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Commentary

4¹ VÍLLA was put clear by KAKÁ and he pulled away from the Barnsley 'keeper but drilled his shot inches over. 19¹ CRESPO scuffed an easy chance. 21¹ KAKÁ knocked the ball to ROONEY who fired it wide. 21¹ The ref books PEDERSEN. 27¹ GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by the Barnsley 'keeper, EVRÀ was first to the loose ball and played the ball to ROONEY to nudge home. (1-0 Manchester United) 33¹ GOAL!! A cross from CASSANO was touched away by SERGIO RAMOS only for PEDERSEN to fire the ball back into the box for ZÉ ROBERTO to force over the line. (1-1) 35¹ ROONEY brought the ball past OSMAN and rifled a poor shot over the bar. 42¹ GOAL!! Unlucky CAMBIASSO hit the post before EVRÀ rifled the ball into the back of the net as NEVILLE failed to clear. (2-1 Manchester United) 0² A corner fell to ROONEY who headed an effort inches wide. 2² A wonderful save prevented RONALDO from scoring an exceptional goal. 6² A cross from CAMBIASSO left RONALDO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 7² KAKÁ stroked an easy chance past the lefthand post. 8² GOAL!! Some useful work by NEVILLE on the left, left CRESPO yards clear, and he dummied FOSTER and blasted the ball into the net. (2-2) 12² GOAL!! NEVILLE tried to play the ball out of the Barnsley penalty area but was tackled by RONALDO who turned the ball to ROONEY for a simple goal. (3-2 Manchester United) 13² GOAL!! An outswinging corner headed out by FERDINAND was drove into the net by CRESPO. (3-3) 14² The hapless Barnsley 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from PEDERSEN fell just over. 15² CRESPO headed over. 16² NEVILLE ran onto a delightful ball from OSMAN but hit his shot wide. 22² ZÉ ROBERTO booked by the referee. 26² The referee books VAN BUYTEN for a bad foul. 28² EVRÀ kicked the ball wide from just outside the area. 46² A tame strike from CASSANO rolled agonisingly wide.

Barnsley   League position: 17 Home league form: LWXL Overall league form: LLLWWLXX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Jens LEHMANN 5  1 6½ Ben FOSTER Phil NEVILLE 7  2 7½ SERGIO RAMOS García ROBERTO CARLOS da Silva 5½ 3 7½ Patrice EVRÀ Robert KOVAC 7  4 7½ Rio FERDINAND(c) Daniel VAN BUYTEN 6½ 5 7  Nemanja VIDIC Philippe CLEMENT 6  6 7  Esteban CAMBIASSO Leon OSMAN 6  7 7½ KAKÁ ZÉ ROBERTO 6  8 8  Lionel MESSI(f) (p)Hernán CRESPO 6½ 9 7½ Wayne ROONEY (f)Morten Gamst PEDERSEN 5½ 10 6½ David VÍLLA Antonio CASSANO 6½ 11 7  Cristiano RONALDO(p) Manager Chris GODDARD Traianos DELLAS    12 7  Eric ABIDAL Andrés PALOP    13    Arjen ROBBEN Gerald ASAMOAH 6  14    Iker CASILLAS Mikaël SILVESTRE    15    Daniele DE ROSSI RIVALDO    16    Dimitar BERBATOV

Manchester United   League position: 2 Away league form: XWWX Overall league form: XXWWWWWW Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Barnsley 3 Manchester United 3 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 24,805, Stadium: Oakwell, Referee: Barry Knight 7½) Zé Roberto 33¹, Crespo 8², Crespo 13² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Rooney 27¹, Evrà 42¹, Rooney 12² Roberto CarlosóAsamoah 32² CambiassoóAbidal 25²     Pedersen 21¹, Zé Roberto 22², van Buyten 26²   7 10 11 4 1 6 4 5 5 11 9 16 1 2 39% 61% ¶ Man of the match: Lionel Messi ¶