Soccer Central

With tonight’s 5-0 win over West Brom; Manchester United have set a new Premier League record of eleven consecutive clean sheets. Beating Petr Cech’s five year old record, Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has now gone 1,032 minutes without conceding.

With Paul Robinson sent off in the 40th minute of the match, West Bromwich Albion were forced to play out the second half with only 10 men, and after first half goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez; West Brom’s misery was further compounded when Vidic headed home a third in the 60th minute, and Cristiano Ronaldo bagged two in eight minutes, scoring in the 65th and 73rd minute of the match.

It was a fantastic win for Manchester United, and this victory now takes the champions three points clear at the very top of the table, three points ahead of Liverpool and Aston Villa, and five points clear of fourth place Chelsea.

The Manchester United players are really beginning to up their game right now, and the team’s current record of eleven consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League really does speak for itself. Manchester United is, without doubt, the favourite team to win the Premier League this season, and if the players continue to perform as they have been doing then Manchester United could well win the league this season by some distance.

This is a crucial stage of the season right now, and with eighteen games still to go; it’s Manchester United that currently has the advantage in the title race. Dimitar Berbatov has his name on the score sheet for the third time in four games, and just lately the Bulgarian has really been showing why so much money was spent on him in the summer. He may appear a little lazy in his play at times, one thing’s for sure though; when you’ve got a Dimitar Berbatov in your team, you’re always going to be guaranteed goals.