Manchester United vs. Bolton Wanderers Review

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Whoa! What a game! and What a show by Rooney! Was there ever a better way to announce his arrival back in form than a fantastic treble against Bolton at the Reebok! In short, Rooney was back to his lethal best with clinical finishing as he single-handedly disposed off Bolton, especially with an awesome solo effort for his hat-trick and United’s 4th to put the final nail in the coffin!

I predicted a tough encounter but the game got me wondering whether christmas had come early! Considering this was supposedly a “top-of-the-table” clash but in the end turned out to be quite different. We showed our class and Bolton were left distinctively second best.

The Rooney show began as early as the 10th minute with a beautiful pass from Carrick and a neat finish by Rooney with his left foot. The second came minutes later with a coolly taken goal by Rooney, a curler from outside the box into the bottom-right of the goal. The game wore on … Bolton pressed and came close but only on a couple of occassions but the central defensive pairing of Rio and Vidic held firm, not to mention a superb save from Van der Sar off a Campo strike with 15 minutes to go.

Later, a mistake from Bolton’s leftback allowed Saha in on goal and he unselfishly passed on the ball to Ronaldo to slot home our third before Rooney finished it off with a solo effort of his at the death.