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2¹ INIESTA worked the ball to FABREGAS, MÜLLER controlled his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Newcastle United 'keeper. 10¹ GOAL!! DIEGO CAPEL tried to play the ball out of the Newcastle United penalty area but was tackled by RONALDO who headed the ball to FABREGAS for an easy tap in. (1-0 Manchester United) 11¹ SERGIO RAMOS beat a number of Newcastle United players and drove a golden opportunity inches over. 13¹ GOAL!! INIESTA hit a glorious thirty yard shot past the hapless Newcastle United 'keeper. (2-0 Manchester United) 16¹ A cross from RONALDO left INIESTA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. 20¹ GOAL!! After being forced wide HÜBSCHMAN managed to ram the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-1 Manchester United) 21¹ A free-kick from ARTETA went inches over. 28¹ GOAL!! An inswinging corner was booted clear only for RONALDO to blast the ball into the net. (3-1 Manchester United) 30¹ RONALDO dribbled away from CARRICK and poked a poor shot over. 35¹ A corner found BOJAN who headed the ball over. 38¹ BOATENG blasted a left foot shot over from twenty yards out. 41¹ DIEGO COSTA charged through the Newcastle United defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. 45¹ A great effort from ZAHA scraped the outside of the righthand post. 47¹ MÜLLER knocked the ball to RONALDO who nodded it over. 48¹ Uncertainty in the Newcastle United defence enabled DIEGO COSTA to blast an effort over. 11² GOAL!! A deep cross by PIQUÉ was met by RONALDO who rushed in to score. (4-1 Manchester United) 12² A accurate pass bobbled toward DIEGO COSTA and his right foot effort went narrowly wide. 15² FABREGAS beat DAVIES and placed the ball to MÜLLER who dragged his shot wide. 23² GOAL!! An energetic PIQUÉ ran down the wing and pulled the ball back for SERGIO RAMOS to slip home. (5-1 Manchester United) 25² JOAQUÍN made space on the right and dragged the ball to ZAHA who clipped the ball over. 30² GOMES given a yellow card by the referee for a poor tackle. 31² A penalty box meleé resulted in BOJAN tapping the ball wide.

Manchester United   League position: 1 Home league form: WWOW Overall league form: WWXWOWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Manuel NEUER 6½ 1 6  Heurelho GOMES SERGIO RAMOS García 7½ 2 6½ Seamus COLEMAN JORDI ALBA Ramos 8  3 6½ Kieran GIBBS Andrés INIESTA 8  4 7  Michael CARRICK(c) Gerard PIQUÉ 7½ 5 6  Tomás HÜBSCHMAN Jérôme BOATENG 6½ 6 6  Curtis DAVIES Francesc FABREGAS 6½ 7 7  JOAQUÍN Sánchez (c)Cristiano RONALDO 8  8 6½ DIEGO CAPEL Trinidad (p)DIEGO da Silva COSTA 7  9 6  BOJAN Krkic(p) (f)XABI ALONSO 7  10 5½ Mikel ARTETA(f) Thomas MÜLLER 7½ 11 5½ Wilfried ZAHA Manager Daniel CARVAJAL    12    Nathaniel CLYNE David DE GEA    13    Nicky WEAVER Phil JONES    14    Gabriel AGBONLAHOR David SILVA    15    Yuri ZHIRKOV PEDRO Eliezer    16    Alain TRAORÉ

Newcastle United   League position: 14 Away league form: XLXX Overall league form: XLLXOWXL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Manchester United 5 Newcastle United 1 (Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 86,327, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Ian Ashbee 9½) Fabregas 10¹, Iniesta 13¹, Ronaldo 28¹, Ronaldo 11², Sergio Ramos 23² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Hübschman 20¹           Gomes 30² 0 1 2 9 3 4 7 1 12 8 19 9 2 0 63% 37% ¶ Man of the match: Cristiano Ronaldo ¶