Berbatov the blessed our saviour once again

SO Saturday really was a kind of autumnal Groundhog Day after all.

Just as was the case with Bolton the other week, a Fergie-friendly boss turned up with a largely compliant team to help ease our misfiring stars to another victory. And had Rovers’ late strike been rightly allowed, both the result and last-three-minutes bedlam would have been identical too.

Three points, yes – but 70,000 furrowed brows too. Still, at least we had the blessed Berbatov to give us something utterly unforgettable to take home. Not for the first time this season. Incredibly, both the ground and press box remain riddled with doubting Thomases on the subject of the supposedly indolent Bulgar, despite half a dozen dazzling displays this term and his stats for last season (68 chances created: not bad for a ‘failure’, as he was only three behind Rooney).