MAN UNITED 4, ASTON VILLA 0. Manchester United produced a performance against Aston Villa which suggested they won’t relinquish their Barclays Premier League title without a fight. Having seen their lead at the top cut from eight to two points in the past week, United restored a five-point advantage over their rivals from the blue […]
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Shock United title stutter
WIGAN ATHLETIC 1, MAN UNITED 0. Sean Maloney blew the Barclays Premier League title race wide open with lowly Wigan Athletic’s unlikely match-winning goal against mighty Manchester United at the DW Stadium. It earned Wigan their first-ever victory against the Reds and lifted them out of the bottom three relegation places for the first time […]
Reds eye twenty-twenty title vision
Man Utd 2, QPR 0 As the finishing line to their 20th top flight title gets nearer and nearer, so Manchester United’s performances resemble more a day at the office than a mighty chore. Wayne Rooney’s first-half penalty and Paul Scholes’ second-half piledriver put the Reds eight points clear of neighbours City at the top […]
United turn up the title heat
BLACKBURN ROVERS 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 2. Manchester United took a gigantic step towards defending their Barclays Premier League title on the ground where they last season secured their record-breaking 19th championship. The Reds overcame a tricky obstacle at Blackburn Rovers, where they had won on only two previous visits to Ewood Park, to open what […]
Table-topping United enjoy stroke of good fortune
MAN UNITED 1, FULHAM 0. If Manchester United fend off the challenge from their noisy neighbours and successfully defend their Barclays Premier League title, they may well look back on the scruffy home victory against Fulham as the defining moment of their campaign. The Reds certainly had a stroke of good fortune on the night […]