Manchester United vs Arsenal, 1st Leg
Match pulse
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Who won: Man United 1-0
Manchester United beat Arsenal 1-0 in 1st Leg on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at Old Trafford. Goals for Man United: John O'Shea (17').
Play by play
- 95'
There we are. A slightly disappointing game but at least it was better than last night. United should have won by more goals, but Arsenal had a few half chances to equalise as the game wore on. Its nicely poised for the second leg in a week's time though. Thanks for your company.
- 94'
A poor ball from Rooney goes out of play and that should be that.
- 92'
Berbatov earns a cheer as he tracks back to intercept a ball from Gibbs. Sagna then turns in a ball that Vidic clears.
- 91'
A poor ball from Fabregas is cut out by Fletcher and Ronaldo hits a half volley over the bar.
- 90'
Four minutes to be added as Rooney wins a free kick off Sagna.
- 89'
Gibbs muscles Rooney out of the way as he charged towards goal. Almunia mopped up. He's had an excellent night the young left-back, especially having had to mark Rooney and Ronaldo in each half.
- 88'
Ferdinand shouts something non-repeatable as he realises he's been substituted. Calm down Rio, there's only three minutes left.
- 87'
Looks like Rio's game is over. Johnny Evans comes on as Rio hobbles off holding his side. Maybe a rib injury.
- 86'
Bendtner misses a great chance for Arsenal as Van der Sar got caught in a sea of bodies. He just needed to glance the ball into the net but he got too much on it and it sailed over the bar. Poor. Ferdinand down again.
- 84'
Eduardo wins a free kick as Ferdinand clattered him from behind. Its Rio who has stayed down though.
- 83'
Rooney plays a poor ball inside for Giggs as he got into the area but Sagna had tracked the run well.
- 82'
Giggs gets behind Sagna and it took a long while for Alumina to realise he'd have to come and get the ball. He did, just in the nick of time.
- 81'
Eduardo is coming on for Arsenal as Wenger makes a final dart for an away goal. Adebayor is coming off. Not surprising, he's worked hard but been poor.
- 80'
Carrick spreads the ball wide for Evra but Ronaldo miscontrols his ball slighty and its a goal kick.
- 79'
Bendtner proves how useless he is by collecting a Fabregas ball on the dge of the box before turning and passing to Rooney. Brilliant.
- 78'
Giggs has the ball in the net but he's been flagged offside. He looked a fraction off to this, impartial observer. I'm a Brighton fan actually, thanks for asking.
- 77'
Sagna crosses looking for Adebayor but United win the goal kick as he and Ferdinand went to ground.
- 76'
Two crosses from Giggs fail to find their target. The second one flashed past Ferdinand who looked totally unprepared for it.
- 75'
Lovely United move as Berbatov finds Ronaldo, who finds Giggs; he stands the ball up towards the back post but Silvestre heads over the bar. Corner.
- 74'
Brilliant cross from Rooney but very well defended by Silvestre - he's had a good game back on his old stomping ground.
- 73'
Giggs slides a ball down the line for Ronaldo but Almunia is out to clear.
- 72'
More possession for Arsenal but nothing comes of it, and as United break Rooney gets round the back but can't get his cross past Silvestre, then Carrick fizzes a low shot just wide.
- 70'
Fabregas drifts right and drags a shot well wide. Nicklas Bendtner is preparing to come on for Arsenal. Ooh, that'll make them more dangerous. Walcott makes way, largely due to the fact that he's had about four kicks of the ball all night.
- 69'
Ronaldo has hit the bar! He whacked one from 35 yards and Almunia just stood and watched as the ball dipped and crashed into the bar. Brilliant effort.
- 68'
Rooney goes right and Giggs goes left. Berbatov goes central.
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