United stayed hot on the heels of Chelsea with a 3-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur without the in form & PFA Player of the year, Wayne Rooney. The victory put United on top of the league with Chelsea playing their game against Stoke on Sunday.
As for the game on Saturday, the first half at Old Trafford was fairly quiet with the score level at 0-0. Although United had the best chances of the half they had nothing to show for it.
The second half started much the same as the first half finished with United on top and commanding the game. Spurs managed to create a few chances but nothing that troubled Edwin Van der Sar in the United goal.
The match sprung to life in the 58th minute when Patrice Evra was bundled over in the box and a penalty was awarded which was clinically dispatched by the 'Welsh Wizard' Ryan Giggs. United then had another couple of chances but nothing too threatening, only calling Spurs 'keeper Gomes into action once.
Spurs gradually started coming back into the game and had a number of chances before Ledley King headed home from a gareth bale corner in the 70th minute. Bale was beginning to cause a few problems down the Tottenham left but was in the end well dealt with. Another few chances followed for both sides before Nani raced into the box to finish off an absolutely fantastic world class chip over Gomes to put the home side 2-1 up with only 9 minutes remaining.
Spurs had thrown on Eidur Gudjohnsen and Peter Crouch who did cause a few problems but once again Nani picked up the ball on the half way line, raced into the spurs box and was brought down which resulted in Ryan Giggs finishing the match off from the penalty spot for the second time of the afernoon with only 5 minutes to go.
The result had put United back on top pf the Premier League with Chelsea playing on Sunday, but unfortunately for the Old trafford side Chelsea returned back to the top of the league with a convincing 7-0 victory over stoke at Stamford Bridge. The result also put them in the driving seat with the goal difference aswell, giving them a bit more breathing space.
Next up for United is an away game at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland on Sunday.
Lets hope for a fine United victory and Liverpool do us a favour by taking points from Chelsea.
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