Birmingham City vs Manchester United
Match pulse
BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIR | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MAN | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Final score
Birmingham City and Manchester United drew 1-1 on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park. Goals for Birmingham: Lee Bowyer (89'). Goals for Man United: Dimitar Berbatov (58').
Play by play
- 92'
<b>FULL TIME</b> United press in the dying seconds and have a few half chances to strike on goal before Giggs wastes a good crossing opportunity to signal the end of the game. Two points dropped for United but they do go back on top of the table.
- 92'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Birmingham win a corner but United clear and head upfield where Rooney's cross is deflected ito Foster's arms. Giggs was booked for complaining about the goal too, so I hear.
- 91'
Four minutes added. Van der Sar charged over to the linesman because the replay shows that Zigic met the ball with his arm to knock it towards Bowyer. A hard one for the officials to spot.
- 90'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Bowyer has snatched a point! Great delivery from Johnson, Zigic gets up and diverts the ball to the back post where Bowyer finishes from two yards.
- 88'
A lovely ball from Hleb inside Giggs releases Carr but his cross is too long. Shame, as there were plenty blue shirts in the box.
- 87'
Gibson is realeased by Giggs and for a while it is two-on-one but his eventual ball for Berbatov is cut out by the last man Dann.
- 85'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Last throw of the dice for Birmingham as Kevin Phillips comes on for Jerome.
- 84'
Vidic again meets Giggs' corner but can't direct his header on target.
- 83'
Vidic meets Giggs' corner and Foster makes a smart save above his head.
- 82'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Beausejour makes way for the giant beanpole Zigic.
- 81'
A neat little dink into the area sees Hleb go down under the tiniest of contact from Rafael. Ferdinand has a right pop at Hleb.
- 80'
Birmingham finally starting to get numbers forward. Looks like Zigic is coming on too.
- 79'
Giggs fires into a tackle on Bowyer, and gets a slice on the ball, but his opponent stays down and the crowd howl for a foul. Nothing doing from the referee.
- 78'
Cool work from Berbatov back in his own half as he shields the ball from Hleb and then switches it to Vidic to clear.
- 77'
Rooney heads for the area, squares it to Gibson on the edge of the box but he gets his shot all wrong and it barely goes out for a goal kick.
- 76'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Scott Dann is booked for holding Berbatov back as a ball sailed over the pair of them.
- 75'
Beausejour fails with two passes into the area. He's had a very quiet night.
- 73'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Anderson goes off and Darren Fletcher is on.
- 72'
Evra hobbles off but I dare say he'll be back on shortly.
- 71'
Hleb finds Carr in a bit of space in the box, but as he miscontrols he boots Evra's foot. United's break came to nothing as Berbatov's ball for Rooney was cut out.
- 70'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Larsson's poor cross is his last involvement, and Hleb replaces him. Larsson expresses his displeasure and then gets an earful from his manager.
- 69'
A sloppy ball from Ferdinand gifts Larsson possession but his cross is too heavy for Jerome.
- 67'
A lovely passing move from the visitors ends at the feet of Anderson who gets a sight of goal from 22 yards out but slices his shot past the post.
- 66'
Birmingham look a little lost now they are behind. Surely McLeish needs to make changes.
- 65'
Poor ball from Berbatov after he was released down the right channel by Rooney. He tried to look for the return ball but it was far too casual.
Leaders
BIRMAN 
