United bossed us for the first 30 minutes. More physical, crisper passing, much better pressing. Deserved to take the lead. Zero awareness from Moreno.
We didn't pick it up until the 30th minute or so, then halftime struck. Gerrard's stupidity killed us -- that was a sending off every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Then another good finish from Mata and it's 0-2. (To be fair, both of those finishes were excellent.)
We gave a good account of ourselves from that point on, but when you're down 2 and down a man, that's a bit much to ask to grab a point.
Maybe it's different if Jones gets sent off -- he should have had about 3 or 4 yellow cards -- but no matter what, there is no excuse for those opening minutes. We were flat and dull and looked too cautious.
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