ENGLAND 1, SWEDEN 0 England’s 43-year wait for victory against Sweden is finally over after their win in an international friendly at Wembley. Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry initially claimed the matchwinner, which was also a milestone goal for England as it was their 2,000th at full international level, but it was later debited as an […]
United close in on knockout place
MAN UNITED 2, FC OTELUL GALATI 0. Manchester United inched ever closer to a place in the knockout phase of the Champions League following an unconvincing win over Romanian champions FC Otelul Galati. Antonio Valencia’s early strike and a late own goal from Cristian Sarghi set the Reds on the road to victory at Old […]
United get back to basics
EVERTON 0, MAN UNITED 1. It appeared as though the previous weekend’s derby disaster had not happened as Manchester United resumed normal service with a hard-earned Barclays Premier League victory at Everton which keeps them in second spot. After the nightmare of the Manchester derby defeat, the match at Goodison Park was always going to be […]
Shots in United’s firing line
ALDERSHOT 0, MAN UNITED 3. Manchester United quickly banished the painful memory of their derby drubbing to move into the quarter finals of the Carling Cup. Aldershot, the npower League Two minnows, were hardly in the same bracket as their opponents of two days earlier but it was a win which helped restore a feel-good factor. […]
City six hitters in derby triumph
MAN UNITED 1, MAN CITY 6. Mario Balotelli produced fireworks on the pitch as opposed to off it as Manchester City caused an extraordinary upset with the margin of victory against United. City’s 6-1 win was United’s heaviest derby defeat since January 1926, when it was ironically exactly the same scoreline, and sent out a […]