Terrace Talk

Carlos Tevez plays every match as if he’s trying to escape the ghetto. His way is football from the street, as if each game is a trial game, a need to make his mark.

Two weeks after disposing of Tottenham quite confidently, some pundits predicted that United would come up with a similar performance against Spurs a second time, while others bought into the Ramos revolution. However, there were major differences between the two teams last weekend. Tottenham were quite active in the transfer market, while United spent more time suppressing rumors than putting pen to paper on the last week of January. The sides that met were far different on the second occasion, with Spurs adding Jonathan Woodgate and Alan Hutton to their side, allowing Huddlestone (who looks far less ridiculous at Whiteheart Lane) to move from central defense to the heart of the midfield. While Michael Carrick and Paul Scholes looked dominant in midweek against Portsmouth, you could only assume that Sir Alex Ferguson wanted a more defensive minded midfielder next to Scholes and replaced Carrick with Hargreaves. Luckily it was Carlos Tevez that saved us.