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Saturday September 15, 2007 Finished Goodison Park

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Everton

Manchester United

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  1. Vidic earns United late winner

    Vidic earns United late winner

    Nemanja Vidic scored the only goal as Manchester United won 1-0 at Everton. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • Manchester United
    • 90+3' Full-time and United take another precious three away points.
    • 90' Space for Tevez on the left but his cross with the outside of his boot is too deep.
    • 88' McFadden's dipping 25-yard effort is turned away by Van der Sar and Yobo cannot latch onto the rebound.
    • 85' Changes as Neville is replaced by James McFadden and Nani is replaced by Gerard Pique.
    • 83' GOAL!! Nani's corner is met by Vidic whose firm header from close range leaves Wessels with no chance.
    • 82' Pienaar is booked for a 50-50 with Scholes - harsh as the United player's boot was high.
    • 80' Pienaar puts in a probing cross but Vidic meets it firmly with his head.
    • 77' Nani's corner is eventually cleared by Everton after a nervous moment.
    • 74' Double change as Steven Pienaar and Victor Anichebe replace Yakubu and Leon Osman.
    • 72' Yakubu catches Van der Sar with a sliding tackle but the keeper is ok.
    • 70' Ronaldo booked for a dive on the edge of the penalty area and rightly so.
    • 68' Ronaldo has a shot blocked and then Phil Neville is booked against his old club for a foul on the Portuguese winger.
    • 65' Arteta tricks his way past one man in the area but not a second.
    • 62' Louis Saha replaces Giggs for the visitors.
    • 60' Tevez goes inside and unleashes a fierce 30-yard effort but it's over the top.
    • 56' Best chance of the game so far as Tevez chips the ball through to Scholes who volleys wide from close range.
    • 54' Giggs' chip into the centre deflects off Lescott and is perilously close to nestling in the far post.
    • 53' Nani gets to the by-line but his cross is too deep.
    • 50' Tevez hooks a cross towards goal but Wessels claims cleanly.
    • 47' Cleared off the line by Scholes after Johnson flicks a corner goalbound.
    • 46' The second-half is underway and Baines unleashes a crisp drive from 25 yards that is just wide of the far post.
    • 45' Half-time on Merseyside after an entertaining but goalless opening period.
    • 44' Scholes dives in on Arteta - crazy from the midfielder and he is forunate to escape a second caution in as many minutes.
    • 43' One offence too many for Scholes and he goes into the book for a handball.
    • 41' There was a lengthy delay as Silvestre received treatment.
    • 38' Mikael Silvestre goes down as he stretches for the ball and seems to get his ankle stuck in the turf. He has to be stretchered off and is replaced by Nani so Evra will switch to full-back.
    • 36' Neat work from Arteta on the edge of the penalty area but Jagielka's chip is aimless.
    • 34' Ronaldo feeds Carrick who fires a 25-yard drive wide, always curling away from goal.
    • 31' Space in the penalty area for Nemanja Vidic but his first touch is heavy and he hooks his effort from eight yards wide.
    • 30' Scholes picks up Baines' clearing header and feeds Carrick whose shot is deflected behind by Joseph Yobo.
    • 29' Ronaldo's free-kick is deflected behind for a corner.
    • 27' Paul Scholes dives in on Johnson and is lucky to escape a booking.
    • 25' Tony Hibbert tees up Phil Jagielka but his effort from 25 yards is high and not very handsome.
    • 23' A super backheel from Giggs springs a United counter attack but the final ball is lacking and then Joleon Lescott makes a vital tackle on Tevez as the visitors launch a second wave.
    • 21' Edwin Van der Sar is off his line to claim Mikel Arteta's probing cross.
    • 19' Long cross from Wes Brown is met by Tevez at the back post but it's simple for Wessels.
    • 15' Ronaldo twists on the edge of the penalty area and curls a shot narrowly past Wessels' right post.
    • 13' Yakubu has another long range effort but it's blocked by his strike partner Andy Johnson.
    • 11' A Everton free-kick from the right is shanked by Ryan Giggs but he gets away with it and United clear at the second attempt.
    • 9' The free-kick is wasted but Everton maintain the pressure and Ferdinand is forced to flick a cross behind for the first corner of the game.
    • 7' Tricky play from Leighton Baines and Michael Carrick trips him right on the edge of the penalty area.
    • 5' Great pass from Carlos Tevez to find left winger Patrice Evra but he fires his shot into the side netting from a tight angle.
    • 3' Yakubu picks up a long ball and holds off Rio Ferdinand but fires his 25-yard drive wide of the post.
    • 2' Ronaldo finds space in the penalty area but the chance is snuffed out.
    • 1' Cristiano Ronaldo is back in the line-up for Manchester United at Everton who have Stefan Wessels making his debut in goal. We are underway at a full Goodison Park with the crowd including England boss Steve McClaren.

  • Team Stats

    Everton Stats Manchester United
    38% Possession 61%
    9 Shots 17
    2 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    3 Corners 6
    9 Fouls 20
    1 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    31 Tackles 22
    160 Accurate passes 325
    54 Bad passes 64

  • 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
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      33 Stefan Wessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 5
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 13 2
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 1 4
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 3 1
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 8 2
      16 Phil Jagielka 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18 5 4
      21 Leon Osman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 9 2
      6 Mikel Arteta 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 22 1 6
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 8 4 1
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 7 3 2
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 2 0
      12 Iain Turner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 James McFadden 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      28 Victor Anichebe 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
      26 Lee Carsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 3 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1
      27 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 2
      6 Wes Brown 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 27 0 4
      3 Patrice Evra 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 16 14 2
      15 Nemanja Vidic 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 25 2 1
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 0
      16 Michael Carrick 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 56 5 2
      18 Paul Scholes 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 63 11 4
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 6 1 1 5 0 0 28 2 1
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 44 15 3
      19 Gerard Pique 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 0
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 2
      9 Louis Saha 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 3 0
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Darron Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88' McFadden's dipping 25-yard effort is turned away by Van der Sar and Yobo cannot latch onto the rebound.
    • 83' GOAL!! Nani's corner is met by Vidic whose firm header from close range leaves Wessels with no chance.
    • 56' Best chance of the game so far as Tevez chips the ball through to Scholes who volleys wide from close range.
    • 47' Cleared off the line by Scholes after Johnson flicks a corner goalbound.
    • 46' The second-half is underway and Baines unleashes a crisp drive from 25 yards that is just wide of the far post.
    • 31' Space in the penalty area for Nemanja Vidic but his first touch is heavy and he hooks his effort from eight yards wide.
    • 15' Ronaldo twists on the edge of the penalty area and curls a shot narrowly past Wessels' right post.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Wiley

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    On the Field

    • Wessels
    • Hibbert
    • Yobo
    • Lescott
    • Baines
    • Osman
    • Neville
    • Jagielka
    • Arteta
    • Yakubu
    • Johnson

    Subs

    • Carsley
    • McFadden
    • Turner
    • Pienaar
    • Anichebe

    Injured

    • Gravesen
    • Cahill
    • Howard
    • Vaughan

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Paul Scholes

    On the Field

    • van der Sar
    • Brown
    • Vidic
    • Ferdinand
    • Silvestre
    • Ronaldo
    • Carrick
    • Scholes
    • Evra
    • Tevez
    • Giggs

    Subs

    • Saha
    • Kuszczak
    • Pique
    • Nani
    • Gibson

    Injured

    • Neville
    • O'Shea
    • Fletcher
    • Park
    • Foster

    Suspended

    None