Benfica 2 - MU 1
Very disappointing.. I would have thought MU would do better than that. Hell, MU's 3-0 win against Portsmouth is currently their biggest win this season??! MU does have a young team though, so their inconsistency can be attributed to that. However, for all Ferguson's talk about rebuilding a new team, he might not get to see his efforts reach fruition. Mr Glazer might just lose his patience, and Luxemburgo will find somebody to accompany him in search for a new job.

In my opinion, all this problems started from Peter Kenyon. MU's misfortunes can arguably be attributed to him. Who let Barca snatch Ronaldinho away at the last minute, when the deal seemed wrapped up? Who defected and convinced Arjen Robben to change his mind and join billionaire's club? Thus MU had to settle for a entertaining but ultimately not-so-useful player who is much better at crossing the ball to the opposing players rather than to his teammates.

Hopefully the loss will sting the younger players to give more mature and consistent performances.