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Manchester United 3 - 0 Fulham : Highlights Video
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Monday, March 15, 2010
DAVID BECKHAM will have an emergency op on the heartbreak injury which crushed his World Cup dream.
The England superstar, 34, flies out to Finland today to see specialist Sakari Orava and goes under the knife inside the next 24 hours.
Becks was in tears as he left the AC Milan dressing room after rupturing his left Achilles tendon in the 1-0 win over Chievo.
Club doctor Jean-Pierre Meerseman, who is booked on the flight to Scandinavia with Becks, confirmed: "The World Cup is finished for David Beckham."
Milan boss Leonardo added: "David felt the muscle move up which is a typical symptom of a ruptured Achilles. It is a massive blow."
Midfielder Beckham, England's most capped outfield player with 115 appearances, suffered the injury seven minutes from time in the Serie A clash at the San Siro.
He signalled frantically to the Milan bench, pointing to his ankle, as he was about to kick a ball unchallenged.
A Sky Italia TV touchline reporter heard him tell doctors: "It's broken, it's broken".
It is a massive blow to England's World Cup hopes and a huge shock for boss Fabio Capello.
The Italian phoned the ex-Three Lions skipper straight after the game to console him.
Beckham was determined to play a part, however small, in South Africa.
And he arrived at Milan for a second loan spell from LA Galaxy in a bid to play himself into Capello's 23-man squad.
The England legend put on a brave face for the cameras as he left the San Siro on crutches.
He was due to spend the night at Milan's Principe di Savoia hotel before flying to Finland this morning.
Becks will be examined by Dr Orava with the operation set to take place this evening or tomorrow morning.
Orava is an Achilles specialist and treats Milan's players who suffer similar injuries.
But it could take up to a year for Beckham to fully recover.
Consultant sports physician Dr Tom Crisp said: "The chances of him being fit to play at the World Cup are non-existent."
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani said: "The satisfaction of the victory is overshadowed by the pain of David's injury."
Team-mate Ignazio Abate added: "David was in tears. He didn't say very much."
Thursday, March 11, 2010
REAL Madrid Out of Champions League
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Madrid got a flying start when Cristiano Ronaldo put them ahead in just the sixth minute of Wednesday night's return clash at the Bernabeu and the Primera Division leaders might have had the tie sewn up by half-time after dominating the opening 45 minutes.
However, a much-improved Lyon turned things around in the second half and deservedly drew level on the night through Miralem Pjanic's 75th-minute strike.
That proved enough for Lyon to seal a 2-1 aggregate victory and send big-spending Madrid tumbling out of the competition at the last-16 stage for the sixth successive season.
It also ended their dreams of winning a 10th European Cup crown at their Bernabeu home, where this year's final will be held.
Madrid-based Marca, the biggest-selling daily in Spain, believe the exit will cost Real coach Manuel Pellegrini his job, with their front page announcing: "OUT. Goodbye Champions, Goodbye Pellegrini."
It continued inside: "The same upset as every year. The Whites fall after failing to take excellent chances in the first half. Lyon's changes at half-time changed the match. (Gonzalo) Higuain maintained his bad luck in Europe and Kaka didn't get going.
"Madrid again go crashing against the curse of the last 16. Lyon join Juventus, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Roma and Liverpool in the list of executioners."
Rival Madrid daily AS's front page read: "Catastrophe. Madrid couldn't overcome Lyon not even in the Bernabeu."
Inside the paper discussed how the "failure" and "nightmare" continues for Madrid and how Lyon deserved to go through.
El Pais newspaper made reference to the huge amounts of money that Madrid spent last summer following the return of Florentino Perez to the club presidency.
In a bid to take Madrid back to the top of the domestic and European game, the nine-time European champions spent in the region of 250million euros on new players - including a world-record 94million euros on Ronaldo.
El Pais's headline read: "Football has no price."
It continued: "Lyon question the realism of the mega-project of Florentino Perez and Madrid, who ran out of steam in the second half, fell for the sixth successive season in the last-16.
"Titles are not bought, they are won."
Barcelona-based sports dailies El Mundo Deportivo and Sport, meanwhile, both went with a huge "KO" on their front pages.
El Mundo Deportivo also twisted the knife by highlighting the possibility of Madrid's arch rivals Barca defending their European crown at the Bernabeu in May.
"Madrid will not be in the Bernabeu final! Failure of Florentino's project, incapable of overcoming the last-16 of the Champions League for the sixth successive year," the paper continued.
"Barca's dream of winning their fourth European Cup in Chamartin (Bernabeu) grows."
Sport added on their front page: "The great failure", whilst underneath showing the pictures of Perez, Pellegrini, Ronaldo and Kaka with captions alongside them.
The captions read: "'Florentino, broken. 300million thrown away'. 'Pellegrini, sentenced. The Bernabeu calls for his head'. 'Cristiano, humiliated. He promised every title and has already lost two'. 'Kaka, the next problem. He left the pitch insulting the coach'."
Inside, Sport added: "Galactic humiliation", referring to the 'Galacticos' term given to Perez's star-studded and expensively-assembled squads of now and during his pervious time as president between 2000-2006.
Manchester United 4 - 0 AC Milan (7-2 Agg) : Match Highlights
ALEX FERGUSON last night challenged Wayne Rooney to top Cristiano Ronaldo's goals record at Manchester United.
Rooney struck twice as United buried AC Milan to march into the Champions League quarter-finals.
That took him to 30 goals this term - 12 short of the Portuguese winker's 42 which led United to Euro glory in 2007-2008.
Boss Fergie revealed the England striker has Ron's mark in his sights.
He said: "It's a challenge. I am happy he's got to the 30 mark but to be honest, he just keeps on improving."
Milan's crushing defeat ruined David Beckham's hopes of a dream return to Old Trafford.
But Becks declared: "Wayne is one of the best, if the not the best player in the world with Lionel Messi and Ronaldo.
"They don't come better than that. He's a young player who's always willing to learn.
"He'll always be a worry to any team and any defenders. He is such an exceptional talent."
United cruised into the quarter-finals with a 7-2 aggregate win over the Italians. And Fergie insisted he does not mind who they get in the last-eight draw on Friday week.
He added: "It was a marvellous second-half performance. We got a break with the early goal in the second half and that gave us a chance to settle.
"After that we played very well. When we play at that tempo, we are very difficult to play against - it was a solid performance.
"With the kind of team I have got, it doesn't matter who we are playing in the next round."
Rooney became only the second player after Walter Pandiani to score home and away against Milan in a European tie when he headed in Gary Neville's 13th-minute cross.
An outstanding pass by Nani, delivered from the left with the outside of his right foot, left Rooney with the easy job of prodding past Christian Abbiati as the keeper dashed out a minute after half-time.
Beckham came on to a hero's reception on 64 minutes - and was light-heartedly booed by his old fans with his first touch.
Park Ji Sung added United's third on 59 minutes and Darren Fletcher headed in on 87 minutes to complete the rout.
Fletcher said: "It was a great result. To win 4-0 against AC Milan in Europe is a great achievement and not many teams do that. We fully deserved our result."
As for on-fire Rooney, he added: "If he keeps going the way he is he can definitely reach the 40-goal mark. Wayne is not the kind of player to take it easy now. He will be trying to push on.
"There are so many great teams in the Champions League - but if you want to win it then you have to beat the best teams.
"We will see what the draw brings and take it as it comes but I think the rest of the other teams will look at us now."
Rooney struck twice as United buried AC Milan to march into the Champions League quarter-finals.
That took him to 30 goals this term - 12 short of the Portuguese winker's 42 which led United to Euro glory in 2007-2008.
Boss Fergie revealed the England striker has Ron's mark in his sights.
He said: "It's a challenge. I am happy he's got to the 30 mark but to be honest, he just keeps on improving."
Milan's crushing defeat ruined David Beckham's hopes of a dream return to Old Trafford.
But Becks declared: "Wayne is one of the best, if the not the best player in the world with Lionel Messi and Ronaldo.
"They don't come better than that. He's a young player who's always willing to learn.
"He'll always be a worry to any team and any defenders. He is such an exceptional talent."
United cruised into the quarter-finals with a 7-2 aggregate win over the Italians. And Fergie insisted he does not mind who they get in the last-eight draw on Friday week.
He added: "It was a marvellous second-half performance. We got a break with the early goal in the second half and that gave us a chance to settle.
"After that we played very well. When we play at that tempo, we are very difficult to play against - it was a solid performance.
"With the kind of team I have got, it doesn't matter who we are playing in the next round."
Rooney became only the second player after Walter Pandiani to score home and away against Milan in a European tie when he headed in Gary Neville's 13th-minute cross.
An outstanding pass by Nani, delivered from the left with the outside of his right foot, left Rooney with the easy job of prodding past Christian Abbiati as the keeper dashed out a minute after half-time.
Beckham came on to a hero's reception on 64 minutes - and was light-heartedly booed by his old fans with his first touch.
Park Ji Sung added United's third on 59 minutes and Darren Fletcher headed in on 87 minutes to complete the rout.
Fletcher said: "It was a great result. To win 4-0 against AC Milan in Europe is a great achievement and not many teams do that. We fully deserved our result."
As for on-fire Rooney, he added: "If he keeps going the way he is he can definitely reach the 40-goal mark. Wayne is not the kind of player to take it easy now. He will be trying to push on.
"There are so many great teams in the Champions League - but if you want to win it then you have to beat the best teams.
"We will see what the draw brings and take it as it comes but I think the rest of the other teams will look at us now."
1st Half Highlights
2nd Half Highlights
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Monday, March 01, 2010
Carling Cup Final : Aston Villa vs Manchester United 1-2 : Goals Video
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Aston Villa 1 Manchester United 2 : Wayne Rooney (HD)
Aston Villa 1 Manchester United 2 : Wayne Rooney (HD)
Manchester United retain Carling Cup
Wayne Rooney came off the bench to net the winner as Manchester United retained the Carling Cup with a 2-1 win over Aston Villa at Wembley.
Rooney, a first-half replacement for Michael Owen, powered a header past Brad Friedel with 16 minutes to go as United claimed their fourth League Cup final success.
Villa, who themselves were looking for their sixth League Cup win, had taken the lead early on through a James Milner penalty but Owen levelled for United before hobbling off.
Martin O'Neill's men will probably point to the fact that Nemenja Vidic could have seen red for his part in the penalty incident, but United probably deserved to lift the silverware in a closely contested match.
Villa flew out of the traps and took the lead with just five minutes on the clock, although they could easily have been given a man advantage by referee Phil Dowd.
Ashley Young's ball over the top for Gabriel Agbonlahor saw the England frontman outpace Vidic into the area, but the Serbian defender repeatedly tugged at Agbonhalor's shirt and eventually clipped his legs to bring him down. Dowd correctly pointed to the spot, with Milner converting emphatically from 12 yards, but Vidic could have been shown a red card for being the last man - in fact he wasn't even shown a yellow!
Villa's lead did not last long, however, with United hitting back seven minutes later.
Richard Dunne was ponderous on the ball and was robbed by Dimitar Berbatov who burst into the box. Dunne got back to get a tackle in but the ball broke to Owen who produced an expert finish across Brad Friedel and into the far corner.
However Owen, who was looking bright, suffered yet more injury woe when he pulled up with what looked like a hamstring problem shortly before half-time and was replaced by the in-form Rooney.
It was United who started the brighter in the second period, with Michael Carrick forcing Friedel into a smart stop to his right.
But, after a decent spell of Villa pressure, Sir Alex Ferguson's men took the lead with yet another Rooney header.
Man-of-the-Match Antonio Valencia and Berbatov played a neat one-two down the right, the former's cross picked out Rooney 12 yards from goal and he strained his neck muscles to send a majestic header into the top corner.
It could have been 3-1 moments later when another Valencia header found Rooney again, but this time the England striker's downward header struck the foot of the post and rebounded to safety.
Villa piled bodies forward in search of an equaliser but United held out to make it back-to-back Carling Cup wins.
Villa, who themselves were looking for their sixth League Cup win, had taken the lead early on through a James Milner penalty but Owen levelled for United before hobbling off.
Martin O'Neill's men will probably point to the fact that Nemenja Vidic could have seen red for his part in the penalty incident, but United probably deserved to lift the silverware in a closely contested match.
Villa flew out of the traps and took the lead with just five minutes on the clock, although they could easily have been given a man advantage by referee Phil Dowd.
Ashley Young's ball over the top for Gabriel Agbonlahor saw the England frontman outpace Vidic into the area, but the Serbian defender repeatedly tugged at Agbonhalor's shirt and eventually clipped his legs to bring him down. Dowd correctly pointed to the spot, with Milner converting emphatically from 12 yards, but Vidic could have been shown a red card for being the last man - in fact he wasn't even shown a yellow!
Villa's lead did not last long, however, with United hitting back seven minutes later.
Richard Dunne was ponderous on the ball and was robbed by Dimitar Berbatov who burst into the box. Dunne got back to get a tackle in but the ball broke to Owen who produced an expert finish across Brad Friedel and into the far corner.
However Owen, who was looking bright, suffered yet more injury woe when he pulled up with what looked like a hamstring problem shortly before half-time and was replaced by the in-form Rooney.
It was United who started the brighter in the second period, with Michael Carrick forcing Friedel into a smart stop to his right.
But, after a decent spell of Villa pressure, Sir Alex Ferguson's men took the lead with yet another Rooney header.
Man-of-the-Match Antonio Valencia and Berbatov played a neat one-two down the right, the former's cross picked out Rooney 12 yards from goal and he strained his neck muscles to send a majestic header into the top corner.
It could have been 3-1 moments later when another Valencia header found Rooney again, but this time the England striker's downward header struck the foot of the post and rebounded to safety.
Villa piled bodies forward in search of an equaliser but United held out to make it back-to-back Carling Cup wins.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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Friday, February 05, 2010
JOHN TERRY has been axed as England captain.
Three Lions boss Fabio Capello relieved the Chelsea defender of the armband after a brisk 12-minute meeting at Wembley today.
Rio Ferdinand will replace JT as skipper but the door has been left open for the Blues centre-back to reclaim the role for the World Cup.
Capello said: "After much thought, I have made the decision that it will be best for me to take the captaincy away from John Terry.
"As a captain with the team, John Terry has displayed extremely positive behaviour. However, I have to take into account other considerations and what is best for all of the England squad.
"What is best for all of the England team has inspired my choice. John Terry was notified first.
"When I chose John Terry as captain, I also selected a vice-captain and also named a third choice. There is no reason to change this decision.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank The FA, particularly Lord David Triesman and Ian Watmore for allowing me to make this decision in my own time and in the best interest of the team."
Terry, 29, added: "I fully respect Fabio Capello's decision. I will continue to give everything for England."
Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has been installed as the new England vice-captain.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Manchester United Vs Manchester City 3-1: Carling Cup SemiFinal at Old Trafford
Manchester United Vs Manchester City (1-0) Aggregate (2-2) Paul Scholes
Manchester United Vs Manchester City (2-0) Aggregate (3-2) Michel Carrick
Manchester United Vs Manchester City (2-1) Aggregate (3-3) Carlos Tevez
Manchester United Vs Manchester City (3-1) Aggregate (4-3) Wayne Rooney
Manchester United Vs Manchester City (2-0) Aggregate (3-2) Michel Carrick
Manchester United Vs Manchester City (2-1) Aggregate (3-3) Carlos Tevez
Manchester United Vs Manchester City (3-1) Aggregate (4-3) Wayne Rooney
Rooney takes United to Wembley
Wayne Rooney headed Manchester United to Wembley with an injury-time winner to beat Manchester City 3-1 on the night, 4-3 on aggregate.
The England striker settled a pulsating Carling Cup semi-final when he turned home Ryan Giggs' cross from close range at Old Trafford.
United had already been pegged back once when Carlos Tevez scored to haul City level on aggregate after Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick had found the net either side of half-time.
Villa booked their place in the final last week, when they beat Blackburn Rovers 6-4 in the their semi-final second leg at Villa Park.
The England striker settled a pulsating Carling Cup semi-final when he turned home Ryan Giggs' cross from close range at Old Trafford.
United had already been pegged back once when Carlos Tevez scored to haul City level on aggregate after Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick had found the net either side of half-time.
Villa booked their place in the final last week, when they beat Blackburn Rovers 6-4 in the their semi-final second leg at Villa Park.
The final will take place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 28th February.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Video : Manchester United 4 Hull City 0 : Rooney 4 goals
Manchester United 1 Hull CIty 0 [Rooney]
Manchester United 2 Hull CIty 0 [Rooney]
Manchester United 3 Hull CIty 0 [Rooney]
Manchester United 4 Hull CIty 0 [Rooney]
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Manchester united 4 hull city 0 : WAYNE ROONEY hit all four goals to fire Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League table
Rooney was at his brilliant best to help the champions to 50 points, two clear of Arsenal and Chelsea.
The England striker was quickly out of the traps as he reacted first after Boaz Myhill could only parry Paul Scholes' stinging drive from 30 yards on seven minutes
He sealed the points on 82 minutes as he made the most of a mistake from Myhill.
Roo rounded off his treble four minutes later with another clinical finish before grabbing his first four-goal display in injury-time.
It was one-way traffic after Rooney's opener at Old Trafford and Nani's long-ranger was always too high, while Park Ji Sung glanced a header wide from Darren Fletcher's cross.
The returning Rio Ferdinand turned a Nani corner into the side-netting before Nick Barmby finally tested Edwin van Der Sar with an angled drive.
Rooney turned onto Nani's cross but his shot flew over after cannoning off Paul McShane.
Nani went down under Geovanni's tackle after a neat bit of skill had taken him into the Hull box, but ref Steve Bennett waved away appeals for a penalty.
Andy Dawson then robbed Michael Owen after Rooney had supplied the inspired through ball.
Ferdinand failed to test Myhill with a header from the corner as United continued to press.
Myhill turned away Owen's acrobatic volley then, after Rooney had released Nani, Kamil Zayatte was forced to concede a corner to prevent Owen tapping into an empty net.
Rooney curled a free-kick narrowly wide and missed another chance in-between a rare Hull attack which ended with Zayatte heading wide.
Rooney's temper was on the boil, though, and he was booked for a poor tackle on Stephen Hunt.
A cleverly disguised Nani pass left Owen with a clear sight of goal again but McShane's last-ditch tackle prevented him from rolling home United's second.
Nani's low cross flashed across goal, with neither Owen nor Rooney able to make contact with despairing lunges.
Rafael almost played Van der Sar into trouble with an underhit back-pass, then Patrice Evra made a fine blocked tackle to halt Bernard Mendy's run.
Rooney's long-range effort beat Myhill but also the keeper's right-hand post and Owen glanced Nani's free-kick wide.
REAL MADRID have stepped up their chase for Wayne Rooney
The Spanish giants want football's best-known middle-man to try to negotiate a deal with Manchester United. And Roo is one of Real chief Florentino Perez's top summer targets.
A Madrid source said: "Zahavi has been told to do all he can to try to bring Rooney to the Bernabeu. The club are confident a deal can be done."
Speculation about the England striker's future has intensified following revelations about United's precarious finances.
Perez, who signed Cristiano Ronaldo from United in a world-record £80million switch last year, normally gets what he wants.
Employing Zahavi shows Real are serious in their pursuit of Rooney, 24.
Zahavi is the go-to guy for all major deals in world football.
The Israeli, who also represents Rio Ferdinand, was the man who brought Roman Abramovich to Chelsea.
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Friday, January 22, 2010
No Man United Players On Facebook Or Twitter
Over recent months footballers from other clubs have made some controversial comments using either twitter or facebook. The most recent being Liverpool’s Ryan Babel revealing that he had been dropped by Rafa Benitez.
Man United have confirmed that none of their players are on social networking sites.
A notice on ManUtd.com read: "The club wishes to make it clear no United players maintain personal profiles on social networking websites.
"Fans encountering any web pages purporting to be written by United players should treat them with extreme scepticism."
Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher all had accounts on twitter- they have been removed. Giggs, Wes Brown and Rio Ferdinand all had facebook accounts and they have also been removed.
next four league fixtures will make or break Arsenal entire season
TOMAS ROSICKY knows Arsenal are facing the fortnight from hell before they can possibly contemplate a trip to title heaven.
The revitalised Premier League leaders have overturned an 11-point deficit in seven weeks to storm past Chelsea and Manchester United at the top.
But now Arsene Wenger's youngsters are steeling themselves for a two-week spell which will determine whether they are genuine championship contenders or mere pretenders to the throne once again.
Both winger Rosicky and his boss admit the next four league fixtures will make or break their entire season.
That awesome foursome kicks off with a trip to Aston Villa next Wednesday, followed by a home game against United, a date at Chelsea and then a visit from Liverpool.
Rosicky said: "Everybody knows the coming weeks are the critical ones in the whole season.
"If we can win the majority of our next four Premier League games, it will have a huge bearing on where the title goes."
Rosicky's goal sparked the Gunners' incredible fightback on Wednesday night, when they beat struggling Bolton 4-2 after trailing by two early goals.
The Czech international believes the victory will have a huge psychological impact on the team, after they edged ahead of Chelsea on goals scored.
He added: "This win came at just the right time. It is great for the confidence of everyone at the club.
"It shows this team has great mental strength and a desire to win the title.
"It was a real shock to find ourselves 2-0 down. So to turn it around in the style we did was a great boost for everyone.
"Even when we were trailing at half-time, the boss was very confident we would go on to win.
"The most important thing was not to panic. We continued to play ]our game and it paid off. It is such an important result because it shows all the other teams what we are able to do."
Rosicky, who recently signed a new contract, believes the turning point in Arsenal's season was the shock 3-0 home defeat by Chelsea on November 29.
The Gunners have taken an impressive 23 points from their nine league games since, while all their title rivals have faltered.
Rosicky declared: "We have found the consistency we were lacking in the last couple of seasons.
"Since the loss against Chelsea, we have gone on a run and started something new.
"No one expected to close the gap at the top quite so quickly. But things can change in just a few weeks.Can we win the title this year? We are definitely up for it and want to do it."
Rosicky's confidence is shared by Wenger, who has led the club to three Premier League titles already but has no trophy since the 2005 FA Cup.
He said: "We have a real chance to win the title this year and will have a real go.
"After we lost to Chelsea, it looked a little ludicrous to say we would come back.
"Yet, in spite of that, the players continued to fight with real belief. I am very proud of what my players have achieved. They have kept going no matter what people said about them.
"Everyone knows the next four league games will be very important for us. We will have a better idea of where we stand."
One player unable to be a part of the title push is left-back Kieran Gibbs, ruled out for the season with a metatarsal problem.
Gibbs, 20, will have a bone graft op today to heal the fracture he got in the last minute of the Champions League clash with Standard Liege in November.
He said: "I'm gutted. The other option would have been to let the bone grow in my foot. But I'd run the risk of it carrying on into next season and we don't want to do that."
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