Manchester United claimed their first victory of the season with a hard-fought 1-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford. The game seemed to be following a familiar pattern with United having the bulk of the possession without a cutting edge in attack. That was until Reds new boy Nani picked up the ball, […]

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Manchester United’s poor start to the 2007/2008 Premier League season went from bad to worse as they went down to a disappointing 1-0 to Manchester City at Eastlands. It’s United’s worst start to the season since 1992 and the worst ever start to a Premier League season by any defending champions.
The Manchester Derby followed […]

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Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at Portsmouth in a dramatic game which saw referee Steve Bennett show his red card on two occasions. Carlos Tevez made his debut for United, Sir Alex Ferguson being forced to put the Argentine in the starting line-up earlier than he would have liked following the […]

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Manchester United suffered a frustrating start to the new Premier League season being held to a goalless draw at Old Trafford by Reading. United were unable to break down a highly organised Reading side who put up a dogged defensive display, with goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann their star performer.
The first day got even worse when […]

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The first FA Community Shield match back at the new Wembley Stadium had the air of a pre-season friendly about it as the players strolled around in the hot sunshine. A largely uneventful game ended in a 1-1 scoreline with Manchester United winning the penalty shoot-out 3-0, Edwin Van Der Saar saved 3 penalties […]

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A record crowd for a pre-season friendly match at Old Trafford saw Manchester United suffer their first defeat of the summer campaign in a highly entertaining encounter. Following the below par standard of the opponents in the 4 games on United’s Far East tour, Inter Milan offered much sterner opposition. The Italians exposed alarming […]

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Manchester United finished their Far East pre-season tour with another convincing win, this time over Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, who sound like they should sponsor a team in the Tour De France! Nani (minus his flamboyant somersault celebration) was again impressive, scoring the second goal with a superb chip.
Although the tour was an undoubted success, with […]

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Manchester United dished out a football lesson to Chinese side FC Shenzhen in their latest Asian Tour friendly match in Macau, hammering their hapless opponents 6-0. New Portuguese signing Nani made his United debut in midfield, scoring the third goal from the edge of the penalty area.
Manchester United dominated the game from the start […]

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Manchester United sealed a convincing 4-0 victory over South Korean side FC Seoul in the second friendly match of United’s Asian tour. The Manchester United squad have received a fantastic reception in South Korea, most of the crowd at the game were kitted out in United colours!
Cristiano Ronaldo scored after only six minutes with […]

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Manchester United kicked off their Asian Tour with an unexpected 2-2 draw against Japanese J-League champions Urawa Reds in a friendly match at Saitama Stadium, Tokyo.
United began the game slowly in typical pre-season friendly fashion, trying to play their way into it by playing leisurely possession football, but found themselves 1-0 down early on […]

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