Manchester United vs Sunderland
Match pulse
MANAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Final score
Manchester United and Sunderland drew 0-0 on Friday, April 14, 2006 at Old Trafford.
Play by play
- 94'
FULL-TIME: Stalemate at Old Trafford, a result that perhaps ends faint dreams for both sides: Sunderland are officially relegated, and United now seem unlikely to catch Chelsea for the title.
- 93'
Brown is booked for attempting to block a quick free-kick down near the corner-flag in the United half.
- 92'
ROONEY! Rooney fires in a shot from the edge of the area, but he slices it a little and doesn't work Davis. Poor effort.
- 91'
TIRED EFFORT! A careless pass in defence hands Sunderland a chance, but Brown curls his shot over the crossbar from inside the area. He looks so tired.
- 91'
Ferdinand has gone up front to try and lend some support to his strikers for the final moments.
- 90'
The attendance tonight, 72,519, is another Premiership record.
- 89'
Incredible defence from Sunderland, to hold out a previously-rampant United for this long. Just a couple of minutes to go now...
- 88'
SHOT! Le Tallac finds some space down the right channel; he opts for placement in his shot, but Van der Sar makes a comfortable save.
- 87'
...Again, Ronaldo blasts his effort high over the crossbar. A truly dreadful shot from the youngster, who has had a poor evening.
- 87'
...Again, Giggs and Ronaldo stand over the set-piece...
- 87'
United win another free-kick; 30 yards out, slightly right-of-centre...
- 87'
Silvestre finds some space after a mistake by a Sunderland midfielder, but his cross in to the area is cut out by Caldwell.
- 86'
Brown takes an arm in the face from Brown as they fought for a bouncing ball on the half-way line; Sunderland are doing a good job of battling away for loose balls, trying to eat up the valuable seconds.
- 85'
A cross is fed in to the United penalty area, but Lawrence is penalised for a push on Silvestre as they contested the high ball.
- 84'
Sunderland are starting to look tired, especially up front and in midfield, where they have run their socks off.
- 82'
The United half is almost deserted at the moment as Sunderland pull all their players back to try and ensure they don't concede.
- 82'
The United fans have gone a little quiet again, as if they are bracing themselves for one final push.
- 81'
SUNDERLAND SUB: Le Tallac replaces Stead; Stead has worked hard this evening, but is replaced by the on-loan Liverpool youngster for the final ten minutes or so.
- 80'
Ronaldo fires in a low cross from the right, but Davis collects at his near post. More pressure soaked up by the visitors.
- 79'
Solskjaer clips a nice cross in to the box towards Van Nistelrooy, but Caldwell bravely throws himself at the ball and puts it out for yet another corner.
- 78'
Sunderland are currently an incredible 71 points behind leaders Chelsea at the moment, and yet they are holding United 0-0 with just over ten minutes to go.
- 77'
The relief around Old Trafford will be enormous, should United manage to snatch the winning goal; their whole title dream hangs on these final 15 minutes or so.
- 76'
Sunderland need to somehow find a way of easing the pressure on themselves by retaining some possession when they clear the ball from their danger zone; the United pressure is relentless at the moment.
- 75'
SUNDERLAND SUB: Leadbitter is replaced by Miller. Rooney shoves Leadbitter off the field in an effort to speed things up; the youngster is replaced by the more experienced Miller.
- 74'
Sunderland's problem is that whenever they clear the ball, United are simply picking up the bits and pieces and mounting another attack.
Leaders
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