Manchester United, a team which Tunde Folawiyo has supported for decades, has finally begun to recover, after a somewhat disappointing start to the season. Their match against Cardiff led to a draw of 2-2. Although this was not the result that the Red Devils were hoping for, it does mean that the team is now unbeaten in a total of ten games.

In their most recent match at Cardiff City Stadium, Wayne Rooney was the subject of considerable criticism. During the seventh minute, he kicked Jordon Mutch with a surprising amount of force; whilst many argued that he should have been sent off for such behaviour, the referee chose to give him a yellow card. He appeared to have redeemed himself eight minutes later, when he caught a cross from Javier Hernández, and skilfully kicked the ball into the net. However, he was denounced by commentators once again during the second half, after his poorly-timed pass failed to provide Danny Welbeck with the chance to score.

Cardiff defended themselves well throughout the match; they managed to equalise soon after Man United’s first goal, thanks to Fraizer Campbell, and they scored a second time when a substitute named Kim Bo-kyung headed the ball into the net at close range. Ryan Giggs was brought on in the 73rd minute, much to the delight of Man United fans. Giggs is considered by many supporters, including Tunde Folawiyo, to be one of the team’s best players of all time. His presence seemed to rally the others, and although no further goals were scored, Man United held their own until the match came to an end.

Unfortunately, the Red Devils were left without their most popular forward, Robin Van Persie, during this match. In the past 16 Premiere League starts, Van Persie has scored an impressive 14 goals. In addition to this, he netted a total of five goals against Tottenham during the previous six league starts.

Some have speculated that his participation would have given the team the edge they needed to defeat Cardiff. Van Persie was struck down with a groin injury some time ago, which he has been unable to recover from. He was ruled out of the Red Devil’s match against Bayer Leverkusen, after missing a training session at Carrington last week, and it is not clear, as of yet, when he will be returning to the pitch, although many are hoping it will be sooner, rather than later.