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Manchester United Ready For Barcelona Challenge
2011-05-09 15:00:00
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Man United On Their Way To Wembley
2011-05-04 22:39:00
Manchester United took a two goal lead against Schalke into the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at Old Trafford. United will now play Barcelona in the Champions Leagie Final after beating Schalke 4-1 at Old Trafford (6-1 on aggregate). Man United starting XI- Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Smalling, Evans, O'Shea, Gibson, Scholes, Anderson, Valencia, Berbatov, Nani. Subs: Kuszczak, Evra, Owen, Giggs, Hernandez, Vidic, Fletcher. Jefferson Farfan had Schalke's first shot at goal but his low effort fell just wide of the post. Some brilliant work by Dimitar Berbatov almost created an opening for United, but he was unable to get the ball to a team-mate. Man United took a 1-0 lead on the night (3-0 on aggregate) in the 26th minute. Darron Gibson put Antonio Valencia through on goal and the winger slotted the ball past Schalke keeper Manuel Neuer. Man United doubled their lead five minutes later after a bad mistake from Neuer. Gibson's low shot slipped through the ke...

Champions League Preview : Man United v Schalke
2011-05-03 18:25:00
Wednesday night Manchester United hope to book their place in the Champions League final at Wembley. United go into the second leg against Schalke at Old Trafford with a 2-0 aggregate lead. Team News Manchester United- Wayne Rooney missed Tuesday's training session because he has been suffering with a tight hamstring. Man United will assess his injury before the game. Fabio Da Silva also missed the training session. Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed that Darren Fletcher will feature tomorrow. Fletcher made his return from illness for Man United's reserves last Thursday, playing the first 45 minutes. Man United squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Lindegaard, Rafael, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Brown, Evra, Valencia, Scholes, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Gibson, Park, Giggs, Nani, Obertan, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen and Hernandez. Schalke- Schalke are hoping that Benedikt Howedes has recovered from a strained stomach muscle. Klass-Jan Huntelaar could return from injury. H...
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Top Two Set To Battle It Out For The Title This Sunday
2011-05-02 12:00:00
The Premier League title race has been blown wide open after the weekend's Premier League games. Man United lost 1-0 to Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday , the previous day everything went Chelsea's way. Chelsea had a massive slice of luck on Saturday against Tottenham Hotspur with key decisions going their way. The officials wrongly allowed both of Chelsea's goals in their 2-1 win over Spurs. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that after this weekend's results, Chelsea now have a 'major chance' of winning the Premier League title. Only two months ago Chelsea were 15 points behind Man United, now after that incredibly lucky win, they are only three points behind the league leaders and both clubs have a goal difference of +38. After the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal, Sir Alex Ferguson told Sky Sports: "Obviously, it gives Chelsea a major chance now and that's what happens when you get these decisions. "They got one at Old Trafford last season so that's the...
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Title Race Wide Open After United Lose To Arsenal
2011-05-01 17:04:00
Manchester United go into next weeks game against Chelsea needing a win after a 1-0 loss to Arsenal at the Emirates today. Man United starting XI- Van der Sar, Fabio, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Park, Carrick, Anderson, Nani, Hernandez and Rooney. Subs- Kuszczak, Owen, Berbatov, Smalling, Rafael Da Silva, O'Shea and Valencia. It was Arsenal who started brightly, their first chance came only minute into the game after Nemanja Vidic only half-cleared the ball, which fell to Jack Wilshere but he hit his effort wide. Then Theo Walcott came close after getting onto the end of a cross from Gael Clichy but he hit the ball over the bar. Man United didn't threaten the Arsenal goal until the 20th minute, Luis Nani found Fabio Da Silva who ran into Arsenal's penalty area, he pulled the ball back towards Javier Hernandez but the ball was put behind from Arsenal for a corner. Arsenal should have been awarded a penalty in the 33rd minute after Vidic handled the ball in the area. Walcott...
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Premier League Preview: Arsenal v Man United
2011-04-30 13:38:00
With only four Premier League games left, Manchester United can take a massive step to clinching the Premier League title if they beat Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday. Arsenal on the other hand have thrown away the chance of winning the league after only picking up two points in their last three matches. Team News Arsenal- Thomas Vermaelen made his long awaited comeback against Man United's reserves after eight months out. Vermaelen played the full 90 minutes but Sunday's game has come too early for the centre back. Abou Diaby will also be missing after failing to shake off a groin injury, along with Lukasz Fabianski who is out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. Manchester United- Dimitar Berbatov will return after recovering from a groin injury, the Bulgarian hasn't played since United's 1-0 loss to Man City in the FA Cup. Darren Fletcher played the first 45 minutes against Arsenal's reserves Thursday night, but Fletcher will not play against Arsen...
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Evra Wary Of "The Wounded Animal"
2011-04-28 13:56:00
This Sunday Manchester United have a very important Premier League game against Arsenal. Ahead of the game defender Patrice Evra has said that Man United ?have to fear the wounded animal?. Arsenal are nine points behind Man United with only four games to go. The Gunners have ruined their chances of winning the Premier League after picking up only two points in their last three games. Evra said: "You have to fear the wounded animal? "It is all or nothing for Arsenal so that is a danger. They will want to show they can still win the title.'' "We have a good record at Arsenal but statistics can change so quickly?' "Everyone used to say how Arsenal kept losing to Chelsea and then they beat them. We kept losing at Stamford Bridge but won there in the Champions League. Our record at the Emirates will hurt them and they will want to do something about it.'' United have played Arsenal twice this season. The first was in the Premier League, at Old Trafford in December. Man Un...
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Man United Have The Advantage After Win In Germany
2011-04-26 22:33:00
Manchester United have a two goal advantage going into second leg against Schalke next week after beating the German side 2-0. Man United starting XI: Van Der Sar, Fabio Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Park, Rooney and Hernandez. Subs: Kuszczak, Anderson, Smalling, Nani, Scholes, Rafael Da Silva, Evans. Schalke had a very early opportunity, but Alexander Baumjohann fired his shot straight at Edwin Van Der Sar. Minutes later a right footed shot by Wayne Rooney caused problems for Manuel Neuer after taking a deflection, but the keeper flicked the ball away for a corner. Not long after Neuer was called into action again, Ji-Sung Park cut in from the left, his shot was saved and the ball rebounded to Javier Hernandez but the Mexican was ruled offside. That was immediately followed by another chance for United, Antonio Valencia's cross found Hernandez, who brought out another save from Neuer. Then it was Schalke who came close to opening up the scorin...
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Champions League Preview: FC Schalke 04 v Manchester United
2011-04-25 16:56:00
After a 1-0 win against Everton at the weekend in the Premier League, Man United now turn their attention to the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final match against FC Schalke 04. Schalke have won every single one of their home games in the Champions League this season. Man United haven't conceded a goal away from home in this season's Champions League, winning four out of the five away games and drawing only one. Team News Klass-Jan Huntelaar, Peer Kluge, Christian Pander, Mario Gavranovic, Christoph Moritz and Tim Hoogland are all out injured for Schalke. Benedikt Howedes is rated as doubtful. Man United are without Dimitar Berbatov, who didn't travel due to a groin strain. Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick and Ji-Sung Park were rested for the game against Everton, they are expected to return to the side. United squad: Edwin Van Der Sar, Tomasz Kuszczak; Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans, Nemanja Vid...
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Late Hernandez Header Clinches All Three Points
2011-04-23 16:09:00
Man United have gone nine points clear of Arsenal and Chelsea with a 1-0 win over Everton at Old Trafford. With one eye on the Champions League semi-final against Schalke on Tuesday, Sir Alex Ferguson made five changes to the side who played against Newcastle. Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Fabio Da Silva, Darron Gibson and Antonio Valencia replaced Chris Smalling, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs. Starting XI: Van Der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Evans, Fabio, Valencia, Gibson, Anderson, Nani, Rooney and Hernandez . Subs: Kuszczak, Evra, Brown, Rafael, Carrick, Giggs and Owen. For the first 10 minutes Man United were dominating the game but failing to test Tim Howard. The first meaningful attack came when Wayne Rooney played in Luis Nani down the left but Portuguese's shot was straight at Howard. Man United were on top but still unable to create any notable chances. Rooney had a low cross in cleared by Phil Jagielka, that was followed by a poor shot fro...
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Premier League Preview: Man United v Everton
2011-04-22 16:42:00
Tomorrow lunchtime Man United take on Everton at Old Trafford in the Premier League . A win will take United nine points clear of Chelsea and Arsenal, who are both on 64 points. Team News: Rio Ferdinand was missing from United's draw against Newcastle with a calf strain but he may return tomorrow, along with Dimitar Berbatov who also missed the game. Rafael Da Silva returns from injury but United are still missing Paul Scholes who is serving a three-match ban. Also out are Anders Lindegaard, Owen Hargreaves and Darren Fletcher. Everton will be without Tim Cahill, Mikel Arteta, Marouane Fellaini, Jose Baxter and Louis Saha, who are all out injured. Most Recent Meeting The two clubs last played each other back on the 11th September 2010, at Goodison Park. The match finished 3-3 after two very late injury time goals for Everton. Steven Pienaar gave The Toffees a 1-0 lead in the 39th minute, four minutes later Darren Fletcher equalised for Man United. Nemanja Vidic scored U...
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United Seven Points Clear After 0-0 Draw
2011-04-19 22:44:00
Manchester United have extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to seven points after a 0-0 draw against Newcastle. Sir Alex Ferguson made five changes to the side that lost to Man City at the weekend. Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling, Ryan Giggs, Anderson and Javier Hernandez all returned to the starting line-up. Rio Ferdinand, Dimitar Berbatov, Paul Scholes, Antonio Valencia and Ji-Sung Park all made way. Man United starting XI- Van der Sar; O'Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Anderson, Giggs, Rooney and Hernandez. Man United subs: Kuszczak, Evans, Fabio, Gibson, Park, Valencia and Owen. Man United almost had a early goal after a fantastic ball by Wayne Rooney, found Javier Hernandez but a brilliant save by Tim Krul prevented the Mexican from scoring. After that chance, Newcastle pressurised the Man United goal for a few minutes. A decent run from Jonas Gutierrez ended in him having a effort at goal, which was deflected away for a corner by Smalli...
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Newcastle United v Man United Preview
2011-04-18 16:32:00
Manchester United have the opportunity to put Saturday's 1-0 loss in the FA Cup to Manchester City behind them, with a win against Newcastle United . Man United can go nine points clear of Arsenal in the Premier League, if they beat Newcastle at St James' Park tomorrow night. Team News Newcastle- Kevin Nolan will serve the second of his two-match ban but Cheik Tiote and James Perch will both return from suspension. Ben Arfa is out with a broken leg, also out injured are Leon Best, Alan Smith and Dan Gosling. Shola Ameobi has been rated as doubtful. Man United- Wayne Rooney and Jonny Evans will both be available after completing their suspensions. Paul Scholes was sent off against Man City and will now have to serve a three-match ban. Darren Fletcher is also unavailable for Man United, he is still recovering from illness. Owen Hargreaves, Rafael Da Silva and Anders Lindegaard are all out due to injury. Most Recent Meeting The two sides met back on the 16th August 2010, ...
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?I'm definitely here for the rest of my career now"
2011-04-17 16:47:00
Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic has pledged his future to the club. The 29-year old joined Man United in January 2006 and has gone on to make 226 appearances, scoring 17 goals. The defender has been linked with a move away, with clubs such as AC Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid all reportedly interested in him. Vidic told the Sunday Mirror: ?I hope to spend the rest of my career here at United.? ?I heard the speculation about me maybe leaving last year, but I know where I want to be and I have shown my commitment to the club. ?I have given the best years of my career to this club and the talk about me leaving here was never correct. ?I always give my best. Of course, sometimes you have good and bad days, but I think I always try to give 100 per cent ? and especially now I have that armband and the responsibility that goes with it. ?I'm definitely here for the rest of my career now. It never came from my mouth that I would be leaving United. I love it here and I think...
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City Beat The 10-Men Of United At Wembley
2011-04-16 20:19:00
Manchester City will play either Stoke or Bolton in the final of the FA Cup after beating Manchester United 1-0 at Wembley. Teams: Man United starting XI- Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Park, Scholes, Carrick, Valencia, Berbatov and Nani. Subs- Kuszczak, Owen, Fabio, Smalling, Anderson, Hernandez and Gibson. Man City starting XI- Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, De Jong, Barry, A Johnson, Yaya Toure, Silva and Balotelli. Subs- Taylor, Boyata, Vieira, Milner, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Dzeko and Jo. The Game: Man United started off the better side at Wembley, with Dimitar Berbatov having two fantastic chances in the opening few minutes. Ji-Sung Park put Berbatov through on goal but Joe Hart came out and blocked the Bulgarian's shot. Second later, Nani picked up the ball from a throw-in, he turned and his cross across goal was hit over the bar by Berbatov from two yards out. United continued to attack City's goal, Michael Carrick had an effort from...
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FA Cup Semi-Final Preview: Man United v Man City
2011-04-15 16:23:00
Manchester United and Manchester City will fight it out at Wembley tomorrow for a place in the final of the FA Cup. Team News Manchester United: Wayne Rooney and Jonny Evans are both unavailable for Man United due to suspension. Darren Fletcher will also miss the game, he is back in training but not fully recovered from illness. Owen Hargreaves and Anders Lindegaard are both out injured. Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Rafael, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Gibson, Anderson, Scholes, Park, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Berbatov, Hernandez and Owen. Manchester City: Man City will have to make do without their captain, Carlos Tevez, who has been ruled out for up to a month with a hamstring injury. Micah Richards had also been suffering from a hamstring injury but he is fit for tomorrows game. Squad: Hart, Taylor, Richards, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, Boyata, Wright-Phillips, De Jong, Y.Toure, Vieira, Barry, Silva, Milner, A.Johnson, Dzeko, ...
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Man United Through To The Semi's
2011-04-12 22:36:00
Manchester United are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League after beating Chelsea at Old Trafford this evening. Teams: Man United starting XI- Van Der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Park, Giggs, Hernandez and Rooney. Subs- Kuszczak, Brown, Berbatov, Smalling, Scholes, Valencia and Gibson. Chelsea starting XI- Cech, Ivanovic, Alex, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Anelka, Torres and Malouda. Subs- Turnbull, Benayoun, Drogba, Mikel, Zhirkov, Ferreira and Kalou. The Game: Man United got off to the better start. Luis Nani was fouled by Branislav Ivanovic but the resulting free-kick was poor, then Wayne Rooney volleyed the ball from 35 yards out but was caught by Petr Cech. Chelsea's first opportunity fell to Fernando Torres, who got onto the end of a cross by Nicolas Anelka and his header fell wide of the post. That was followed by two great chances for the away side. Anelka had a strike fall just wide of the post, then Frank Lampar...

Champions League: Man United v Chelsea Preview
2011-04-11 18:36:00
Tomorrow night Manchester United take on Chelsea at Old Trafford in the Champions League quarter-final second leg. Chelsea go into the second leg 1-0 down after Man United beat them at Stamford Bridge last Wednesday. Team News Man United: Rafael Da Silva is the only doubt for Man United ahead of the game. Darren Fletcher is out of the game, he has been suffering from a virus. The last time Fletcher played was when he came on as a substitute against Liverpool on he 6th March. Wayne Rooney missed United's 2-0 win over Fulham on Saturday due to suspension but he can play for United in the Champions League. Also back for United is Rio Ferdinand, who also missed the win because he has been suffering from a calf injury. Chelsea: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has a fully fit squad to pick from. Yossi Benayoun and Alex both returned from injury at the weekend. Jose Boswinga has recovered from the illness that ruled him out at the weekend. Most Recent Meeting The two clubs pl...
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Man United Go 10 Points Clear
2011-04-09 17:50:00
Manchester United have gone 10 points clear of Arsenal after a routine 2-0 win over Fulham at Old Trafford. Team News: Man United starting XI- Kuszczak, O'Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Gibson, Scholes, Anderson, Valencia, Nani and Berbatov. Subs- Van Der Sar; Brown, Fabio, Carrick, Park, Hernandez and Owen. Sir Alex Ferguson made eight changes to the side who beat Chelsea in the Champions League on Wednesday. Tomasz Kuszczak, John O'Shea, Chris Smalling, Darron Gibson, Anderson, Paul Scholes, Luis Nani and Dimitar Berbatov all came into the side. The Game: Fulham had an early effort, which was a 25-yard shot from Gael Kakuta but it was well saved by Kuszczak. Man United's first attempt on goal came from Nani, the ball was deflected over by Aaron Hughes and went for a corner. Kuszczak had to make two good saves within the first five minutes, the second was a 20-yard shot from Moussa Dembele, Kuszczak punched the ball away for a corner. Despite a sloppy start, it was ...
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Kuszczak Set To Leave United
2011-04-09 12:27:00
Tomasz Kuszczak is set to leave Manchester United , according to The Sun newspaper. Kuszczak is unhappy at the amount of time he spends on the bench and has had enough of waiting to be United's number one keeper. The 29-year old joined Man United on the 10th August 2006, since then has has gone on to make 59 appearances. He has only made eight appearances this season and is not set to leave during the summer. The Sun have quoted the goalkeeper as saying: "I'm definitely leaving the club. My time in Manchester is coming to an end. "I've worked hard for five years but I never played as much as I wanted. "It's a shame the manager didn't really give me a chance. "I always believed I can be Edwin Van Der Sar's successor. Unfortunately, Sir Alex has decided differently. "Even though I played many games, I spent most of my time on the bench. "I accepted that as I had a great rival, one of the world's best keepers, and Manchester was the only club where I could accept that...
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Premier League Preview: Man United v Fulham
2011-04-08 16:45:00
Saturday afternoon, Manchester United are back in Premier League action with a home game against Fulham after Wednesday's win against Chelsea in the Champions League. Team News Man United: Anderson, Wes Brown and John O'Shea have all recovered from injury and are available to play against Fulham. Sir Alex Ferguson also confirmed that Rafael Da Silva won't be available for tomorrows game but he should have recovered in time for Tuesday's game against Chelsea. United will be without Wayne Rooney, who will serve the first of a two-match ban. Also out are Darren Fletcher, Anders Lindegaard and Owen Hargreaves. Fulham: The away side may be without Damien Duff, who is struggling with an Achilles injury. Diomansy Kamara and Philippe Senderos are both out. Aaron Hughes is fit despite picking up a head injury against Blackpool. League Positions Man United still sit top of the Premier League, seven points clear of seventh placed Arsenal, who have played a game less. Man Un...
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Rooney Loses Appeal And Sponsorship
2011-04-07 16:44:00
Today the FA announced that Wayne Rooney 's two-match ban has been upheld. Not only that but have Coca-Cola decided not to renew their sponsorship with the player. The FA confirmed on their website that a Regulatory Commission has suspended Rooney for two games. Rooney had admitted a charge for the use of offensive, insulting and/or abusive language but he did appeal the length of the ban. The Commission didn't accept the claim and Rooney will now be missing for Man United's Premier League match home match against Fulham this Saturday. He will also be unavailable for United's semi-final FA Cup match at Wembley against Manchester City. Man United's response was to release this statement on ManUtd.com: "Manchester United is clearly very disappointed with the Regulatory Commission's decision. "The Club put forward a very strong case to have the punishment reduced, which was unsuccessful. "Wayne Rooney apologised immediately after the match and the Club now wishes to move to o...

Advantage United
2011-04-06 22:38:00
Manchester United will go into the Champions League quarter-final second leg against Chelsea next Tuesday with a 1-0 lead. Man United starting XI- Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Park, Hernandez, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, Berbatov, Smalling, Nani, Scholes, Evans, Gibson. Chelsea nearly had an early goal with a chance for Fernando Torres who nearly got on the end of a cross in by Jose Bosingwa but he was just beaten to the ball by Rio Ferdinand. That was followed by a late challenge by Michael Essien on Wayne Rooney. No yellow card was shown but Rooney was able to continue. Park had shot from the edge of the box was deflected behind for a corner, the resulting corner was rolled to Rooney by Ryan Giggs but Chelsea cleared before the ball got to Rooney. Chelsea did have their own chances, one of which was a shot from Didier Drogba, which was tipped over by Edwin Van Der Sar. Man United took the lead in the 24th minute. A b...

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