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Apologies for the late update, been so busy with work and DIY that i've neglected the website a tad, thankfully United haven't been so lazy and have put in some really impressive performances of late. Victories over Arsenal, Portsmouth and Manchester City have sent many pulses raising and hope of victory both in Europe and abroad. The victory over Arsenal was quite possibly the most impressive of the season, with United controlled and patient before exploiting the frailties of Arsenal's system by scoring two goals on the counter attack. The following week United smashed five past a bewildered Portsmouth - a superb tribute on the 52nd anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.

I did a post on our current goal statistics for the season. I found it quite interesting reading, however some posters were more concerned that it the results were not displayed "fairly". I disagree. Anyone that has ever played football at any level knows that scoring just before half time or indeed just after half time can be crucial and therefore I do not agree that every time scale needs to be identical. If this were the case, Owen's late winner against Manchester City back in October would have been rolled into goals that were scored in ninety minutes.

AC Milan are next up in the Champions League and I literally cannot wait for it. I might bang on a bit about their European pedigree but you cannot deny that they are the modern day masters of the European Cup. Real Madrid may have won the trophy a record nine times, however six of those were before Eric Cantona was born! AC Milan have won the trophy five times in the last twenty one years - an amazing record i'm sure you'll agree. Milan have lost their talisman Kaka to Real Madrid, however fellow countrymen Alexandre Pato and Ronaldinho are helping the Rossoneri forget the 2007 Ballon D'or winner.

United are due for a win against Milan having never overcome the Italians to go through the next round. United amazingly beat the Italian champions in 1958 2-1 at Old Trafford before going down 4-0 in the San Siro in the return leg. Milan then beat the reigning European Champions 3-0 in 1969 and went on to lift their second European crown. More recently, United came up short against a Hernan Crespo inspired Milan and lost 2-0 on aggregate. 2007 was the last time the two met, with United beating Milan 3-2 at Old Trafford before being humbled 3-0 in the return leg.

United are in great form at the moment and so are Milan, despite a poor performance against Jose Mourinho's Internazionale less the a month ago. It should be an epic match and i'm hopefully United can make it through 3-1 on aggregate (1-1 in Italy and 2-0 at home).

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14/02/10

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