We lost 3-1 but there's a lot of positives.
Torres played well and got a goal, did a brilliant bit of play to take the ball around De Gea, but missed a sitter. But don't tell me that's lack of confidence though anybody can miss them from time to time, and you could see today he had the confidence to be scoring goals. I just really hope people talk more about his goal rather than his miss, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
AVB's subs were also very positive, especially Anelka for Lampard and going to a 4-2-3-1/4-2-4. I'm glad he brought Lukaku on, although he couldn't really get into the game, but I'm hoping he gets more of a chance to settle in, in the Carling Cup. Anelka was very good for 20-25 mins and then started dropping really deep, as usual.
Sturridge was disappointing, but he's young still and the big games could be difficult for him.
Mata very good for 80 minutes until the game slowed down. He was poor for Utd's second goal, but that's not all his fault because Nani should have been closed down.
And the overall play was very fluid and showed a lot of promise for the rest of the season.
I think a fair result would have been a draw, but we lost and we just have to get on with it and hopefully get 3 points against Swansea.
I genuinely think Torres can kick on now.