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Wednesday October 29, 2008 Finished Old Trafford

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Manchester United

  • Ronaldo 14’, 30’

West Ham

  1. Ronaldo downs West Ham

    Ronaldo downs West Ham

    Manchester United made short work of West Ham as they saw off the London side 2-0 at Old Trafford. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • West Ham
    • 90+3' All over at Old Trafford, and there was only ever one team in it. These Ronaldo braces are so common they are barely worth commenting on. Thanks for joining us, see you at the weekend.
    • 90' Rooney has really made up for starting this match on the bench, as his latest effort on goal is blocked by Faubert!
    • 90' It looks as though everyone involved just wants this game over now. Rooney does a great job of shielding the ball at his own corner flag and drawing the foul.
    • 87' Evra and Ronaldo exchange passes and Ronaldo can SHOOT... Green equal to it again.
    • 82' Ronaldo is caught offside as he goes in search of his hat-trick. Is it odd to say that he hasn't really looked 100 per cent when his two goals have won the game for United?
    • 80' James Collins has gone into the book for a foul, and Alex Ferguson takes the opportunity to bring on Gary Neville in place of Rafael da Silva.
    • 76' Berbatov controls the ball wonderfully with his first otuch in the box and he turns to feed Tevez. The Argentinian can't get the shot off so he passes across to Rooney, who works the space and SHOOTS... The curling effort sailed past the far upright with Green at full stretch!
    • 71' Bellamy tries another long-range effort, this time from open play, but with the same disappointing result. He's not had much to go on this evening.
    • 68' United make two changes at the same time, with Rooney and Carrick on for Nani and Fletcher.
    • 68' West Ham bring on another young midfielder now, as Sam Hewson replaces Lee Bowyer.
    • 63' West Ham have a free-kick about 40 yards from goal. Bellamy is standing over it as the Hammers send men forward. Is he going to shoot? He is! Bellamy strikes... Over the bar.
    • 59' More great play from United as Tevez and Berbatov link up but the play as forced out to NANI... The winger swiped at the ball and it flew into the crowd!
    • 57' United are beginning to re-assert their authority again, and Green has to stretch to tip Ronaldo's cross away from Tevez at the far post.
    • 52' Ronaldo picks it up in midfield and heads straight for goal. He SHOOTS... Green is there at the near post to hold.
    • 51' Anderson belatedly repays the favour by upending Boa Morte. It's been a rather subdued start to this half as West Ham have emerged with more resolve.
    • 49' Collison fouls Tevez. The young midfielder looks well up for it!
    • 46' Jack Collison replaced Matthew Etherington at half-time by the way.
    • 46' Boa Morte has a little kick at the heels of Ronaldo, and concedes the free-kick, but no more.
    • 46' The seocnd half is underway!
    • HT Alex Ferguson and Gianfranco Zola emerge deep in conversation as the players come out for the second half.
    • 45+2' Half time at Old Trafford, and it hasn't come a moment too soon for anyone associated with West Ham. Manchester United has been imperious thus far, and with Valon Behrami going off injured, there looks little sign of that changing after the break.
    • 45' Normal service resumed now and United come again and the ball comes into the West Ham box for TEVEZ TO HEAD... Green is down quickly to hang on to the ball.
    • 44' Luis Boa Marte comes on to replace the injured Swiss.
    • 42' Worrying moments here for Gianfranco Zola as Valon Behrami goes down clutching his hamstring without being touched by an opposition player. He's being stretchered and it looks like he'll play no further part.
    • 41' Bellamy goes clattering into Kuszczak as the goalkeeper runs out to boot the ball away. He gets a stern talking-to from the ref, but nothing more.
    • 40' Great one-two between Ronaldo and Nani, but the former's pass into the box is blocked. Something has to change for the Hammers at half-time, they are being completely over-run.
    • 38' The first time West Ham mount a cohesive break - with Etherington, di Michele and Bellamy exchanging neat, quick passes - and the Welshman is flagged up for a marginal offside!
    • 33' A rare glimmer of hope for West Ham as Ferdinand's looping bheader back to Kuszczak drops short, but the Polish keeper managed to snatch it out of the air before Bellamy or Di Michele can get their first.
    • 30' GOAL!! The records will say Ronaldo, but it was Dimitar Berbatov who made that goal! The Bulgarian chased the ball to the byline and sent Collins sliding into the advertising boards with an audacious 360 spin before pulling the ball back for Ronaldo to turn in from six yards out. Pure class. That's the sort of thing United paid £30m for!
    • 27' There is no other way to say it other than, with almost half an hour gone, Manchester United have dominated this match. The Hammers were camped out in their area before referee Peter Walton bizarrely gives them a foul for Nani's shoulder-to-shoulder with Collins.
    • 23' Patrice Evra goes sliding in and sends Behrami flying! The Frenchman is the first tonight to go into the book.
    • 21' Bowyer caught in two minds and Anderson nicks the ball off him and SHOOTS... Green down low to save and hold! West Ham not at the races tonight.
    • 16' Great play from Nani! He latches on to a ball over the top and twists and turns as the defenders recover. A lightning turn of pace he's in the box, but his strike across Green is JUST wide of the far post!
    • 14' GOAL!! United take a deserved lead! Nani's short cross is meant for Fletcher but it runs behind him and Ronaldo pounces to fire clinically low past Green! He's had a relatively quiet game so far, but that doesn't stop him getting on the scoresheet!
    • 13' United have a free-kick on the left wing. They try to take it quickly but Evra is in an offside position when he receives it.
    • 12' Carlitos Tevez goes on a marauding run and breaks into the Hammers box. It takes three men to finally dispossess him.
    • 9' Etherington is driving through the middle and will shape up for the SHOT... Vidic's presence was enough to put the former Tottenham midfielder off his stride, and in the end the effort from the edge of the box was tame.
    • 9' Rafael looks composed and calm as he is hounded down the wing by Bellamy. The Brazilian calmly plays the ball to Vidic and United build another attack.
    • 6' Tevez flicks on Rafael's long ball into the path of Nani who'll BLAST IT... The shot was ide of the far psot from a difficult angle. All Man Utd so far.
    • 2' Nani tears dwon the left and cuts a ball back across. Tevez leaves it for BERBATOV... The shot is deflected over for a corner! The Bulgarain looks very angry with himself!
    • 1' Manchester United get the action underway at Old Trafford!
    • 20:01 Kick-off is delayed for a few moments as Cristiano Ronaldo receives his FIFpro award, ad Rio Ferdinand muscles in on the photo op for some reason.
    • 19:47 Gianfranco Zola's West Ham are currently on a run of three straight league defeats. United are unbeaten in their last nine matches in all competitions, the last team to beat them were Liverpool in mid-September.
    • 19:45 Kick-off at Old Trafford is at 8pm UK time, so stick around for LIVE comments!
    • 19:41 Meanwhile for the Hammers, Matthew Etherington, Valon Behrami and Lee Bowyer come into the midfield and James Collins is in defence.
    • 19:38 There are plenty of team changes for the Premier League champions: Tomasz Kuszczak replaces Edwin van der Sar in goal, Rafael da Silva comes in at right-back, Anderson and Nani are in midfield and Berbatov and Tevez finally get to start a match together up front.
    • 19:36 Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Manchester United v West Ham United!

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats West Ham
    57% Possession 42%
    22 Shots 6
    9 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 4
    3 Corners 1
    15 Fouls 11
    2 Offsides 6
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 21
    495 Accurate passes 349
    99 Bad passes 63

  • 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
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 36 0 6
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 2 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 2 1
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 66 28 2
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 2 4 4 0 3 1 0 38 5 0
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 44 18 0
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 59 15 1
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 60 10 2
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 37 5 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 29 5 0
      13 Ji-sung Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Ben Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 7 5 0
      16 Michael Carrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 1
      2 Gary Neville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      15 Matthew Upson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 6 2
      19 James Collins 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 0 2
      3 Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33 22 4
      20 Julien Faubert 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 30 0 3
      21 Valon Behrami 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 0 0
      11 Matthew Etherington 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14 3 0
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 66 10 1
      29 Lee Bowyer 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 5 2
      32 David Di Michele 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 24 0 1
      10 Craig Bellamy 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 31 8 2
      31 Jack Collison 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 32 1 1
      28 Kyel Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Calum Davenport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Luis Boa Morte 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 15 5 3
      24 Jan Lastuvka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Freddie Sears 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 2 0
      5 Walter Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Rooney has really made up for starting this match on the bench, as his latest effort on goal is blocked by Faubert!
    • 76' Berbatov controls the ball wonderfully with his first otuch in the box and he turns to feed Tevez. The Argentinian can't get the shot off so he passes across to Rooney, who works the space and SHOOTS... The curling effort sailed past the far upright with Green at full stretch!
    • 59' More great play from United as Tevez and Berbatov link up but the play as forced out to NANI... The winger swiped at the ball and it flew into the crowd!
    • 45' Normal service resumed now and United come again and the ball comes into the West Ham box for TEVEZ TO HEAD... Green is down quickly to hang on to the ball.
    • 30' GOAL!! The records will say Ronaldo, but it was Dimitar Berbatov who made that goal! The Bulgarian chased the ball to the byline and sent Collins sliding into the advertising boards with an audacious 360 spin before pulling the ball back for Ronaldo to turn in from six yards out. Pure class. That's the sort of thing United paid £30m for!
    • 21' Bowyer caught in two minds and Anderson nicks the ball off him and SHOOTS... Green down low to save and hold! West Ham not at the races tonight.
    • 16' Great play from Nani! He latches on to a ball over the top and twists and turns as the defenders recover. A lightning turn of pace he's in the box, but his strike across Green is JUST wide of the far post!
    • 14' GOAL!! United take a deserved lead! Nani's short cross is meant for Fletcher but it runs behind him and Ronaldo pounces to fire clinically low past Green! He's had a relatively quiet game so far, but that doesn't stop him getting on the scoresheet!
    • 2' Nani tears dwon the left and cuts a ball back across. Tevez leaves it for BERBATOV... The shot is deflected over for a corner! The Bulgarain looks very angry with himself!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Ryan Giggs

    Starting line-up

    • T. Kuszczak
    • R. Da Silva Substitution Out (80′)
    • N. Vidic
    • R. Ferdinand
    • P. Evra Yellow Card
    • D. Fletcher Substitution Out (68′)
    • O. Anderson
    • C. Ronaldo Goals×2
    • C. Tevez
    • D. Berbatov
    • .. Nani Substitution Out (68′)

    Subs

    • G. Neville Substitution In80′
    • M. Carrick Substitution In68′
    • J. O'Shea
    • R. Giggs
    • W. Rooney Substitution In68′
    • J. Park
    • B. Foster

    Injured

    • P. Scholes
    • O. Hargreaves

    Suspended

    None

  • West Ham

    Manager: Gianfranco Zola

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • J. Faubert
    • J. Collins Yellow Card
    • M. Upson
    • L. Herita
    • V. Behrami Substitution Out (43′)
    • L. Bowyer Substitution Out (68′)
    • H. Mullins
    • M. Etherington Substitution Out (46′)
    • D. Di Michele
    • C. Bellamy

    Subs

    • C. Davenport
    • J. Lastuvka
    • K. Reid
    • J. Collison Substitution In46′
    • J. Tomkins
    • F. Sears
    • W. Lopez

    Injured

    • K. Dyer
    • D. Gabbidon
    • D. Ashton
    • J. Spector
    • M. Noble

    Suspended

    None