Manchester United Football Club

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Neville Makes Fresh Comeback Bid

Manchester United defender Gary Neville played 60 minutes for the club's reserve team on Tuesday in his latest attempt to return from injury.

The 33-year-old right-back has not played first-team football for nearly a year and has been plagued by calf and ankle problems over the past 11 months.

Neville has made a number of comebacks only to suffer further setbacks.

United's second-string lost 2-0 to their Liverpool counterparts with goals from Xabi Alonso and Harry Kewell.

United's reserves also included keeper Ben Foster on the bench as he continues his comeback from knee surgery in the summer.

Foster & Neville are returning soon (Y)

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Next Fixture:

Manchester United
VS Fulham
Venue: Craven Cottage
Date: 1st March, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM UK Time
8:00 PM PK Time

Match Will be broadcasted LIVE On STAR SPORTS

[FoZzy]

man wht u guyz think abt Rooney's performance ...

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If you are talkin about his performance against Newcastle then he was great . Two goals and one assisst . Check the ratings above . You will see his performance was the best

[FoZzy]

dude single match performance .....wht abt the other matches ..... ? ??

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Fulham v Manchester United

Fulham forward Jari Litmanen has returned to training after a heart scare, but he will not be involved.

Fulham are without banned midfielder Leon Andreasen, but Hameur Bouazza returns from a shoulder injury.

Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs is a doubt for the trip to Craven Cottage after he picked up a calf strain.

Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra have recovered from a calf strain and a stomach virus respectively and both should play a part.

Fulham (from): Niemi; Stalteri, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky, Murphy, S Davies, Bullard, Bouazza, Nevland, Stefanovic, Kamara, Bocanegra, Volz, McBride, Smertin, Seol, Healy, Keller.

Man Utd (from):
Van der Sar, Brown, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Nani, Rooney, Tevez, Scholes, O'Shea, Saha, Kuszczak, Anderson, Park, Simpson, Eagles.

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Manchester United 3 - 0 Fulham Full Time

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Fulham 0-3 Man Utd

Manchester United cruised past Fulham and closed to within one point of Premier League leaders Arsenal.

United rested Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, but Owen Hargreaves set them on their way to victory with a 20-yard free-kick after 15 minutes.

They missed a host of chances before Ji-Sung Park headed in Paul Scholes' cross a minute before the interval.

Fulham's misery was complete when Simon Davies turned John O'Shea's cross into his own net 18 minutes from time.

Ronaldo and Rooney were rested in readiness for the Champions League clash with Lyon at Old Trafford on Tuesday - but it did little to disturb United's rhythm in a first 45 minutes they dominated with embarrassing ease.

Louis Saha should have put United ahead after only five minutes when he was sent clear by a raking Scholes pass, but he was hopelessly off target with only Fulham keeper Antti Niemi to beat.

It was only a matter of time before United took the lead, and so it proved on 15 minutes when Brede Hangeland fouled Carlos Tevez and Hargreaves clipped a clever free-kick past Niemi from 20 yards.

Nani then shot narrowly wide and Scholes saw a header well saved by Niemi as United threatened to over-run Roy Hodgson's troubled side.

United's failure to take their chances almost cost them 12 minutes before the interval when Danny Murphy escaped his markers but saw a point-blank header blocked by Edwin van der Sar.

The champions doubled their advantage on the stroke of half-time when Park met Scholes' cross with a firm header to leave Fulham facing a mammoth task.

Fulham made little or no impact in the early stages of the second half, and United demonstrated their squad strength after 68 minutes, sending on Rooney and Ronaldo for Tevez and Saha.

United were still in the ascendancy and Niemi had to be sharp to save low down from Park as he drove into the danger zone.

The game was finished as a contest with 18 minutes left when Davies unluckily diverted O'Shea's shot past Niemi at the near post for United's third.

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Next Fixture

Manchester United VS Lyon Second Leg
Date: 4th,March,2008 Tuesday
Time: 7:45 PM UK Time
12:45 AM PK Time
Venue: Old Trafford
Aggregate: Man Utd 1 - 1 Lyon

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Manchester United v Lyon (agg 1-1)

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has virtually a fully fit squad to choose from with a number of players pressing their claims to start.

Ryan Giggs and Nemanja Vidic missed the win over Fulham on Saturday with injury but are expected to be fit in time.

Lyon club captain Cris has declared himself ready after making a return from long-term injury on Saturday.

The defender was out for seven months after rupturing knee ligaments but Jean-Alain Boumsong is eyeing a recall.

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Manchester United 1 - 0 Lyon

Ronaldo Scored The Only Goal Of The Match & United are in the Last 8 of Champions League .

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Manchester United v Portsmouth

Old Trafford
Saturday 8 March
Sixth Round
Kick-off: 12:45 UK 5:45 PM Pak

Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has recovered from a calf strain and could face Portsmouth in the FA Cup.
Sir Alex Ferguson has a full-strength squad other than Gary Neville, Mikael Silvestre and Ben Foster, who are recovering from long-term injuries.

Pedro Mendes returns to the Portsmouth squad after five weeks out following a minor ankle operation.

Jermain Defoe is cup-tied so Kanu will start up front and John Utaka will move up from the bench to the starting XI.

Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Brown, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Nani, Rooney, Tevez, Scholes, Giggs, O'Shea, Saha, Kuszczak, Anderson, Park, Simpson, Pique.

Portsmouth (from): James, Ashdown, Johnson, Distin, Campbell, Hreidarsson, Lauren, Aubey, Diop, Diarra, Muntari, Utaka, Davis, Mendes, Hughes, Kanu, Baros

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Portsmouth 0 - 0 Manchester United Half Time

Manchester United Missed plenty of chances , but their performance is very good . Both teams are playing well .(Y)

Rooney , Diop and Diarra all given yellow cards

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Portsmouth 1 - 0 Man Utd

Kuszkzak given red card for the foul on Baros . There was no contact between kuszkzak and Baros as shown in replays . It was a dive .

MOD EDIT: Language

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Shit dude...that was ufair...it was not a foul........:@:@:@