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Saturday September 1, 2007 Finished Old Trafford

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Manchester United

  • Saha 71’

Sunderland

  1. Super sub Saha gives United win

    Super sub Saha gives United win

    Louis Saha came off the bench to give Manchester United a hard earned 1-0 victory over battling Sunderland at Old Trafford. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Sunderland
    • 90'+3 There it is! All over at Old Trafford and Saha's goal is enough to give United all three points!
    • 90' United just wasting time now... how often do they do that at home?
    • 89' Replays show Brown's shot to have struck Collins' hand... United unlucky not to have a penalty.
    • 88' Brown cuts inside and lets fly! HUGE PENALTY SHOUT! But referee Atkinson waves play on!
    • 85' United are just looking to kill this game off now....
    • 83' Just over five minutes left, but Sunderland have proved this season that they are capable of scoring late goals.
    • 79' Oooh! Hargreaves lets fly! Inches wide of the angle of post and bar, with Gordon looking beaten all ends up!
    • 77' Nani jinks his way into a shooting opportunity... but Gordon is there again to make what has become a familiar sight today - a near post save.
    • 73' Possession-wise, United thoroughly deserve that, but performance-wide, it's a different story.
    • 72' Vidic goes into the book, and the big Serb isn't too emanoured with the decision.
    • 71' GOAL! SAHA GIVES UNITED THE LEAD WITH A CLOSE RANGE HEADER FROM THE CORNER! Gordon is left in no man's land and finally United have a goal!
    • 71' A pacy Evra run wins United a corner...
    • 70' Keane makes a change... Jones off, Murphy on.
    • 68' Gordon takes a slap in the face from Scholes after he spills a long range effort and United man followed up...
    • 66' Darren Fletcher makes an apperance... the Scot comes on for Eagles, who has done a decent job today.
    • 65' Chopra goes into the book for a poor challenge and Keane goes beserk on the touchline! That hasn't been seen before from the Irishman.
    • 64' Leadbitter cuts inside Hargreaves and lets fly! Oh dear, he had done all the hard work, only for his shot to go horribly wide.
    • 63' Nani chances his luck from 30 yards... but it's easy for Gordon this time.
    • 62' Etuhu is punished for an American football syle hand-off on Saha... and United can build again.
    • 61' Van der Sar takes a Jones boot in the face at one end before Eagles breaks down the other for United! The hosts are looking far more dangerous now... but can they find a way past Gordon?
    • 57' Oooh! Vidic volleys over at the near post from the resulting corner! That must have been inches over!
    • 56' What a save from Gordon to deny Saha a brilliant volley! The Sunderland man gets down superbly to get a hand to the Frenchman's equally impressive turn and shot!
    • 54' Again Brown sends over a cross... and again Higginbotham heads to safety... the former United man is having a decent game.
    • 53' United are playing the ball around nicely again... Brown sends in a dangerous looking cross... Higginbotham to the rescue!
    • 50' Ferdinand pumps a long ball upfield... Nosworthy is on the back foot as he heads clear... and the ball falls to Tevez who hits it first time! Saved again by Gordon, who is increasingly looking worth every penny Keane spent on him!
    • 47' Saha nearly makes an immediate impact, taking a long ball on his chest before hitting the ball goalwards! He's offside though and it wouldn't have counted even if Gordon had not got a foot to it.
    • 46' A change to tell you about... Anderson has been replaced by Louis Saha, as United look to break down Sunderland's stubborn defence.
    • 46' Back underway at Old Trafford!
    • 45'+2 There goes the whistle! And it's still goalless after a pretty dour first half.
    • 45'+1 From the corner, the ball falls to Scholes, who goes for another shot from a tight angle! And again, Gordon is equal to it... he gets down well at the near post to make the save!
    • 45' Free kick to United now as half time approaches... Nani over it... he feigns to shoot, but rolls it to Scholes instead! Oooh! Deflected just wide of the post!
    • 43' Sunderland fans making themselves heard at the moment... this is pretty much a text book performance as far as they are concerned so far.
    • 40' Sunderland are really frustrating United at the moment... if it wasn't so dour, it would be commendable.
    • 38' Leadbitter goes into the book, two minutes after having gone in hard on Nani. Good refereeing that.
    • 36' Sunderland fans start a series of 'oles' every time they complete a pass... er, they're not playing that well.
    • 35' Nani caught by Leadbitter... he goes down, but the ref waves play on...
    • 34' Great effort from Eagles! A few slick passes from United open up a shooting chance! Again saved by Gordon at his near post! Better from United though!
    • 33' Anderson finds Tevez with a super ball through the centre of the Sunderland defence! Oooh! Saved by Gordon from a tight angle!
    • 31' Nosworthy beats Ferdinand to the ball in the middle though and Sunderland can clear... for the moment at least.
    • 30' United are playing the ball around nicely, but with no end result at the moment. Although Eagles wins their first corner of the match so far here...
    • 28' Evra goes down under the challenge of Nosworthy... he'll be fine though, just a little winded.
    • 27' Keane is employing distinctly defensive tactics on his return to Old Trafford, and United are finding it difficult.
    • 24' Frustration is beginning to set in amongst the Old Trafford faithful... United just can't break down the Sunderland defence so far.
    • 21' Scholes floats a lovely ball to Tevez... Nani makes a run ahead of the Argentinian, but it's not spotted and the chance goes beggging.
    • 19' Gordon claims a Nani free kick without too many problems and Sunderland can build again.
    • 18' Jones looks to make a name for himself on his debut as he attempts a bicycle kick on the edge of the United area! It's not the best one ever seen though and the ball skews off to safety!
    • 16' Chance for Eagles! The ball falls to the youngster on the edge of the box, but he slices his effort horribly and the ball flies into the stands behind Gordon's goal!
    • 13' Lovely play from Evra on the left... he gets past his man, but his cross is headed away by McShane!
    • 10' Andy Cole spotted in the stands... no place for him in Keane's line-up today...
    • 7' Etuhu breaks away from the challenge of Scholes... he goes for goal! But it's wide of Van der Sar's upright!
    • 4' Nani with the first half chance of the day! His shot is dragged wide of the mark though!
    • 2' Great reception for Keane, as expected.
    • 1' Underway at Old Trafford!
    • - Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
    • - Sunderland: Gordon, Nosworthy, McShane, Higginbotham, Collins, Leadbitter, Yorke, Etuhu, Wallace, Chopra, Jones - Subs: Ward, Stokes, Murphy, Miller, Kay
    • - Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Eagles, Hargreaves, Scholes, Nani, Anderson, Tevez - Subs: Kuszczak, Saha, Carrick, O'Shea, Fletcher
    • - Hello and welcome to today's final Premier League clash between Manchester United and Sunderland! Roy Keane returns to his former stomping (stamping?) ground and is sure to get a hero's welcome when he takes to the Old Trafford dugout to take on his boss Alex Ferguson. Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Liam Miller, Kieron Richardson and Danny Higginbotham could all also face their former team-mates.

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Sunderland
    62% Possession 37%
    20 Shots 6
    9 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 0
    7 Fouls 10
    2 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 34
    574 Accurate passes 276
    63 Bad passes 32

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 2 1
      3 Patrice Evra 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 39 8 5
      6 Wes Brown 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 43 0 3
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 68 9 1
      33 Chris Eagles 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 22 6 0
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 36 3 1
      18 Paul Scholes 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 100 10 4
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 1
      4 Owen Hargreaves 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 73 7 3
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 46 8 1
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
      16 Michael Carrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Louis Saha 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 14 3 1
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 2
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
      14 Danny Higginbotham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 1
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 4 3
      6 Paul McShane 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 31 0 3
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 2 5
      4 Dickson Etuhu 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 27 2 6
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 30 9 2
      33 Ross Wallace 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 0
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 54 3 5
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 3 2
      16 Michael Chopra 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 27 1 6
      12 Liam Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
      11 Daryl Murphy 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0
      9 Anthony Stokes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      35 Michael Kay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Darren Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88' Brown cuts inside and lets fly! HUGE PENALTY SHOUT! But referee Atkinson waves play on!
    • 79' Oooh! Hargreaves lets fly! Inches wide of the angle of post and bar, with Gordon looking beaten all ends up!
    • 71' GOAL! SAHA GIVES UNITED THE LEAD WITH A CLOSE RANGE HEADER FROM THE CORNER! Gordon is left in no man's land and finally United have a goal!
    • 68' Gordon takes a slap in the face from Scholes after he spills a long range effort and United man followed up...
    • 57' Oooh! Vidic volleys over at the near post from the resulting corner! That must have been inches over!
    • 56' What a save from Gordon to deny Saha a brilliant volley! The Sunderland man gets down superbly to get a hand to the Frenchman's equally impressive turn and shot!
    • 50' Ferdinand pumps a long ball upfield... Nosworthy is on the back foot as he heads clear... and the ball falls to Tevez who hits it first time! Saved again by Gordon, who is increasingly looking worth every penny Keane spent on him!
    • 45'+1 From the corner, the ball falls to Scholes, who goes for another shot from a tight angle! And again, Gordon is equal to it... he gets down well at the near post to make the save!
    • 45' Free kick to United now as half time approaches... Nani over it... he feigns to shoot, but rolls it to Scholes instead! Oooh! Deflected just wide of the post!
    • 34' Great effort from Eagles! A few slick passes from United open up a shooting chance! Again saved by Gordon at his near post! Better from United though!
    • 33' Anderson finds Tevez with a super ball through the centre of the Sunderland defence! Oooh! Saved by Gordon from a tight angle!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: M Atkinson

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    On the Field

    • van der Sar
    • Brown
    • Ferdinand
    • Vidic
    • Evra
    • Scholes
    • Hargreaves
    • Eagles
    • Anderson
    • Nani
    • Tevez

    Subs

    • Carrick
    • O'Shea
    • Saha
    • Kuszczak
    • Fletcher

    Injured

    • Neville
    • Rooney
    • Park
    • Foster

    Suspended

    • Ronaldo

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    On the Field

    • Gordon
    • McShane
    • Nosworthy
    • Higginbotham
    • Collins
    • Etuhu
    • Chopra
    • Leadbitter
    • Yorke
    • Wallace
    • Jones

    Subs

    • Ward
    • Miller
    • Murphy
    • Stokes
    • Kay

    Injured

    • Varga
    • Edwards
    • Whitehead

    Suspended

    • Halford