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Monday December 3, 2007 Finished Old Trafford

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Manchester United

  • Ronaldo 9’, 57’

Fulham

  1. United two strong for Fulham

    United two strong for Fulham

    Manchester United strolled past Fulham at Old Trafford with a 2-0 win that sends them back into second place in the Premier League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Fulham
    • 90+2 That's the final whistle and United move back up into second place in the league. An efficient performance was enough to see off Fulham tonight. Thanks for joining us, see you again soon.
    • 90' Simon Davies sees his shot deflected over the bar for a corner. The referee awards a goal kick, and Davies gets a booking for his angry response to that decision.
    • 88' Now Saha has the chance to score against his old club... SAVED AGAIN BY NIEMI! Tevez just can't reach the rebound! It's all about damage limitation for Fulham now.
    • 86' United aim to finish with a flourish as Carrick feeds Giggs for a volley... straight at Niemi!
    • 84' Giggs slides it through again and Ronaldo is flying towards goal... Niemi goes to ground to bloc the shot and Hughes clears the rebound! It would be hard to deny Ronaldo a hat-trick on tonight's showing.
    • 78' Saha plays the ball through on the deck and RONALDO IS ONE-ON-ONE WITH NIEMI... RONALDO GOES DOWN... NO PENALTY!! Rob styles books Ronaldo for diving! Fulham and Niemi got away with it there!
    • 74' Rio Ferdinand also comes of and runs straight down the tunnel. Michael Carrick comes on in his place.
    • 71' Soel Ki-Hyeon also comes on for Hameur Bouazza.
    • 71' That's Wayne Rooney's last contribution on his return to action, as he makes way for Louis Saha, another man facing his former club tonight.
    • 70' Giggs slips through a ball to Rooney who is free and in the clear... OFFSIDE! Rooney is livid!
    • 67' Fulham break and Bouazza dinks over an inviting bal for KUQI... He was always stretching to meet the cross.
    • 66' United have men forward and queuing up to shoot! Giggs knocks it to the free Rooney who SHOOTS... His shot is well wide of the far post!
    • 64' Ex-United player Daivd Healy comes on to face his former club, replacing Clint Dempsey. Hameur Bouazza balsts another effort into the crowd.
    • 62' Ronaldo chases a lost cause and backheels it back to Brown. It's a 50/50 between him and Konchesky and Brown clatters the Fulham left back! It's not been a good night for Paul Konchesky!
    • 60' Koncheky rides a challenge from Ronaldo and pulls the ball back for BOUAZZA... Blazed over again! Konchesky has limped off to receive treamtent following that challenge.
    • 57' The corner is cleared and United have a throw. O'Shea swings the ball in to RONALDO... A GREAT HEADER MAKES IT 2-0 TO UNITED!!
    • 57' A fantastic ball by Anderson finds Tevez onside. The cross is for Rooney at the far post and Stefanovic heads it out for a corner.
    • 54' Wes Brown sends in a cross and RONALDO GOES DOWN IN THE BOX... NO PENALTY! Omozusi did not impede Ronaldo, that was a good decision by referee Rob Styles.
    • 50' Wayne Rooney had a quiet first half as he stayed in a much deeper role than usual, leaving all the striking duties to Tevez. However, this half he is a lot further forward so expect some more Roo-based action soon.
    • 48' Kuqi holds the ball up and chip it to Simon Davies as he runs towards the box. He has a great firs touch but flashes his shot across goal and wide.
    • 46' The second half is underway! The only change at half time is the arrival of John O'Shea in place of Patrice Evra.
    • 45+1 Half time at Old Trafford! United could have been three of four up by now, but equally Kuqi's header could and should have made things all square.
    • 42' Steven Davis finds Simon Davies in loads of space on the right wing. The Welshman puts oin a perfect cross to the far post for KUQI... SHEFKI KUQI MISSES THE SIMPLEST OF HEADERS! It was way over the bar when he should have at least tested van der Sar! Very disappointing.
    • 40' Nemanja Vidic is the first player to be booked tonight so a wild, clumsy swing at Dempsey from behind.
    • 37' Fulham enjoy their best spell of possession, ending in Davis firing wide from outside the area. You can count the time the ball has been inside the Man Utd area so far in seconds!
    • 32' Another Man Utd corner. it's head tennis in the area and Vidic nods it across to TEVEZ... He glances his close-range header inches just wide of the post. He could have had a hatful by now!
    • 30' The corner is headed out to Murphy who controls and SHOOTS AGAIN... Half of the ground though it was in, but it just misses the top corner! Danny Murphy has a great record against United, and he has had two good efforts tonight.
    • 29' Dempsey does well to evade Evra and crosses to Kuqi, who nods down for MURPHY... Van Der Sar has to turn the strike from distance round the post for a corner. Great strike!
    • 28' We promise, Fulham fans, that we are not trying to make the commentary this one-sided, but this match really is that uneven at the moment! Check out our live match stats if you dare...
    • 27' Rooney returns the one-two to Ronaldo in the box but Murphy intercepts. Stefanovic then heads out a Brown cross to Anderson. The crowd say SHOOT... Anderson should have ignored them as he blasts way over!
    • 25' Rooney helps the ball on to Anderson who lifts the ball over to Tevez... Offside. Lucky for Fulham as Tevez had Ronaldo free to his right.
    • 22' Ronaldo is on the right now and crosses from the byline for TEVEZ... GREAT REACTION SAVE BY NIEMI!! Tevez shot at the near post from almost point blank range!
    • 21' Omozusi whacks a long ball up to Kuqi. The Finn chests it down for DEMPSEY... Van der Sar is well behind it. Fulham's first shot on target.
    • 20' Another error by Konchesky gives the ball straight to Ronaldo! He gets into the box but Stefanovic is not fooled by the stepover and makes the challenge.
    • 17' United casually string together passes all across the midfield. Fulham have failed to make any kind of impact on the game so far.
    • 14' Anderson fights off Murphy on the edge of the United area and he's away. He brings the ball all the way to the Fulham box, but his pass across is poor and the chance is gone.
    • 11' Paul Konchesky is given the the time to run down the left wing... and shanks an attempted cross into the crowd.
    • 9' Giggs puts in United's third corner. It's headed out but Davis' headed clearance goes back into the box and RONALDO STRIKES!! HE BURIES HIS VOLLEY IN THE TOP CORNER!! It took nine minutes to break the deadlock, and it's a surprise it took that long!
    • 8' Tevez is in again! His shot is deflected over by Hughes for a corner. Stefanovic heads behind for another corner! Stefanovic heads behind for ANOTHER corner!
    • 7' Simon Davies rolls the ball across the Bouazza, who blasts a shot from distance over the bar. He has scored against United before, in the FA Cup semi final.
    • 5' Fulham look vulnerable already. Brown squares the ball across the box for TEVEZ... His first time shot is saved by Niemi! United could have had two already!
    • 3' Fulham can't make anything of their attacking possession and United break. Brown backheels it to Ronaldo who crosses in to TEVEZ AT THE FAR POST... He heads it wide! A well-timed run by Carlitos.
    • 1' Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Manchester United v Fulham at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney is back in the side after his injury, and he'll partner Carlos Tevez up front. Fulham's 18-year-old right back Elliot Omozusi faces a tough test in only his fourth match... he's up against Ryan Giggs and Ballon d'Or runner-up Cristiano Ronaldo!! The match is underway!

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Fulham
    57% Possession 42%
    17 Shots 14
    9 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 0
    7 Corners 3
    13 Fouls 2
    9 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 11
    328 Accurate passes 235
    54 Bad passes 54

  • 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
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 2
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 11 0
      6 Wes Brown 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 42 1 6
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 18 4 0
      4 Owen Hargreaves 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 43 2 5
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 44 9 3
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 26 1 0
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 28 12 1
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 17 4 2
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 7 3 1 1 5 0 26 5 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 2 1
      16 Michael Carrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
      9 Louis Saha 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 2
      4 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 10 0
      22 Elliot Omozusi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
      6 Dejan Stefanovic 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 2 2
      27 Danny Murphy 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 31 9 2
      10 Steven Davis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 41 10 2
      25 Simon Davies 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 3 2
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 20 1 0
      14 Shefki Kuqi 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 19 3 0
      24 Hameur Bouazza 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 23 7 0
      9 David Healy 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0
      7 Ki-Hyeon Seol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Tony Warner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 66' United have men forward and queuing up to shoot! Giggs knocks it to the free Rooney who SHOOTS... His shot is well wide of the far post!
    • 57' The corner is cleared and United have a throw. O'Shea swings the ball in to RONALDO... A GREAT HEADER MAKES IT 2-0 TO UNITED!!
    • 30' The corner is headed out to Murphy who controls and SHOOTS AGAIN... Half of the ground though it was in, but it just misses the top corner! Danny Murphy has a great record against United, and he has had two good efforts tonight.
    • 22' Ronaldo is on the right now and crosses from the byline for TEVEZ... GREAT REACTION SAVE BY NIEMI!! Tevez shot at the near post from almost point blank range!
    • 9' Giggs puts in United's third corner. It's headed out but Davis' headed clearance goes back into the box and RONALDO STRIKES!! HE BURIES HIS VOLLEY IN THE TOP CORNER!! It took nine minutes to break the deadlock, and it's a surprise it took that long!
    • 5' Fulham look vulnerable already. Brown squares the ball across the box for TEVEZ... His first time shot is saved by Niemi! United could have had two already!
    • 3' Fulham can't make anything of their attacking possession and United break. Brown backheels it to Ronaldo who crosses in to TEVEZ AT THE FAR POST... He heads it wide! A well-timed run by Carlitos.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Ryan Giggs

    On the Field

    • van der Sar
    • Brown
    • Vidic
    • Ferdinand
    • Evra
    • Anderson
    • Hargreaves
    • Ronaldo
    • Rooney
    • Tevez
    • Giggs

    Subs

    • Carrick
    • O'Shea
    • Saha
    • Kuszczak
    • Fletcher

    Injured

    • Scholes
    • Neville
    • Silvestre
    • Park
    • Foster

    Suspended

    None

  • Fulham

    Manager: Lawrie Sanchez

    Captain: Aaron Hughes

    On the Field

    • Niemi
    • Omozusi
    • Stefanovic
    • Hughes
    • Konchesky
    • Davies
    • Davis
    • Murphy
    • Bouazza
    • Kuqi
    • Dempsey

    Subs

    • Healy
    • Ki-Hyeon
    • Bocanegra
    • Baird
    • Warner

    Injured

    • Christanval
    • Pearce
    • Keller
    • Cook
    • Volz
    • Bullard
    • McBride
    • Elliott

    Suspended

    None