Carlos Tevez inspired a second-half comeback as Manchester United moved to the brink of the Premier League title with a 2-1 win at Wigan. More
90+4' Ronaldo heads the corner away and the final whistle goes!! Manchester United are just one point away from retaining the Premier League title!
89' Park Ji-Sung comes on for Dimitar Berbatov. Meanwhile, Ronaldo fires another shot over the bar.
86' GOAL!!!! Michael Carrick for Manchester United!! John O'Shea crosses low from the right and Carrick sidefoots left-footed into the top-left corner!
84' Ronaldo delivers a low cross from the right and Tevez tries to force the ball goalwards, but his effort is blocked.
82' Wigan change: Mido replaces Charles N'Zogbia.
81' Tevez tees up Ronaldo at the edge of the box, who tries to knock all hell out of the shot and blazes it into the crowd!
80' Rooney! Cuts inside from the left and tries a low shot, but Kingson gets his body behind it.
75' On comes Ryan Giggs for Paul Scholes as United push for a winner.
72' Ronaldo races in from the right and loses his balance.. he goes down under Figueroa's challenge and wants a penalty, but referee Styles says no foul!
61' GOAL!!! CARLOS TEVEZ!!! AMAZING GOAL!!! Carrick drives a low ball into the area and the Argentine turns the ball into the net with an outrageous back flick!!
58' Here's the change - Carlos Tevez comes on to cheers from the away support, and Anderson comes off.
46' The second half is under way, with no personnel changes from either side.
45+3' Rooney's corner comes to Vidic, who chests down and volleys high over the bar! That's half-time. The champions trail.
45+2' Rodallega!! He drags a left-foot shot wide from the edge of the box following a break orchestrated by Valencia.
44' ROONEY!!! Fires over after the ball is worked intricately to him by Anderson, Berbatov and Ronaldo. Another good chance for the England striker and another poor finish.
28' GOAL!!! Wigan lead through Hugo Rodallega!!! He jumps for a long ball with Vidic, the ball loops up and the United defender misses it, and Rodallega fires a low shot in at the near post!!
18' Evans slips again and now Rodallega races forward. He cuts in from the left and fires a low, left-footed shot straight at Van der Sar.
15' Scholes handballs a yard outside the right edge of the United box, from where N'Zogbia delivers the free-kick... Van der Sar helps it over for a corner!
11' Great move by United, the ball zipping from Rooney to Scholes to Berbatov to Ronaldo to Carrick, who lifts his finish just over! Brilliant play, it all happened in the blink of an eye.
10' WHAT A MISS WAYNE ROONEY!!! Dimitar Berbatov floats a cross in from the right to the unmarked Rooney, who heads wide from eight yards! Amazing miss.
6' United finally get a decent spell of possession after that bright Wigan start. Scholes finds Rooney in the box, who is flagged just offside.
2' Valencia is away! He races clear down the right channel with Vidic in hot pursuit, and goes for a chip.. WIDE!! What a chance for Wigan - he just nicked it away from Evans around halfway and sprinted away..
1' Wigan kick off, playing from right to left in their blue and white home kit. United are in red, white and black.
- Wigan team news: Chris Kirkland is still out injured, while Steve Bruce opts for Hugo Rodallega as a lone striker. Plenty of tacklers in midfield, with Lee Cattermole, Michael Brown and Paul Scharner all in there.
- Manchester United team news: There is no place for Rio Ferdinand, who is still troubled by his back, while Carlos Tevez returns to the bench. Dimitar Berbatov returns to play up front, while Paul Scholes, John O'Shea and Wayne Rooney are also back.
- WIGAN: Kingson, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Cattermole, Scharner, Brown, N'Zogbia, Rodallega...
Subs: Pollitt, Edman, Watson, Koumas, De Ridder, Mido, Kapo...
MAN UTD: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson, Ronaldo, Berbatov, Rooney...
Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Giggs, Park, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, Tevez...
Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)| Wigan Athletic | Stats | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Possession | 66% |
| 11 | Shots | 20 |
| 3 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 1 | Saves | 0 |
| 5 | Corners | 4 |
| 2 | Fouls | 12 |
| 0 | Offsides | 4 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 32 | Tackles | 21 |
| 204 | Accurate passes | 531 |
| 25 | Bad passes | 66 |
| G | S | SoT | F | FW | O | A | AP | BP | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Richard Kingson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Maynor Figueroa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 |
| 25 | Mario Melchiot | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Titus Bramble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | Emmerson Boyce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Paul Scharner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Luis Antonio Valencia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Charles N'Zogbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | Michael Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Lee Cattermole | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Hugo Rodallega | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Erik Edman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Michael Pollitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jason Koumas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ahmed Hossam Mido | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Olivier Kapo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ben Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Daniel De Ridder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | S | SoT | F | FW | O | A | AP | BP | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Van der Sar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Patrice Evra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14 | 2 |
| 22 | John O'Shea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | Jonny Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | Nemanja Vidic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Anderson Oliveira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 3 |
| 18 | Paul Scholes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | Michael Carrick | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Wayne Rooney | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | Dimitar Berbatov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Gary Neville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Rafael Pereira da Silva | 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 |
| 13 | Ji-sung Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Carlos Tevez | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Ryan Giggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Tomasz Kuszczak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
86' GOAL!!!! Michael Carrick for Manchester United!! John O'Shea crosses low from the right and Carrick sidefoots left-footed into the top-left corner!
84' Ronaldo delivers a low cross from the right and Tevez tries to force the ball goalwards, but his effort is blocked.
81' Tevez tees up Ronaldo at the edge of the box, who tries to knock all hell out of the shot and blazes it into the crowd!
80' Rooney! Cuts inside from the left and tries a low shot, but Kingson gets his body behind it.
72' Ronaldo races in from the right and loses his balance.. he goes down under Figueroa's challenge and wants a penalty, but referee Styles says no foul!
61' GOAL!!! CARLOS TEVEZ!!! AMAZING GOAL!!! Carrick drives a low ball into the area and the Argentine turns the ball into the net with an outrageous back flick!!
45+2' Rodallega!! He drags a left-foot shot wide from the edge of the box following a break orchestrated by Valencia.
44' ROONEY!!! Fires over after the ball is worked intricately to him by Anderson, Berbatov and Ronaldo. Another good chance for the England striker and another poor finish.
28' GOAL!!! Wigan lead through Hugo Rodallega!!! He jumps for a long ball with Vidic, the ball loops up and the United defender misses it, and Rodallega fires a low shot in at the near post!!
18' Evans slips again and now Rodallega races forward. He cuts in from the left and fires a low, left-footed shot straight at Van der Sar.
15' Scholes handballs a yard outside the right edge of the United box, from where N'Zogbia delivers the free-kick... Van der Sar helps it over for a corner!
11' Great move by United, the ball zipping from Rooney to Scholes to Berbatov to Ronaldo to Carrick, who lifts his finish just over! Brilliant play, it all happened in the blink of an eye.
10' WHAT A MISS WAYNE ROONEY!!! Dimitar Berbatov floats a cross in from the right to the unmarked Rooney, who heads wide from eight yards! Amazing miss.
2' Valencia is away! He races clear down the right channel with Vidic in hot pursuit, and goes for a chip.. WIDE!! What a chance for Wigan - he just nicked it away from Evans around halfway and sprinted away..
- Manchester United team news: There is no place for Rio Ferdinand, who is still troubled by his back, while Carlos Tevez returns to the bench. Dimitar Berbatov returns to play up front, while Paul Scholes, John O'Shea and Wayne Rooney are also back.
- WIGAN: Kingson, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Cattermole, Scharner, Brown, N'Zogbia, Rodallega...
Subs: Pollitt, Edman, Watson, Koumas, De Ridder, Mido, Kapo...
MAN UTD: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson, Ronaldo, Berbatov, Rooney...
Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Giggs, Park, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, Tevez...
Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)
Wigan AthleticManager: Steve Bruce
Captain: Mario Melchiot
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Manchester UnitedManager: Alex Ferguson
Captain: Edwin van der Sar
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Moses W, since the EPL was introduced in 1992/93, from that moment till now, ManU never been worst than 3rd placing. This season is the 17th EPL and ManU had won 11 times (including this year), 2nd placing 3 times and 3rd placing 3 times!!! 17 long years, Liverpool had not won the EPL...Thank you, if it wasn't you I do not realise how poor was Liverpool during EPL introduction!!!

Victor, be4 i finally sign out i must sincerely commend you.
You are a reasonable guy. Am happy you went to the record.
Keep on holding tight to your belief. It was just a brain teaser
on line. What if i tell you now that i am not a Liverpool fan?
And that's the truth. You are a nice guy.

moses u are a funny guy but pls if u dont know football dont talk about it.have a nice day!!!

Man u fans, I won the mental puzzle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wishing you all the best.
Am out of here. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moses W, you're right for once, Liverpool did win 3 times in a row 1982-1984, so does, Huddersfield (1924-1926) and Arsenal (1933-1935) in what we called Football League First Division (since 1892). In 1992/93, it was upgraded and changed to English Premier League and you know what??? Liverpool did not even win once!!! Even Blackburn won in 1995. ManU had won 11 times (including this year) in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999-2001 (3 times in a row), 2003, 2007-2009 (3 times in a row - 2x)!!! How pathetic Liverpool was! Liverpool had once in 2nd placing (2002) and 5 times in 3rd placing (1996,1998, 2001, 2006 & 2007). If include this year, Liverpool 7 times 2nd and 3rd placing - CAN'T EVEN BEAT MANU RECORDS OF 11 WINS/1st placing!!!

it took u a long time moses to answer back.i think u where looking at liverpool history and u came with this one.im sure that u didnt had a clue when they achive that

kwekjx,be reasonable for once please!!! Those Liverpool players you named that without them Liverpool is dead, are they in your payroll or Liverpool's??????????
Should I also say remove Ronaldo, Rooney, Ferdinand and Van daser and Man. U is dead? I will never say that. The fact is that truth is bitter. Just try and live with it.

i dont know why dis animals keep complaining about manu.man u is undoubtedly the best club in the world.A club that is winning the EPL 4 the third consecutive time,they are also going to be the fisrt club to win the champions league back to back after they've become the first club in europe after ac milan to win the world club cup.our coach has won more trophies than any coach at the moment.first club to produce the world player of the year in premiership.oh why iam i wasting time with dis loosers,your club never wins any trophy in recent time youn stupid liverpool fans.chealsea and arsenal must not even join when their big fathers are talking.liverpool no dey shame,club that had won 17 trophies in the league of the handicap.fooooooooooooork u all manchester enemies.

Victor ckc 1976, don't guess. Go to the records. Liverpool won it back to back for three years 1982, 1983 & 1984. Man. U is just trying to equal that record. There is nothing anyone can do to erase this record. I hope my lectures are worth paying for.

kwekjx, a neat comment from you...especially the last sentence! I think that poor loser, moses is indeed hiding somewhere..afraid to come out and face the lashing of true Red Devils fans...Mike S, zif_united, Smack My Fish Up, yourself and myself!

moses we are not trying to equal liverpool league titles its already done that.dont u know whos the champ this year????ok,ill tell u.MANCHESTER UNITED .so stop with this football lesson,u dont know anything

moses you are seriously a godammed @#$%. Liverpool sucks to the core...THEY SUCK BIG TIME!!! GET IT? NO TORRES, NO GERRARD, NO REINA AND LIVERPOOL WILL BE worse than @#$%. With them they atre just purely @#$%. Yeah man u is 10000000000 times better than liverpool and you @#$% cant accept the reality, can you stupid sore loser? When was the last time liverpool was the EPL??? you do the math...they arent even capable of it. At look at how many matched man u had played. This shows that they can even win the title not becoz of fatigue but PURE skill. Sure, Liverpool did win the champions league, but man u are much more capable of doing that now....
MY ADVICE MOSES W...QUIT FOOTBALL AND GO PLAY MAHJONG INSTEAD...

1632 babi..haha

weh fergie!!amek la tevez dok..pokewak tol la ko ni..kn dier dh nk blah g anfield..amek tevez weh..

1632 u say that barca is better then Man u and i just look at the semis with chelsea and im glad that we are not playing with them but with u.OMG u have no chance.dont forget that LA LIGA is not CHAMP LEAGUE!!!

1632 are u sure that Man u will not kick ure @#$% in the final???

The last two games are going to be very depressing for liverpool what with another summer of failure ahead of them and what not haha atleast they can rock back n forth and remember 30 years ago when they were a steaming pile of @#$%.

W i g a n f a n s f e e d s u g a r l u m p s to p o l i c e H o r s e s at C u p F i n A l s

Moses. You arent the smartest peanut in the turd are you?

Moses W, you see, even Mike S and zif_united knew that you're a damn poor loser by reading your comments! See yourself in the mirror and you will see a true MORON infront of you!!!
