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Villarreal

Manchester United

  1. United through despite draw

    United through despite draw

    Manchester United were held to a 0-0 draw by 10-man Villarreal in their Champions League Group E tie at El Madrigal. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Villarreal
    • Manchester United
    • - Thanks for joining us tonight... United are safely through despite their inability to unlock the Villarreal defence tonight. Plenty more action to come tomorrow... you'd be a fool to miss it!
    • 90' There it is! All over in Villarreal! And it ends goalless at El Madrigal.
    • 86' United make another change... Tevez on for the final moments, with Carrick making way for the striker.
    • 85' United bring on Park Ji-Sung for Nani as time runs out...
    • 83' The crowd don't like it... or Ronaldo.
    • 82' Another foul on Ronaldo, this time by Capdevila... and that'll be another free-kick. RED CARD! The Spain full-back is dismissed! It's a bad challenge, but perhaps not worth a straight red... nevertheless, Villarreal will finish the game with 10 men.
    • 80' United make a change now but it's not Tevez... Darron Gibson replaces Fletcher.
    • 80' Rooney... oooh! Off the line! Rooney gets past Fuentes... his cross is deflected and loops over Diego Lopez... it's going in until it's headed off the line by Capdevila!
    • 79' Rossi's night is over... he is replaced by Franco and he won't be able to put one over his former club tonight.
    • 73' Rooney gets in behind the hosts' defence... but his attempted cross is taken by Diego Lopez.
    • 71' No, actually he's not... he is warming up, but for the time being he's going to stay on the sidelines.
    • 69' Carlos Tevez is stripped and ready to come on...
    • 66' ROONEY! Oooh! He runs onto a long ball through by Carrick before turning and hitting a first time effort with his left foot! Diego Lopez is there again to make the save! He's proving unbeatable tonight!
    • 65' Villarreal are forced into making another change now... Pires has a knock, so he's replaced by Mati Fernandez.
    • 64' Super cross from the right by Cazorla, but Rossi can't quite reach it!
    • 62' Lovely approach play from United, but yet again Anderson's effort is straight at the keeper!
    • 61' Fletcher and Rooney link up well, the latter trying a chip over Diego Lopez that doesn't really come off.
    • 60' Anderson now lets fly! But again it's straight at Diego Lopez and he makes the save all too easily.
    • 59' Lovely turn from Rossi! He completely does Ferdinand, but his cross is eventually cleared by Evans!
    • 58' Fuentes is booked for piling in on Rooney.
    • 57' Oooh! Fletcher! Ronaldo feeds him on the edge of the box! But his well-struck shot flies just wide of the post!
    • 53' Ronaldo and Capdevila clash... the decision goes against the former who then argues the toss a bit too much and has his name taken.
    • 51' Ronaldo again fires goalwards! Saved by Diego Lopez! Rooney gets on the rebound... he tumbles in the box! Penalty, shout the United fans! But the ref waves play on, and replays show him to have been right. Rooney's diving a bit too much tonight.
    • 49' United fans are airing their Christmas Cantona song!
    • 47' Early corner for Villarreal after some decent work from Cazorla on the hosts' right hand side.
    • 46' Villarreal have been forced into making a change at half time... Senna hasn't reappeared for the second period and Bruno has replaced him.
    • 46' Here we go! Back underway at El Madrigal!
    • 45' There goes the half-time whistle! And United have done enough this half to suggest that they've got what it takes to break down Villarreal tonight.
    • 44' Senna's struggling with a knock... he signals to the bench that he can't carry on and he'll make way as soon as the ball goes out of play.
    • 43' Oooh! Ronaldo again hits the target from the free-kick! And again Diego Lopez is brought into action with a save low to his right!
    • 42' Ronaldo skins Eguren and the Uruguyan is forced to bring him down... he gets a booking for his troubles.
    • 41' OFF THE BAR! WHAT A STRIKE BY RONALDO FROM ROONEY'S TEE UP! He absolutely leathers it! It's heading in until Diego Lopez gets a fingertip to it to divert onto the bar!
    • 39' Villarreal threaten to break now... Ibagaza pings a pass forward to Rossi... but the flag is up as the New Jersey-born striker turns and plays a pass down the line.
    • 38' Fuentes goes in on Nani, who crumples in a heap... he'll be fine, just a bit of playacting.
    • 37' John O'Shea marauds forward now... but the pair aren't quite on the same wavelength and the move breaks down.
    • 36' Evra now goes into the book, for a tackle from behind...
    • 35' Oooh! Fletcher volleys goalwards from Ronaldo's clever chest down on the edge of the box! But again Diego Lopez is behind it!
    • 34' It's all getting a bit niggly now... this time Anderson trips Cazorla and the hosts have a free-kick.
    • 32' That's a dangerous ball in from Javi Venta! Carrick's there to get a crucial touch.
    • 31' Brilliant play from Rossi, dinking in between Ferdinand and Nani.... the latter trips him up and Villarreal have a free-kick!
    • 30' At the other end, Senna fires goalwards! Kuszczak gets down well to make the save though...
    • 29' The usual circus ensues, as Ronaldo goose-steps back, splays his legs, poses and takes a deep gulp of air. His effort actually finds the target, although it's straight at Diego Lopez and the Villarreal keeper saves without any problems!
    • 28' Javi Venta is shown a yellow... and rightly so, for a chop from behing on Ronaldo, who will take the resulting free-kick.
    • 26' Ferdinand and Pires clash down by the goal line... the locals scream out for a penalty, but there's nothing doing.
    • 25' Oh dear, terrible ball from Carrick! But Pires can't control the ball and the United midfielder breathes a huge sigh of relief.
    • 23' Nani fires the ball over the bar, bringing jeers from the crowd and a telling off from the ref - he'd already blown for a free-kick. Nani claims he didn't hear...
    • 22' Carrick looks for Rooney now... but his pass is cut out by Rodriguez and United will have to build again.
    • 20' Here come United with Ronaldo, who forces Rooney a little to wide... and the striker slips as he tries to cross and the move breaks down.
    • 18' Rooney is tripped by Fuentes on the edge of the Villarreal box! But the ref waves play on! And replays show Roon to have executed a little dive... 'you're a naughty boy' says the Villarreal defender seconds later.
    • 15' Villarreal are enjoying a bit of the ball now... oooh! Cazorla fires goalwards and Kuszczak is forced into making a save! Pires can't make anything of the rebound.
    • 14' Pires threatens to run onto a lofted ball forward... but Fletcher is back to sweep up the danger...
    • 12' Rooney goes up with Capdevila... it's a strong challenge from the United man, but fair.
    • 10' It's been a good start from United... Anderson in particular has been able to get forward at will.
    • 8' Anderson plays in Evra to the by-line! He pulls back for ROONEY! He finds the back of the net with a cool side footer, but the flag is already up!
    • 7' Ronaldo and Ibagaza clash in the aftermath of the shot... the Portuguese isn't happy with something.
    • 6' Anderson bursts forward down the left hand side again... Diego Lopez does enough to repel the Brazilian's cross-shot! It falls to Ronaldo on the edge of the box, but his shot is pulled wide!
    • 3' Anderson is fed in the box... shooting chance for the Brazilian! But the flag is up for offside and he doesn't bother pulling the trigger.
    • 2' So, United rest Tevez tonight, who starts on the bench alongside Vidic, Park and Giggs.
    • 1' Underway in Villarreal!
    • - Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
    • - Man Utd: Kuszczak, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick, Nani, Anderson, Rooney. Subs: Foster, Giggs, Park, Vidic, Rafael Da Silva, Gibson, Tevez
    • - Villarreal: Diego Lopez, Javi Venta, Rodriguez, Fuentes, Capdevila, Santi Cazorla, Senna, Eguren, Pires, Rossi, Ibagaza. Subs: Viera, Edmilson, Franco, Cygan, Fernandez, Angel, Bruno
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's big game in Spain!

  • Team Stats

    Villarreal Stats Manchester United
    43% Possession 56%
    5 Shots 13
    2 Shots on target 8
    1 Saves 0
    5 Corners 4
    22 Fouls 10
    2 Offsides 4
    3 Yellow cards 2
    1 Red cards 0
    18 Tackles 15
    260 Accurate passes 384
    63 Bad passes 84

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Villarreal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Diego Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      2 Javier Gonzalo Rodriguez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 4 1
      5 Joan Capdevila 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18 12 0
      17 Javi Rodriguez Venta 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 24 1 7
      20 Fabricio Fuentes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1
      19 Marcos Senna 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 23 3 0
      6 Sebastian Eguren 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 34 7 0
      8 Santi Cazorla 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 28 3 4
      7 Robert Pires 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 6 1
      11 Ariel Ibagaza 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 37 14 0
      22 Giuseppe Rossi 0 2 0 0 6 1 0 17 5 0
      9 Guillermo Franco 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1
      21 Bruno Llido 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 4 2
      3 José Edmílson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Ángel David López Ruano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Sebastian Viera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Matías Fernández 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 1
      12 Pascal Cygan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 2 1
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 59 32 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 30 1 4
      23 Jonny Evans 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 40 10 2
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 36 2 0
      16 Michael Carrick 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 2 4
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 5 4 2 3 0 0 34 8 0
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 22 8 2
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 33 9 2
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 23 4 0
      13 Ji-sung Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      12 Ben Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Darron Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 82' Another foul on Ronaldo, this time by Capdevila... and that'll be another free-kick. RED CARD! The Spain full-back is dismissed! It's a bad challenge, but perhaps not worth a straight red... nevertheless, Villarreal will finish the game with 10 men.
    • 80' Rooney... oooh! Off the line! Rooney gets past Fuentes... his cross is deflected and loops over Diego Lopez... it's going in until it's headed off the line by Capdevila!
    • 66' ROONEY! Oooh! He runs onto a long ball through by Carrick before turning and hitting a first time effort with his left foot! Diego Lopez is there again to make the save! He's proving unbeatable tonight!
    • 62' Lovely approach play from United, but yet again Anderson's effort is straight at the keeper!
    • 57' Oooh! Fletcher! Ronaldo feeds him on the edge of the box! But his well-struck shot flies just wide of the post!
    • 51' Ronaldo again fires goalwards! Saved by Diego Lopez! Rooney gets on the rebound... he tumbles in the box! Penalty, shout the United fans! But the ref waves play on, and replays show him to have been right. Rooney's diving a bit too much tonight.
    • 43' Oooh! Ronaldo again hits the target from the free-kick! And again Diego Lopez is brought into action with a save low to his right!
    • 41' OFF THE BAR! WHAT A STRIKE BY RONALDO FROM ROONEY'S TEE UP! He absolutely leathers it! It's heading in until Diego Lopez gets a fingertip to it to divert onto the bar!
    • 35' Oooh! Fletcher volleys goalwards from Ronaldo's clever chest down on the edge of the box! But again Diego Lopez is behind it!
    • 15' Villarreal are enjoying a bit of the ball now... oooh! Cazorla fires goalwards and Kuszczak is forced into making a save! Pires can't make anything of the rebound.
    • 8' Anderson plays in Evra to the by-line! He pulls back for ROONEY! He finds the back of the net with a cool side footer, but the flag is already up!
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's big game in Spain!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Villarreal

    Manager: Manuel Pellegrini

    Captain: 2. Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez

    Starting line-up

    • D. López
    • J. Venta Yellow Card
    • G. Rodríguez
    • F. Fuentes Yellow Card
    • J. Capdevila Red Card
    • S. Cazorla
    • M. Senna Substitution Out (46′)
    • S. Eguren Yellow Card
    • R. Pires Substitution Out (65′)
    • G. Rossi Substitution Out (79′)
    • A. Ibagaza

    Subs

    • 12. P. Cygan
    • 3. J. Edmilson
    • 18. &. López Ruano
    • 1. S. Viera
    • 9. G. Franco Substitution In79′
    • 21. S. Bruno Substitution In46′
    • 14. M. Fernández Substitution In65′

    Injured

    • 15. K. Nihat
    • 16. J. Llorente
    • 4. D. Godín

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Rio Ferdinand

    Starting line-up

    • T. Kuszczak
    • J. O'Shea
    • R. Ferdinand
    • J. Evans
    • P. Evra Yellow Card
    • D. Fletcher Substitution Out (80′)
    • M. Carrick Substitution Out (86′)
    • C. Ronaldo Yellow Card
    • O. Anderson
    • .. Nani Substitution Out (85′)
    • W. Rooney

    Subs

    • R. Giggs
    • C. Tevez Substitution In86′
    • J. Park Substitution In85′
    • N. Vidic
    • B. Foster
    • D. Gibson Substitution In80′
    • R. Da Silva

    Injured

    • P. Scholes
    • O. Hargreaves
    • W. Brown
    • D. Berbatov

    Suspended

    None