Finally the wait is over and Manchester United kicks off its EPL championship quest for 2009-2010. As for their first opponents of the season, this has been a long wait for Birmingham City. Their last meet with Manchester United in 2002 saw them go down by 2-0 with Forlan scoring a little before half time and Beckham scoring the second goal in the latter half.

It’s obvious this is a season for great cheer for Birmingham City as it marks their comeback to EPL, and they’re going to try all newer football strategies to secure their place since this is only their 6th appearance. Obviously, we’re still not sure how well they’re going to hold fort but last year’s champions are raring to go. For all red devil supporters, all hopes are pinned on Berbatov and Rooney. With Nani’s injury, he may not do much. Everyone’s keen on what Owen can do for the team and young Macheda is garnering a lot of support. Don’t forget, there can always be that chance goal from Carrick.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Manchester United Lived to the reputation of being the toughest team to beat. Recovering from the latest loss to everton in FA cup semifinal, Manchester united went down to Tottenham 0-2 after 32 minutes of play with goals from D. Bent and L. Modric in quick sucessions and it remained same till half time. No one would have thought of things to come.

After half time, Manchester United came back strong, Strongest this season, knowing they cant afford the loss with liverpool sitting on their heels. A 57th minute penalty converted by C. Ronaldo set the pace for next 22 minutes which saw manchester scoring not 1, not 2 but 5 goals to turn the heads.

2 from C. Ronaldo in 57th and 68th minute, 2 goals from W. Rooney in 67th and 71th minute and a final goal by D. Berbatov in 79th minute saw one of the greatest recovery ever. And it stayed 5-2 till the final whistle.

This was a great effort by the team and it seems the championship is in bag pretty soon. All we can say is Go United Go.