Soccer: United’s draw restores much-needed optimism

IT was a great relief to see Man Utd finally drop a couple of points on Sunday and restore their single point advantage of earlier in the week (albeit with the Arsenal a few more goals to the good).

It was a result which has left me feeling a lot more optimistic than I was when I got into the car on Wednesday night, after our fairly apathetic efforts against Everton.

In times past, a point on the road was seen as not such a bad result. Because we’ve let wins against the supposedly weaker likes of Bolton, Leicester and Everton, slip through our fingers after going a goal up, each of these three games has registered the disappointment level of a defeat, rather than a draw away from home.