Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
Match pulse
TOTAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Man United 2-0
Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 on Sunday, April 27, 2003 at White Hart Lane. Goals for Man United: Paul Scholes (69') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (90'+2').
Play by play
- 93'
Although Arsenal have a game in hand their grip on the trophy must surely now be slipping with their draw at Bolton yesterday giving United the chance to put together a significant lead atop the table
- 93'
Jeff Winter blows the final whistle and it is greeted by massive cheers from the United fans. United are now five points clear of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League
- 92'
Keller has had a great game but he has let two goals in and it is no more than United have deserved
- 91'
Quinton Fortune takes the ball into the Spurs half and chips a great ball over three defenders to find Van Nistelrooy who finally gets the goal he has worked so hard for
- 91'
Goal for United!!!
- 90'
The fourth offical signals just three minutes fo added time
- 89'
Roy Keane charges down a clearance from Gardner, until now faultless, the ball arrives at Giggs' feet who unleashes a fierce volley only for Keller to stop magnificently
- 88'
United now playing keep-ball in the Spurs half trying to create a clear cut chance to kill the game
- 88'
Carr sends a short ball to Davis and Carroll comes a long way off his line to punch clear
- 87'
Silvestre concedes a corner and Spurs send the big guns forward
- 86'
Massive pressure from Spurs now, Carroll has to be at his best to collect a cross to deny the home side
- 85'
Spurs are mounting an uncharacteristically determined late attack - Bunjevcevic just robbed of a chance after Iversen won a header in the area
- 84'
Beckham runs the ball a full 50 yards from inside his own half deep into opposition territory only to lose possession with a dreadful pass - poor from the megastar
- 83'
Carr finally gets to whip in the ball and Poyet is just inches away from scoring the equaliser - United very, very lucky
- 82'
Scholes concedes another freekick after encroaching on the first
- 82'
Robbie Keane wins a freekcik after a tussle with Rio Ferdinand
- 81'
Keller send a long clearance downt he pitch after a poor pass found him and not a United attacker
- 80'
Van Nistelrooy is tackled brilliantly by Gardner in just on the edge of the six yard area - great stuff by the sub who has looked excellent since he came on
- 79'
Silvestre lost the ball under pressure on the edge of his own area, but quickly won it back - Spurs simply will not stop - so much for north- London rivalry
- 77'
Goran Bunjevcevic and Stefan Iversen on replacing Kazuyuki Toda and Matthew Etherington
- 76'
Spurs poised to make a double substitution
- 75'
Ledley King is down and recieving attention after falling awkwardly
- 74'
United pressing to seal the result with another goal, but in Gardener Spurs have got a solid defender and he is playing well cutting out Manchester United's attacks
- 72'
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is subbed for Quinton Fortune. Solskjaer may have a knock to the knee and is applying ice
- 71'
A great cross from Carr flies across the United box - the home side will not roll over, dangerous stuff
