Christopher Samba’s goal may be enough to keep Manchester United in second for another week, though that will be little consolation for the Blackburn defender. His morose reaction to his 83rd minute goal told onlookers how important the tally was to him. Out of professional obligation, Samba converted that Josh Morris cross, towering over Jonny Evans to do so. The big center back’s scowl said he would have rather the match had already ended.
Manchester United Vs. Blackburn: Late Christopher Samba Goal Little Consolation For Blackburn
As a result, though, Manchester United is back to even on goal difference with Chelsea. Whereas United sat at +20 before the Samba header, the Blackburn defender’s goal dropped them back to Chelsea’s level. If the Blues win at Newcastle on Sunday, Chelsea will hold the tiebreaker advantage over Manchester United. They will stay in first place for at least one more week.
This early in the season, distinctions like that are one hair away from meaningless, but after already devoting five updates to Dimitar Berbatov’s piece, we need some reason to go in a different direction with this match. There’s only so many times we can say Berbatov was huge while Blackburn was poor. While those are the takeaway stories from this match, we needed another angle in closing the book on this rout.
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