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Commentary
BERBATOV ran onto a great ball from DE ROSSI but blasted his shot wide.
GOAL!! An outswinging corner nodded out by IVANOVIC was fired into the net by ETO'O. (1-0 Manchester United)
DANIEL booked for arguing with the referee.
The referee books DE ROSSI for an off-the-ball incident against RIBÉRY.
BERBATOV beat FERDINAND and fired the ball to LÓPEZ who dragged his effort wide.
18¹XAVI headed the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
19¹GOAL!! A nice run by XAVI on the left was capped by a wonderful cross which TERRY fired in at the far post. (2-0 Manchester United)
21¹A left foot effort from ETO'O was tipped over by the 'keeper.
22¹A cross from DE ROSSI left LÓPEZ in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
28¹ETO'O fluffed an easy chance.
33¹A twenty-five yard drive from LÓPEZ caused REINA no problem.
34¹RIBÉRY beat two Darlington players and stroked a shot inches over.
38¹The hapless Manchester United 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from TERRY dropped just over.
41¹SUÁREZ made space on the left and knocked the ball to LÓPEZ who touched the ball wide.
46¹A shot from RIBÉRY was smothered by the Darlington 'keeper.
GOAL!! An imaginative PIQUÉ played a wonderful ball down the left to BERBATOV who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-1 Manchester United)
16²ETO'O drilled a looping shot inches wide from twenty-five yards out.
20²A wonderful save prevented ETO'O from scoring an exceptional goal.
25²LÓPEZ rifled an easy chance past the far post.
27²SUÁREZ brought the ball round LAHM and rattled a tame shot into the crowd.
29²A free-kick from AGÜERO flew wide.
31²Uncertainty in the Darlington defence enabled AGÜERO to thump an effort over the bar.
35²The Darlington 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful effort.
38²A delightful shot from O'SHEA was dealt with by a good block from the Manchester United 'keeper.
41²ADLER dived to his right to block a lovely drive from Manchester United's AGÜERO.
44²A accurate pass found PIQUÉ and his right foot effort raced narrowly over.

 
Darlington
 
League position: 4
Home league form: LXLW
Overall league form: WLWLXXLW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
René ADLER1José REINA
Branislav IVANOVIC2DANIEL Alves
John O'SHEA3Philipp LAHM
(c)Darren FLETCHER4Francesc FABREGAS
Jonny EVANS5John TERRY(c)
Gerard PIQUÉ6Rio FERDINAND
Antonio VALENCIA7Aaron LENNON
(f)Daniele DE ROSSI8XAVI
Dimitar BERBATOV9Sergio AGÜERO
(p)Lisandro LÓPEZ10Samuel ETO'O(p,f)
Luis SUÁREZ11Franck RIBÉRY
Ags CONNOLLYManagerNick HARPIN
Gary CAHILL  12  Jamie CARRAGHER
Joe HART  13  Paul ROBINSON
Tom HUDDLESTONE  14  Rafael VAN DER VAART
Darren BENT  15  RAFAEL da Silva
Gareth BALE  16  Michael ESSIEN
 
Manchester United
 
League position: 1
Away league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WXWWWWWX
Formation: 4-1-3-2

Statistics
Darlington 1 Manchester United 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 24,925, Stadium: Darlington Arena, Referee: Andy Hall 7½)

Berbatov 5²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Eto'o 4¹, Terry 19¹
  
  
de Rossi 5¹Daniel 4¹
28
79
66
37
86
1113
14
46%54%
Man of the match: Antonio Valencia