Swansea City vs Manchester United
Match pulse
SWAAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MAN | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Final score
Swansea City and Manchester United drew 1-1 on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Swansea.com Stadium. Goals for Swansea: Michu (29'). Goals for Man United: Patrice Evra (16').
Play by play
- 90'
<b>And they've got one - an excellent, open game ends in a 1-1 draw. Entertaining stuff, and it leaves United four points clear at the top. Swansea are in 11th</b>.
- 90'
Big noise from the home fans again - their team are seconds away from a very hard-won point.
- 90'
Less than a minute to go. Michu, almost on halfway, just hooks the ball somewhere into the United half.
- 90'
Van Persie plays the ball forward and Vorm heads clear. Giggs tries an audacious floated effort from way out on the right, but it drops wide with the Swansea keeper well off his line.
- 90'
Luke Moore tries to free Dyer down the right, but it's overhit and United have a goal-kick.
- 90'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> And a yellow card for Scholes.
- 90'
United on halfway. But Scholes brings down Routledge. Another breather for Swansea.
- 90'
There will be four minutes of added time, the fourth official says.
- 90'
The last minute of normal time, and Michu tries to get the ball forward to substitute Shechter. That, though, is easily snuffed out.
- 89'
Carrick rolls the ball wide. Swansea are just hanging on now as we head towards injury-time, but again they get the ball out of harm's way.
- 88'
Giggs hooks a great cross in, and Ashley Williams - not for the first time - blocks bravely, and crucially, for Swansea.
- 87'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Another Swansea change. The excellent Agustien goes off, and striker Shechter comes on. Brave one, that.
- 86'
Michu gets back to challenge Evra just inside the Swansea half - and fouls him. Free-kick.
- 85'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> That's Cleverley's last touch - he's replaced by Paul Scholes.
- 85'
Swansea have almost everyone back, and it works as the first ball is scrambled away and the second, from Cleverley floats behind.
- 84'
Evra heads into the Swansea area and Chico makes an excellent challenge to stop him from crossing. It's a corner...
- 83'
Vorm gathers the ball as Swansea usher it back. They then look long to Michu - who has been starved of service this half - but it's too long.
- 82'
Giggs slips as he tries to get away down the left, and then fouls Tiendalli as he tries to make amends. Free-kick.
- 81'
Young plays a long ball forward, and Swansea almost make a terrible mess of that. Vorm, however, just gets to the backpass in time.
- 80'
Ten minutes remaining. Van Persie fouls Ki deep in the Swansea half - a bit of respite for the home side.
- 79'
Carrick on the ball again, this time on halfway. Giggs finds Evra, from whose cross Van Persie and Young have shots blocked.
- 78'
As United go forward, Carrick glances a header which comes off Vorm's fingers and then the bar. So close...
- 78'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif">And that's the end of his afternoon - Giggs comes on, Rooney goes off.
- 77'
Rooney eventually takes the free-kick. Like so much else that he has done today, it is disappointing and easily blocked by the wall.
- 76'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Ashley Williams gets a booking for his part in the aftermath of the foul, and so does Van Persie.
Leaders
SWAMAN 
