NORWICH CITY 1, MAN UNITED 2. Ryan Giggs marked his 900th appearance for Manchester United with a dramatic injury time match-winning goal at Norwich City. The historic occasion could not have been better scripted with 38-year-old Giggs scoring at the death to keep United hot on the heels of leaders City. “I cannot see any […]
Match Report
Evergreen Giggs chalks up 90th minute winner in his 900th match
NORWICH CITY 1, MAN UTD 2 Goals by veteran players Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs proved the value of experience to United as they kept up the push for the title through a 92nd minute winner. Sir Alex Ferguson was full of praise for the 38-year old Giggs who scored the winner deep into added […]
City’s strikers sweep Rovers aside
MAN CITY 3, BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 Carlos Tevez may have returned to training but Roberto Mancini was reminded of the other striking talent he has available to him as City strolled to a 3-0 win over a Blackburn Rovers side who struggled to offer any resistance after going behind. A clinical first-half goal by Mario Balotelli, […]
Blame me – Ferguson on Euro blip
MAN UTD 1, AJAX 2 (United win 3-2 on aggregate) Sir Alex Ferguson shouldered the blame as faltering Manchester United scraped through to the last 16 of the Europa League. The Reds’ manager admitted he got it wrong with his team selection as Dutch side Ajax triumphed at Old Trafford but lost on aggregate over […]
Quickfire City pass Europa test
MAN CITY 4, FC PORTO 0 (City win 6-1 on aggregate) Sergio Aguero took only 19 seconds to start Manchester City’s rout of holders FC Porto as they sealed their passage to the last 16 of the Europa League City’s Argentinian striker scored the quickest goal of the season in the competition as the Portuguese […]