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[DannyB]

2mins added time

Corner to United

[DannyB]

Kuszczak has had 1 save to make when he tipped Maloney's shot on to the bar

20secs to go

[.DJ]

Originally Posted by DannyBRonaldo

Yeah. On the Fifa part. Started doing live updates on here for United games, not 3:00pm KO's

U a ps3 player?

[.DJ]

6 pts clear at the top of the table. What a performance by united

[DannyB]

Final Whistle: Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa. United 6 points clear at the top of the league

[.DJ]

Ronaldo is man of the match. No doubt

[ponka00]

Great match!

[DannyB]

Originally Posted by ---dj---

U a ps3 player?

PC..

[.DJ]

Originally Posted by DannyBRonaldo

PC..

ok dude

[CrimsonDementia]

GET IN!!! 4-0! What a game!

[DannyB]

Okay then. Roma next for United. We all know what happened last time

I will be watching the game on TV so now updates from me

[Matieo10]

Another one for Rocket Ronaldo, and the doubters oh how they look like fools now.

[den525player]

a job very well done. great performance by the whole team. Ronaldo 1 goal 3 assist simply amazing. rooney should of had like 6 goals but still great with 2.

[DannyB]

Top Class. Looking foward to MOTD tonight

[fitz15]

i was wondering what todays goal would go down as in ur signature den525player, nice

[DannyB]

1 back flick. I would ahve siad heel but nice

[.DJ]

From BBC SPORT:

Man Utd 4-0 Aston Villa


Man Utd's Patrice Evra congratulates Wayne Rooney after his first goal

Manchester United stretched their lead at the Premier League summit to six points with a stunning display.
Cristiano Ronaldo's outrageous flick started the agony for Aston Villa after 17 minutes and he provided Carlos Tevez with a simple second before half-time.
Wayne Rooney rounded Scott Carson for a third after 53 minutes and he slid home the fourth with 20 minutes left after more superb creativity from Ronaldo.
Shaun Maloney missed Villa's best chance, but United were outstanding.

606: DEBATE
Four goals could - and perhaps should - have been more


Urban Legend

United's football was mesmeric, despite atrocious conditions, and Martin O'Neill's fast-fading side could easily have been on the end of an even heavier beating.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson took a precaution ahead of the Champions League quarter-final visit to AS Roma by resting goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, who was suffering from a slight groin strain.
Tomasz Kuszczak returned in goal, but spent much of the evening admiring a virtuoso United attacking display.
Ronaldo had already tested Villa keeper Carson before he produced a finish that was brilliant even by his own sky-high standards to give United the lead after 17 minutes.
Villa could not clear a Ryan Giggs corner, and when Rio Ferdinand chested the ball towards Ronaldo, he produced an outrageous flick between the legs of Martin Laursen to beat Carson.
Ronaldo turned creator as United extended their lead after 33 minutes, producing a perfect first-time cross to provide Tevez with a simple headed finish.
Villa were facing a long and arduous 90 minutes, and their situation was not helped when striker John Carew limped off with a groin injury before half-time, to be replaced by Maloney.
Rooney should have sealed the points for United after 48 minutes when he was put clear by Tevez only to shoot wide - Maloney then wasting an equally good chance for Villa in a similar position seconds later.
England striker Rooney made amends for his miss after 53 minutes when he took another flamboyant touch from Ronaldo to round Carson and score with ease.
Kuszczak was called into action after 55 minutes to save from Maloney's curling angled drive, but it was a minor inconvenience to a United side threatening to run riot.
Ferguson made a triple substitution in the 61st minute, sending on Owen Hargreaves, Anderson and John O'Shea for Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick and Ferdinand.
Hargreaves was in on the action instantly with a perfect cross that Tevez somehow headed wide, before Rooney struck the outside of the post with a measured finish.
Ronaldo and Rooney were irresistible - and combined once more for United's fourth in the 70th minute.
Rooney slid in a right-foot finish after being played in by another stunning touch from Ronaldo.

• Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson:

"The players reached a peak last week and we've continued that.
"They realise now it's a race to the line, we need consistency and real focus and we showed fantastic energy.
"The title doesn't feel that close for us, but there is great confidence in the way the team is playing and that's great at this time of the year."

• Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill:

"If you could ever try to set the benchmark, that's it.
"We came up against a team on top of their game; we have to admit they were splendid.
"There were things there to give us heart. The scoreline was pretty strong, but we had one or two chances that could have made it more respectable."
Man Utd: Kuszczak, Brown, Ferdinand (Hargreaves 62), Vidic, Evra (O'Shea 62), Ronaldo, Carrick (Anderson 61), Scholes, Giggs, Tevez, Rooney.
Subs Not Used: Foster, Park.
Booked: Vidic.
Goals: Ronaldo 17, Tevez 33, Rooney 53, 70.
Aston Villa: Carson, Reo-Coker, Mellberg, Laursen, Bouma (Osbourne 80), Agbonlahor, Petrov, Barry, Young, Harewood (Salifou 69), Carew (Maloney 41).
Subs Not Used: Taylor, Knight.
Booked: Bouma.
Att: 75,932
Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).
BBC Sport Player Rater man of the match: Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo 8.93 (on 90 minutes).

[clinty1980]

BEAUTIFUL game today... Ronaldo, Rooney... just PURE CLASS!! poor Rooney getting called offside on his hattrick, would have been a beaut!!

[DannyB]

Rooney should ahve scored 5 yesterday.

[DannyB]

Ferguson expects Queiroz to stay

Ferguson has great faith in Queiroz's knowledge and ability
Sir Alex Ferguson is confident his assistant Carlos Queiroz will not join Portuguese side Benfica next season.

Reports in Portugal said Queiroz was wanted to replace Fernando Chalana, who took temporary charge when head coach Jose Antonio Camacho left this month.

But Man Utd manager Ferguson insists there have been no approaches from Benfica for the 55-year-old Portuguese.

"I can't speak for Carlos but I'm quite certain he'll not be going to Benfica next year," said Ferguson.

Queiroz returned to United in 2004 after a one-year spell as Real Madrid manager.

He has an impressive CV that also includes stints as head coach for Portugal, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Ferguson added: "The Real Madrid experience was something else. It was a job he had to take.

"But Carlos learned how difficult it is. He wasn't allowed to buy and instead told to sell players."

From BBC Sport Man Utd

[den525player]

Queiroz is a bit like kidd a decade back. always linked to other manager's job but when he does manage a real team he is no good but as an assistant he is great

[DannyB]

That happened with Real Madrid. He followed Becks there. came back to United the eyar after. Missed out on a FA Cup winners medal(if coaching staff get them), Walter Smith was our assistant

[den525player]

walter smith was only man utd's assistant for 2 and a bit months. i think mike phelan was the assistant for the rest of that season

[DannyB]

I no Walter Smith was at the Cup Final. I've got the DVD

[den525player]

Roma will be without captain Francesco Totti for Tuesday's crunch UEFA Champions League clash with Manchester United.

The talismanic Giallorossi skipper has been ruled out of the quarter-final first leg tie against The Red Devils with a thigh strain.

The former Italy international suffered the strain toward the conclusion of Saturday's 1-1 draw with Cagliari in Serie A, a game in which he found the back of the net.

"At the end of Saturday's encounter, Francesco Totti complained of a pain in the flexor of his left thigh," read a statement on the club's official website.

"On Sunday morning he was subjected to tests that highlighted a muscular injury in the cavity of the left thigh flexor. The player will have to have a period of rest and the situation will be monitored over the next few days."

The news of Totti's absence against the in-form Red Devils is a major blow to Roma's hope of progressing as he is the club's leading scorer with 14 league goal this season.