Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
Match pulse
TOTAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Man United 4-0
Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 on Sunday, February 4, 2007 at White Hart Lane. Goals for Man United: Cristiano Ronaldo (45' pen), Nemanja Vidić (48'), Paul Scholes (54') and Ryan Giggs (77').
Play by play
- 95'
FULL-TIME - You can't really argue with a 0-4 win away from home and, after slipping up in north London recently, United have re-established a six point gap over Chelsea and vastly improved their goal difference.
- 93'
The United fans are so impressed with their new keeper's performance that they taunt his opposite number with 'are you watching Robinson'.
- 91'
Terrible back pass from Ferdinand which is woefully under-hit. Berbatov races on to it but John O'Shea is quick to read the danger and comes sprinting out of his goal to make a great tackle.
- 90'
Keane, who is charging around the pitch like a man possessed, clumsily fouls Park and gives away a free-kick.
- 90'
Berbatov, under pressure from Carrick, hits a shot well over the United bar.
- 89'
Lennon's cross is well cleared by Vidic's diving header.
- 88'
A free-kick is played in and O'Shea improvises a clearance which was an approximation of a punch.
- 87'
Saha clears the corner with his head when Spurs take it.
- 84'
Van der Sar is blleding heavily through his nose and he has clearly broken it. Rio Ferdinand is donning the keeper's jersey to the strains of 'England's number one' coming from the only corner of White Hart Lane not be rapidly emptying. Oh, no he isn't. He has handed responsibility to John O'Shea. So Ireland's number one.
- 82'
Van der Sar appears to have been knocked out after making a good save from from Keane. Keane's momentum propelled him forward and his knee makes contact with Van der Sar's head. Ouch!!!!
- 81'
O'Shea breaks forward and beats two challenges before losing the ball. Everyone in a United shirt fancies their chances now.
- 80'
John O'Shea is on for Ryan Giggs.
- 78'
Giggs's cross is well centred but Dawson gets back to clear. The United fans are urging their team to 'attack' and their side have responded magnificently today.
- 76'
GOAL - Saha holds the ball up well and times his pass perfectly in to the path of Ryan Giggs who slots home with ease to make the scoreline rather embarrassing for Spurs.
- 75'
Van der Sar makes a great save from Berbatov who should have scored with a header from six yards out.
- 74'
Larsson keeps his eye on a high ball but when he lifts his leg back to try a shot he finds his path obstructed by Lee.
- 72'
Spurs clear the ball when it comes in but United get it back and immediately go on the attack. Scholes slips and the move breaks down when he loses the ball but Spurs really have no answer to United today.
- 71'
Chimbonda loses the ball but redeems himself by blocking Giggs's cross for a corner.
- 69'
Robbie Keane lunges wildly at Ferdinand and is subsequently booked. Ferdinand and Keane have exchanged words.
- 69'
Gary Neville comes across from his berth on the right to break up a Spurs move just inside his penalty area.
- 68'
Ronaldo leaves the field to be replaced by Ji-Sung Park.
- 66'
Giggs floats the ball over the wall but it goes straight to Robinson.
- 65'
Malbranque concedes a free-kick thirty yards out from the Spurs goal.
- 64'
Rooney comes off for Louis Saha and he does not look happy about it. Rooney that is.
- 63'
Scholes breaks up a Spurs attack but the ball still breaks to Berbatov after good work from Huddlestone. Berbatov's shot is low and hard but Van der Sar gets down quickly to save it.
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