Boss: We threw it awayQUOTE
Sir Alex Ferguson made no attempt to dress up United's concession of two points at Goodison Park, admitting that the Reds had self-destructed when it mattered most.
United were 3-1 up and coasting as the game entered injury-time, only for Everton to snatch a point through goals from Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta.
"From a completely comfortable position we've thrown it away, simple as that," Sir Alex told Sky Sports. "Our last two away games have been like that. We lost a goal with two minutes to go against Fulham, and it's the same again today.
"We were wasteful, we had chances to bury Everton but we didn't do it. We missed a lot of good chances. For the most part of the game I'm pleased with the performance. We played some good football at times - I can't dispute that part, but we've just thrown it away, simple as that."
The United manager did single out goalscorer Berbatov for special praise, but admitted the Bulgarian's display may be forgotten amid the fallout from the game's climax.
"Berbatov was our best player, I thought he was absolutely brilliant at times, but it's all wasted because we've given the two points away," he said.
"He's a great player. Maybe he didn't reach his normal heights last season; he had some difficult moments but he also had some great moments, and today again he had some great moments."
Sir Alex went on to confirm that Rio Ferdinand should start United's next match; a mouth-watering Champions League clash with Rangers.
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=...&newsid=6652242We must learn from thisQUOTE
Darren Fletcher says it’s imperative the Reds learn lessons from Saturday’s disappointing 3-3 draw at Goodison Park.
Like United’s last away game, against Fulham at Craven Cottage, Sir Alex’s men threw away a lead in the dying stages. At Fulham it was a single goal; at Everton David Moyes’ side scored twice in injury time to earn a share of the spoils.
"It’s desperately disappointing," Fletcher told MUTV. "We were 3-1 up at 90 minutes… [to draw from that position ] is not what’s expected at United.
"All we can do now is learn from it – that’s the biggest thing. The same happened to us at Fulham and this shows we haven’t learned from that. We really have to do that now and see games out when we’re in a winning position."
Earlier, United had done well to recover from going a goal down to draw level at the break, courtesy of Fletcher’s 42nd-minute strike.
“It was important we scored straight away and went into half-time at 1-1," he stressed. "At that point we would have been the happier team.
“Then we came out in the second half, played some good football and got ourselves into a good position. We started the second half the way we should do – we passed the ball around and took our chances. We were in control of the game.”
But Tim Cahill’s header in the 91st minute gave Everton hope, even though the Toffees still trailed at that point with only 90 seconds remaining.
“Once they got that second goal it gave the whole place a lift,” Fletcher said. “You can’t give teams like Everton any sort of confidence – it gives them hope and then they threw men into the box for the last minute, which they wouldn’t have done at 3-1.
“Teams like Everton play until the final whistle and they proved that today. If we don’t defend right as a team we’re going to get punished.
"The biggest thing, though, is that we learn from today and don’t let it happen again."
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=...&newsid=6652244Really dissapointed with the end result considering that we were 3-1 up with just minutes to go. The lads really need to buck up especially in these sort of tricky away games where the home team will always raise another level in their performances.
Not sure what happened but Evra was rather shaky at the back while Evans did not look comfortable with those aerial challenges where he conceded quite a number of freekicks in dangerous area.
Our stats so far:

Berbatov the top scorer while Nani with the most assists.
Home: P2 W2 D0 L0 GF6 GA0
Away: P2 W0 D2 L0 GF5 GA5
We are leaking quite a number of goals away from home which need to be stopped soon with more tricky away trips to come. Hopefully the return of Rio will steady the ship.
We now trailing Arsenal by 2pts and Chelsea by 4pts. Some might say its still early in the season but we know Chelsea will not drop too many points throughout the season so it will not be good to open the gap so soon.
QUOTE(Ken @ Sep 11 2010, 11:28 PM)
btw, dont be sore loser, update the score outside the thread pls
Not sure who you are directing that to but if its me, you better understand that I am NOT 24/7 sticking to my computer so you can forget it if you are expecting INSTANT update.
Slow of update = sore loser? Since when that's the case? Not to mention by that time you posted that [11:28 PM] I was still watching the other live matches on TV hence not around the computer.
This post has been edited by alien2003: Sep 12 2010, 12:57 AM