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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Sunderland
    • - Thanks for joining us tonight... what a finish! United stay in reach of the leaders... see you tomorrow for more Premier League action!
    • 90'+4 And there goes the whistle! United win! United win!
    • 90'+2 Sunderland were so close! But it's not to be!
    • 90'+1 GOAL! VIDIC FINALLY BREAKS SUNDERLAND! Carrick fires goalwards, only to see his shot strike the upright! But it comes straight back out to the Serb stopper who gleefully does what his team-mates have failed to do for 90 minutes - find the back of the net!
    • 90' Nothing comes of it and United hare upfield again...
    • 89' Incredible! Sunderland win a corner! Jones is the man who causes United a few problems in their own box... surely not...
    • 86' The pressure is relentless from United! But Sunderland are holding firm!
    • 83' From the corner Carrick drags a shot wide! United just can't find the target today!
    • 82' Another chance! This time it's Anderson who nearly breaks the deadlock! But a brilliantly timed challenge from Tainio denies him!
    • 81' Another chance goes begging! This time Vidic's header from Giggs's cross is straight at Fulop! Possibly the best one of the day!
    • 79' Rooney pumps a long cross-field ball to Tevez... Bardsley leaves it for the Argentinian, but unlike his final goal on Wednesday, this time he drags his effort wide.
    • 77' The frustration grows within Old Trafford...
    • 76' Sunderland make another change... off goes a limping Whitehead, with Carlos Edwards coming on to replace him.
    • 75' Berbatov heads over the bar from Carrick's cross! He's leaning back but really, he should be hitting the target from there!
    • 74' Carrick tries to take on the Sunderland defence all on his own... and he wins a throw off Whitehead.
    • 73' Fulop angers the Stretford End by taking his goal kick from the other side... the time wasting tactics begin...
    • 72' Rooney now flashes an effort wide of the target! Time beginning to run out for United... can Sunderland hang on?
    • 71' GIGGS! Rafael gets United going with a brave challenge on the right hand side... the ball is crossed to the far post where Giggs lashes a volley wide of the post with his first touch!
    • 70' Diouf gets to the by-line.... and Van der Sar is forced to clear his cross with a first time punt upfield!
    • 68' United finally make that substitution... Anderson does indeed come on for Fletcher while Giggs replaces Ronaldo... and Sunderland bring on Kenwyne Jones for Cisse.
    • 67' That was a weird one... Anderson was primed to replace Fletcher, yet Ronaldo decided he had enough... United down to 10 for the time being.
    • 66' Ronaldo's got a problem with his ribs... and he puts the ball out of play before running off down the tunnel. Anderson is set to replace him, but he's not allowed on just yet.
    • 64' This is a dire game... Sunderland, with their 10 men behind the ball, are doing nothing to aid the game as a spectacle, and United have done little this half to get the crowd off their feet.
    • 61' Yorke is taken off to a rapturous reception from the Stretford End... Tainio comes on to replace the Treble winner.
    • 59' RONALDO! OVER THE BAR! Berbatov tees it up for him after a lovely Cruyff turn takes out two defenders! But Ronaldo fires over under pressure from Reid!
    • 58' Here is the hat-trick hero of midweek, to cries of 'Argentina' from the locals! Park is sacrificed...
    • 57' Tevez is coming on! He's stripped off and raring to go!
    • 56' Rafael delivers another decent looking ball into the box... but again Anton Ferdinand is there to head clear!
    • 55' Evra goes in over the top of Chimbonda, who the United full-back feels is making the most out of the challenge....
    • 54' Carrick forces a decent save out of Fulop with a decent strike from 25 yards out!
    • 53' Park crosses into the danger area... but there's no one there to meet it and the ball rolls across the face of goal!
    • 52' The first signs of frustration are beginning to show in the home crowd... it may not be pretty, but Sunderland are doing their job so far.
    • 51' FLETCHER! NO! Rafael's ball into the box finds the Scot, who controls, turns and lets fly! But it's well wide and we'll have to wait for the opener...
    • 48' Rooney! He tries his luck with a first time effort from the edge of the box! But Fulop is well behind it!
    • 46' No changes to tell you about at the break.
    • 46' Back underway at Old Trafford! Let's hope for some goals... from anyone!
    • 45'+2 And there goes the half-time whistle, bringing to an end what has been a thoroughly disappointing opening period.
    • 45' Two minutes of added time to be played.
    • 44' Despite their dominance of possession, United have not created a many decent goalscoring chances.
    • 41' It's squared to Cisse, who blasts the ball into the wall! Disappointing!
    • 40' As the ball is lofted into the United box, the whistle goes! Another free-kick, this time 25 yards out in a dangerous position.
    • 39' But here comes Diouf on a rare break out... he's brought down by Fletcher and the visitors have a free-kick, just inside their half.
    • 37' United may as well bring Carlos Tevez on for a defender - Vidic perhaps - such is their utter dominance of possession.
    • 35' Rafael centres again... Carrick lets fly! It's mishit but it still falls to Fletcher! But again the eventual shot is off target!
    • 34' Brilliant stuff from Carrick! He has defenders falling at his feet before he plays the ball to Rooney... but his first touch is poor. Park ultimately has the shot, which is deflected behind for a corner!
    • 31' This is so one-sided at the moment... Sunderland simply aren't in it. But United are yet to find a way through the Black Cats' defence. For how long? Well, it seems almost inevitable that it will be breached at some point.
    • 30' Ricky Sbragia looks concerned on the Sunderland bench... there's nothing his side seem able to do at the moment.
    • 29' PARK! Ooh! Fulop again called into action as the Korean stretches to get to Rooney's prodded ball through!
    • 27' Rooney turns and fires goalwards! But it's a little wild from the United striker and the ball flies into the stands!
    • 26' Sunderland have the ball and a chance to get forward now... but having held off the challenge of Park, Reid spoons the ball well out of play on the near side.
    • 25' United increasing the pressure on the Sunderland goal... it's one-way traffic so far.
    • 24' Brilliant play from United! Rafael's played in down the right hand side, but his cross is cleared behind for a corner!
    • 23' It's anywhere for Sunderland at the moment... they've no fluency to their play whatsoever... United are dominating possession.
    • 20' Ronaldo's getting a bit bothered by his treatment already... and he's none too impressed by the referee's decision to have a word with him.
    • 19' Diouf gets into trouble as he tries to clear his lines... but there's no way out for Sunderland at the moment and he's forced into going back.
    • 18' It's all United so far... Sunderland are struggling to get out of their own half.
    • 17' Ronaldo flicks out a boot at Bardsley and moments later he's given a ticking off by the referee.
    • 16' Fulop flaps on the resulting corner! He looks for a foul, but there's no real contact... but he gets it nevertheless.
    • 15' Oooh! Close but not from Ronaldo! He opted to square it to Rooney, who let fly at goal! Berbatov touches the ball on... but Fulop is there to make the save! Finally something different from a set piece from United!
    • 14' Ronaldo goes it alone again... and he's tripped at the last! Free-kick 25 yards out...
    • 12' BERBATOV! Oooh! He's put in by a lovely flick from Ronaldo! Saved by the right boot of Marton Fulop! First real chance of the game!
    • 11' Ronaldo evades a challenge before letting fly! But the ball bobbles and his effort balloons into K-Stand behind Fulop's goal.
    • 9' Berbatov crosses into the box... deflected into the path of Rafael (what's he doing there?) but the Brazilian can't bring it down and the chance goes begging.
    • 7' Ronaldo takes on Chimbonda on the United left... but the Sunderland full-back does well to deflect the European Footballer of the Year's attempted cross.
    • 5' Despite a difficult week, the Sunderland fans are in full voice tonight...
    • 3' Keano! There's only one Keano! Not sure who's singing that, but both sets of fans are still fond of the Irishman!
    • 2' Here goes Rooney, chasing after a long punt forward... former United man Phil Bardsley does enough to put the England striker off though and the ball runs out for a goal kick.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at Old Trafford!
    • - So a strong side for United, but Sunderland are not only without Roy Keane, but also Kenwyne Jones, Kieran Richardson and Craig Gordon.
    • - And today's referee is Mark Halsey (Lancashire).
    • - And Sunderland: Fulop, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, Bardsley, Yorke, Malbranque, Whitehead, Reid, Diouf, Cisse. Subs: Colgan, Tainio, Nosworthy, Edwards, Murphy, Jones, Leadbitter
    • - The teams are in... here's how United line up: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Park, Fletcher, Carrick, Ronaldo, Berbatov, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Evans, Tevez
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage Manchester United's clash with managerless Sunderland!

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Sunderland
    72% Possession 27%
    31 Shots 3
    8 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 4
    10 Corners 1
    9 Fouls 9
    0 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 33
    591 Accurate passes 155
    96 Bad passes 22

  • 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 17 1 0
      3 Patrice Evra 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 56 24 0
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 62 0 3
      15 Nemanja Vidic 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 69 12 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 70 2 1
      16 Michael Carrick 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 88 6 4
      13 Ji-sung Park 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 20 6 5
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 49 10 0
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 60 11 0
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 35 8 2
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 27 6 1
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 15 2 0
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 6 0
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Gary Neville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
      2 Phillip Bardsley 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 14 3 5
      21 Pascal Chimbonda 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 8
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 3
      26 Anton Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1
      6 Dean Whitehead 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 0 1
      8 Steed Malbranque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 6
      20 Andy Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 1
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1
      9 Djibril Cisse 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 2
      11 El Hadji Diouf 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 20 3 3
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Teemu Tainio 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 3 2
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
      14 Daryl Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      46 Nick Colgan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us tonight... what a finish! United stay in reach of the leaders... see you tomorrow for more Premier League action!
    • 90'+1 GOAL! VIDIC FINALLY BREAKS SUNDERLAND! Carrick fires goalwards, only to see his shot strike the upright! But it comes straight back out to the Serb stopper who gleefully does what his team-mates have failed to do for 90 minutes - find the back of the net!
    • 83' From the corner Carrick drags a shot wide! United just can't find the target today!
    • 82' Another chance! This time it's Anderson who nearly breaks the deadlock! But a brilliantly timed challenge from Tainio denies him!
    • 81' Another chance goes begging! This time Vidic's header from Giggs's cross is straight at Fulop! Possibly the best one of the day!
    • 79' Rooney pumps a long cross-field ball to Tevez... Bardsley leaves it for the Argentinian, but unlike his final goal on Wednesday, this time he drags his effort wide.
    • 75' Berbatov heads over the bar from Carrick's cross! He's leaning back but really, he should be hitting the target from there!
    • 71' GIGGS! Rafael gets United going with a brave challenge on the right hand side... the ball is crossed to the far post where Giggs lashes a volley wide of the post with his first touch!
    • 59' RONALDO! OVER THE BAR! Berbatov tees it up for him after a lovely Cruyff turn takes out two defenders! But Ronaldo fires over under pressure from Reid!
    • 54' Carrick forces a decent save out of Fulop with a decent strike from 25 yards out!
    • 51' FLETCHER! NO! Rafael's ball into the box finds the Scot, who controls, turns and lets fly! But it's well wide and we'll have to wait for the opener...
    • 29' PARK! Ooh! Fulop again called into action as the Korean stretches to get to Rooney's prodded ball through!
    • 15' Oooh! Close but not from Ronaldo! He opted to square it to Rooney, who let fly at goal! Berbatov touches the ball on... but Fulop is there to make the save! Finally something different from a set piece from United!
    • 12' BERBATOV! Oooh! He's put in by a lovely flick from Ronaldo! Saved by the right boot of Marton Fulop! First real chance of the game!
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage Manchester United's clash with managerless Sunderland!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Halsey

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Rio Ferdinand

    Starting line-up

    • E. van der Sar
    • R. Da Silva
    • R. Ferdinand
    • N. Vidic Goal
    • P. Evra
    • M. Carrick
    • D. Fletcher Substitution Out (68′)
    • C. Ronaldo Substitution Out (68′)
    • W. Rooney Yellow Card
    • D. Berbatov
    • J. Park Substitution Out (58′)

    Subs

    • G. Neville
    • R. Giggs Substitution In68′
    • T. Kuszczak
    • C. Tevez Substitution In58′
    • .. Nani
    • O. Anderson Substitution In68′
    • J. Evans

    Injured

    • O. Hargreaves
    • W. Brown

    Suspended

    None

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Ricky Sbragia

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    Starting line-up

    • M. Fulop
    • P. Bardsley
    • A. Ferdinand
    • D. Collins
    • P. Chimbonda
    • S. Malbranque
    • D. Yorke Substitution Out (61′)
    • D. Whitehead Substitution Out (77′)
    • A. Reid
    • D. Cissé Substitution Out (68′)
    • E. Diouf

    Subs

    • T. Tainio Substitution In61′
    • N. Nosworthy
    • N. Colgan
    • C. Edwards Substitution In77′
    • D. Murphy
    • G. Leadbitter
    • K. Jones Substitution In68′

    Injured

    • G. McCartney
    • C. Gordon

    Suspended

    • K. Richardson

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