Premier League - Neville makes United comeback

Eurosport - Tue, 31 Mar 10:20:00 2009

Manchester United defender Gary Neville lasted almost an hour of a reserve-team draw with Newcastle at St James' Park on Monday night.

FOOTBALL 2008-09 Premier League - Gary Neville, Manchester United - 0

Neville has been out for two months with a groin injury, another lengthy spell on the sidelines in an injury-plagued two years for the veteran defender.

However, it seems he is edging closer to full fitness again and could come into contention for next Sunday's Premier League clash with Aston Villa at Old Trafford, or the Champions League showdown with FC Porto 48 hours later.

It was young striker Federico Macheda who made the biggest impression, grabbing a hat-trick for the visitors to earn them a share of the spoils as the match finished 3-3.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Red Devils side took the lead in the first half through a Macheda penalty after Claudio Cacapa was penalised for handball.

Neville and Ritchie De Laet gave away a penalty as they were both in close attendance of Xisco when the Spaniard went to ground, and he duly stuck away the spot-kick.

Mark Doninger gave Newcastle the lead in the second period only for Macheda to equalise with a quarter of an hour remaining after Reece Brown had replaced Neville.

Danny Guthrie smashed home from 25 yards for 3-2, but Macheda finished in the final minute to earn a draw.

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  1. manures team wouldn't look out of place in a horror­ movie , or the elephant man

    From jimoggie, on Tue 31 Mar 10:52AM

  2. foey p, I'm a Carlisle United fan, hardly glory­ hunting, I read the article as an honest football fan­ and being interested in the headlines, I commented on­ Zara'a pathetic comment because it was inaccurate,­ Manchester United have more wins than Liverpool,­ that's a FACT, check the league table.

    People­ leave random comments on here without checking facts on­ what they are saying, so maybe all those people and­ yourself should go back to school, (if you ever went­ there in the first place), or crawl back under that­ stone that you came out from under.

    As for glory­ hunters, Man United promote themselves in Asia and­ America, and other parts of the world, so they will­ obviously have big fan bases there, all the bigs clubs­ do it, including Liverpool, so they probably have as­ many glory hunters as Man United, the problem with­ Liverpool fans is they live in the past, and can't­ handle the possibility of Man United winning a possible­ 5 trophies.

    By the way, where is Darfford, get an­ atlas d i c k h e a d

    From Chris, on Tue 31 Mar 10:52AM

  3. Surely G.Neville has no place in the Utd team when­ Brown and Rafael are fit, he was quality but surely he­ should be heading off to Everton any time soon!

    From Hobitez, on Tue 31 Mar 10:44AM

  4. bloody hell foeyp, some football fan you are. who gives­ a @#$% about how ugly players are, unless you're a­ homosexual, lol. but if you want to play the ugliness­ game, check out Skrtel. looks like a malnourished,­ balding goblin.

    From aleksicn93, on Tue 31 Mar 10:43AM

  5. i think scousers should be off this page. what beating­ united does it mean u won th eleague or a trophy God u­ haven't had a win against united in nearly five­ years u shouldnt be talking. plus am still winning more­ silver ware than u will ever be able to afford in 5 or­ 4 seasons beat that u loser igwe.

    From douglas, on Tue 31 Mar 10:36AM

  6. @ igwe g
    You (liverpool) have been dreaming about­ winning the league for about 20 years... lol

    From primozh7, on Tue 31 Mar 10:24AM

  7. how many scousers does it take to change a light­ bulb?...None most are happy living in the shadow and­ the rest are making useless comments on a man utd­ article!!!!!!!!

    From bast337, on Tue 31 Mar 10:04AM
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    Honestly with a poor United side, do you really think­ they can win 5 trophies after the mightmare at Old­ Traford and Fulham? I don't think dumb Man U fans­ want to share dumb Fergie's dream anymore.­ Liverpool FC, we don't dream, we play football in­ reality, while Man U plays virtual football. Dream on­ sukers

    From Godwin, on Tue 31 Mar 10:01AM
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    OK I will say something intelligent, "ALL MAN U­ FANS ARE DUMB" there you go, even Einstien will be­ proud of that.

    From Godwin, on Tue 31 Mar 9:57AM

  10. mark1983666, couldnt of put it better myself,well said­ pal. Manchester, European capital of trophies!!!!!!!!

    From bast337, on Tue 31 Mar 9:54AM
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    This is why I keep saying Man U fans are dumb, cos they­ keep responding to everything dumb

    From Godwin, on Tue 31 Mar 9:54AM

  12. 33. hold on now, how can you say anything about how­ ugly Liverpool is and leave out Kuyt ?? He looks like­ sloth from the goonies, torres looks like a greasy­ little cheat (oh that's cos he is one) Mascerano­ looks like his teeth are too big for his mouth.

    In­ hindsight who cares what anyone looks like, as Rafa­ says lets look at the facts, United= World, European,­ Domestic champions, top of the league with a game in­ hand. Already won the carling cup and world club­ championship, in semi's of the F.A cup and also in­ quarters of the champions league.
    Liverpool = Quarter­ finals of the champions league....... am i missing­ anything else. Thought not !!!!

    From mark, on Tue 31 Mar 9:47AM

  13. All you MAN-U hatters are in for a rude shock cos we­ gonna win big this year..
    world club cup, FA league­ championship, UEFA championship, Carling cup, FA cup­ etc
    ..etc.etc. liverfool will eat pasta, chelsaw drink­ vodka on ice and arsanal eat­ french
    toads..eheheheheeeeeeeeeeeeee

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Tue 31 Mar 9:46AM
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    CHRIS b are you from manchester? If so what part cause­ my guess is you live in Darfford or somewhere like that­ you glory seeking t w a t

    From FoeyP, on Tue 31 Mar 9:45AM

  15. it's good to see another top youth player doing­ well, hope to see macheda on the big stage soon, and­ tbh man utd have done fine without neville except for­ past 2 weeks, where he could of been needed.

    From Mersgoth, on Tue 31 Mar 9:43AM

  16. ig weg I'm surprised your Mama lets you out with­ your condition, but then again she will be too busy­ with taffy g to worry about a little r e t a r d like­ you!!!

    Better pray that straw legs Torres doesn't­ get injured again!!

    SCOUSE p r i c k

    From Chris, on Tue 31 Mar 9:38AM

  17. foeyp, you couldn't spark a cigarette lighter, r e­ t a r d

    From Chris, on Tue 31 Mar 9:37AM

  18. All you MAN-U hatters are in for a rude shock cos we­ gonna win big this year..
    world club cup, FA league­ championship, UEFA championship, Carling cup, FA cup­ etc
    ..etc.etc. liverfool will eat pasta, chelsaw drink­ vodka on ice and arsanal eat­ french
    toads..eheheheheeeeeeeeeeeeee

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Tue 31 Mar 9:35AM

  19. All you MAN-U hatters are in for a rude shock cos we­ gonna win big this year..
    world club cup, FA league­ championship, UEFA championship, Carling cup, FA cup­ etc
    ..etc.etc. liverfool will eat pasta, chelsaw drink­ vodka on ice and arsanal eat­ french
    toads..eheheheheeeeeeeeeeeeee

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Tue 31 Mar 9:35AM

  20. Dom you forgot to add ugliest Team = UTD

    Worst­ atmosphere in the prem = UTD

    From FoeyP, on Tue 31 Mar 9:32AM
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