West Ham United vs Manchester United
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Who won: Man United 1-0
Manchester United beat West Ham United 1-0 on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Boleyn Ground. Goals for Man United: Ryan Giggs (62').
Play by play
- 93'
Twelve Premier League clean sheets in a row for Manchester United and they go back to the top of the table after a workmanlike performance, enlightened by a Ryan Giggs special. Thanks for your company. Until bext time...
- 93'
Collison's shot is wide of the target and that should be that.
- 92'
Parker wide for Savio who produces a devilish cross. Vidic clears. Last chance saloon for Wham.
- 91'
Three added minutes..
- 90'
The wall does its job, from a distance that looked suspiciously less than ten yards.
- 89'
Free kick to Man Utd and Ronaldo's going to belt one from 30 yards.
- 88'
Ronaldo goes down and throws his arms up wanting a pen. The replay shows Neill did faintly touch the winger, but he made far too much of it.
- 87'
Behrami comes off and Diego Tristan is on for the Hammers.
- 86'
Now Tevez comes off to warm applause from all corners of the ground. Ji-Sung Park is on.
- 85'
Man Utd are striing padd after pass together at the minute. Eventually Tevez gets into the box and clips an effort wide of the far post.
- 84'
There's very little width in West Ham's play. If the full backs don't get forward it all becomes very narrow.
- 83'
Savio looks bright, with a few stepovers, then hits a terrible ball right to Carrick.
- 82'
Berbatov does well to skip down the right but his cross is knocked onto Tevez by Collins and its a goal kick.
- 80'
Referee Dowd delivers a mini lecture to Ronaldo, who is still griping about summat or other.
- 79'
What have West Ham got left in the tank then? They've gone a bit flat since the goal. Understandably.
- 78'
Giggs is now putting in a challenge on Ilunga down the left. Top work.
- 76'
He's had a big build up this lad, so let's see what he's got in 13 minutes against the current Champions.
- 75'
West Ham change: Mark Noble off and Savio on.
- 74'
A tale of two shots there. Cole's blocked, Neill's woeful.
- 72'
Nearly but not quite for Man Utd as they broke clear thanks to a wonderful ball from Carrick. Tevez fed Ronaldo, he looked for Giggs but his ball was a bit shy on pace.
- 70'
A sweeping Man Utd move. Giggs to Berba, to Ronaldo and a deflected shot wide.
- 69'
Parker slides Noble in and he fizzes it back for Cole but Ferdinand is on hand to divert it behind for a corner.
- 68'
Its snowing at Upton Park, or sleeting. I can't tell which from the tele. That'll be music to regular soccernet reader Sonny Huckle, who is currently basking in the Jamaican sunshine. Alright for some eh?
- 67'
Cole does well to fashion a shooting opportunity, but slices his effort well wide.
- 66'
Well, Giggsy's still got it eh? In truth, he'd done little until that point but he rolled back the years with a few shimmies and a precise finish. Cracking.
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