Portsmouth vs Manchester United
Match pulse
PORAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Portsmouth 2-1
Portsmouth beat Manchester United 2-1 on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Fratton Park. Goals for Portsmouth: Matthew Taylor (30') and Rio Ferdinand (own goal) (89'). Goals for Man United: John O'Shea (90').
Play by play
- 94'
Portsmouth hang on for a heroic victory over the Premiership leaders. They had their nervy moments - not least at the very end - but they deserve their win and United's lead at the top is cut as Chelsea close the gap.
- 94'
FULL-TIME: PORTSMOUTH 2-1 MANCHESTER UNITED
- 93'
Incredible save from James from Alan Smith who thought he'd snatched a late equaliser. he drove it low and hard towards goal, but James atoned for his earlier mistake to deny the striker.
- 92'
It would be extremely harsh on Portsmouth if they were to concede now. They have performed extremely well and have only seconds left to hang on.
- 91'
Just when you thought it was all over, JOHN O'SHEA taps in from close range after James spilled Giggs' drive. Is there time for a dramatic ending?
- 90'
GOAL: PORTSMOUTH 2-1 MANCHESTER UNITED
- 88'
RIO FERDINAND wishes the ground would swallow him up. He diverts Taylor's effort into the back of his own net with van der Sar totally mis-reading the back-pass.
- 88'
GOAL: PORTSMOUTH 2-0 MANCHESTER UNITED
- 86'
United have kept their patience and stuck with their passing and moving attacks. But Pompey are defending resolutely and frustrating the visitors.
- 85'
Ronaldo decides to take the initiative on himself and streaks through the Pompey defence and unleashes a low drive that James does well to watch and drop low to gather.
- 82'
Neat back-heel from LuaLua tees up Kranjcar but the midfielder snatches at his effort and drags it harmlessly wide.
- 81'
Harry Redknapp brings on Nico Kranjcar for Kanu to bolster the midfield, leaving just one up front.
- 80'
At the other end Ronaldo flashes an effort wide ofthe near post after a typically jinking run inside the box.
- 79'
Tireless running from Pompey's front two has swung the balance somewhat and Pompey begin to sense something special.
- 78'
The home side are chasing down their opponents and working hard to limit United's attacks and they're making a good job of it. How long can they survive? Or could they sneak another?
- 77'
United bring on Alan Smith for Carrick in their last attempt to change fortunes in front of goal.
- 76'
Portsmouth have certainly quelled the pressure that was beginning to mount. They needed to change things and they have responded well to the questions asked by United's forwards.
- 74'
From the resulting corner Taylor hits a wonderful low strike through a cluster of United shirts but straight into the keeper's arms.
- 73'
Moment of relief for Pompey as Brown is called in to make an important interception from O'Neill as he was lining up a close-range shot.
- 71'
As you'd expect Portsmouth are camped on the edge of their own area and inviting pressure on their goal. It's one-way traffic at the moment.
- 70'
Portsmouth are nibbling away at the other end and Stefanovic blazes a header over from a corner.
- 69'
Sensational tackle from Primus on Rooney to deny the striker a clear strike on goal. Rooney protests it was an unfair challenge, but replays show Primus timed his tackle perfectly.
- 67'
Fergie is chewing vigourously in the dugout and checking his magic watch to see how long they have left to score.
- 66'
A change for Portsmouth as Benjani makes way for LuaLua. He's worked tirelessly and receives a warm applause from the home faithful.
- 64'
Phenomenal save from van der Sar keeps United in the game. Richard Hughes stabs Taylor's cross goalwards and somehow the Dutch keeper claws out the effort.
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