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By Mark Young. Manchester United 2 – 1 Chelsea Manchester United beat Chelsea 2-1 at Old Trafford to set up a potential semi-final tie with Schalke. Fantastic displays from Carrick, Rooney, Giggs and Park put the hardworking Red Devils through. The treble is still on as United now look forward to Wembley and Manchester City [...]

By James Johnson. Manchester United Kuszczak 6 – Coming off his comments in the morning papers you would have expected the Polish international to have been at his very best, however his handling and distribution were poor all game. Made one very good save from Gudjohnsen late on. O Shea 6 – Solid enough game [...]

By Mark Young. Chelsea 0 – 1 Manchester United Wayne Rooney gives Man United the advantage going into the second leg of the Champions League quarter finals. He scored to put United one nil ahead on aggregate against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Great individual performances from Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick helped the [...]

Contribution by Jack Rawlinson Despite what the half time score line may have suggested, today’s early kick off saw Manchester United play some good football, with only their own errors leading to them being two goals worse off at the interval. In the end, the stats will show that the team that won the match [...]

By Mark Young. Manchester United sneak through, but only just, against a Marseille side that could sniff progression at only 1-0 down. Wayne Rooney was the pick of the performers and is finally somewhat back to his best. Man United march into the quarter finals. Manchester United 1.  Edwin Van Der Sar Another solid performance from [...]

Midfield Problems Rears Its Ugly Head Not for the first time this season our central midfield has struggled when the opposition have looked to exert pressure. Why? In the main Sir Alex has preferred a 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 formation (due to the excellent form of Berbatov), which is fine for matches at Old Trafford, but is fraught [...]

Welcome to the Stretford End Arising’s Player Ratings. On a freezing Monday night Manchester United reclaimed top spot by defeating rivals Arsenal 1-0 at Old Trafford. Ji-Sung Park was the hero of the night when he netted moments before half time to grab his sixth goal of the season, his highest tally in a season [...]

Welcome to the Stretford End Arising’s Player Ratings. Manchester United progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League after a 1-1 draw with Valencia. Pablo Hernández gave the visitors the lead on thirty minutes after Michael Carrick gifted away possession inside his own half. The superb Anderson brought the teams level with his first Old [...]

Welcome to the Stretford End Arising’s Player Ratings. Manchester United returned to the summit of the Premier League after handing out a 7-1 thumping to Blackburn Rovers, with Dimitar Berbatov the hero netting five goals. Anderson, Nani and Wayne Rooney are also worthy of a mention impressing in the rout. With Chelsea only claiming four [...]

Welcome to the Stretford End Arising’s Player Ratings. Wayne Rooney scored a late penalty to seal a 1-0 victory over Rangers to secure a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Michael Carrick, Chris Smalling and Fabio all impressing, with the young Brazilian earning the penalty after he was unceremoniously hacked down by [...]