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Sunday August 17, 2008 Finished Old Trafford

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Manchester United

  • Fletcher 24’

Newcastle United

  • Martins 22’
  1. Magpies hold Manchester United

    Magpies hold Manchester United

    Manchester United were held 1-1 at Old Trafford by an impressive Newcastle United in their opening match of the season. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Newcastle United
    • 90+4' Riley ends the match. Newcastle have a valuable and well-deserved draw while Manchester United are the only one of the so-called 'big four' to drop points on the opening day.
    • 90+3' He strikes it low and just wide of the near post!! Very close.
    • 90+3' It was the correct decision. Rooney lines it up... just to the right...
    • 90+3' Rafael felled on the edge of the box!!! Butt made the challenge and he fell into the box from right on the line, but Riley decided it was not a penalty...
    • 90' Three minutes to be added on.
    • 90' Rooney booked for dissent. He is not a happy bunny.
    • 90' It is the Newcastle fans who are in full voice as the clock ticks down. United have missed Tevez and Cristiano Ronaldo, although Campbell did well enough on his debut.
    • 88' Newcastle within touching distance of a brilliant opening-day win - although you never know with Man Utd...
    • 86' End-to-end to the final moments as both sides seek victory. Milner, who blazed a free-kick over some minutes ago with Van der Sar shielding his eyes from the sun, looking for Martins, who cannot find a path to goal.
    • 83' Rooney dives in on Coloccini as the former Deportivo man clears. Strangely he escapes a yellow card. Man Utd losing their rag a bit.
    • 82' Wes Brown booked for a cynical challenge. Tsk.
    • 80' United change: Campbell replaced by Sally Jesse Raphael. Or should I say Rafael Da Silva.
    • 78' Campbell booked for a two-legged scissor tackle on Coloccini. He deserved it.
    • 74' Vidic rises highest to nod down a corner kick and the ball bounces and loops up and down... onto the crossbar!! Milner on the line would not have kept that out if it had been a few inches lower. The rebound drops over the lurking Campbell's head.
    • 73' Replays are a wonderful thing: Possebon in fact did not make contact. I imagine that's why his appeal was muted - he knew he was in the wrong as he went down!!
    • 72' Gutierrez at the heart of all Newcastle's moves forward. He receives the ball in the box and there is direct contact from a challenge... no penalty, says Riley. It looked a bit dodgy, but the player did not make a meal of it.
    • 70' Man Utd still have plenty of time in this match, but unless they stick one away soon they will start getting nervous...
    • 67' Scholes thunders a half-volley at goal that does not trouble Given - it is over the Newcastle goalie's crossbar.
    • 65' Gutierrez flying down the left after Scholes gave the ball away and Martins fed him... Vidic across again at pace to make a great tackle!! He went straight for goal, Fernando Torres style, and the Serbian had to time his challenge perfectly to avoid giving away a penalty.
    • 63' Campbell flies into a header inside the area and it seems destined for the top corner before Given clutches it. He smiles ruefully.
    • 63' Brazilian Rodrigo Possebon makes an entrance for Giggs, who has been complaining of an injury in this second half.
    • 62' Gutierrez, known as Jonas during his three years in Spain with Mallorca, lays a ball on for Milner... he doesn't control it cleanly but lets fly with menace - just over.
    • 60' Martins flashes a grass-cutter just wide of the far post, although Van der Sar had it covered.
    • 59' Vidic penalised for a foul on Martins on halfway. A promising attack is halted in its embryonic stage as Martins then fails to comtrol a simple pass.
    • 57' Campbell takes hold of the ball and twists to find space, firing low to the near post... another great save by Given!! He shot out an arm to deflect the ball for a corner. Good effort.
    • 53' Gutierrez wins a free-kick under pressure in the middle of the park then spreads play to instigate an attack. He has been the Magpies' main man today.
    • 51' Newcastle with a free-kick on the left that Dutch goalie Van der Sar claims. On the counter United put together some neat passing, Rooney playing in Giggs on the right - whose cross is nodded away.
    • 50' Martins steps inside and unleashes hell... well a low shot anyway, well held by Van der Sar.
    • 49' Stunning tackle by Nicky Butt to dispossess Rooney as the frontman looked ready to pull the trigger from distance. He hesitated for a moment too long.
    • 48' United apply pressure early on after Martins sends a cross out of play.
    • 46' The second half begins, the home side now attacking the goal to our left - the Stretford End, no less.
    • 45+1' After a minute of time added on the whistle sounds. Keegan will be chuffed with his side's performance so far, while Alex Ferguson cannot complain too much either - except for his defence's marking for the opening goal.
    • 45' More pressure from United late in the half, repelled by Newcastle and their excellent 'keeper Given.
    • 42' Coloccini across to close down Campbell, who tries to skin him - and the Argentine stands his ground to block the youngster. The Toon players are incensed but it looked like it could have been obstruction. Giggs's kick is punched away by Given.
    • 41' Martins a threat again in the final third, unable to get a shot away this time though.
    • 39' Damien Duff wins a free-kick in a dangerous position for Newcastle, but after Rio Ferdinand gets a head to it Van der Sar collects.
    • 37' A nervous moment for the away side when Given punches clear and Scholes bangs in a volley - it was heading 10 yards wide at least but ricocheted off the Roonster's head and finally only a couple wide of the upright.
    • 35' Newcastle deserve plaudits for the way they have approached this match. Is Keegan working his attacking spell upon them with more success?
    • 33' Coloccini then Gutierrez with some solid defensive work, denying Rooney.
    • 30' Gutierrez down the left, beating Rooney with some skill... his cross is headed away as Martins lurked. Newcastle still fighting.
    • 30' Campbell racing over to collect the ball in the corner. He has looked lively, ably filling in the Tevez role.
    • 28' Well we've had an uproarious opening to this season in Manchester so far. Can the game continue at this pace?
    • 25' United change: Michael Carrick has hurt himself and makes way for John O'Shea.
    • 24' While Taylor received treatment for a knock off the field United came forward. Giggs took control of the ball on the left side of the box and whipped in a low cross that Fletcher finished at the near post inside the six-yard box. Game on again!
    • 24' MANCHESTER UNITED EQUALISE IMMEDIATELY!!! FLETCHER!!
    • 22' Old Trafford stunned as the little man rises highest and unmarked to glance a great header inside the far post - where Scholes could not keep it out. Game on!
    • 22' GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE!!! MARTINS HEADS IN!!!
    • 22' Steven Taylor attacks a corner and wins another... Edwin van der Sar should have caught that, not offered a weak punch.
    • 20' Fletcher sends a ball in towards Giggs, who goes down after a coming together with Habib Beye - but there was nothing in it.
    • 18' Newcastle have a corner. Milner's kick is cleared at the near post by Ryan Giggs, skipper today of course as Gary Neville is on the bench despite verging on a comeback.
    • 16' The match is open and, although Man Utd have had the most of the running, Newcastle are also playing their part. Certainly more than Portsmouth did against Chelsea earlier.
    • 13' The ball falls to Rooney in the box... he creates space and bangs a low shot to the bottom corner, saved by an outwardly thrust arm!!! Given is up immediately to block Paul Scholes's rebound from close range, a fantastic double save.
    • 9' Jonas Gutierrez breaks free on the left, driving towards the Manchester United penalty area... Nemanja Vidic is across to challenge and the Argentine hits the deck and falls into the box!! No penalty - it could have gone either way, but it was just outside the area. He had a man in the mdidle too - Vidic was alone at the back and committed.
    • 8' Wayne Rooney, fit after a virus, sends in a superb cross and CAMPBELL'S FLYING HEADER IS SAVED POINT BLANK BY SHAY GIVEN!!!
    • 5' Darren Fletcher with an appalling effort before Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins just misses with a pop at the other end for Newcastle.
    • 3' Ryan Giggs with the free-kick from 20 yards... James Milner in the wall blocks with his arm! No penalty given by referee Mike Riley, who has awarded nine kicks in 16 matches here in his career...
    • 2' Campbell and Coloccini already in the thick of it as the latter brings down his opponent. Campbell, on loan at Hull last season, with a promising start.
    • 1' The match kicks off, United kicking from left to right in traditional colours while Newcastle are in black and white stripes, of course.
    • - Fabricio Coloccini makes his Newcastle bow, and what a way to start.
    • - The big team news is that Fraizer Campbell makes his league debut for United as Carlos Tevez has dropped out for family reasons.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on Manchester United's opening game against Newcastle United from Old Trafford.

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Newcastle United
    58% Possession 41%
    21 Shots 11
    7 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 4
    6 Corners 6
    11 Fouls 15
    0 Offsides 0
    3 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 26
    405 Accurate passes 266
    75 Bad passes 70

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 0 5
      3 Patrice Evra 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 43 23 2
      6 Wes Brown 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 39 1 2
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 41 7 4
      18 Paul Scholes 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 69 17 3
      16 Michael Carrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0
      24 Darren Fletcher 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 35 2 4
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 19 3 1
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 29 6 0
      31 Fraizer Campbell 0 4 3 5 2 0 0 6 0 2
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 38 10 2
      34 Rodrigo Possebon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 2
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Gary Neville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Darron Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 0
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 0 4
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 11 3 4
      11 Damien Duff 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 38 13 1
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 32 7 4
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 49 10 1
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 25 8 3
      16 James Milner 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 31 4 3
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 33 15 6
      9 Obafemi Martins 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 18 7 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      42 Ryan Donaldson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3' Rafael felled on the edge of the box!!! Butt made the challenge and he fell into the box from right on the line, but Riley decided it was not a penalty...
    • 74' Vidic rises highest to nod down a corner kick and the ball bounces and loops up and down... onto the crossbar!! Milner on the line would not have kept that out if it had been a few inches lower. The rebound drops over the lurking Campbell's head.
    • 72' Gutierrez at the heart of all Newcastle's moves forward. He receives the ball in the box and there is direct contact from a challenge... no penalty, says Riley. It looked a bit dodgy, but the player did not make a meal of it.
    • 65' Gutierrez flying down the left after Scholes gave the ball away and Martins fed him... Vidic across again at pace to make a great tackle!! He went straight for goal, Fernando Torres style, and the Serbian had to time his challenge perfectly to avoid giving away a penalty.
    • 57' Campbell takes hold of the ball and twists to find space, firing low to the near post... another great save by Given!! He shot out an arm to deflect the ball for a corner. Good effort.
    • 24' While Taylor received treatment for a knock off the field United came forward. Giggs took control of the ball on the left side of the box and whipped in a low cross that Fletcher finished at the near post inside the six-yard box. Game on again!
    • 24' MANCHESTER UNITED EQUALISE IMMEDIATELY!!! FLETCHER!!
    • 22' Old Trafford stunned as the little man rises highest and unmarked to glance a great header inside the far post - where Scholes could not keep it out. Game on!
    • 22' GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE!!! MARTINS HEADS IN!!!
    • 13' The ball falls to Rooney in the box... he creates space and bangs a low shot to the bottom corner, saved by an outwardly thrust arm!!! Given is up immediately to block Paul Scholes's rebound from close range, a fantastic double save.
    • 9' Jonas Gutierrez breaks free on the left, driving towards the Manchester United penalty area... Nemanja Vidic is across to challenge and the Argentine hits the deck and falls into the box!! No penalty - it could have gone either way, but it was just outside the area. He had a man in the mdidle too - Vidic was alone at the back and committed.
    • 8' Wayne Rooney, fit after a virus, sends in a superb cross and CAMPBELL'S FLYING HEADER IS SAVED POINT BLANK BY SHAY GIVEN!!!
    • 3' Ryan Giggs with the free-kick from 20 yards... James Milner in the wall blocks with his arm! No penalty given by referee Mike Riley, who has awarded nine kicks in 16 matches here in his career...
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on Manchester United's opening game against Newcastle United from Old Trafford.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Gary Neville

    Starting line-up

    • E. van der Sar
    • W. Brown Yellow Card
    • R. Ferdinand
    • N. Vidic
    • P. Evra
    • D. Fletcher Goal
    • M. Carrick Substitution Out (24′)
    • P. Scholes
    • R. Giggs Substitution Out (63′)
    • F. Campbell Yellow Card Substitution Out (80′)
    • W. Rooney Yellow Card

    Subs

    • G. Neville
    • J. O'Shea Substitution In25′
    • T. Kuszczak
    • D. Gibson
    • J. Evans
    • R. Possebon Substitution In63′
    • F. Da Silva

    Injured

    • O. Hargreaves
    • L. Saha
    • C. Ronaldo
    • J. Park
    • B. Foster

    Suspended

    • .. Nani

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Kevin Keegan

    Captain: Steven Taylor

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • H. Beye
    • F. Coloccini
    • S. Taylor
    • C. N'Zogbia
    • N. Butt
    • D. Guthrie
    • D. Duff
    • J. Milner
    • J. Gutierrez
    • O. Martins Goal

    Subs

    • A. Smith
    • S. Harper
    • N. Geremi
    • .. Jose Enrique
    • S. Bassong
    • D. Edgar
    • R. Donaldson

    Injured

    • M. Owen
    • M. Viduka
    • S. Ameobi
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • A. Carroll

    Suspended

    None