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Commentary
0¹NURI ran onto a great ball from ARSHAVIN but pulled his effort wide of the goal.
1¹A good effort from ARSHAVIN scraped the outside of the righthand post.
8¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Manchester United 'keeper.
9¹A penalty box meleé resulted in ROTHEN knocking the ball wide.
11¹A weak strike from PIZARRO rolled agonisingly wide.
13¹BASSONG stepped inside ROTHEN but tapped the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
15¹GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by DIDA, JOHNSON was first to the loose ball and played the ball to DE JONG to flick in. (1-0 Manchester United)
20¹Uncertainty in the Lens defence enabled JOHNSON to hit an effort wide.
25¹DENÍLSON made space on the left and touched the ball to MAKOUN who clipped the ball wide.
30¹The ref books GUILHERME for a clumsy tackle.
1²LUÍS FABIANO floated the ball to TADDEI who flicked it wide.
4²A twenty yard drive from DENÍLSON caused the 'keeper no problem.
7²GUILHERME given his marching orders for a bad foul he had already been booked earlier in the match.
9²JAMES managed to claw away a wicked effort.
13²GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled MICHEL SALGADO to drive the ball home. (2-0 Manchester United)
18²GOAL!! A patient Manchester United side were rewarded with a lovely strike from ARSHAVIN. (3-0 Manchester United)
25²The referee cautions NIANG for violent conduct against ARSHAVIN.
29²PETROV rushed a simple chance.
30²NURI given a yellow card by the referee for a cynical foul.
34²LESCOTT shot over.
37²GOAL!! A definite penalty was awarded to Manchester United, after TADDEI had fouled JOHNSON which PIZARRO easily converted. (4-0 Manchester United)
40²NIANG headed wide.

 
Manchester United
 
League position: 10
Home league form: WLLL
Overall league form: WLLLWLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)David JAMES7 17½DIDA
MICHEL SALGADO7 27½Pierre WOME(c)
Joleon LESCOTT8½36 Nicolás BURDISSO
Nigel DE JONG8 46½DENÍLSON Pereira
Sébastien BASSONG5 56½Adama COULIBALY
Christoph METZELDER5½65½Zoumana CAMARA
NURI Sahin5½77½LUÍS FABIANO Clemente(p)
Andrei ARSHAVIN7 87 Jean MAKOUN(f)
(p)Claudio PIZARRO6½96½Rodrigo TADDEI
(f)Louis SAHA6 106 Jérôme ROTHEN
Andy JOHNSON6 115½GUILHERME Milhomem
ManagerNeil SAUNDERSON
Fernando CAVENAGHI  126 Mamadou NIANG
Mladen BOZOVIC  13  Ben AMOS
Freddy ADU  14  SIMÃO Sabrosa
Martin PETROV7 15  Gabriel OBERTAN
Gary NEVILLE  16  Nicolas ANELKA
 
Lens
 
League position: 3
Away league form: XXLX
Overall league form: XXWLXWLX
Formation: 4-5-1

Statistics
Manchester United 4 Lens 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 38,128, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Livio Bazzoli 5½)

de Jong 15¹, Michel Salgado 13², Arshavin 18², Pizarro 37² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
BassongóPetrov 0²MakounóNiang 20²
 Guilherme 7²
Nuri 30²Guilherme 30¹, Niang 25²
112
1417
02
96
1111
2017
55
55%45%
Man of the match: Joleon Lescott