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5¹ A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming GIVEN. 6¹ JOHNSON cautioned for a cynical tackle. 8¹ The ref yellow cards XAVI for an off-the-ball incident against MONTOLIVO. 9¹ SCHOLES drilled a looping shot wide from close range. 10¹ GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled ETO'O to run through the Newcastle United defence and score. (1-0 Manchester United) 14¹ The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful shot. 16¹ A corner bobbled toward AGÜERO who turned an effort over the bar. 18¹ VAN NISTELROOY's shot was well saved by REINA. 21¹ GOAL!! A Manchester United counter-attack allowed LENNON to setup ETO'O with a simple goal. (2-0 Manchester United) 30¹ RIBÉRY was put clear by XAVI and he beat the 'keeper but glanced his shot wide. 32¹ GOAL!! ETO'O dribbled forward, looked up and thundered a shot into the Newcastle United net. (3-0 Manchester United) 40¹ A mix up in the Newcastle United defence enabled XAVI to crack the ball just beyond the far post. 43¹ HEITINGA shot over. 6² CAMORANESI's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Manchester United upright. 7² A strike from VAN NISTELROOY held little difficulty for REINA. 8² A poor strike from XAVI bounced agonisingly wide. 12² A fine ball from LENNON on the right was collected by AGÜERO who sliced his shot just beyond the near post. 19² AGÜERO headed wide. 20² GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of CAMORANESI who nudged the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (3-1 Manchester United) 22² A free-kick from ETO'O flew inches wide. 25² XAVI beat BARRY and whacked the ball to ETO'O who hit his effort wide. 30² XAVI beat three Newcastle United players and stroked an effort just beyond the near post. 34² A pin-point pass fell to LENNON and his right foot effort flew narrowly wide. 36² A good effort from ETO'O scraped the outside of the lefthand post.

Newcastle United   League position: - Home league form: XWWW Overall league form: WWXLWWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Shay GIVEN 6  1 6½ José REINA Gary NEVILLE 6  2 7½ DANIEL Alves Paul SCHOLES 6  3 7  Philipp LAHM (c)Gareth BARRY 7  4 8½ Francesc FABREGAS John HEITINGA 6½ 5 8½ John TERRY(c) Riccardo MONTOLIVO 6½ 6 7  Rio FERDINAND Mauro CAMORANESI 7  7 6½ Aaron LENNON Theo WALCOTT 7  8 6½ XAVI (p)Ruud VAN NISTELROOY 6  9 7  Sergio AGÜERO (f)Kevin KURANYI 5½ 10 7  Samuel ETO'O(p,f) Andy JOHNSON 5½ 11 7½ Franck RIBÉRY Manager Nick HARPIN David ALBELDA    12    Jamie CARRAGHER Neil SULLIVAN    13    Paul ROBINSON GILBERTO Aparecido da SILVA    14    Rafael VAN DER VAART Manuel PASQUAL    15    RAFAEL da Silva ADRIANO Leite    16    Michael ESSIEN

Manchester United   League position: 1 Away league form: WWWX Overall league form: XWWWWWXW Formation: 4-1-3-2

Statistics

Newcastle United 1 Manchester United 3 (Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 52,043, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Steve Tanner 7½) Camoranesi 20² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Eto'o 10¹, Eto'o 21¹, Eto'o 32¹         Johnson 6¹ Xavi 8¹ 12 4 12 8 3 4 4 5 2 11 6 16 3 2 40% 60% ¶ Man of the match: Francesc Fabregas ¶