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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berba again prove that he is the right choice for manu.he played a marvelous part in attacking position and now i believe that manu will beat barca in champions league final,when ronaldo rooney tevez and berba join the attack

come on chelsea hahahahaha

Hi out there,
This is a special message to Sir Alex Ferguson,yesterday's match at JJB station had been a narrow escape,Wigan nearly win the match if it was not the likes of Tevez who had came in time to save the team.
I am not sure,why Tevez always comes in the second half i think he should be given enough room to play the full 90 minutes.Let Anderson be a substitute to Tevez and not otherwise.
Man. UTD needs only a draw(i.e a point)to maintain their three successive champion title.Let team strive to win the rest of the matches with Arsenal & Hull city and not only go in search of a draw.The other players could be given the chance to play since they have being on the bench for quite a while.
Thanks
kabba Kan Darbo
(From the Gambia)

Lucky draws in champions league.
Now you have the real test

(Liverpool 2 Man. U. 1) and (Man. U. 1 Liverpool 4)
Fantaaaaaaaaaaaaaastic!!!!!!!

we can afford to lost both match to liverpool n still win the title...nex year let' s go n lost to all the big four n win the title...coz all other loser big 4 has no consistency as us...do they know that's all it takes to win the title...does hull city brag about their win to arsenal??noo...because the were fighting relegation n know the win is nothing to the know...but liverfool is a fool as their name suggest ang boast about their double win against the champion cos they got nothing...you never win anything because of that boast about something in the past..history is history loserpool...

Manchester United Funs Oh yeahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a gwan man say this so interesting that all the Man U funs are very excited about what is next I hope we are lookin forward to achieve our aim. Manchester united the favourate and model club to all. ADVICE TO SUPPORTERS, Dear supporters you must understand that all other supporters of other teams must always understand their friends who support other clubs and must not always abuse them this has been so happening world wide. Those of other teams do it inteding it but this is stupid we must appear so specail as MANCHESTER UNITED.
Thanks to all BANOBRAILEATURINDA.

GLORY GLORY CHAMPIONS!
UNITED RULES ENGLAND!
UNITED RULES THE WORLD!
GLORY MU PLAYERS AND MU FANS!

Champions once again,with a dip in form inthe later part of the season just shows you what true
professionals man u are ..................... sat 16 may .... man utd 3.. arsenal 1 .. CHAMPIONS

Man U fans please leave Liverpool alone!!!! They are not Man U's mate. Man U is just struggling to meet up Liverpool's record of 18 titles. And by the way Liverpool without the title is better than Man U on head to head rule this year. So long as the record has not been broken, let honor still be given to whom it is due. Check out the record, Liverpool has just lost twice this year against Man. U's 4 times.

Glory Glory Real Madrid!

Is it a lost 1-4 at Old Trafford can change the table?
Owh c'mon liverfool's fans...
Lost both game to Liverfool did not change the table ok!!!
We are still leading by 6 points, and perhaps this Sturday, United will maintain the trophy..
BPL Trophy is going no where... It still at United, and will be at United and it is United's!!!
Glory Man United!!!

as a neutral, i think MU have played yet again a great season. Liverpool fans may enjoy the fact that they won 4-1 @ old trafford. BUT............ apart from from a days worth of bragging rights... what trophy has it secured you so far???? I keep seeing that LFC are the better team and the season should have been theirs, surely the team with the most points are the better team, after all they have worked all season for them....

just sleep tight in ur home LIVERFOOL

get in man utd

liverFOOL fans WAKE UP FROM THE DEAD...UR TEAM NOT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP ALMOST 2 DECADE...!!! don't blame MU..but BLAME URSELF & UR RAFA for become a STUPID FANS & HAVE A STUPID MANAGER....

how's pathatic it is to see that MAN UNITED just NEED ONE(1) POINT LEFT....rafa & co. where are u...???? come on... where ur BIG MOUTH..????!!!

Torres ain't best Striker in the world, why the hell did FIFA say he was?!?

hey united fans dont forget liverpool made ur nose down this season in both home n away match haaaaaaaaaa old trafford was like a old farm house heeeee united is not a best team liverpool is a best team in the world ok - from wolfhunter_tamu,, mostly liverFOOL fans live on the PAST...if u bid MU in both legs...so...??? are ur TEAM on THE ROAD OF CHAMPION...??? read this..."ALMOST 2 DECADE...or in other words ALMOST 20 YEARS UR TEAM NEVER TOUCH PREMIERSHIP CHAMPION...WTF..???!!!!!"
liverFOOL fans WAKE UP...!!! it's time fo MAN UNITED MARCHING ON....!!!!

glory, glory man united!!!!
