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Although scored three goals at Old Trafford, was not easy for "The Red Devils" to conquer his guest. Besides being a tenacious attitude Spurs, Manchester United made difficult by the absence of striker Wayne Rooney, who suffered the groin injury.
Under the control of Dimitar Berbatov, the attack "Red Devils" to the first 20 minutes just seemed flat. MU thrust even more often came from the second row. New Berbatov showed its fangs after half an hour game. The first chance failed when close-range shot blocked by Ledley King.
In contrast, Tottenham have also difficulties to build an attack. Games Bale and Jermain Defoe who had insisted on the back row MU troublesome. However, the score remained 0-0 until the first half ended.
In the second half, MU immediately step on the gas. The attack has been shown by Ryan Giggs and his colleagues had been aligned. Darren Fletcher was about to make a superior MU Berbatov's header when the ball approached. However, the midfield player had failed to reach the ball.
After ten minutes of walking, the host gets a gift penalty. Offences against Patrice Evra Giggs in the penalty box led to the executioner at the white dot. With a hard kick, Giggs sent a ball into the left corner.
MU's advantage only lasted ten minutes. Spurs had a chance to soccer-corner on 70 minutes and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar could only be stunned to see that King's header flew into the top right corner.
Score draw more visitors to make sure the team can score goals. However, coach Sir Alex Ferguson's decision to replace Rafael Federico da Silva with fruit Macheda second goal for MU. After getting feedback Macheda breakthrough in the 80th minute, Nani picked the ball past the head of goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes. Beautiful goal that brought Manchester United winning 2-1.
Four minutes before the break, MU again awarded a penalty a second time. Giggs was again advanced to the white point and again managed to bamboozle Gomes. 3-1 score lasted until the game broke up.
Line-up:
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael (Macheda 80), Vidic, Evans, Evra (O Shea 67), Fletcher, Scholes, Giggs, Valencia (Carrick 59), Nani, Berbatov.
Tottenham: Gomes, Assou-Ekotto, Dawson, King, Bale, Bentley (Lennon 66), Huddlestone, Palacios, Modric, Defoe (Gudjohnsen 55), Pavlyuchenko (Crouch 75).
