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Wednesday April 22, 2009 Finished Old Trafford

2 - 0

Manchester United

  • Rooney 9’
  • Carrick 82’

Portsmouth

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  1. United return to summit

    United return to summit

    Goals from Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick gave Manchester United a 2-0 victory against Portsmouth at Old Trafford. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Portsmouth
    • 90+3' The final whistle goes and United deservedly run out 2-0 winners. The champions move three points clear of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League thanks to goals from Rooney and Carrick. Thanks for joining me!
    • 90' Da Silva almost grabs a third for United, but he can't quite turn the ball home from close range after stubbling backwards.
    • 89' Rooney plays in Ronaldo, but the Portuguese is correctly adjudged offside. Did he not like that.
    • 87' Ronaldo lets fly from 25 yards, but his effort fizzes well wide.
    • 84' Portsmouth appear to have lost the will to compete after that goal.
    • 82' GOAL!!! Scholes plays a sliderule pass into Carrick, who takes the ball in his stride and shoots across James and into the bottom left to secure all three points for United!!!
    • 81' Ronaldo calls my bluff, and the bluff of just about everybody in Old Trafford, by playing the ball short to Giggs.
    • 80' Carrick is fouled and United have a free-kick fully 40 yards. Guess who fancies it...
    • 76' Michael Carrick replaces Anderson, who's been very effective indeed tonight.
    • 74' Anderson tries to play in Rooney, but Hayden Mullins is well-positioned to intervene. Corner to the home side.
    • 71' WHAT A CHANCE!!! Rooney shrugs off Johnson and goes clean through, but James wins the head-to-head battle to deny his England team-mate.
    • 70' Crouch wins a header in the United box, but his effort his easily saved by Van der Sar.
    • 68' Good spell of pressure for Pompey. United are beginning to look a touch edgy.
    • 66' Real chance for Pompey!!! Pennant gets on the wrong side of Evra and crosses for CROUCH, WHO FAILS TO MAKE DECENT CONTACT WITH HIS IMPROVISED VOLLEY...warning shot for United.
    • 64' Giggs lofts a ball over to Rooney, but he's rightfully ruled offside. No complaints.
    • 63' Ronaldo tries to beat two or three players on the edge of the Portsmouth box...not this time.
    • 61' All the while United have just a one-goal lead Portsmouth are in this. Johnson gets inside Rooney and send over a low cross, but Van der Sar dives to push the ball away from Crouch.
    • 60' Ronaldo's backheel invites Evra to bomb forward, but his final ball is weak.
    • 59' Giggs's corner is easily cleared at the near post.
    • 58' Fletcher bursts into the Pompey box, but Campbell in on hand to make a well-timed tackle. Corner to United.
    • 56' Great play from Rooney, who bides his time inside the box before laying on Giggs with a cheeky through-ball...the Welshman can't quite get his foot round the ball.
    • 54' James comes haring out to deny Rooney at the corner of the box.
    • 52' O'Shea has picked up a knock and can't continue. He is replaced by Rafael da Silva.
    • 51' Free-kick to Portsmouth on the right. Belhadj whips it in, but United clear at the near post.
    • 50' Anderson almost plays in Rooney, but his pass is just too strong and James gathers.
    • 49' Ronaldo has so much space inside the Portsmouth box. He gets two chances to cross, but neither find a red shirt. Not a promising start by Portsmouth.
    • 47' Scholes plays in Ronaldo down the right and James is forced to run from his goal and head out for throw-in.
    • 46' The second half is underway. Portsmouth have made a change at the interval as predicted. Nugent is the man replaced, with Pennant on in his place.
    • 45+2' The half-time whistle sounds and Rooney's goal separates the sides at the interval. Portsmouth will consider themselves fortunate to still be in the game, however, and will need to improve dramatically to make a match of this. United have cruised.
    • 44' Lovely play from United, with Rooney heavily involved. Fletcher finishes off a flowing move with a low shot, but he fails to trouble James.
    • 42' Jermaine Pennant was being readied earlier in the half, but he's yet to make an appearance. You'd have to think Portsmouth will make a change at half-time.
    • 41' Giggs plays in Rooney, who goes round James to tap home...but he's ruled offside. Replays show the officials probably got that one right, but it was close.
    • 40' Ronaldo bursts forward and centres for GIGGS...who lofts the ball over James but wide of the target.
    • 38' Anderson looks for a moment to be winning a foot race against Sol Campbell, but the former England defender gets back just in time to make a vital challenge.
    • 36' Sylvain Distin robs Giggs and Portsmouth enjoy a rare period of possession.
    • 35' Nugent sends over a cross, but Evra's deflection takes it straight into the hands of Van der Sar.
    • 34' Ronaldo's shot is deflected behind for a corner.
    • 33' Rooney makes space in the box, but his shot lacks venom and James gathers easily.
    • 31' Rooney plays in GIGGS...WHOSE SHOT IS WELL BLOCKED BY THE ONRUSHING JAMES!! United are cutting through Portsmouth with ease.
    • 29' SO CLOSE FOR UNITED!!! O'Shea has a free header from a corner, but Belhadj is the man on the line who scrambles it clear.
    • 27' Crouch nods down to Belhadj, but United close him down quickly and win back possession.
    • 26' Rooney is caught offside. The England striker has been in perpetual motion thus far...clearly bubbling with energy.
    • 23' Vidic goes in the book for a clumsy challenge on Nugent. The Portsmouth striker is still down.
    • 21' Portsmouth waste the corner, sending it long and eventually behind for a goal kick.
    • 20' Johnson goes past Evra, but Evans comes across to concede a corner for Portsmouth - their first.
    • 19' Ronaldo is caught offside in the Portsmouth penalty area.
    • 18' Giggs plays the corner short to Scholes, who lays it back...Giggs's cross is met by Ronaldo, but his header is weak.
    • 16' Belhadj concedes a needless corner to add to Pompey's troubles.
    • 14' Portsmouth are struggling to hold onto the ball. You get the feeling United could romp home here if the visitors don't come to life.
    • 13' It's all United. Anderson plays another raking ball towards O'Shea, but he can't quite keep it in play.
    • 12' Gary Neville has picked up an early knock and is forced to withdraw. In his place comes John O'Shea.
    • 12' Rooney shoots straight at James...soon after Anderson has a crack from just outside the box and his effort is inches wide.
    • 10' That was all too easy for United. Giggs ghosted in from the left and Rooney had all the time in the world to steer the ball past David James.
    • 9' GOAL!!!! Anderson plays a delightful ball behind Johnson to release Giggs on the left flank, who centres for ROONEY TO TAP HOME!!!
    • 7' Scrappy start to the match. Neither side has put together a run of passes yet.
    • 6' United appear to be playing Ronaldo out wide on the right, with Giggs on the left and Anderson in a holding role behind Scholes and Fletcher.
    • 5' Ronaldo runs at Hreidarsson and wins a throw-in deep in Portsmouth territory.
    • 3 Nadir Belhadj lets fly from distance and fires high and wide into the Stretford End.
    • 2' Anderson fouls Nugent to concede a free-kick on the halfway line.
    • 1' Away we go with the first half. Both teams are in their traditional colours - United in red and white, Pompey in all blue. The pitch looks in immaculate condition (insert your Wembley comment here)
    • - Portsmouth start with Peter Crouch and David Nugent up front, while Kanu - who scored the winner against Bolton on Saturday - makes do with a place on the bench.
    • - The big news from a United perspective is that Rio Ferdinand is out. Jonny Evans starts alongside Vidic. Sir Alex Ferguson has made NINE changes from the side he picked at Wembley.
    • - And Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Mullins, Hughes, Davis, Belhadj, Crouch, Nugent
    • - United starting line-up: Van der Sar, Neville, Vidic, Evan, Evra, Fletcher, Scholes, Anderson, Giggs, Ronaldo, Rooney
    • - The teams should be with us shortly, but the speculation is that Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo will both start for United, after missing Sunday's FA Cup semi-final defeat to Everton. If Paul Scholes starts as expected in midfield he will be making his 600th appearance for the club.
    • - Manchester United can return to the summit of the Premier League if they get a point or more at home to relegation-battling Portsmouth, LIVE from 20:00!

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Portsmouth
    56% Possession 43%
    21 Shots 4
    12 Shots on target 1
    1 Saves 7
    6 Corners 2
    8 Fouls 10
    5 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    32 Tackles 21
    472 Accurate passes 329
    62 Bad passes 67

  • 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 7 0 0
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 39 16 5
      2 Gary Neville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
      23 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 2 1
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 59 1 2
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 34 4 0
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 61 4 6
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 47 11 4
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 7 3 0 3 2 0 43 7 2
      18 Paul Scholes 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 70 8 1
      10 Wayne Rooney 1 5 4 0 0 3 0 34 8 5
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 20 0 3
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 0 2
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Michael Carrick 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 1 0
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 18 2
      5 Glen Johnson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 2 2
      39 Nadir Belhadj 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 36 11 2
      15 Sylvain Distin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 6 4
      23 Sol Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 1
      28 Sean Davis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 54 13 3
      22 Richard Hughes 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 22 1 2
      6 Hayden Mullins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 12 1
      10 David Nugent 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 22 1 1
      9 Peter Crouch 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 28 0 2
      31 Asmir Begovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Jermaine Pennant 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 0 1
      27 Nwankwo Kanu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Martin Cranie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 John Utaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Angelos Basinas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Noe Pamarot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3' The final whistle goes and United deservedly run out 2-0 winners. The champions move three points clear of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League thanks to goals from Rooney and Carrick. Thanks for joining me!
    • 82' GOAL!!! Scholes plays a sliderule pass into Carrick, who takes the ball in his stride and shoots across James and into the bottom left to secure all three points for United!!!
    • 71' WHAT A CHANCE!!! Rooney shrugs off Johnson and goes clean through, but James wins the head-to-head battle to deny his England team-mate.
    • 66' Real chance for Pompey!!! Pennant gets on the wrong side of Evra and crosses for CROUCH, WHO FAILS TO MAKE DECENT CONTACT WITH HIS IMPROVISED VOLLEY...warning shot for United.
    • 31' Rooney plays in GIGGS...WHOSE SHOT IS WELL BLOCKED BY THE ONRUSHING JAMES!! United are cutting through Portsmouth with ease.
    • 29' SO CLOSE FOR UNITED!!! O'Shea has a free header from a corner, but Belhadj is the man on the line who scrambles it clear.
    • 9' GOAL!!!! Anderson plays a delightful ball behind Johnson to release Giggs on the left flank, who centres for ROONEY TO TAP HOME!!!
    • - And Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Mullins, Hughes, Davis, Belhadj, Crouch, Nugent
    • - United starting line-up: Van der Sar, Neville, Vidic, Evan, Evra, Fletcher, Scholes, Anderson, Giggs, Ronaldo, Rooney

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Ryan Giggs

    Starting line-up

    • E. van der Sar
    • G. Neville Substitution Out (12′)
    • N. Vidic Yellow Card
    • J. Evans
    • P. Evra
    • O. Anderson Substitution Out (76′)
    • D. Fletcher
    • P. Scholes
    • C. Ronaldo
    • R. Giggs
    • W. Rooney Goal

    Subs

    • M. Carrick Substitution In76′ Goal
    • J. O'Shea Substitution In12′ Substitution Out52′
    • D. Berbatov
    • T. Kuszczak
    • C. Tevez
    • .. Nani
    • R. Da Silva Substitution In52′

    Injured

    • R. Ferdinand
    • O. Hargreaves
    • W. Brown

    Suspended

    None

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Paul Hart

    Captain: Sol Campbell

    Starting line-up

    • D. James
    • G. Johnson
    • S. Distin
    • S. Campbell
    • H. Hreidarsson
    • R. Hughes
    • S. Davis
    • H. Mullins
    • N. Belhadj
    • P. Crouch
    • D. Nugent Substitution Out (46′)

    Subs

    • N. Pamarot
    • J. Pennant Substitution In46′
    • N. Kanu
    • A. Basinas
    • J. Utaka
    • M. Cranie
    • A. Begovic

    Injured

    • P. Bouba Diop
    • N. Kranjcar
    • Y. Kaboul

    Suspended

    None

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