Tag Archives: Champions League

5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 1-2 Real Madrid

By Jason Freeman 1. Anger and Disappointment but also Pride It’d be hard to find a United fan who didn’t display all of these emotions on Tuesday night. We’ll never know how the game would have ended if the poor decision to send Nani off had not happened but it’s without a doubt that we [...]

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Competition: Win a Stretford End Arising, Alex Ferguson or Eric Cantona T-Shirt

As the season reaches an exciting climax, Stretford End Arising has a Manchester United related T-Shirt to give away courtesy of Street Baroque (streetbaroque.bigcartel.com). The winner can choose from a Stretford End Arising, Alex Ferguson or Eric Cantona t-shirt. Stretford End Arising/WX24 T-Shirt A fashion fitted t-shirt with Street Baroque’s unique “WX24″ design – printed [...]

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5 Things We Learned: Real Madrid 1-1 Manchester United

By Chris Mortlock 1. Evans justified his place in the starting XI I, like many, expected Vidic to start alongside Ferdinand at the Bernabéu; his experience alone warranted a place in the staring XI – especially in a game of such magnitude. Listening to Sir Alex ahead of kick-off, though, it made sense to start [...]

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United v Madrid: A decade on and United face Ronaldo again… but this time the burger van is safe!

By Rob Cowsill This article has been cobbled together for the purposes of analysing whether one entity can ever triumph over another similarly able entity during the course of 180 minutes of association football – Well the answer is insultingly obvious… maybe! (unless Tom Henning Ovrebo is refereeing). The stage is set then for the [...]

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Ronaldo’s Return: United face Real in Last 16

By Lee Savery Manchester United drew Real Madrid in the Last 16 draw of the UEFA Champions League. It is the stand out tie of the second round and is probably one most United fans would not have wanted but, to the football world, it is a mouth-watering prospect as the nine time winners will [...]

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Match Report: Manchester United 0-1 CFR Cluj

By Lee Savery Manchester United succumbed to a second loss in a row in the Champions League thanks to Luis Alberto’s fine strike. The Brazilian’s shot from range flew into the right-hand corner that the returning David de Gea had no chance with after Paul Scholes had given the ball away in the centre of [...]

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Match Report: Galatasaray 1-0 Manchester United

By Lee Savery A changed Manchester United side lost to Galatasaray in Turkey to record their first defeat in the Champions League this season. A second half header by Burak Yilmaz scored the only goal of the game as he met Selcuk Inan’s right-wing corner on 53 minutes. The defeat sees the Red Devils lose [...]

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Match Report: SC Braga 1 – 3 Manchester United

By Lee Savery Three goals in the last ten minutes saw Manchester United come from behind to beat Braga and secure their place into the knock out stages. The victory never looked like coming in what was such a lifeless display. After a little help from a failed generator that saw the lights go out [...]

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Match Report: Manchester United 3 – 2 S.C. Braga

By Lee Savery A brace from Javier Hernandez helped Manchester United maintain their 100% record in the Champions League this season but had to survive yet another scare to accomplish it. The Red Devils lined up with the diamond formation that proved quite successful in the wins over Cluj & Newcastle United. Once again, Michael [...]

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5 Things We Learned: CFR Cluj 1 Manchester United 2

By Thomas Doyle 1. Evra is slipping further and further Despite playing well for the second half of the 3-2 defeat against Tottenham, Patrice Evra is fast becoming a liability for Manchester United. The left back was once again caught badly out of position by United’s opponents, and his inability to track Sougou on the right [...]

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