Javier Hernandez Scores Late Winner

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.

The first chance on goal fell to Nani in the 13th minute of the game but his effort was saved by former Manchester United goal­keeper Tim Howard. Javier Hernan­dez then had a good oppor­tun­ity in the 25th minute but was denied by a great save from the goal­keeper. The greatest scor­ing oppor­tun­ity of the first half, how­ever, came shortly before the inter­val when Ant­o­nio Valen­cia found fel­low flank­man Nani who would surely have scored had the ball not hit Hernan­dez. Ever­ton man­ager David Moyes replaced Din­i­yar Bilyaletdinov and Jer­maine Beck­ford with Vic­tor Anichebe and Tim Cahill at the break, while the home side brought Patrice Evra, Michael Owen and Ryan Giggs on for John O’Shea, Nani and Dar­ron Gib­son in the second half. Manchester United remained dan­ger­ous after the resump­tion and it came as no sur­prise when the hosts took the lead after 84 minutes. As the game went into the clos­ing stages, nat­ural born hit­man Javier Hernan­dez rose to head home an extraordin­ary back post cross from Ant­o­nio Valen­cia to win the match for Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson´s title chas­ing side now have 73 points from 34 games.

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