United rescue late point

Sat, 03 Oct 22:41:46 2009

Manchester United delved into their much-used box of late comebacks to rescue a 2-2 draw against Sunderland.

Two weeks after Michael Owen's last-gasp winner against Manchester City, Anton Ferdinand could not get out of the way of an off-target effort from Patrice Evra to grab United a point and deprive the Black Cats of their first Old Trafford win since 1968.

Sunderland had led twice through goals from Darren Bent and Kenwyne Jones either side of Dimitar Berbatov's strike early in the second half.

Bent opened the scoring in front of watching England coach Fabio Capello and what a strike his seventh of the season was in the seventh minute.

He got far enough away from John O'Shea during a lengthy Black Cats build-up to have room to turn away from the Irishman when Lee Cattermole played the final pass and the finish was inch perfect, giving Ben Foster no chance.

United levelled when O'Shea's curling 51st-minute cross was perfectly met by Berbatov's overhead kick, which nestled in the bottom corner.

As they say when the TV picture goes down, normal service was expected to resume shortly. Instead, United conceded again.

Foster, and no doubt Sir Alex Ferguson, who had already been incensed by a couple of Alan Wiley's decisions, will doubtless feel Jones fouled the United keeper as he rose to meet Andy Reid's cross just before the hour mark, but Foster should have been stronger in the challenge. Instead, he was shoved aside to allow Jones to head into an empty net.

Probably only this knowledge kept the hosts going as, even after Kieran Richardson's needless dismissal, it never actually looked like happening.

Evra refused to accept second best, though, leaving Ferdinand to beat the ground in frustration.

 

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  1. i think the view that man united needs a keeper is­ right.foster lacks good prejudgement which is expected­ of any good keeper.he is most of the times flat on his­ feet.he is always caught wanting,his positioning,even­ back passing by defenders,he sumtimes sleep during the­ match(lose concertration)-busy counting stars in the­ sky on a broad daylight.i personally think both reserve­ keepers are not man untd quality.honestly that area­ needs visiting if united is to mount a serious­ challenge against chelsea.i foresee many goals raining­ against deadly strikers who can pounce on even half­ chances.

    From Gabriel, on Mon 5 Oct 11:59AM

  2. clearly this is a match we would 've won by 3 nil­ save for fergie's arrogance if he had used the same­ boyz who played against wolfsburg we would have sealed­ victory in the 30th min but he was trying to prove to­ steve bruce that with his 3rd 11 he could trash­ sunderland.........i dont understand y fergie keeps­ embarrasing foster kuszak is better no matter ow many­ times foster is in goal....sometimes i tyhink fergie­ buys players to embarass them what would one say bout­ player like nani,valencia,welbeck n berbie;bunch of­ below average plyers.......

    From Ohis, on Mon 5 Oct 7:59AM

  3. John C
    Once again your cynical tone is amazing, If you­ ever bother to read my posts correctly and remember­ what I posted, earlier postings said " I would be­ over the moon to come away from Old Trafford with a­ point".
    My last post you replied to, was simply­ stating that we could have come away with all three­ points if certain individuals had remained focussed ­ and done their jobs corrrectly.
    These points also­ apply to your team it would seem as the last two­ results they have managed to scrape through show that­ lack of concentration seems to bridge all divisions of­ the league whether it be EPL or Championship!!!!!!

    From MALCOLM D, on Sun 4 Oct 2:20PM

  4. MALCOLM D, I agree, absolutely shocking to come away­ from Man Utd with only 1 point to show for it.

    From john.connolly01, on Sun 4 Oct 11:46AM

  5. Manu need a good goal keeper

    From Augustine, on Sun 4 Oct 10:45AM

  6. man utd never give up they are the best team ever !!! ­ There are so many united haters out there or people­ that just dont understand that the games not over until­ the referee blows for time. Yesterday he added on 2­ seconds extra to the 4 minutes despite the mighty reds­ scoring in that 4 minutes. United are the best football­ team in england thats why they have been champions for­ the last 3 seasons.
    so get used to it you bunch of­ jealous wan**rs.

    From M S, on Sun 4 Oct 10:34AM

  7. Good team result with the exception of Richardson's­ petulance. he must learn and grow from these­ experiences. Hope it teaches him a lesson. Defnence­ still needs tweaking to get the finesse and­ concentration levels to an accepatable standard.

    From MALCOLM D, on Sun 4 Oct 10:25AM

  8. A goal that was scored jst over 3 mins in a 4 min added­ on time and y'all stil complain? U r a bunch of­ sore loosers.

    From tall, on Sun 4 Oct 9:04AM

  9. Ben Foster can never be qualified for England line-up.­ Mistakes are continuing match by match. What a shame!!!

    From acc01_2006, on Sun 4 Oct 6:21AM

  10. Tch tch tch! SAF SAF SAF! What were you thinking last­ night. Points lost like last night could cumulatively­ cost ManUnited the championship. Sunderland are 8th on­ the table and you fielded an experimental team. No­ wonder Rooney and Berbatov were screaming mad. There­ was simply no service to them. All the attacks went­ limp in midfield. What did you give them for dinner?­ They were even colour-blind - passing the ball to the­ opposition. It was a night best quickly forgotten and­ never ever to be re-enacted. Sell Foster and Nani. Get­ another keeper. And tell the players they are supposed­ to pass to their team-mates and make sure they know who­ they are. Then and only then do we have some hope.

    From cokrowinoto, on Sun 4 Oct 4:14AM

  11. I meant to say"Our first choice golkeeper"

    From sichanelle, on Sun 4 Oct 2:45AM

  12. Comment #10, I assume you do not watch United games.­ Berbatov is absolutely brilliant. He may not have the­ same eamaount of energy as Rooney but I think he­ contibutes as much as anyone else in United squad. When­ our first goalkeeper return, I will see and say­ something. The team is as good as when your players­ were there. You can not win every game and Chlsea lost­ to wigan which has been beaten by Hull.

    From sichanelle, on Sun 4 Oct 2:43AM
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    Berbatov is absolute rubbish. but who have you got to­ come on?.......OWEN lol.

    From PAUL H, on Sat 3 Oct 11:25PM

  14. Richardson let Sunderland down bad. what a stupid­ yellow to get. already on a yellow, but the ref sent­ him off to appease the Man u fans. you are nothing­ since Ronaldo and Tevez left.

    From PAUL H, on Sat 3 Oct 11:21PM

  15. Man u get help all the time from the officials.­ everyone knows it. well done Sunderland, you deserved­ to win, but yet again the ref wouldn't allow it.­ still only getting 1 point is great for CFC. hope we­ beat the scousers.

    From PAUL H, on Sat 3 Oct 11:16PM

  16. well i suppose the gangster bookies would not have done­ too well with a sunderland win, just shows how easy it­ is to manipulate a manscum united result again, well­ done Sir Alex and Rupert Murdoch

    From nicksterw, on Sat 3 Oct 10:41PM

  17. Tevez , get over it , you plonker

    From scottdarby, on Sat 3 Oct 10:09PM

  18. i WONDER HOW MUCH THAT RESULT COST THE WHISKY SWILLING­ JOCK OLD FART

    From TEVEZ, on Sat 3 Oct 9:40PM

  19. the extra time was correct, get over yourself..

    From jumaford, on Sat 3 Oct 8:04PM

  20. Hard to REALLY blame Ferdinand...Cripes, the last 10­ minutes was a panic in Sunderland's box the whole­ time...Personally, I blame Richardson for the loss of­ two points - sit him next game!

    From Butch Coolidge, on Sat 3 Oct 7:55PM
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