FOOTBALL Live

Saturday November 1, 2008 Finished Old Trafford

4 - 3

Manchester United

  • Ronaldo 3’, 44’
  • Carrick 27’
  • Vidic 56’

Hull City

  • Cousin 22’
  • Mendy 69’
  • Geovanni 82’ (pen.)
  1. Hull push United in thriller

    Hull push United in thriller

    Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace as Manchester United beat Hull 4-3 in an entertaining clash at Old Trafford. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Hull City
    • 90+2 FULL-TIME: United complete the win, although they made it much harder than it needed to be as Hull fought back in the second half.
    • 90 SAVE! Giggs has a low effort pushed out by Myhill, Berbatov driving the rebound just wide from the edge of the box.
    • 88 The ball just won't fall to a Hull man after a cross is headed back into the middle...
    • 87 United replace Anderson with O'Shea.
    • 85 Tevez becomes the third player booked inside 90 seconds when he dives in in midfield!
    • 84 Mendy is booked for a diving challenge on Evra. The game is bubbling over.
    • 83 ROONEY LOSES IT! Rooney loses his rag at a drop-ball, clattering Mendy before getting up and lunging wildly at Dawson! He is lucky to only be shown a yellow there.
    • 82 GOAL! 4-3! Geovani blasts home the penalty! Incredible! Hull can't draw this, can they?
    • 81 PENALTY HULL! Mendy is brought down by a trip from Ferdinand as the Hull man looked to round him inside the box!
    • 80 TEVEZ DENIED! A wonderful long ball sets Ronaldo free down the right...he clips it to the near post where Tevez has made the run...but the challenge from Kamil Zayatte prevents the goal!
    • 79 Vidic meets Giggs's corner with a header from 10 yards...comfortably saved by Myhill.
    • 78 United cut through Hull again...Berbtov runs at the defence, passes to Rooney to his left...the striker closes in on goal, but is challenged before he can stab past Myhill.
    • 76 Berbatov beats three men on a run to the by-line, but he runs out of space before he can pull the ball back to a team-mate.
    • 75 SAVE! Rooney steps inside his man after a cross runs through to him at the back post...but he blasts his right-foot shot at the keeper, who firmly pushes clear.
    • 73 SAVE! Geovanni hasn't been shy to shoot this afternoon...he rifles in another from 25 yards...low and bobbling...van der Sar saves.
    • 72 Carrick is replaced by Giggs.
    • 70 United win a free-kick on the edge of the box when Dawson body-checks Carrick...Anderson steps up, but blasts over the bar.
    • 69 GOAL! Mendy out-muscles Evra as they jump for a cross on the right-edge of the box...the ball breaks for him...van der Sar rushes out...the sub lifts the ball over the keeper and over the line, despite the efforts of Vidic, who hooks clear.
    • 68 HIGH AND WIDE! Ronaldo leads the break...he flicks a pass outside to Tevez, but the substitute's effort is sliced well wide.
    • 66 Cousin does well to hold the ball up and...almost feed the rampaging Kamil Zayatte...although Vidic intercepts on the edge of the box.
    • 64 United boss Ferguson brings Tevez into the game, replacing Nani.
    • 63 Another Hull sub as Halmosi comes on to replace King.
    • 61 Hull win a rare corner...Dawson fires it to the back post...King wins the header, but it is easy for VDS to claim.
    • 60 ALMOST! Rooney is set free down the middle by Carrick's pass...but the striker can't bring the ball under control and the keeper collects.
    • 59 United are absolutely cruising here; Hull have to tighten up or this could get ugly.
    • 58 Hull make the first change of the match when Hughes is replaced by Mendy.
    • 57 GOAL! VIDIC! The defender meets Rooney's outswinging corner with a neat finish with his right boot...although Myhill might have done better with the save.
    • 56 GREAT CHALLENGE! Ronaldo looks to be one-on-one with the keeper...he gets to the edge of the box...but Kamil Zayatte makes a well-timed challenge to deny him.
    • 55 Ronaldo breaks down the middle...he has options right with Rooney or left with Berbatov...he delays and delays before rolling the pass to Berb, but the defender gets a tackle in.
    • 54 United will be keen to get a couple more goals in the second half to really send a message out to their title rivals.
    • 52 FIZZED WIDE! Ronaldo blasts a yard the wrong side of the post after being teed up by Berbatov inside the box. Myhill threw himself at it, but he wouldn't have got there had the shot been on target.
    • 50 NOT TROUBLED! Geovanni hits a free-kick over the top of the United wall...but the ball bounces a couple of yards wide of the post, with van der Sar untroubled.
    • 49 JUST WIDE! Berbatov collects the ball after Rooney's low cross bounces off a defender and into his path...tight angle, but he's only six yards out...dragged wide of the far post.
    • 47 No changes from either side at the break...
    • 46 The second half is underway...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: United very comfortable at the break...Hull have threatened briefly, but it is pretty much one-way traffic.
    • 44 GOAL! SECOND FOR RONALDO! He meets the corner from the right with a near-post header...takes a slight deflection off McShane, and Myhill can't react in time to keep it out!
    • 43 Rooney claims a penalty when he throws himself to ground under a sliding challenge from Dawson...in reality, it was a shocking dive.
    • 42 Ronaldo tries to clip a cross over to Berbatov, but Kamil Zayatte heads clear. United are all over Hull at the moment.
    • 41 OVER! Rooney heads over the bar after Nani had headed high into the air at the back post. Tough chance for Rooney; he couldn't generate any power.
    • 39 Rooney has a goal chalked off for offside after just getting in front of the final defender as he sprinted on to Berbatov's flick on.
    • 38 Cousin picks the ball up just inside the United half; as he moves forward, no United defender comes to him so he opts to shoot from distance...high and ugly.
    • 36 WIDE! Nani takes a corner short, collects the return, runs across the edge of the box...but slices his left-foot shot wide and high.
    • 35 BLOCKED! Ferdinand breaks forward...he tries to clip a cross back to Ronaldo...Dawson makes the block. United are piling the pressure on now.
    • 34 NO PENALTY! Neville goes to ground in the box after an incredible flick from Ronaldo...no penalty.
    • 33 ALMOST! Rooney runs at the heart of the Hull defence...he tries to find Ronaldo with a cute pass...just has too much weight on it and Myhill slides out to claim.
    • 32 Rooney is working hard up front...which is important, because Berbatov isn't. He might be brilliant, but he is staggeringly lazy.
    • 30 GREEDY! Berbatov spins a pass out to Ronaldo, rampaging down the right channel...he breaks into the box, but opts to shoot from the angle rather than pass to the waiting Rooney...Myhill saves
    • 28 GOAL! CARRICK RESTORES THE LEAD! United go back in front as midfielder Carrick is fed by Berbatov, and drives a low left-foot shot in off the far post from just inside the box.
    • 27 POOR! Geovanni gives the ball away cheaply to Rooney inside his own half...but the England man's attempted through-ball to Berbatov is easily intercepted.
    • 26 King holds off Vidic, holds the ball up...but his back-heel attempting to find Cousin, running off his shoulder, is intercepted.
    • 25 ...Ronaldo curls it right into the danger area...headed clear.
    • 24 United win a free-kick when McShane shoves Ronaldo as the winger tries to get around him on the left...dangerous spot for the free-kick...
    • 23 Hull had done okay after going behind early...they probably deserve to be level...United won't like that.
    • 22 GOAL! COUSIN! Hull win a free-kick on the right...fantastic delivery into the box...Cousin flicks on and the ball flies into the far corner!
    • 20 Michael Turner is the first man booked for a crude challenge on Ronaldo on the half-way line. Not pretty.
    • 19 Strong challenge by Vidic on the edge of his box as he out-muscles King and wins the ball.
    • 18 Difficult to know what Geo has in mind when he opts to shoot from 50 yards...nowhere near testing the keeper with that.
    • 16 CLOSE! Rooney brilliantly gets past his man on the edge of the box...but his left-foot drive is always rising and flies a yard or so over the bar.
    • 15 The corner is taken short...but cleared on the edge of the six-yard box by Michael Turner
    • 14 Great pass from Carrick sets Rooney down the right channel...he uses his strength to hold off his marker before his deflected cross wins a corner...
    • 13 Marlon King feels he is held by Neville as the two challenge for a cross to the back post...the referee disagrees.
    • 11 Geovanni tries to lead a Hull break...but his pass to King is truly woeful and runs out for a throw.
    • 10 Berbatov brilliantly curls a well-weighted pass down the left for Nani...he again beats his man and puts over a good cross...well cleared under pressure by Andy Dawson
    • 8 GOOD CHALLENGE! Evra does well to flick the ball back to his keeper on the edge of the box as Daniel Cousin looked to get on a flick on.
    • 7 Nani bamboozles McShane with a little dance over the ball on the left...his cross to the near post is met by Rooney but he can only flick his effort well wide.
    • 6 ...it's a good delivery into the box, the ball is knocked down...but just doesn't fall to a United man and Hull clear their lines.
    • 6 McShane clatters Anderson on the left, 35 yards out...Ronaldo stands over the free-kick as Ferdinand makes his way forward...
    • 5 ...BUT BLASTS HIGH AND WIDE! Not a great effort from the Brazilian as Hull look to respond to that early set-back.
    • 4 Hull win an immediate free-kick in a dangerous spot, 30 yards out...Geo stands over it...
    • 3 GOAL! RONALDO! Fine low finish with his left foot after collecting a pass on the edge of the box, the ball beating the dive of the keeper, hitting the post and spinning over the line!
    • 3 Tigers chief Phil Brown has been forced to bring in Bryan Hughes for suspended skipper Ian Ashbee as the visitors look to emulate their remarkable victory at Arsenal.
    • 2 Geovanni scored a memorable winner for Manchester City against United last season; what he'd give for another...
    • 1 OFF WE GO!
    • - Wayne Rooney returnsfor United as Hull mak their first league visit to Old Trafford for 33 years.
    • - It's a second tough match in a week for Hull, who saw their run of four successive league wins ended by Chelsea in midweek.
    • - Hello, football fans! Welcome to our coverage of Hull's trip to Manchester United...

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Hull City
    53% Possession 47%
    22 Shots 12
    9 Shots on target 7
    1 Saves 5
    9 Corners 1
    13 Fouls 12
    3 Offsides 1
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 29
    346 Accurate passes 282
    38 Bad passes 45

  • 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 0 0 0 9 1 0
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 29 4 1
      2 Gary Neville 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 0 0
      15 Nemanja Vidic 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 35 3 2
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 0 0
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 39 4 4
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 2 6 3 1 1 0 0 25 3 0
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 13 5 3
      16 Michael Carrick 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 42 2 2
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 26 5 1
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 35 6 1
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 4 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Ji-sung Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 0
      12 Ben Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Hull City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Boaz Myhill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
      3 Andy Dawson 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 24 11 4
      17 Paul McShane 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 20 1 7
      24 Kamil Zayatte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 4
      6 Michael Turner 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 27 0 4
      22 Dean Marney 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 41 6 2
      10 Marcio Geovanni 1 5 2 1 3 0 0 28 4 1
      11 Bryan Hughes 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 8 1
      20 George Boateng 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 48 6 3
      23 Marlon King 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 16 1 0
      25 Daniel Cousin 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 22 3 2
      18 Caleb Folan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      8 Nick Barmby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Péter Halmosi 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      15 Bernard Mendy 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
      14 Richard Garcia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Sam Ricketts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Matt Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 81 PENALTY HULL! Mendy is brought down by a trip from Ferdinand as the Hull man looked to round him inside the box!
    • 80 TEVEZ DENIED! A wonderful long ball sets Ronaldo free down the right...he clips it to the near post where Tevez has made the run...but the challenge from Kamil Zayatte prevents the goal!
    • 75 SAVE! Rooney steps inside his man after a cross runs through to him at the back post...but he blasts his right-foot shot at the keeper, who firmly pushes clear.
    • 70 United win a free-kick on the edge of the box when Dawson body-checks Carrick...Anderson steps up, but blasts over the bar.
    • 69 GOAL! Mendy out-muscles Evra as they jump for a cross on the right-edge of the box...the ball breaks for him...van der Sar rushes out...the sub lifts the ball over the keeper and over the line, despite the efforts of Vidic, who hooks clear.
    • 60 ALMOST! Rooney is set free down the middle by Carrick's pass...but the striker can't bring the ball under control and the keeper collects.
    • 57 GOAL! VIDIC! The defender meets Rooney's outswinging corner with a neat finish with his right boot...although Myhill might have done better with the save.
    • 56 GREAT CHALLENGE! Ronaldo looks to be one-on-one with the keeper...he gets to the edge of the box...but Kamil Zayatte makes a well-timed challenge to deny him.
    • 52 FIZZED WIDE! Ronaldo blasts a yard the wrong side of the post after being teed up by Berbatov inside the box. Myhill threw himself at it, but he wouldn't have got there had the shot been on target.
    • 50 NOT TROUBLED! Geovanni hits a free-kick over the top of the United wall...but the ball bounces a couple of yards wide of the post, with van der Sar untroubled.
    • 49 JUST WIDE! Berbatov collects the ball after Rooney's low cross bounces off a defender and into his path...tight angle, but he's only six yards out...dragged wide of the far post.
    • 44 GOAL! SECOND FOR RONALDO! He meets the corner from the right with a near-post header...takes a slight deflection off McShane, and Myhill can't react in time to keep it out!
    • 30 GREEDY! Berbatov spins a pass out to Ronaldo, rampaging down the right channel...he breaks into the box, but opts to shoot from the angle rather than pass to the waiting Rooney...Myhill saves
    • 28 GOAL! CARRICK RESTORES THE LEAD! United go back in front as midfielder Carrick is fed by Berbatov, and drives a low left-foot shot in off the far post from just inside the box.
    • 22 GOAL! COUSIN! Hull win a free-kick on the right...fantastic delivery into the box...Cousin flicks on and the ball flies into the far corner!
    • 16 CLOSE! Rooney brilliantly gets past his man on the edge of the box...but his left-foot drive is always rising and flies a yard or so over the bar.
    • 3 GOAL! RONALDO! Fine low finish with his left foot after collecting a pass on the edge of the box, the ball beating the dive of the keeper, hitting the post and spinning over the line!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Starting line-up

    • E. van der Sar
    • G. Neville
    • R. Ferdinand
    • N. Vidic Goal
    • P. Evra
    • C. Ronaldo Goals×2
    • M. Carrick Goal Substitution Out (72′)
    • O. Anderson
    • .. Nani Substitution Out (63′)
    • W. Rooney Yellow Card
    • D. Berbatov

    Subs

    • J. O'Shea
    • R. Giggs Substitution In71′
    • D. Fletcher
    • C. Tevez Substitution In63′ Yellow Card
    • J. Park
    • B. Foster
    • R. Da Silva

    Injured

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

    Suspended

    None

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    Starting line-up

    • B. Myhill
    • P. McShane
    • M. Turner Yellow Card
    • K. Zayatte
    • A. Dawson
    • G. Boateng
    • B. Hughes
    • D. Marney
    • .. Geovanni
    • M. King Substitution Out (62′)
    • D. Cousin Goal

    Subs

    • N. Barmby
    • B. Mendy Goal Yellow Card
    • R. Garcia
    • P. Halmosi Substitution In62′
    • C. Folan
    • S. Ricketts
    • M. Duke

    Injured

    • C. Fagan

    Suspended

    • I. Ashbee