Nani Could Be Out For Several Weeks

January 26, 2012 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Nani

Nani

Accord­ing to the latest news reports, bandy legged flank­man Luis Nani is most likely to miss Manchester United’s FA Cup Fourth Round tie with his­tor­ical enemies Liv­er­pool at Anfield Road this week­end. The Por­tuguese inter­na­tional, who has been in great form this cam­paign, was injured in the close 2–1 win away to Arsenal last Sunday and could be side­lined for sev­eral weeks with dam­aged ankle ligaments.

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Wayne Rooney Scores A Brace

January 9, 2012 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United moved into the FA Cup Fourth Round after defeat­ing bit­ter crosstown rivals Manchester City on Sunday after­noon. Two goals from the ever dan­ger­ous Wayne Rooney and one from fel­low Eng­land inter­na­tional Danny Wel­beck saw Sir Alex Ferguson´s hard work­ing Manchester United side even­tu­ally run­ning out win­ners by 3–2 in a con­tro­ver­sial FA Cup Third Round encounter at the Eti­had Stadium.

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Manchester United Back On Track

December 12, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Nani

Nani

Sir Alex Ferguson´s title chal­len­ging side eased to a deserved and ulti­mately com­fort­able 4–1 tri­umph over Wol­ver­hamp­ton Wan­der­ers at their Old Traf­ford home on Sat­urday after­noon thanks to two goals each from Nani and Wayne Rooney. For the most part, it was a com­par­at­ively one sided match as a con­fid­ent Manchester United team dom­in­ated pos­ses­sion and pro­duced the vast major­ity of goal scor­ing chances.

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Manchester United Draw At Stoke

September 26, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Nani

Nani

Table top­ping Manchester United were held to a 1–1 draw by a well organ­ised and hard work­ing Stoke City team at The Brit­an­nia Sta­dium on Sat­urday. Por­tugal inter­na­tional winger Nani opened the score sheet with a breath­tak­ing indi­vidual dis­play in the 27th minute of play before a bril­liant headed goal from Stoke for­ward Peter Crouch seven minutes into the second half ended Manchester United´s win­ning streak.

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Manchester United Thump The Blues

September 19, 2011 by Chris Marker · 2 Comments 

Nani

Nani

First half goals from Chris Smalling, Nani and Wayne Rooney saw a con­fid­ent Manchester United team run out 3–1 win­ners against fel­low Premier League title con­tenders Chelsea at Old Traf­ford on Sunday. The Manchester United play­ers raced into an early lead as excit­ing new winger Ash­ley Young sent a bril­liant free kick towards the six yard box where ver­sat­ile player Chris Smalling headed home on eight minutes.

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Wayne Rooney Hits Another Treble

September 12, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United out­classed Bolton Wan­der­ers 5–0 at Ree­bok Sta­dium on Sat­urday even­ing thanks to a Wayne Rooney treble and two goals from Javier Hernan­dez. After giv­ing Bolton a foot­balling les­son that would have had almost every team in the Premier League beg­ging for mercy, Sir Alex Ferguson´s title chas­ing side now top the top flight table on goal dif­fer­ence ahead of arch rivals Manchester City.

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Manchester United Edge City Rivals

August 8, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Nani

Nani

Barclays Premier League cham­pi­ons Manchester United came from 2–0 down at the break to edge out FA Cup win­ners Manchester City by 3–2 at Wemb­ley Sta­dium in the Com­munity Shield on Sunday after­noon.  A goal from Eng­land inter­na­tional Chris Smalling and a brace from bandy legged flank­man Nani even­tu­ally saw Sir Alex Ferguson´s Manchester United team run­ning out deserved win­ners in the end.

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Manchester United Outclass Schalke

May 5, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Anderson

Ander­son

Manchester United demol­ished Schalke to the tune of 4–1 at Old Traf­ford yes­ter­day to book them­selves a place in the Cham­pi­ons League Final at Wemb­ley Sta­dium. Although Por­tuguese winger Nani was guilty of over egging the pud­ding a little, two excel­lent goals from Ant­o­nio Valen­cia and Dar­ron Gib­son in the first half had Manchester United in con­trol and after the resump­tion a brace from Ander­son gave the hosts a com­fort­able victory.

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Manchester United Ease To Win

April 27, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United moved a step closer to a Cham­pi­ons League Final with a fine 2–0 semi final first leg vic­tory over Schalke in Gelsen­kirchen on Tues­day night. Ryan Giggs scored the first goal when the vet­eran powered a left foot shot under Manuel Neuer in the Schalke goal in the 67th minute of play before a con­fid­ent Wayne Rooney com­pleted the scor­ing with an unstop­pable shot at the Ger­man keeper’s near post a mere two minutes later.

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Javier Hernandez Scores Late Winner

April 25, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Javier Hernandez

Javier Hernan­dez

Mex­ico inter­na­tional Javier Hernan­dez grabbed a late win­ner to keep Manchester United six points clear at the top of the Eng­lish Premier League table with vic­tory against Ever­ton at Old Traf­ford on Sat­urday after­noon. Hernan­dez added to his tally in the 84th minute of the encounter when rocket heeled right winger Ant­o­nio Valen­cia powered down his way the flank and crossed the ball to the free flow­ing front­man who pro­duced an excel­lent finish.

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