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Edwin's final revenge 2007-08-05 20:50:00 Edwin van der Sar admitted the Reds' Community Shield success went some way to atoning for last season's FA Cup final disappointment.The Dutch stopper was United's match-winner, saving penalty kicks from Claudio Pizarro, Frank Lampard and Shaun Wright-Philips."It's a great feeling," van der Sar told Sky Sports amid the Reds' celebrations."It's a little revenge for the cup final and also gives us a boost before the start of the league. I've never saved three penalties in a row."Despite his heroics at Wembley, Van der Sar admits his record in shootouts is not the best."I was 5-2 down on penalty shootouts during my career, so this makes it 5-3," the 36-year-old said."I think we deserved the win – we played the better football and created more chances than them. Chelsea only had the one chance at the end of the first half. Read more:Edwin
Sir Alex calls on Carlos 2007-08-14 19:55:00 Wayne Rooney's injury woe will hand Carlos
Tevez an unexpected debut in Wednesday night's trip to Portsmouth. Hitherto United's only fully-fit striker, Rooney suffered a fractured foot against Reading and is likely to miss the new few weeks.With Louis Saha and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer back in training, but without any pre-season action, Tevez will start the game at Fratton Park despite his own lack of match-fitness."Carlos will start on Wednesday against Portsmouth," confirmed Sir Alex at a press conference to unveil the Argentine. "I would have preferred to wait for the Manchester City - that would have given him a few more days' training."But for the forthcoming few weeks, he will fill the position Wayne would have occupied."The United manager also played down suggestions of a knee-jerk foray into the transfer market to further bolster the Reds' striking department."With Wayne as well, we have four strikers so I am not looking at a situation where I have to add to that number," he s Read more:calls
Reds triumph in Malaysia 2007-08-20 20:40:00 Febian Brandy struck the only goal of the game as United overcame Juventus to lift the prestigious Champions Youth Cup in Kuala Lumpur. The diminutive striker hit his third goal of the tournament in the second half to finish as the Reds' joint top scorer - along with Sam Hewson - as Andy Welsh's side ended up worthy winners of the competition in its inaugural season.Juve had only conceded one goal en route to the final, but had no answer to Brandy's strike in the 50th minute as he negotiated a way past two defenders and drilled a low effort home.United's defence held firm throughout the rest of the game in relative comfort, as they held on to become worthy winners of the high-profile competition.Having negotiated a route past Porto, Boca Juniors and Internazionale in the competition's group stages, United ousted Barcelona and Brazilians Flamengo before beating Juve in Sunday's showpiece final. Read more:triumph
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Rio's respect for new signings 2007-08-27 02:07:00 Rio Ferdinand is full of admiration for United's new signings
after their less than ideal introduction to life at Old Trafford. The Reds defender says injuries and suspensions to established players have not provided the best platform for Nani and Carlos Tevez, when they would have preferred to slide into a more settled side."It isn’t easy for the new signings to slot in, especially when there are a lot of injuries and the side’s a bit fragmented," said Ferdinand."It’s been a difficult period for them, but they’ve done well. Carlos’ movement, his know-how and his nous around the pitch have been very, very good."Nani’s the young player with huge potential. It’s fantastic for Nani, having come to a big club like United, to hit the target like that."In that respect
he’s similar to Ronaldo, he can hit the ball so hard that as long as he hits the target he’s got a chance of scoring like he did today."Hopefully we're going to see a lot more goals like that in the future."
Saha buoyed by start 2007-11-13 01:21:00 Louis Saha was delighted to come through his first league start of the season against Blackburn Rovers unscathed after a long battle with a knee complaint. Sir Alex Ferguson had planned to continue using the French striker in a bit-part role from the bench so as not to risk any further injury niggles.But Wayne Rooney's enforced absence through an ankle injury saw Sir Alex include Saha in his starting XI for only the second time of the campaign, as the Reds ran out 2-0 winners over Mark Hughes' side."It has been such a long time since I was in the starting line-up and it felt good to be in there," Saha told L'Equipe. "I was in the starting XI against Roma, but that day I was not at my best."I took advantage of the Wayne Rooney injury, but that is why a whole squad is useful."It went smoothly against Blackburn. I won't complain about failing to score because the most important thing is the team won."
ROONEY READY FOR FULHAM 2007-11-29 21:26:00 Wayne Rooney is back in full training and on course to be return against Fulham at Old Trafford on Monday.The 22-year-old striker will make a welcome return after injuring his ankle in training before the 2-0 defeat of Blackburn earier this month.United missed Rooney's potency in front of goal during the 1-0 defeat against Bolton at the weekend, but as the Reds look to get back to winning ways he is set to make a rapid comeback."Wayne's making good progress," Sir Alex said after United's 2-1 win over Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday."He did some running last week and he has resumed training this week."We are looking at him making his comeback against Fulham."
Ronaldo Delighted With Double 2007-12-04 19:24:00 Cristiano Ronaldo
was delighted to fire United to victory over Fulham, but felt aggrieved not to complete his hat-trick after being denied a clear penalty.The 22-year-old volleyed home brilliantly on 10 minutes and headed a second just before the hour to complete a 2-0 win for the Reds.He looked likely to be handed a chance to seal his treble when he was brought down by Cottagers' stopper Antti Niemi after being put clean through on goal.But referee Rob Styles opted instead to book Ronaldo for diving, much to the winger's bemusement."The ref took the decision and although I respect it, I don't have the same opinion," he told MUTV afterwards. "It's a penalty. If he watches the replay, he'll see that the keeper doesn't touch the ball."It's frustrating to get a yellow card for it, but that's the way football goes and sometimes referees make mistakes. I don't think he did a great job tonight, but the most important thing is the three points."Ronaldo's goals were his 12th and 13th
Reds land awards double 2008-02-12 00:26:00 On the eve of the Manchester derby, Sir Alex Ferguson scooped his 20th Barclays Manager of the Month award, while Cristiano Ronaldo was recognised as the league's star man for January.The Reds made a flying start to 2008, registering four league wins and two cup victories in January. Along the way, Sir Alex's men scored 16 goals and conceded just one.Key to the United's success was Cristiano Ronaldo, who continued his remarkable scoring run. A goal against Aston Villa in the FA Cup preceded his first hat-trick in English football against Newcastle United. The 23-year-old then scored his 11th goal in seven games when his late strike saw off a plucky Reading effort at the Madejski Stadium, before his double
against Pompey had everyone gushing.“No goalkeeper in the world could have saved it
Blue ready for inspired Reds 2008-02-10 07:01:00 Manchester City captain Richard Dunne expects United to be galvanised by the extra significance of Sunday’s derby. The game comes four days after the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, but Dunne does not believe the emotion of the occasion will inhibit the Reds come kick-off.“The way United are playing it’ll probably spur them on,” the Irishman told United Review.“They’ll want to pay their own respects by putting on a performance in honour of the Busby Babes. It’s up to us to try and make an impact.”Dunne sees the game as a perfect opportunity for the city to unite and pay its respects to those who lost their lives in the tragedy.“It means a huge amount to the whole city. We have a chance for the two clubs of Manchester to come together and remember all who were Read more:ready
The darkest day: 6 Feb 1958 2008-02-06 01:06:00 February 6 will forever be circled on the calendars of everyone connected with Manchester United.On that day in 1958, the darkest day in United's history, 23 people - including eight players and three members of the club's staff - suffered fatal injuries in the Munich air crash. Flying back from a European Cup tie against Red Star Belgrade, the team plane stopped in Germany to refuel. The first two attempts to take off from Munich airport were aborted; following a third attempt, the plane crashed.Twenty-two of the people on board died instantly, while Duncan Edwards - one of the eight victims from the team - died 15 days later as a result of the injuries he sustained.The tragedy is an indelible part of United's history, as is Sir Matt Busby overcoming his injuries to build another great te
Tevez FA cup doubt 2008-01-01 21:54:00 Carlos Tevez
is a doubt
for Saturday’s FA Cup third round clash with Aston Villa after suffering an ankle injury against Birmingham City, but Wayne Rooney is expected to recover from a virus in time for the trip to the West Midlands. Tevez got the goal that handed United victory over Villa’s city neighbours at Old Trafford on New Year’s Day, but a heavy challenge on his ankle means he is now a major doubt for the game.“Carlos got a bad tackle on his ankle in the first half and the longer he played the worse it got,” Sir Alex told MUTV.“We had to bring him off and we will assess him on Wednesday morning to see what damage there is. Obviously, he is doubtful for Saturday now.”Tevez was carried off at the end of the game after being replaced by Louis Saha. Although the injury is
Wayne enjoys winning tonic 2007-10-21 21:09:00 Wayne Rooney bounced back from his midweek woe with England to score two goals against Villa but insisted United's win was the real morale-booster. "It's been a disappointing week for England but at United we've got a good run of form going," Rooney told MUTV."The main thing is we got the three points. We had seen all the results today before we played and we knew we had to win. It was a good professional performance today."Rooney is pleased that his partnership with Carlos Tevez has started to work well."I can play as the one going in behind and looking for the ball, and he can do the same so we can switch," says Wayne. "It's quite easy to play up front with him, he's a great, intelligent player."Rooney also admired how United's Premier League newcomers Nani and Anderson performed against Read more:Wayne
United: Kings of Europe! 2008-05-21 20:51:00 Edwin van der Sar was the hero as United
were crowned champions of Europe
for the third time after a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Chelsea at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.Forty years after first winning the European Cup at Wembley in 1968, and 50 years since the Munich tragedy, fate played a big part as a dramatic Champions League final went to penalties.After Cristiano Ronaldo had mis
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