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FC Shorty · 19-01-2009, 01:16 PM

^Carrick celebrates his first goal of the season^

Team Changes: Man United came into this game wanting to show the rest of the league that they can go through the season unbeaten. The Da Silva twins, Rafael and Fabio started at Right and left back respectively. Tevez retained his place in the starting XI after a good performance against Bolton last week. Anderson and Veloso started in midfield ahead of Carrick and Scholes. Berbatov returned from injury but only made the bench.

The first half was a bit dull and only a few chances were made. Rooney came close a couple of times but all of his shots were saved. The two teams went into half-time at 0-0 in a very uneventful first half.

The second had more excitement in it from the first minute. Rooney got the ball from the kick-off and ran straight at the Fulham defence. He ran past them with ease before firing low past the keeper into the bottom corner. Rooney got his second of the match just before the hour mark. Nani passed the ball to him on the edge of the box, Rooney took one touch before smashing it past Schwarzer in the Fulham goal.

United brought on Carrick and Berbatov for Anderson and Tevez for the last 15 minutes and it made a big impact. With 6 minutes to go Ronaldo got the ball on the wing. He took on Paul Konchesky before cutting into the box, he dribbled past one defender before he was chopped down by John Pantsil. Ronaldo got up and sent the keeper the wrong way from the spot. Carrick came so close to scoring last week but it was ruled out but he was offside. This time he wasn’t offside. In the 87th minute, Berbatov took a shot from the edge of the box but it was pushed away. Carrick was alert though and volleyed the ball into an empty net for his first goal of the season.

Berbatov got his goal on the stroke of full-time. Veloso whipped a corner in to the front post and Ronaldo headed it towards goal but the keeper saved it. The ball was only pushed up into the air though and Berbatov was there to head the ball into the net. Man United have Aston Villa at home in their next match. Can Man United keep up their good run in their first real challenge of the season?

19-01-2009, 01:16 PM	#294 (permalink)
FC Shorty Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Wexford,Ireland Age: 14 Gender: Male Posts: 8,312	Fulham 0-5 Man Utd ^Carrick celebrates his first goal of the season^ Team Changes: Man United came into this game wanting to show the rest of the league that they can go through the season unbeaten. The Da Silva twins, Rafael and Fabio started at Right and left back respectively. Tevez retained his place in the starting XI after a good performance against Bolton last week. Anderson and Veloso started in midfield ahead of Carrick and Scholes. Berbatov returned from injury but only made the bench. The first half was a bit dull and only a few chances were made. Rooney came close a couple of times but all of his shots were saved. The two teams went into half-time at 0-0 in a very uneventful first half. The second had more excitement in it from the first minute. Rooney got the ball from the kick-off and ran straight at the Fulham defence. He ran past them with ease before firing low past the keeper into the bottom corner. Rooney got his second of the match just before the hour mark. Nani passed the ball to him on the edge of the box, Rooney took one touch before smashing it past Schwarzer in the Fulham goal. United brought on Carrick and Berbatov for Anderson and Tevez for the last 15 minutes and it made a big impact. With 6 minutes to go Ronaldo got the ball on the wing. He took on Paul Konchesky before cutting into the box, he dribbled past one defender before he was chopped down by John Pantsil. Ronaldo got up and sent the keeper the wrong way from the spot. Carrick came so close to scoring last week but it was ruled out but he was offside. This time he wasn’t offside. In the 87th minute, Berbatov took a shot from the edge of the box but it was pushed away. Carrick was alert though and volleyed the ball into an empty net for his first goal of the season. Berbatov got his goal on the stroke of full-time. Veloso whipped a corner in to the front post and Ronaldo headed it towards goal but the keeper saved it. The ball was only pushed up into the air though and Berbatov was there to head the ball into the net. Man United have Aston Villa at home in their next match. Can Man United keep up their good run in their first real challenge of the season? __________________ Come on Man Utd!!!