Manchester United Sink Tottenham

Nani

Goals from Nemanja Vidic and Nani handed Manchester United a 2–0 win over Tot­ten­ham Hot­spur at Old Traf­ford on Sat­urday. The Reds almost took the lead after two minutes when a low Ji-Sung Park strike from 25 yards out can­noned off the post. After both teams had missed sev­eral oppor­tun­it­ies between them, Nemanja Vidic put Manchester United ahead as he headed a fine free-kick from Nani into the net after 29 minutes. The second goal came in the 83rd minute when quick-thinking Nani took advant­age of some con­fu­sion in the pen­alty area to score his fifth goal of the season.

The open­ing goal came after 29 minutes as Ser­bia inter­na­tional Nemanja Vidic headed a bril­liant Nani free-kick past the Tot­ten­ham keeper and into the back of the net. After the break Manchester United slowly but surely got on top thanks to the hard work of mid­field dynamoes Dar­ren Fletcher and Michael Car­rick. The Manchester United sup­port­ers were scream­ing for a pen­alty after 83 minutes when Nani was brought down by Kaboul. The Por­tugal inter­na­tional, aware that the ref­eree had not blown his whistle, kept his cool and calmly put the ball into the empty net to make the final sco­reline read 2–0. Although the furi­ous Tot­ten­ham play­ers com­plained ener­get­ic­ally, ref­eree Mark Clat­ten­burg awar­ded the goal. Des­pite col­lecti­ing another three points against Harry Redknapp’s men, Manchester United remain third in the Premier League table, five points behind rivals Chelsea.

Manchester United have yet to lose a match in the Eng­lish Premier League this season.

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