Saturday October 1, 2011 Day 7 Finished Old Trafford

Manchester United 2 - 0 Norwich City

  • Anderson 68’
  • Welbeck 87’

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  1. Unsteady United scrape win over Norwich

    Unsteady United scrape win over Norwich

    Manchester United maintained their slender lead at the top of the Premier League table after they scraped a 2-0 win over Norwich City. More

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    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Norwich City
    • - Don't forget you can watch highlights of this match, along with every Premier League game, from 00:01 on Monday morning (UK only).
    • 90+3' The final whistle goes at Old Trafford, and United cling on to their lead at the top of the table over local rivals Manchester City on goal difference.
    • 90+2' United break and launch it up to Rooney. The striker sees ruddy coming off his line and goes for the chip... It floats on to the roof of the net!
    • 90+1' Tierney whips in a decent free-kick from the left but it is met by a United head.
    • 90' Three minutes of added time are signalled.
    • 88' Welbeck's third goal of the season adds a little gloss to the scoreline that United do not deserve.
    • 87' GOAL!! WELBECK MAKES THE GAME SAFE FOR UNITED!! Welbeck feeds Park inside the area, continues his run and sweeps the return pass into the net! Clinical stuff from United!
    • 85' Norwich substitution: Chris Martin repalces Hoolahan.
    • 84' Great one-two on the edge of the United box between Jackson and Morison, and the latter is played into space inside the area and has a shot saved by Lindegaard! Aother good chance spurned by the Canaries!
    • 82' Rooney goes for an audacious lob when Welbeck was running alongside him in plenty of space. They do not exchange the friendliest of glances afterwards.
    • 80' Rooney twists and turns on the edge of the box. He has Welbeck in the centre but goes it alone and fires his low strike inches wide of the far post!
    • 79' Norwich have not let their heads drop. They still have a perfectly good chance levelling here if they do not concede anoother.
    • 78' Jones storms down the right and puts in a dangerous low ball across the box that Welbeck just can't get a telling touch to.
    • 77' Lindegaard has put a hat on for these final 15 minutes or so. The sunshine is still bright on this unseasonably hot October afternoon.
    • 76' United substitution: Rio Ferdinand replaces Anderson.
    • 75' NORWICH HIT THE POST!! From a headed clearance Pilkington takes the ball on his chest and strikes a volley. The ball takes a huge deflection that leaves Lindegaard stranded but rebounds off the frame of the goal! The relieved keeper gratefully gathers the ball!
    • 74' Norwich substitutions: Andrew Crofts and Simeon Jackson come on for Norwich.
    • 72' United clear a Norwich corner and Welbeck is set away down the left, but he is too close to the touchline and his touch takes it out of play.
    • 71' Welbeck is booked for his foul on Tierney. The United striker led with his studs showing there. some refeees might have sent him off.
    • 70' Manchester United have scored five goals in the final 15 minutes of matches this season – equal-most in the division over this period with Chelsea.
    • 69' Althogether now... "Typical United." Anderson's second league goal of the season comes just moments after Norwich spurned a gilt-edged chance to score themselves.
    • 68' GOAL!! Giggs's corner to the far post is headed back across by Jones. Rooney flicks it on and Anderson is there to head past Ruddy!
    • 67' Great play from Giggs as he helps United win another flurry of corners.
    • 66' GOLDEN CHANCE FOR NORWICH GOES BEGGING!! Hoolahan's pass forward should be elementary for Valencia at right-back, but the Ecuadroean makes a meal of it and Pilkington pounces. He runs clean through, one-on-one with Lindegaard and puts his shot wide! Norwich will not get a better chance than that, surely?
    • 65' Alex Ferguson has seen enough and wants this game taken care of.
    • 64' United substitutions: Ryan Giggs and Danny Welbeck replace Nani and Hernandez.
    • 62' Hoolahan charges forward through the centre of the park unchallenged. He lines up a dipping strike from range that has Lindegaard back-pedalling but goes over the bar.
    • 61' Norwich have ridden out United's period of domination at the start of the half and are now regularly launching breaks, making for a very end-to-end affair at the moment.
    • 59' Park's effort from distance is deflected behnd for a corner.
    • 58' Kyle Naughton gets a foot in to stop Nani's run towards the box.
    • 57' Jones snuffs out a Norwich counter-attack and goes on a rampaging run forward via a one-two. He tries to lay the ball off to Hernandez on the edge of the box but is tackled just before he can. Thrilling stuff from the young defender.
    • 56' Rooney tangles with Leon Barnett inside the Norwich area and is hustled into conceding the goal-kick.
    • 54' Another Norwich break, this time with Pilkington. The winger cuts in from the left and his shot is deflected. It looks for a moment as though it might loop over Lindegaard, but the Danish keeper adjusts his footing in time to palm the shot away!
    • 52' Norwich catch United cold on the counter. Morison hares down the right and looks to his team-mate at the far post and Jones steams across to make the block! Once again Evans was all over the place there.
    • 50' Cracks begininning to appear in the Norwich back line now. Anderson picks out Park and the Korean's excellent cross for Valencia is intercepted just in time by Tierney. Rooney then fires way over the bar from range.
    • 49' Norwich repel a clutch of United corners but they cannot fully clear their lines. Anderson drags a shot from inside the box wide.
    • 48' Nani pings in a decent cross first-time that Ruddy comes for a can't claim. Norwich concede the corner.
    • 47' United fans getting in touch via Twitter seem to be in agreement about their team's performance. Rahms Adeola says: "Man Utd need Ashley Young in this match not J.S Park," while Fadi Mattar reckons: "United aren't able to preform without a playmaker, they need Cleverley back soon or a player of his ability." - Ashley Young is not in the matchday squad, but United do have Carrick, Berbatov, Owen and Wlebeck on the bench.
    • 46' The second half is underway!
    • HT So, what do you make of the first half? Should Norwich attempt to grind out a point or are they capable of getting more? What is the reason for United's flat showing thus far? You can share your thoughts either int he comments box below or by getting in touch with me via Twitter - @tony_mabert Get in touch!
    • HT Manchester United failed to score in the first half of a Premier League match at Old Trafford for only the fourth time in 2011. In all three previous ones they went on to win without conceding a goal.
    • 45+1' The first half comes to a close, and Norwich deserve to be level at the break. A certain creative spark is missing from this United side at the moment though.
    • 45' Nani sidesteps Tierney with a classy feint and goes for goal, but he slashes at his strike and it flies wide of Ruddy's goal. If he had caught that right it would have been some goal.
    • 44' Chicharito is caught fractionally offside after a neat bit of quick play from United ends with Rooney lifting a weighted pass over the defence for his Mexican strike partner.
    • 43' Nani is played into the box on the right and it takes a timely challenge from Martin to thwart to winger. Great challenge, but things are getting a bit dicey for Norwich as the first half draws to a close.
    • 42' Adnrson crosses for Park, but the Korean cannot generate enough power in his header to trouble Ruddy.
    • 40' Hernandez has really been in the wars so far. The Mexican striker was basically sat upon a few minutes ago by Russell Martin, and now he gets a hard rap on the shins from Tierney.
    • 38' Great tenacity from Rooney, who refuses to be tackled by Tierney. He stands up to the tackle well, and lets out his frustration with a shot on the turn from 35 yards that sails comfortably wide of the near post.
    • 36' Encouraging news for Norwich fans - six of their seven league goals this season have been scored in the 20-minute period between the 30th and 50th minutes.
    • 35' Better delivery from Nani this time. Rooney times his run well and leaps at the far post but heads over the bar! The England striker didn't get a clean contact on it.
    • 34' Bennett concedes another corner. United turning the screw on the visitors now.
    • 33' Nani's corner is low and to the near post. Fletcher tries a Roberto Mancini-style backheel on goal (worth a look online if you've never seen it) but it's blocked before it can test Ruddy.
    • 32' United win a corner and both Jones and Evans trot up from the back for it.
    • 31' United are finding a few pockets of space when they attakc now. Nani has spaceto run at Marc Tierney, but the Norwich left-back gets a boot in to rob the Portuguese of the ball.
    • 29' Manchester United have won six of their eight Premier League matches against Norwich. However, they lost in their last meeting – a 2-0 defeat at Carrow Road in April 2005 when Dean Ashton and Leon McKenzie scored the goals.
    • 28' Well organised resistance from the Canaries, and they are not in any panicky rush to get rid of the ball once they win back possession.
    • 27' United beginning build pressure on Norwich now. Rooney, Park, Nani and Hernandez all getting plenty of touches around the edge of the visitors' box.
    • 25' Random fact: On this day in 1995, Eric Cantona returned for Manchester United after a nine-month ban for attacking a Crystal Palace fan. He scored a penalty and provided an assist in their 2-2 draw against Liverpool at Old Trafford.
    • 24' Morison is penalised for backing into Evans as the pair tussle for another pass upfield.
    • 23' Hernandez is incorrectly judged to have been offside as he chases after a ball down the right channel.
    • 22' Morison beats the offside trap and takes another long ball forward on the runa nd Evans slides in to nick the ball off him, but only after getting two tries at doing so! The Northern Ireland defender really does not look comfortable against the Welshman.
    • 21' Possession stats so far show that Norwich have had 56% of the ball. Surprised it's not more, to be honest.
    • 19' Anthony Pilkington (yes, Anthony), cuts in from the left wing and has a pop from distance that is blocked by Anderson. Norwich playing without fear. Paul Lambert has done a good job of geeing his players up for this one.
    • 18' Morison certainly appears to have the beating of Evans going by the evidence of these early exchanges.
    • 17' Norwich are getting far more success in the centre of the parkk than they probably expected. A long dinked ball is chested down by Morison and he fires through Jonny Evans's legs and wide of the far post!
    • 15' Anthony Pilkington pings a nice ball out wide for Hoolahan, but the Irishman's first touch is enough to let Valencia shepherd the ball out for a goal kick.
    • 13' Morison is really putting himself about up front for the Canaries. Twice his bustling almost gets the better of Jones and then he outwits Valencia chasing a 50/50 ball. The Welshman is judged to have impeded Jones, though.
    • 12' Nani swings in United's first corner of the game. It seems to ping off someone's back but hard enough to coem out of the area. rooney whips in a dangerous second ball but play is eventually stopped for a foul on a Norwich defender.
    • 10' David Fox is penalised for a foul in midfield on Anderson. United take the free-kick quickly and Nani fires into the crowd from range.
    • 9' Ruddy's big kick out is flicked on by Morison for Wes Hoolahan, who takes it on his chest and fires a half-volley on the turn way off target from 30 yards. Worth a go though.
    • 8' Wayne Rooney has scored six goals and one assist in his last eight Premier League matches at Old Trafford. Rooney has scored 10 goals in his last six Premier League starts.
    • 7' United are completely dominating possession. So far the pattern is come forward down the right, cross in for Ruddy to catch, win ball back and repeat...
    • 6' Manchester United’s have won 18 consecutive home matches, extending their Premier League record and equalling an overall club record.
    • 5' United deal with the set piece well enough, but they were really caught out down the left for that chance.
    • 4' Elliott Bennett scampers down the right and gets to the byline! He tries to square across to Steve Morison but it's cut out by Phil Jones! Corner to Norwich.
    • 2' First attack from United. Darren Fletcher brings the ball forward and slips it through to Wayne Rooney, but the first-time strike does not trouble John Ruddy.
    • 1' United kick-off and we're underway at Old Trafford!
    • 14:59 Chicharito is praying. The Norwich players are huddling. We're almost ready to go...
    • 14:55 The fans await the players. Today's referee is Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire).
    • 14:50 Norwich have not won three Premier League games in a row since October 1993. Norwich team page
    • 14:45 Ashley Young has a league-leading five goal assists in the Premier League this season. United squad
    • 14:40 Manchester United have allowed their opponents more shots (85) against them than any other Premier League club this season; they have also kept just two clean sheets in their last 10 league matches.
    • 14:37 Norwich are without striker James Vaughan as he is set to be out for up to four months with a knee injury. Centre-back Zak Whitbread misses out with a hamstring problem, while on-loan United defender Ritchie de Laet is unavailable against his parent club. Defenders Elliott Ward and Dani Ayala (both knee) remain out, as is young forward Oli Johnson, who has had ankle surgery.
    • 14:35 Manchester United strikers Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez return to fitness - and start together up front. Rooney has not featured since United's 3-1 victory over Chelsea on September 18 while Hernandez was forced off with a dead leg in last Saturday's draw against Stoke City. Centre-half Jonny Evans also returns to the starting line-up but fellow defenders Nemanja Vidic and Chris Smalling and midfielder Tom Cleverley are not yet fit.
    • 14:33 The teams are in: Man Utd: Lindegaard, Valencia, Jones, Evans, Evra, Park, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Rooney, Hernandez. Subs: De Gea, Ferdinand, Owen, Berbatov, Giggs, Carrick, Welbeck /// Norwich: Ruddy, Naughton, Russell Martin, Barnett, Tierney, Bennett, Hoolahan, Fox, Pilkington, Morison, Johnson. Subs: Rudd, Drury, Crofts, Holt, Jackson, Surman, Chris Martin.
    • 14:30 Wayne Rooney has scored six goals and one assist in his last eight league matches at Old Trafford. Rooney has scored 10 goals in his last six league starts. Rooney wants to be skipper
    • 14:25 Manchester United’s have won 18 consecutive home league matches, extending their Premier League record and equalling an overall club record. Man Utd have scored in their last 33 consecutive matches at Old Trafford in the league, winning 31 and losing just one of those matches. United team page
    • 14:20 Manchester United have won six and drawn one of their eight Premier League games against Norwich, but the Canaries won the last meeting 2-0 in April 2005. All 13 goals scored by Man Utd against Norwich in the Premier League have been netted before the 60th minute.
    • 14:15 Premier League leaders Manchester United host new boys Norwich City, who stand a healthy ninth after six matches, at Old Trafford. Premier League table

  • Summary

    • 90+2' United break and launch it up to Rooney. The striker sees ruddy coming off his line and goes for the chip... It floats on to the roof of the net!
    • 87' GOAL!! WELBECK MAKES THE GAME SAFE FOR UNITED!! Welbeck feeds Park inside the area, continues his run and sweeps the return pass into the net! Clinical stuff from United!
    • 84' Great one-two on the edge of the United box between Jackson and Morison, and the latter is played into space inside the area and has a shot saved by Lindegaard! Aother good chance spurned by the Canaries!
    • 80' Rooney twists and turns on the edge of the box. He has Welbeck in the centre but goes it alone and fires his low strike inches wide of the far post!
    • 78' Jones storms down the right and puts in a dangerous low ball across the box that Welbeck just can't get a telling touch to.
    • 75' NORWICH HIT THE POST!! From a headed clearance Pilkington takes the ball on his chest and strikes a volley. The ball takes a huge deflection that leaves Lindegaard stranded but rebounds off the frame of the goal! The relieved keeper gratefully gathers the ball!
    • 68' GOAL!! Giggs's corner to the far post is headed back across by Jones. Rooney flicks it on and Anderson is there to head past Ruddy!
    • 66' GOLDEN CHANCE FOR NORWICH GOES BEGGING!! Hoolahan's pass forward should be elementary for Valencia at right-back, but the Ecuadroean makes a meal of it and Pilkington pounces. He runs clean through, one-on-one with Lindegaard and puts his shot wide! Norwich will not get a better chance than that, surely?
    • 54' Another Norwich break, this time with Pilkington. The winger cuts in from the left and his shot is deflected. It looks for a moment as though it might loop over Lindegaard, but the Danish keeper adjusts his footing in time to palm the shot away!
    • 52' Norwich catch United cold on the counter. Morison hares down the right and looks to his team-mate at the far post and Jones steams across to make the block! Once again Evans was all over the place there.
    • 49' Norwich repel a clutch of United corners but they cannot fully clear their lines. Anderson drags a shot from inside the box wide.
    • 45' Nani sidesteps Tierney with a classy feint and goes for goal, but he slashes at his strike and it flies wide of Ruddy's goal. If he had caught that right it would have been some goal.
    • 38' Great tenacity from Rooney, who refuses to be tackled by Tierney. He stands up to the tackle well, and lets out his frustration with a shot on the turn from 35 yards that sails comfortably wide of the near post.
    • 35' Better delivery from Nani this time. Rooney times his run well and leaps at the far post but heads over the bar! The England striker didn't get a clean contact on it.
    • 17' Norwich are getting far more success in the centre of the parkk than they probably expected. A long dinked ball is chested down by Morison and he fires through Jonny Evans's legs and wide of the far post!
    • 15' Anthony Pilkington pings a nice ball out wide for Hoolahan, but the Irishman's first touch is enough to let Valencia shepherd the ball out for a goal kick.
    • 4' Elliott Bennett scampers down the right and gets to the byline! He tries to square across to Steve Morison but it's cut out by Phil Jones! Corner to Norwich.
    • 14:33 The teams are in: Man Utd: Lindegaard, Valencia, Jones, Evans, Evra, Park, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Rooney, Hernandez. Subs: De Gea, Ferdinand, Owen, Berbatov, Giggs, Carrick, Welbeck /// Norwich: Ruddy, Naughton, Russell Martin, Barnett, Tierney, Bennett, Hoolahan, Fox, Pilkington, Morison, Johnson. Subs: Rudd, Drury, Crofts, Holt, Jackson, Surman, Chris Martin.

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      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
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      6.9 6
      5.9 5
      6.5 5
      Midfielders
      5.6 6
      Goal Substitution Out77′ 6.7 7
      Substitution Out64′ 6.6 6
      6.5 6
      Strikers
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      Substitution Out65′ 6.5 6
      Subs
      Substitution In77′ 6.3 5
      Substitution In64′ 7.7 7
      Substitution In65′ Goal Yellow Card 7.6 7
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      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
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      5.5 5
      5.8 6
      5.7 7
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out75′ 5.9 6
      5.8 5
      Substitution Out74′ 5.7 6
      5.8 6
      Strikers
      Substitution Out85′ 5.9 6
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      Subs
      Substitution In74′ 5.6 5
      Substitution In75′ 5.5 5
      Substitution In85′ 5.6 5

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