NORWICH CITY 1, MAN UTD 2 Goals by veteran players Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs proved the value of experience to United as they kept up the push for the title through a 92nd minute winner. Sir Alex Ferguson was full of praise for the 38-year old Giggs who scored the winner deep into added […]
Match Report
City’s strikers sweep Rovers aside
MAN CITY 3, BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 Carlos Tevez may have returned to training but Roberto Mancini was reminded of the other striking talent he has available to him as City strolled to a 3-0 win over a Blackburn Rovers side who struggled to offer any resistance after going behind. A clinical first-half goal by Mario Balotelli, […]
Blame me – Ferguson on Euro blip
MAN UTD 1, AJAX 2 (United win 3-2 on aggregate) Sir Alex Ferguson shouldered the blame as faltering Manchester United scraped through to the last 16 of the Europa League. The Reds’ manager admitted he got it wrong with his team selection as Dutch side Ajax triumphed at Old Trafford but lost on aggregate over […]
Quickfire City pass Europa test
MAN CITY 4, FC PORTO 0 (City win 6-1 on aggregate) Sergio Aguero took only 19 seconds to start Manchester City’s rout of holders FC Porto as they sealed their passage to the last 16 of the Europa League City’s Argentinian striker scored the quickest goal of the season in the competition as the Portuguese […]
Europa joy for United
AJAX 0, MAN UNITED 2 Manchester United made a winning debut in the Europa League following a hard-earned victory in Holland against Ajax Two of the giants of European football found themselves in the competition which is the poor relations compared with the glitz of the Champion League. After a rare failure to progress from the group […]