Manchester United vs Newcastle United
Match pulse
MANAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Man United 5-3
Manchester United beat Newcastle United 5-3 on Saturday, November 23, 2002 at Old Trafford. Goals for Man United: Paul Scholes (25'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (38', 45'+2', 53') and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (55'). Goals for Newcastle: Olivier Bernard (35'), Alan Shearer (52') and Craig Bellamy (75').
Play by play
- 90'
And that's it: the whistle goes, and Manchester United have beaten Newcastle 5-3 in a superb game at Old Trafford
- 90'
In comes a cross, looking for Shearer - Barthez takes command
- 90'
Giggs tries a late effort: it's low and skimming and easy for Given
- 90'
It comes to nothing - seconds remaining, and it looks as though we'll have to settle for just the eight goals
- 90'
Giggs, with some typical trickery, gets into the area and wins a corner...
- 90'
Three minutes of added time will be played, and United are on the ball once again
- 90'
And the home side just keeping possession as we move towards stoppage time
- 89'
A late scramble - O'Shea boots clear and Solskjaer will lead the break...
- 88'
Time rapidly running out in what has been an absorbing game. If there's anything better in the Premiership today, it will have to be very, very good indeed
- 87'
Shearer wins another header, and United have to concede a throw from that... then the offside flag goes up against Bellamy and United have the free-kick
- 86'
Veron lifts it towards Solskjaer, who is penalised for a foul
- 85'
Richardson on the break down the United left - he wins a free-kick midway inside Newcastle territory...
- 84'
Shearer heads on and Jenas gets there - but steers his own header over the top. Flutters in the United defence
- 82'
Dyer finds Bellamy with a clever pass into the left-hand side of the area, but the angle is narrow and there's not enough power in the shot to trouble Barthez
- 81'
Jenas tries a long-range blast - it's too close to Barthez, who saves pretty comfortably in the end
- 81'
Newcastle have the ball on half way - can they get the goal that would make these final stages incredibly tense?
- 80'
Diego Forlan, who has had a bright and zippy game today, goes off to make way for Juan Veron
- 79'
Solskjaer finds himself some space on the right and crosses low, but there's nobody there to take advantage
- 78'
The visitors in possession with Bellamy - he looks for Dyer but the offside flag goes up
- 77'
Corner - Forlan plays it in, O'Shea heads and Griffin clears off the line
- 76'
Scholes plays Giggs into the area, and Given is brave to dive at his feet and flick the ball away from danger
- 76'
Shearer tumbles in the area under challenge from O'Shea. No penalty, says the referee, but the appeals were pretty half-hearted
- 75'
What a game - and there are still 15 minutes or so to go
- 74'
...from the corner, Shearer wins a header and Bellamy flicks it into the net. It's 5-3, and bordering on the ludicrous!
- 73'
Dyer tries a pass towards Bellamy, but it's just overhit and the Welshman can't get there... then he hits a long-ranger which Barthez tips over...
