LEEDS UNITED 0, MAN UNITED 3. Michael Owen sent a timely reminder that he does not intend to be Manchester United’s forgotten man as he helped steer his side into the last 16 of the Carling Cup. It hardly seemed striker Owen had been away – this was his first appearance of the season 37 […]
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Ferguson praise for new generation
MAN UNITED 3, CHELSEA 1 Manchester United’s new generation showed precisely why Sir Alex Ferguson paid such a lavish tribute to them in his programme notes following the club’s best start to a season for 26 years. Chelsea provided their sternest challenge to date, but United triumphed through goals from Chris Smalling, Nani and Wayne […]
Giggs rolls back the years
BENFICA 1, MAN UNITED 1 ON a night when almost half Manchester United’s team had to shake off ring rust, the evergreen Ryan Giggs once again showed there is no substitute for the golden glow of experience. Giggs, who will be 38 in two and a half months, scored United’s equaliser 18 minutes after Oscar Cardoza […]
Cleverley out for a month
Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley will be out for a month after suffering ankle ligament damage in yesterday’s 5-0 win at Bolton Wanderers. It had been thought that the injury, sustained in a challenge by Bolton captain Kevin Davies, was a fracture but a scan subsequently revealed only ligament damage. Cleverley will now miss England’s final Euro 2012 […]
Rooney revels in record-breaking start
BOLTON WANDERERS 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 5 It is proving difficult to find new superlatives to describe Manchester United’s record-breaking start to their Premier League campaign. The Reds recorded their fourth successive victory as they maintained their 100-per-cent start to the season in the most emphatic manner. Many of the Premier League big guns have slipped […]