Manchester United beat Manchester City in a thrilling Manchester derby with a stoppage time goal from Michael Owen. In one of the best matches of the Premier League history, the champions saw their lead equalled thrice but not to be denied scored a fourth deep into injury time to send the stadium into raptures. Watch the epic battle play out below...
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Manchester United host cross town rivals Manchester City in the most highly anticipated Manchester derby in recent memory
And thus it is here. Ever since Manchester City were turned into the richest club in the world overnight and then systematically started to buy a team which could get them success of the magnitude that their more illustrious cross town rivals, Manchester United were used to, there has been a sense of heightened...
The seemingly tasty Manchester derby just gets a bit more tastier
Manchester United left back Patrice Evra has gone on the offensive ahead of this Sunday's Manchester derby saying Manchester United will show everyone including City who the real kings of Manchester are. The feisty full back who is in a rich vein of form says that Manchester City have started well and would look to build on the momentum but Manchester United are more than...
Sir Alex needs to put out his best team and not his favored formation because he no longer has the players for a 4-3-3
Manchester United started off the European campaign with a win against Besiktas. Three points in the bag should mean that the campaign has started pretty much as expected. We went to a noisy, hostile environment facing a difficult than it seemed team and came out unscathed with three points. So, job done and let's move...
Sir Alex Ferguson has played down Wayne Rooney's visible disappointment on being substituted during the second half in Manchester United's first Champions League game of this season against Turkish club Besiktas. Wayne Rooney was distraught at being substituted and was seen throwing his boots down in disgust on the bench. However, Ferguson attributes the reaction down to Rooney's burning desire to play all the time and make a difference.
Sir Alex Ferguson speaks...
"It was always part of our thoughts to bring Wayne off....
Paul Scholes provided the ammunition for Manchester United on their away trip to Istanbul to face Besiktas in the Champions League match. Scholes headed in superbly after the Besiktas goalie could only parry a Nani attempt on goal. Watch Scholes rescue all three points for Manchester United.
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And thus it begins all over again
It's been about four months since that night in Rome...the night which left all of us with a bitter taste. It was a defeat like no other that Manchester United has ever suffered where we were completely outclassed by a rampaging Barcelona side and everyone of us would give a lot to banish those memories into oblivion. The pain of that defeat will sadly forever haunt us yet starting tonight, Manchester...
Manchester United outpass Spurs sending a warning to the rest of the Premiership
The enduring image of the day was when Patrice Evra bounded down the left flank, took on opposing defenders and drilled in a shot which hit the side netting. Nothing spectacular, on the face of it. Yet the magnificence of that run is not highlighted by the end result. It is the state of the match when this run was made which tells the real story. Manchester...
Manchester United look to kickstart campaign with victory against high flying Spurs
With the sidetrack of international friendlies and qualifiers taken care of, we now return to the weekly grind of the Premier League once again. Manchester United travel to table topping Tottenham Hotspurs in what promises to be a delightful delicacy of attacking football. With Spurs notching up four wins in four and table topping along with Chelsea,...
Fergie says that Arsenal seems to bring the best out of Darren Fletcher
Sir Alex Ferguson has showered praise on midfielder Darren Fletcher alluding that he was just too good for Arsenal on the day. praising the young Scot's energy and commitment to the cause, Fergie says that Fletcher is very good at what he is supposed to do. Fletcher who has been turning in superb performances on a consistent basis now was indirectly taunted by Arsene...
Manchester City harbor ambitions of matching Manchester United. However, they first need to learn a basic footballing fact
Manchester City are better known as the “Other Club” from the city of Manchester. City won the League Cup in 1976 and have not won anything then onwards. They have been relegated twice in three years and even spent their 1998 season in the third tier of English football.
However, last year saw a financial makeover...
England and Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton has heaped praise on Wayne Rooney saying how lucky England and Manchester United are to have the striker
According to arguably England's greatest ever player, Wayne Rooney is the man who could fire England to glory in next year's World Cup. Sir Bobby Charlton thinks that Rooney has the obvious talent to carry his country on the international scene in the biggest stage of them all.
Charlton...
Rio Ferdinand warns City that money never guarantees success
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has warned city rivals City that just spending big is not always a guarantee for success. Manchester City have been on a spending spree trying to bolster their squad and make it extremely competitive, but Ferdinand says it's not always an instantaneous thing.
Presently recuperating from an injury, Rio says that Manchester United will...
Defensive woes continue for Manchester United with reports of O'Shea getting injured
The defensive worries, it seems are just going to keep mounting for Manchester United in the near future. Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville and Rafael are all out with injuries. Nemanja Vidic has just recovered and is still recuperating, Johny Evans is playing on with an injury which seemingly requires surgery, Wes Brown is still not back upto match fitness ...
Ryan Giggs speaks on the folly of writing Manchester United off
20 seasons on and Ryan "legend" Giggs shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, the legenday winger has now gone on record firing a warning to the rest of the Premiership. According to him, it would be foolish and perilous to write off Manchester United's chances in the wake of Ronaldo's departure.
Ryan, ofcourse, knows what he's talking about. He has seen a host of...
Brazilian midfielder Anderson has been backed by Ole Gunner Solskjaer to come good and become one of Manchester United's greats
Anderson has had a torrid time off late, to say the least. While he had a pretty decent first season, last season he was completely off the boil and struggled big time, most famously in that final in Rome. The start of the season promised much when he scored a good free kick against Boca Juniors but reports of...
Dwight Yorke will always be remembered fondly by Mancunians the world over
Football is a tough, physical game where crunching tackles are the norm. Everyone, obviously so, agrees that it gets difficult to maintain one's cool in the heat of the moments. Thus, when someone comes out and plays the beautiful game hard and fair and whilst doing so, even manages to keep a smile on his face, such a player is not only loved by fans but is also...
The midfield is turning out to be a conundrum of sorts for Manchester United this season. With Anderson and Carrick being inconsistent, Scholes aging and Hargreaves still out injured, a settled midfield pairing is very much a novelty. A midfield pairing is of the utmost importance to be competitive on all fronts. So here, we ask our readers to vote for the first choice midfield pairing for Manchester United in their opinion.
What should be the first choice midfield pairing for Manchester Unite...
Arsene takes his rant further and loses all semblance of logic and decency
In my previous post here I had commented on how Arsene Wenger had gone on a typical moan rant of his after seeing, with increasing frustration, his side surrender a lead and capitulate in the face of some mild Manchester United pressure. Berating him for his lack of tiniest of logic in the moan, I had suggested that "he could certainly have done better".
Now little did I know that Arsene would read that post and even more so take my comments...
