played Chelsea yet so don't keep mention here ati you have a game in hand na sijui what points clear.

As it stands at the moment Arsenal, Man Utd and Man City have all won 12 matches....we've lost 5 matches this season yet we're still in the title race, that really speaks volumes on the quality of your title rivals!

"The concern is that United need some more consistently stellar individual displays, players dominating games, hinting at a third, let alone fourth gear, because tougher tests lie ahead." Telegraph

"We are contenders without this game but yes, it will be a really important game to us because they are two points ahead of us." Samir Nasri.

I didn't realize we were reading from the same script with our main man but i don't recall saying we'll lose, i just said it is not a "MUST WIN" game.

Failure to kill off a match early becomes an issue only when you ultimately draw or lose it. Otherwise if you win a match, then you have effectively killed it off.

McDoba 3 games 10pts i dont understand unless football imechange

@guka - This makes a lot of sense!!! You and I know the Man City of 2010/2011 is the same as the Man City of yesteryears! Ama vipi?

Mwenza....Despite their unconvincing performance last night, Man Utd got all the three points but don't start telling us that it was some sort of strategy to win by that margin. Most of the games which Utd have drawn were because they failed to kill off the match when they had the opportunity.

Chelsea had the best back four in the EPL then which made very hard for teams to score against them. I think it's Man Utd who have "perfected" the art of winning the league with the scorelines you've just described.