However, it looked as though the game would end goal-less until just 17 seconds from the scheduled end of injury time, Scholes headed in a cross from Patrice Evra to win the match for United. The score reached 3–0 just after the half-hour mark, as Carlos Tevez nodded home from close range after Derby's defence failed to deal with a cross from Rafael. United had the run of the play in the first half, and after Darren Fletcher scored from a late run into the box in the 22nd minute, they began to treat the match as somewhat of an exhibition, with Everton hardly able to get a look in. After a fairly forgettable game, albeit one which United dominated without creating too many goalscoring opportunities, Dimitar Berbatov and Rio Ferdinand both had their penalties saved by former United goalkeeper, Tim Howard. This was their heaviest away league defeat for over three-and-a-half years, when Chelsea clinched the 2005–06 title by beating United by the same scoreline at Stamford Bridge on 29 April 2006. Early in the second half, Danny Welbeck was replaced by Anderson and he helped United take control of the second half, Carlos Tevez just shooting wide after a mis-hit shot from Jonny Evans. Meanwhile, captain Gary Neville was left out in place of Rafael, meaning that Rio Ferdinand captained the side. Further goals in the second half – an own goal from former United player Danny Higginbotham and a late header from Park Ji-sung gave United a comfortable win, but one that was ultimately in vain as Chelsea hammered Wigan 8–0 to win the title. Nationality Sweden; Appearances 28; Clean sheets 10; Goals 1; View Player; 3 Eric Bailly Defender. [5], The game was played at a good tempo and both teams had several chances to score. [70] Despite the record deal for Ronaldo, United opted for a cheaper deal in the end, signing free agent Michael Owen after his contract with Newcastle United had expired. Tevez was brought on in the 59th minute after Rooney took a knock on his ankle, and introduced fresh attacking impetus to the United front line; he had a goal ruled out for unintentional use of the arm, before breaking into the box only for his square ball to Ronaldo to be wasted by the Portuguese international. Parity was short-lived as Kevin-Prince Boateng equalised for the hosts just eight minutes later via another penalty goal after Serbian international Nemanja Vidić clumsily fouled Frédéric Piquionne. With 15 minutes to go, Darren Fletcher was sent-off by referee Roberto Rosetti for bringing down Cesc Fàbregas in the penalty area, despite replays showing that Fletcher made contact with the ball first. [31], Manchester United travelled to Arsenal's Emirates Stadium the following weekend for a lunchtime kick-off. Manchester United began their defence of the Champions League title at home to Villarreal, who set out their stall in a defensive manner, managing to hold the European champions to a third consecutive goalless draw between the two teams. [23] The defeat was United's first against Liverpool in the Premier League since 2004. [11] Although it took more than a quarter of the match before the first goal came, they then began to flow thick and fast as Michael Owen scored a brace, Dimitar Berbatov, Zoran Tošić and Nani got one each, and Ryan Giggs scored a hat-trick from the bench to secure an 8–2 win. I manage the day-to-day operations of this local community group in Chicago. The first leg of the quarter-final will be played on 30 March 2010, while the second leg will be played a week later on 7 April. Despite a penalty miss from Tim Cahill, Everton ran out 4–2 winners on penalties and United's quest for five trophies was at an end. With Chelsea having a vastly superior goal difference to United, this meant that the Reds had to beat Sunderland to take the title to the final game of the season. [25], United gave their league season a kick-start with a 2–0 win over Bolton Wanderers on 27 September. Spurs' Jamie O'Hara saw his penalty saved by Foster. [24] Following the loss at Anfield, United faced the daunting task of travelling to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea. [30] However, they dropped to second place after Chelsea beat Liverpool the following day. Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after Manchester United crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Leicester on Tuesday.... more » 11.05.2021 18:54 [49] United won 2–0 after a brace from Darron Gibson in the first half. Lampard opened the scoring in the shootout, only for Ryan Giggs to have his kick down the middle of the goal saved by the feet of Čech. As the tournament's defending champions, Manchester United automatically qualified for the Champions League group stage as top seeds. Villa took the lead through a Carlos Cuéllar header but their lead was short-lived as James Collins put through his own net to make the score 1–1. United were rocked by Everton's new-found physicality, and the Liverpudlians equalised in the 66th minute through Marouane Fellaini, who headed home Phil Neville's cross after an uncharacteristic lapse in concentration from Rio Ferdinand. 12. In the 71st minute, Paul Scholes came on for Anderson to make his 400th Premier League appearance, while Carlos Tevez was replaced by Wayne Rooney. Rooney secured a 2–0 win for United three minutes from the end of normal time, following some neat wing play by Gabriel Obertan – making his Premier League debut – and Anderson. Carlos Tevez had a goal ruled out for offside shortly after, before a Dimitar Berbatov strike was blocked on the line by Aaron Hughes, but the Bulgarian did end up doubling United's tally shortly before the half-hour, stealing in ahead of Schwarzer to convert John O'Shea's square cross. [31], Another international break followed in the middle of October, from which Wayne Rooney returned with a calf strain, ruling him out of United's next fixture against Bolton Wanderers on 17 October. [73], The final was played at Wembley Stadium on 1 March. With six minutes remaining in normal time, Sunderland's former Manchester United winger Kieran Richardson was sent off for dissent, leading to a second yellow card. [11] United won the match 4–0 to take the Vodacom Challenge, with goals from Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, Tom Cleverley and Fraizer Campbell. Needing a four-goal swing, Arsenal dominated possession but were unable to break United down. United then survived several lapses in concentration throughout the first half before Paul Scholes got their equaliser with 10 minutes left in the half; Darren Fletcher pulled a low cross back from the right side of the penalty area, and Scholes shaped to hit the ball with his right foot. The Reds had a well-worked Park Ji-sung goal disallowed for an incorrect offside later in the second half. View Player; 30 Nathan Bishop Goalkeeper. A usually tricky game for the Reds ended with a comfortable 2–0 away win, thanks to goals either side of half-time. In the space of 10 minutes in the second half, Paul Scholes received two yellow cards and was sent off, although the second booking was controversial and later criticised by manager Alex Ferguson. [14] Upon their return from Africa, the Manchester United team was involved in Ole Gunnar Solskjær's testimonial on 2 August 2008. The match soon swung back the other way, but it took until the 35th minute for United to get on the scoresheet; Ryan Giggs sent over a cross, and Carlos Tevez beat Aaron Mokoena to the ball to head home. This red card meant that he would miss the final if United advanced. [65], Beckham started the first leg on the right side of the Milan midfield and played a major part in the build-up to the first goal of the game; in the third minute, Patrice Evra gave away a free-kick 35 yards from goal, which Beckham crossed into the penalty area. As the game entered added time, Patrick Vieira caused a scramble in the United penalty area, but the ball was eventually cleared. The Red Devils then continued to dominate the match, introducing Rodrigo Possebon, Darron Gibson and Wayne Rooney halfway through the half. [34], Following the win over Chelsea, United's next game was at home to Wigan. Alex Ferguson handed debuts to both Rodrigo Possebon and Rafael during the game. United celebrated victory in the League Cup semi-final over local rivals Manchester City with a great performance away at third-placed Arsenal. After a goalless first half, Ryan Giggs was brought on in place of Nani ten minutes into the second half, and had an almost-immediate impact. [3] In December 2008, the club became the first English side to win the FIFA Club World Cup when they beat LDU Quito 1–0 in the final. [5], United secured the Premier League title with a goalless draw at home to Arsenal on 16 May 2009. The winner was scored in the 82nd minute by Fraizer Campbell. Arsenal opened the scoring five minutes from the end of the first half through Andrey Arshavin; the Russian playmaker had been denied a penalty claim moments earlier, but then picked the ball up from Denílson just outside the penalty area and fired a 25-yard strike past Ben Foster. by SuperShorty Plays Quiz not verified by Sporcle . Fletcher then made it 4–1 in the 78th, before Rooney doubled his personal tally in the 79th. The score was turned on its head shortly after the half-hour mark, when the home side hit a two-goal salvo in as many minutes. With ten minutes left in the game, Ferguson gave Joshua King his professional debut, coming on in place of Welbeck. Antonio Valencia then salvaged a draw for United in injury time, firing in a long-range shot that looked to be going wide until it took a wicked deflection off Georgi Schennikov. Berbatov had been standing in an offside position when Ronaldo struck a long-range free kick, and after Artur Boruc was only able to palm it into the middle of the goal area, United's £30 million man was on hand to put it into the back of the net. The win took United three points clear of Liverpool, who were not to play until the following day, but the fact that they kept a clean sheet meant that they set a new Premier League record for consecutive clean sheets – with 11 – while Edwin van der Sar had not conceded in 1,032 minutes of football, surpassing Petr Čech's record of 1,025 minutes, set during the 2003–04 season. However, his clean sheet record finally came to an end after just 9 minutes as Peter Løvenkrands opened the scoring for Newcastle. [55], The draw for the group stage of the Champions League took place in Monaco on 27 August 2009. United were one of four teams still protecting a 100% home record in 2009–10, but it was Sunderland who took the lead after seven minutes, as Darren Bent beat Ben Foster from outside the penalty area. The Portuguese winger cut inside off the left wing, hit a shot that was too hot for the Beşiktaş goalkeeper to handle and the ball rebounded into the path of Scholes, whose header went in off the post. On 20 August, Mikaël Silvestre departed for Arsenal (also for an undisclosed fee). United looked to have taken their foot off the gas after the half-time break, and rarely threatened the Derby goal. United also missed chances to go further ahead, John O'Shea shooting too close to Júlio César when put through. The score remained at 1–0 until ten minutes after half-time, when Berbatov finally put the ball in the back of the net after pouncing on a mistake by Thomas Augustinussen. [29], On 29 October, United hosted West Ham United. To make matters worse, Wayne Rooney was injured in the build-up to the late winner and was reported to be unavailable for the return leg at Old Trafford eight days later. United were also put in the same side of the draw as Arsenal and Villarreal, meaning they will play either of the teams should they beat Porto. However, United were reduced to 10 men half-an-hour into the match as Fábio was sent off for a professional foul on Michael Kightly, who was through on goal; Ferguson responded by bringing Ritchie De Laet on in place of Macheda. Wayne Rooney, who had been expected to play, was not in the squad, having been sidelined by a virus and Dimitar Berbatov was not selected to play against his former team. With the victory United increased their win total in the Manchester derby to 60 as compared to City's 41. Park Ji-sung made it three on the night with a low shot to the far corner of the net after Scholes played him in with a disguised pass in the 59th minute. Nationality England; Appearances 0; Clean sheets 0; View Player; 2 Victor Lindelöf Defender. Neither team found the back of the net again before half-time, but Rooney soon scored a legal goal ten minutes into the second half, picking up a long through pass from Berbatov out on the left wing before cutting back into the penalty area and firing a near-post shot through Ryan Donk's legs and past the goalkeeper. The result left United needing just four points from their last three games to win a third consecutive title. Michael Carrick was fed through into the box, only to be brought down by Heurelho Gomes. [49], Middlesbrough were up next for United, at the Riverside. However, a few days later, Mame Biram Diouf also signed; the club explained that Diouf was originally going to sign in the next January transfer window, but that they had hurried the signing after other clubs became interested in the player.[71]. [14] Both sides played out a cagey goalless draw, meaning that the match went straight to penalties. Finally, in the dying seconds of the game, Ronaldo was felled by Córdoba on the edge of the area, well within his striking range; he stepped up to take the resulting free kick himself, but it was easily saved by Júlio César, and the match finished as a goalless draw.[82]. [32], After returning from a trip to Moscow in the Champions League in mid-week, United travelled down the M62 to take on Liverpool in the first North West derby of the season on 25 October. [52], United set the pace at the start of the second leg, but it was City who made the better chances. Moments after he scored what turned out to be the winning goal, Rooney also hit the post with another header from another Valencia cross. Adam Johnson equalised for Middlesbrough ten minutes into the second half, but in the 66th minute, Emanuel Pogatetz was sent off for a serious foul on Rodrigo Possebon, which left the Brazilian requiring lengthy treatment before being replaced by Darron Gibson. He missed the ball, but it hit his standing leg and spun into the far corner of the goal past Dida's outstretched hand. Five minutes from full-time, though, Gary Neville handled the ball inside the box and the referee awarded Gamba a penalty kick, which Yasuhito Endō converted. Sir Alex Ferguson had won only 1 of the previous 13 meetings against sides managed by Inter manager, José Mourinho, a statistic that the media focused on heavily in the buildup to the game. [79], The draw for the Champions League round of 16 was made in Nyon, Switzerland, on 19 December 2008. At the start of play, Milan needed to score at least two goals to stand a chance of going through to the quarter-finals, but United put the tie almost beyond doubt in the 13th minute; captain Gary Neville swung in a pin-point cross from deep on the right side and Rooney nodded the ball past Christian Abbiati for his ninth consecutive headed goal. [27], After a week off for international duty, United returned to action on 18 October with a home match against West Bromwich Albion. Edinson Cavani broke the deadlock around the 15-minute-mark as he scored a screamer from 50 yards out to beat Areola through a wonderful cheeky chip. United retook the corner and scored through Berbatov's flick-on to Vidić who headed it in. His second goal came after he hit the ball first time after it becoming loose just outside the box, sending it too far into the right top corner for Heurelho Gomes to reach. The score remained the same until the end and United were knocked out on away goals. United responded immediately through a Ryan Giggs free-kick that took a large deflection off Christian Gentner in the Wolfsburg wall, wrong-footing goalkeeper Diego Benaglio, and found the bottom corner of the goal for Giggs' 150th for Manchester United. Giggs and Federico Macheda combined with a one-two before Wayne Rooney threaded a pass through the Boro defence to find Park superbly. However, despite some anger from players such as Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney, Taylor only received a single yellow card. Southampton then gave themselves little chance of getting back into the game when their 19-year-old striker Matthew Paterson was sent off eight minutes before half-time for a high challenge on Nemanja Vidić. Clarence Seedorf pulled a goal back for Milan with five minutes left in the game, flicking the ball behind his right leg with his left foot, but United held on to win the match 3–2 and take three away goals back to Old Trafford. The signing of a former Liverpool star caused some consternation amongst supporters of both clubs. Still without their usual back four, the Red Devils then travelled south to a drenched Fratton Park to play rock-bottom Portsmouth. The result moved United up to third place.[33]. [53], In a repeat of the 1994 final, United's opponents in the final were Aston Villa. Having suffered a miserable few days (including the first-leg defeat at Bayern and the previous League defeat by Chelsea), United were looking to bounce back against a team that had not lost a home game since the previous August. QPR's Samuel Di Carmine had a goal correctly ruled out for offside in the closing stages and United managed to hang on and progress to the last eight of the competition. Three minutes from time, Giggs bagged his 100th Premier League goal with a curling free kick on the eve of his 36th birthday. Highest-Paid Manchester United Player. Despite the numerical disadvantage, though, United went one-up in the 66th minute, as Welbeck played a one-two with Owen before firing past Wolves' goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. A late goal from Thomas Vermaelen (deflected off Jonny Evans gave Arsenal hope, but they failed to find another goal and – after missed chances from Nani and Rooney, the game ended 3–1, leaving United second, one point behind Chelsea having played a game more. The result gave United their first win in six matches against Russian opposition. [76], The return game against Celtic was played two weeks later on 5 November. The first legitimate goal of the game came 10 minutes into the second half: Patrice Evra hit a shot from well outside the area, but it was going well wide; Berbatov controlled the ball with one touch before swivelling and shooting into the bottom corner of Paul Robinson's goal. ... ©2021 Manchester United FC Ltd Both Berbatov and Owen were left on the bench, meaning that Giggs and Rooney would start up front together for the first time in the season. Wayne Rooney was unable to play, having been injured at the end of the Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat by Bayern Munich and United clearly missed their main striker with a below-par performance. First, Michael Jakobsen beat Tomasz Kuszczak with a glancing header from Anders Due's 31st-minute free kick, and then Jeppe Curth directed a perfect header past the Polish goalkeeper, again from Due's delivery. A win would have returned United to the top of the table, since they played before Chelsea, but this defeat, coupled with Chelseas' victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers later in the day increased the gap at the top to four points. [46], The Reds' next game was away to a struggling Sunderland, which they won 2–1 thanks to another Federico Macheda goal. It was Arsenal who opened the scoring, though, with Samir Nasri's 22nd-minute shot deflecting off Gary Neville and past Van der Sar. However, they went 2–0 down in the first hour of the game, and a Nemanja Vidić goal was not enough to save them from defeat. [22], On 13 September, United travelled to Anfield to play Liverpool, who handed them their first loss of the Premier League season. The game saw the return of Ben Foster in goal but no change in goalscoring service as Wayne Rooney scored two headers and Michael Owen's first league goal since the Manchester derby saw United cruise to a 3–0 win. [8], They then flew to South Korea for a match against FC Seoul at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on 24 July. Despite strong pressure from United in the second half, following an unconvincing first-half display, Zoltán Gera scored a second goal for Fulham to seal the match. What the Reds didn't welcome, however, was being 2–0 down at half-time, with Darren Bent and Luka Modrić having taken advantage of two showings of poor defending by United. Despite having good levels of possession and playing well, United ultimately suffered a 1–0 defeat, following a John Terry goal fifteen minutes from time, which dropped them to third in the table. United got a goal back twelve minutes after the restart, via a controversial penalty. However, Hull responded through Bernard Mendy, whose lob over Edwin van der Sar crossed the line before Vidić could hook it away. [84] Adelaide United beat Waitakere United in the play-off,[85] but lost to Gamba Osaka in the quarter-finals,[86] meaning that Manchester United would face Gamba Osaka at the International Stadium of Yokohama on 18 December 2008. In his first start for the club since returning from injury, Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 25th minute, heading home Ryan Giggs' corner. [46] The match was played on 27 October 2009,[47] and the lower-league opposition meant that Ferguson could afford to pick some of the less experienced members of his squad, while summer signing Gabriel Obertan was given his first senior start for the club. 2009 – 2013. 4–3 Manchester City F.C. Ronaldo completed the scoring in the 73rd minute, shooting through Carson's legs after being put through by Berbatov, despite the West Brom players' protests that both Berbatov and Ronaldo had been offside during the build-up to the goal. Ryan Giggs levelled the scores in the 25th minute, curling a free kick past Carlo Cudicini in the Tottenham goal, before Anderson gave United the lead with his first competitive goal for the club. It was United's first successful cup tournament defence in history. [77], This required point was gained with another goalless draw away to Villarreal. This led to a dominant period of play for United in terms of possession, although Inter had chances to score – Zlatan Ibrahimović heading against the crossbar and shooting wide from a tight angle. After a two-week break for internationals, United returned to Premier League action with an away match against Tottenham Hotspur. Portsmouth's misery was complete with more than 20 minutes left when Marc Wilson shot spectacularly into the roof of his own net whilst trying to clear the ball. With Chelsea leading as the match went into injury time, Ryan Giggs played in Wayne Rooney, who lifted the ball over the onrushing Petr Čech to take the match to penalties. Manchester United's semi-final first leg was at home to Arsenal. Inter had chances to score in the second half, Adriano missing an excellent chance as he shot against the inside of the upright, and Ibrahimović heading wide from close range. Despite a few missed close chances from Dimitar Berbatov, Park Ji-Sung and Kiko Macheda, the score remained 2–0 for the remainder of the match. By the time United played their penultimate game of the season – away to Sunderland – Chelsea had already won their penultimate game away to Liverpool and gone 4 points clear at the top of the table. 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United had created a few good chances to double their lead before Sunderland's goal, with Scholes and Rooney both shooting narrowly wide. The highest transfer fee ever received by Man Utd was £80 million in 2009 - for which player? A very important comeback, shadowing United's 5–3 turnaround against the same team in 2001, put them three points ahead of Liverpool with five games left. [50], It was derby day next up for United as Manchester City made the short trip to Old Trafford. But a man-of-the-match performance from Portuguese mis-fit Nani turned the match in United's favour. Wayne Rooney, returning from a seven-game absence due to a hamstring injury, was introduced on the hour, and scored with his first touch, poking home Park Ji-sung's misdirected shot across goal. The opening exchanges were played at great pace, with Ryan Giggs partnering Carlos Tevez up front, but it was Celtic who got the first goal, as Scott McDonald lobbed Ben Foster (who was making his Champions League debut) from 14 yards. Manchester United 2009–10 football season, Manchester United F.C. Despite having only just recovered from a knee injury, Carlos Tevez was picked to start against his former team by City manager Mark Hughes (himself a former Manchester United striker). Despite a late resurgence from Derby, it was United who had the last word, as Danny Welbeck rounded off some neat interplay between Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher with a curling shot past Bywater to make the final score 4–1 to United. He drove his first goal low into the left side of the net after a pass from Anderson. But that counted for nothing as United held on to win their first silverware of the season. However, no sooner than the substitution had been made, Derby had pulled a goal back; Miles Addison headed home a Kris Commons cross after a quickly taken free kick by Robbie Savage. This made them the first team to win three consecutive English top flight titles on two occasions, having also done so between 1999 and 2001. Beating Porto began to look problematic from as early as the fourth minute of the first leg at Old Trafford when Cristian Rodríguez scored for the visitors.
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