SOUTHAMPTON 2, MAN UNITED 3. New-boy Robin van Persie’s brilliant hat trick ensured Sir Alex Ferguson’s 1,000th league game as manager of Manchester United was a winning one. The Reds’ manager reached the landmark, which spans a remarkable 26 years at Old Trafford, came at St Mary’s where they snatched victory in stoppage time […]
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Champions League draw for Manchester clubs
Manchester City have another tough draw as they face Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, Ajax, and Borussia Dortmund in Group D of the UEFA Champions League this season. United have the easier task in Group H, with Braga, Galatasaray and CFR Cluj but both sides will remember their group stage exits in last season’s competition and […]
Reds new boys strike gold
Man Utd 3, Fulham 2 Usain Bolt may have displayed his winning Olympic medals on the pitch before the game, but it was Manchester United new boys Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa who struck gold on it. In a game which was truly one of two distinctive halves, United move effortlessly from the sublime […]
Rooney out for a month after bad gash in United win
A nasty collision with Fulham’s Hugo Rodallega left Wayne Rooney nursing a deep gash in his knee and gave England manager Roy Hodgson an injury headache he didn’t need ahead of World Cup qualifying games against Moldova and Ukraine on September 7th and 11th respectively. Rooney, who had only come off the substitutes bench in […]
Reds undone by Fellaini
EVERTON 1, MAN UNITED 0 Manchester United has no answer to Mauro Fellaini’s “monstrous” performance as they made a faltering start to their bid to win back their Barclays Premier League title. Belgium international Fellaini not only scored Everton’s matchwinning goal at Goodison Park but was generally unplayable and the scourge of the Reds. “Fellaini […]