MAN UNITED 3, FC BASEL 3. Manchester United needed an injury-time equaliser from Ashley Young to prevent an embarrassing home Champions League defeat by Swiss minnows FC Basel. They were heading towards an unexpected loss until Young’s last-gasp intervention helped save faces which would have been as red as their shirts. On an extraordinary night […]
United’s first dropped points
STOKE CITY 1, MAN UNITED 1. All good things must come to an end and Manchester United’s 100-per-cent start to their Premier League campaign did so in the Potteries, though they remain top of the table. Stoke City have a habit of turning over the big clubs and at the Britannia Stadium this evening they […]
Dream City debut for Hargreaves
MANCHESTER CITY 2, BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 Owen Hargreaves, who recently controversially crossed the Manchester footballing divide, made a goalscoring debut for City who defeated Carling Cup holders Birmingham City to claim their last-16 place in the knockout. Midfield man Hargreaves, discarded by United after an injury-ravaged stay at Old Trafford, was handed an unexpected chance […]
In from the cold Owen blows hot
LEEDS UNITED 0, MAN UNITED 3. Michael Owen sent a timely reminder that he does not intend to be Manchester United’s forgotten man as he helped steer his side into the last 16 of the Carling Cup. It hardly seemed striker Owen had been away – this was his first appearance of the season 37 […]
City slip on banana skin
FULHAM 2, MAN CITY 2 Manchester City suffered an unexpected slip on a banana skin as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Fulham, the bottom club in the Barclays Premier League. Manager Roberto Mancini was left baffled and bemused as his side carelessly surrendered a two-goal lead and their first points of the […]