Sir Alex Ferguson Is Not Amused

November 29, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Sir Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson

Manchester United gaf­fer Sir Alex Fer­guson was hop­ping mad after the con­tro­ver­sial 1–1 draw against New­castle United at Old Traf­ford last Sat­urday. After tak­ing the lead four minutes into the second period thanks to a goal from Mex­ico centre for­ward Javier Hernan­dez, the firebrand man­ager exploded when his Manchester United side had a debat­able pen­alty kick awar­ded against them after 62 minutes of play.

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Another Draw For Manchester United

November 28, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Javier Hernandez

Javier Hernan­dez

It was another dis­ap­point­ing draw for Manchester United as they blew a one goal lead against Alan Pardew´s New­castle United team at Old Traf­ford on Sat­urday after­noon. A goal by Manchester United goal plun­derer Javier Hernan­dez put the hosts ahead shortly after the resump­tion before the vis­it­ing side evened the score thanks to a pen­alty from Senegal inter­na­tional Demba Ba in the 62nd minute of the game.

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Manchester United Face Newcastle

November 25, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Michael Carrick

Michael Car­rick

Fol­low­ing a 2–2 draw at home to Ben­fica in the Cham­pi­ons League on Tues­day, Manchester United pre­pare to take on Alan Pardew´s New­castle United team at Old Traf­ford this Sat­urday look­ing for their fourth con­sec­ut­ive vic­tory in the Premier League. Manchester Unted over­came Swansea City 1–0 at Liberty Sta­dium on Sat­urday, while New­castle suffered a 3–1 defeat away to table top­ping Manchester City.

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The Rampant Andrei Kanchelskis

November 24, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Andrei Kanchelskis

Andrei Kanchel­s­kis

Born and raised in the city of Kiro­vo­grad in Ukraine, Andrei Kanchel­s­kis star­ted out his play­ing career with Dynamo Kiev in 1988 before the rampant right winger moved to Shakhtar Don­etsk three years later. The Ukrain­ian even­tu­ally signed with Manchester United for a fee of £650,000 in the spring of 1991 and made his league debut for the club in a 3–0 defeat against Crys­tal Palace at Sel­hurst Park in May 1991.

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The Reds Held To A Draw By Benfica

November 23, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Darren Fletcher

Dar­ren Fletcher

After bag­ging three import­ant points against Otelul Gal­ati in their last Cham­pi­ons League match, Manchester United were brought down to earth as they were held to a dis­ap­point­ing 2–2 draw by Ben­fica at Old Traf­ford on Tues­day. The Reds came from behind to lead 2–1 cour­tesy of a goal apiece from Dim­itar Ber­batov and Dar­ren Fletcher only to be pulled back to par­ity by a goal from mid­field dynamo Pablo Aima

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Manchester United Host The Eagles

November 22, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Nemanja Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

After defeat­ing Swansea City 1–0 in the Premier League last Sat­urday, Manchester United take on Lis­bon team Ben­fica at Old Traf­ford in their fifth match in Cham­pi­ons League Group C on Tues­day even­ing. Manchester United will be without the ser­vices of the sus­pen­ded Nemanja Vidic for the encounter with The Eagles, while Chris Smalling is most likely to make his return to match action for the Old Traf­ford outfit.

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Manchester United Sink The Swans

November 21, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Javier Hernandez

Javier Hernan­dez

Manchester United bagged another import­ant three points as they edged out Brendan Rodgers´s Swansea City team by 1–0 in front of a capa­city crowd at Liberty Sta­dium on Sat­urday even­ing. The win­ning goal arrived after eleven minutes of play as ever­green mid­field orches­trator Ryan Giggs delivered a bril­liant square pass to lone fron­trun­ner Javier Hernan­dez who put the vis­it­ors into a 1–0 lead from close range.

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Manchester United To Beat Swansea

November 18, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Sir Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson

After a long inter­na­tional break of two weeks, Sir Alex Ferguson´s title chas­ing side make the jour­ney to Wales to take on Premier League new boys Swansea City at the Liberty Sta­dium this upcom­ing Sat­urday. The South Wales out­fit have won three games and got two draws out of their five home matches played so far while Manchester United have not lost a single match away from Old Traf­ford this season.

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The Multifunctional Laurent Blanc

November 17, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Laurent Blanc

Laurent Blanc

Laurent Blanc, who was born and bred in the town of Ales in Languedoc-Roussillon, spent the first years of his pro­fes­sional career play­ing for Mont­pel­lier before he decided to leave the club for Napoli in 1991. Blanc returned to the coun­try of his birth the fol­low­ing year, how­ever, when the mul­ti­func­tional player joined forces with Nimes Olym­pique where he notched up 29 league appear­ances dur­ing the 1992–93 season.

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England Edge Out The Swedes

November 16, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello

Eng­land man­aged to edge out a nar­row 1–0 win over Sweden at Wemb­ley Sta­dium on Tues­day thanks to a bril­liant headed goal from for­ward think­ing mid­fielder Gareth Barry. After the Manchester City favour­ite had struck the win­ning goal in the 24th minute of the first half, how­ever, Fabio Capello´s Eng­land team seemed happy to sit back for the rest of the game and just soak up the pres­sure from the visitors.

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