The Silva Twins Shine As Manchester United Beat The Posh Two-Nil

Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United travelled to Peterborough this evening to face the side managed by his son Darren. Many would have predicted United to win this match pretty easily, and although the Red Devils did end up defeating the Posh two-nil, it was the side managed by the younger Ferguson which showed more bite and at many moments in the match could have easily put the ball in the back of the net.

United fielded a pretty strong team to start, with Carlos Tevez leading the attack alongside the promising Frazier Campbell. Rio Ferdinand and Wes Brown were given the task of holding off the Peterborough attack, while Darren Fletcher and John O'Shea were chosen to control the midfield. Sir Alex also handed a debut start to Rafael Silva, with his twin brother Fabio also getting 45 minutes of the game under his belt.

However despite the strong team it was Peterborough who looked the better side, constantly pressuring the United goal who was guarded by the excellent and equally busy Tomas Kuszczak. Aaron Mclean was impressive, although he was guilty of missing a sitter which should have put them one-up.

Russel Martin and Shane Blackett were equally impressive as was Scott Rendell who was intent on running rings around Rio Ferdinhand and Wes Brown, using his pace to trouble them for most of the game.

Carlos Tevez was causing nightmares in the Peterborough defence time and again, popping up from midfield one minute, the wing the next or as equally devastating through the centre.

However, we all know Tevez's talents but it was newbies Rafael and Fabio who caught the eye, especially Rafael who played the full 90 minutes and spent those minutes bombing forward and overlapping constantly. His tacking was superb and his pace and dribbling were flashes of what could be an exciting talent. His twin turned out to be extremely similar in style and proceeded to show what he could do on the other flank after his introduction.

Manchester United took the lead in strange fashion after Russel Martin chested the ball into his own net from David Gray's cross. Still Peterborough caused problems but United settled the game in the 68th minute when Darren Gibson struck a long range shot into the top corner.

At this stage both sides had made a number of changes, with another Brazilian youngster in the form of Rodrigo Possebon came on, who looked once again solid and composed in midfield.

All in all, Manchester United put in a performance which was just enough to beat Darren Ferguson's side, with Tevez probably United's best player.

Nani however disappointed again in my opinion, with a number of bad passes and seemingly the inability to get by a man. Hopefully he can improve before the season start, and I also hope we get to see more of the fantastic and promising duo of Rafael and Fabio Silva.