So, EPL 2013-14 season has begun and everyone starts taking notes on the preliminary matches of some of the league baggies, and defending champion Manchester United is on top of the list. United registered a first win of the season with rather a comfortable margin against an underdog of last season Swansea City. The match was more on the media coverage for its new manager Moyes who recently took over Alex Ferguson’s 26-year-old legacy and became the boss of The Red. Among the few match highlights, Rooney’s presence, though for only thirty minutes, made fans cheery and they applauded him open heartedly. First half hour of the match was calm but next ten minutes made Swans out of the game when Van Persie and Welbeck scored two fine goals in 34th and 36th minutes and in the second half both these players stroked back and fired two more goals taking United lead to 4-1. Bony’s eighty two minutes’ goal reduced the margin little bit but there was no way they can even come closer to the lead. The new Scottish manager proved his worth to the new club by decently motivating players throughout the game; even fans across the board commended his affords to put down defending champions on the top of the leaderboard right in the beginning.
Over last few weeks, United failure to sign some of its aspirant players was widely criticized in the media, and somewhere it was being linked with Moyes’ inability to negotiate with other clubs, but everyone also accepted Red Devils’ army of world class players’ strength to face any challenge without need of any addition. As far this match is concerned, first half an hour was the only phase when both teams were looking equally dominating, but in the next half an hour, situation reversed completely and United took the lead not only on the scoreboard but also on opponents’ mind, in fact, there was not even a single moment thereafter when Swansea players looked trying to retard their defeat.
Their manager Michael Laudrup also accepted this and said, “For the first 30 minutes we were very competitive and at moments we dominated. You can come back from that but when they scored a second, against a team like Manchester United – it’s difficult. The difference was in the in finishing but that second goal really destroyed us in many ways and we never really recovered from that. Three of their four goals were outstanding, but you can’t say we played badly, especially in the first half.”