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 […]
Rebel Tevez returns and sets up big City win
MAN CITY 2, CHELSEA 1 Carlos Tevez returned from footballing wilderness to set to Manchester City’s dramatic late matchwinning goal which keeps their Barclays Premier League title challenge very much alive. The Argentinian rebel backheeled the ball to Samir Nasri who found the net as City overturned a deficit in the final 13 minutes of […]
United hit five in ‘adequate’ display
WOLVES 0, MAN UNITED 5. MANCHESTER United moved four points clear of their noisy neighbours as the bookmakers suddenly made them favourites for the Barclays Premier League title following their five-goal demolition of Wolves at Molineux. The Reds produced a top-drawer performance and sounded an ominous warning to Manchester City who once held a seven-point […]
Fledglings falter in cup semi-final
Sir Alex Ferguson’s fledglings faltered as Manchester United were beaten 2-1 at Old Trafford by Chelsea in the first leg of their semi final in the FA Youth Cup. In fact the Reds were lucky to still be in with a shout as Chelsea, with better finishing, could have been out of sight with a […]