Man Utd win to open 10 point lead

2011-04-10 07:03:05

Manchester United opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League as they brushed aside Fulham.

The recalled Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring with a first-time finish after Nani played him in.

Aaron Hughes then cleared a Nani cross into the path of Antonio Valencia, who headed home United's second.

Tomasz Kuszczak made a superb save from Fulham substitute Eidur Gudjohnsen after the break, while Mark Schwarzer stopped a strike from Darron Gibson.

Overall, it was a very comfortable afternoon for United, who dominated the opening half and had all but secured victory by the break.

Sir Alex Ferguson, still serving a touchline ban, watched from the stands but it was not a perfect afternoon for the United manager as What A Friend, his horse in the Grand National, pulled up with two fences left to jump.

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Man Utd are champions elect - Hughes

United were not quite as dominant after the interval but, nonetheless, Anderson drew a decent save from Schwarzer after Brede Hangeland squandered possession in his own half.

Fulham threatened through substitute Gudjohnsen, who drew a superb fingertip save from Kuszczak with a curling 25-yard strike that went unnoticed by referee Mike Jones, while Zamora was inches away with a free-kick.

Right-back Chris Baird also had a decent opportunity but he shot over at the far post.

But the majority of traffic continued to head towards the Fulham goal, with Darron Gibson attempting to pick his spot from 18 yards but failing to get sufficient power on his strike, while Scholes shot over from a similar distance.

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Saturday, 9 April 2011

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Home Team Score Away Team Time Man Utd 2-0 Fulham FT (HT 2-0) Berbatov 12 Valencia 32 Man Utd 29 Kuszczak 03 Evra 12 Smalling 15 Vidic 22 O'Shea 08 Anderson (Fabio Da Silva 76) 17 Nani (Carrick 87) 18 Scholes 25 Valencia (Owen 73) 28 Gibson 09 Berbatov Substitutes 01 Van der Sar, 06 Brown, 20 Fabio Da Silva, 13 Park Ji-Sung, 16 Carrick, 07 Owen, 14 Hernandez Fulham 01 Schwarzer 03 Salcido 05 Hangeland 06 Baird 18 Hughes 13 Murphy (Greening 82) 20 Etuhu (Gera 67) 23 Dempsey 24 Kakuta 25 Zamora 30 Dembele (Gudjohnsen 55) Substitutes 12 Stockdale, 02 Kelly, 32 Halliche, 07 Sidwell, 11 Gera, 27 Greening, 22 Gudjohnsen Ref: JonesAtt: 75,339 bbc.fmtj.net.json.model.addModule({ renderer: { src: "/js/app/sports_stats/football/football_team_list_renderer.js", id: "footballTeamListRenderer" }, moduleObject: { id: "footballTeamListRenderer" }, feedObject: { updatePeriod: 30, dataSource: "/sport/hi/english/static/football/statistics/matches/2011/04/09/team12_v_team55/match_summary.json" } }); MAN UTD FULHAM Possession Man Utd 54% Fulham 46% Attempts on target Man Utd 12 Fulham 5 Attempts off target Man Utd 4 Fulham 7 Corners Man Utd 8 Fulham 3 Fouls Man Utd 12 Fulham 8 bbc.fmtj.net.json.model.addModule({ renderer: { src: "/js/app/sports_stats/football/football_match_stats_renderer.js", id: "footballMatchStatsRenderer" }, moduleObject: { id: "matchStats_3284900" }, feedObject: { updatePeriod: 30, dataSource: "/sport/hi/english/static/football/statistics/matches/2011/04/09/team12_v_team55/match_summary.json" } }); gloader.load(["glow", "1", "glow.dom", "glow.events", "glow.tweens"], { onLoad: function(glow){ glow.ready(function() { //default state may be 'open' or 'closed' bbc.fmtj.apps.collapsible.init({ 'containers': [{ 'componentId': '#oPPM_teamList_matchStats_Wrapper', 'collapsedSize': 0, 'collapseRate': '0.5', 'headerText_openState': 'Hide team line-ups and match stats', 'headerText_closedState': 'Show team line-ups and match stats', 'defaultState': 'open' }] }); }); } }); Final Result Full Time 90:00+3:07 The referee ends the match. 89:25 Foul by Bobby Zamora on Nemanja Vidic, free kick awarded. Tomasz Kuszczak takes the direct free kick. 87:32 Shot from just outside the box by Paul Scholes goes over the crossbar. 86:08 Free kick awarded for a foul by Bobby Zamora on Chris Smalling. Tomasz Kuszczak takes the free kick. 86:08 Substitution (Man Utd) makes a substitution, with Michael Carrick coming on for Luis Nani. 84:20 John O'Shea takes a shot. Save by Mark Schwarzer. 83:34 Free kick awarded for a foul by Jonathan Greening on Luis Nani. Direct free kick taken by Darron Gibson. 81:34 Substitution Jonathan Greening on for Danny Murphy. 81:07 Dimitar Berbatov takes a shot. Mark Schwarzer makes a save. 79:07 Short corner taken by Danny Murphy. 79:01 The ball is swung over by Eidur Gudjohnsen, John O'Shea manages to make a clearance. 77:12 Free kick awarded for a foul by Zoltan Gera on Luis Nani. Darron Gibson restarts play with the free kick. 75:59 Substitution Fabio Da Silva joins the action as a substitute, replacing Oliveira Anderson. 75:44 Shot from deep inside the area by Chris Baird clears the crossbar. 75:00 Zoltan Gera gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Patrice Evra. Nemanja Vidic restarts play with the free kick. 74:44 Oliveira Anderson challenges Zoltan Gera unfairly and gives away a free kick. Danny Murphy restarts play with the free kick. 72:18 Substitution (Man Utd) makes a substitution, with Michael Owen coming on for Antonio Valencia. 70:46 Nemanja Vidic concedes a free kick for a foul on Gael Kakuta. Bobby Zamora has an effort direct from the free kick. 70:06 Oliveira Anderson takes a shot. Save by Mark Schwarzer. 68:51 The official flags Dimitar Berbatov offside. Aaron Hughes restarts play with the free kick. 66:55 Substitution Dickson Etuhu goes off and Zoltan Gera comes on. 65:18 Darron Gibson takes a shot. Mark Schwarzer makes a save. 64:34 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Aaron Hughes by Dimitar Berbatov. Aaron Hughes takes the free kick. 63:08 Nemanja Vidic gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Bobby Zamora. Gael Kakuta has an effort direct from the free kick. 61:11 Effort from outside the box by Eidur Gudjohnsen goes wide right of the target. 59:35 Corner taken by Danny Murphy from the left by-line to the near post, clearance by Oliveira Anderson. 59:25 Clint Dempsey takes a shot. Chris Smalling gets a block in. 59:16 Clint Dempsey takes a shot. Blocked by Nemanja Vidic. 58:54 The ball is swung over by Carlos Salcido, clearance by Patrice Evra. 57:14 Foul by Danny Murphy on Luis Nani, free kick awarded. The free kick is delivered right-footed by Luis Nani from left wing, save by Mark Schwarzer. 56:07 Free kick awarded for a foul by Dimitar Berbatov on Aaron Hughes. Direct free kick taken by Chris Baird. 55:40 Carlos Salcido produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide left of the goal. 55:00 Substitution Eidur Gudjohnsen replaces Moussa Dembele. 54:52 Effort on goal by Dimitar Berbatov from deep inside the penalty area misses to the right of the target. 51:42 Dickson Etuhu gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Oliveira Anderson. Paul Scholes takes the free kick. 48:39 Effort from just outside the area by Darron Gibson goes over the target. 48:06 Short corner taken by Luis Nani from the left by-line. 47:48 Luis Nani takes a short corner. 47:36 Oliveira Anderson takes a shot. Mark Schwarzer makes a save. 45:01 The match restarts for the second half. Half Time 45:00+1:13 The whistle is blown to end the first half. 45:00+0:40 Chris Smalling challenges Bobby Zamora unfairly and gives away a free kick. Danny Murphy crosses the ball from the free kick right-footed from left channel, Patrice Evra manages to make a clearance. 44:43 Outswinging corner taken right-footed by Antonio Valencia from the right by-line. 43:04 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Danny Murphy by Luis Nani. Aaron Hughes restarts play with the free kick. 40:53 Free kick awarded for a foul by Dimitar Berbatov on Brede Hangeland. Mark Schwarzer takes the free kick. 38:10 Free kick awarded for a foul by Chris Smalling on Bobby Zamora. Danny Murphy takes the free kick. 34:31 Clint Dempsey takes a shot. Nemanja Vidic gets a block in. 33:06 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Clint Dempsey by Oliveira Anderson. Dickson Etuhu takes the direct free kick. 31:03 Luis Nani provided the assist for the goal. 31:03 GOAL - Antonio Valencia:Man Utd 2 - 0 Fulham Antonio Valencia scores a headed goal from close range. Man Utd 2-0 Fulham. 31:01 Luis Nani takes a shot. Blocked by Aaron Hughes. 30:02 Patrice Evra produces a cross. 29:32 Danny Murphy gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Dimitar Berbatov. Dimitar Berbatov takes the direct free kick. 29:10 Dimitar Berbatov is ruled offside. Free kick taken by Aaron Hughes. 27:29 Corner taken right-footed by Antonio Valencia. 26:46 Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Luis Nani from the left by-line, Chris Smalling takes a shot. Blocked by Brede Hangeland. 24:37 Corner from right by-line taken by Darron Gibson. 24:23 Antonio Valencia takes a shot. Blocked by Brede Hangeland. 23:40 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Clint Dempsey by Paul Scholes. The free kick is swung in right-footed by Danny Murphy, clearance made by Dimitar Berbatov. 22:32 Clint Dempsey produces a right-footed shot from long range which goes wide right of the goal. 22:07 Antonio Valencia is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Indirect free kick taken by Carlos Salcido. 20:31 Carlos Salcido sends in a cross, save by Tomasz Kuszczak. 18:52 Effort on goal by Oliveira Anderson from inside the penalty box misses to the right of the target. 17:53 Gael Kakuta produces a cross. 15:12 The ball is crossed by Antonio Valencia, save by Mark Schwarzer. 11:03 The assist for the goal came from Luis Nani. 11:03 GOAL - Dimitar Berbatov:Man Utd 1 - 0 Fulham Goal scored by Dimitar Berbatov from inside the penalty area to the bottom right corner of the goal. Man Utd 1-0 Fulham. 10:29 The ball is swung over by Carlos Salcido, blocked by John O'Shea. 9:48 Free kick awarded for a foul by Antonio Valencia on Carlos Salcido. Free kick taken by Carlos Salcido. 7:53 Bobby Zamora has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the right of the target. 5:48 Gael Kakuta takes a inswinging corner. 5:36 Moussa Dembele takes a shot. Save made by Tomasz Kuszczak. 4:43 Outswinging corner taken right-footed by Antonio Valencia from the right by-line to the near post, Nemanja Vidic takes a shot. Blocked by Bobby Zamora. 3:52 Antonio Valencia takes a outswinging corner to the near post, Danny Murphy makes a clearance. 3:41 Luis Nani takes a shot. Chris Baird gets a block in. 0:39 Gael Kakuta takes a shot. Tomasz Kuszczak makes a save. 0:00 The game kicks-off.

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