Manchester United down Fulham to extend their dominance on top of the league table: EPL News
Manchester United beat Fulham 2-0 in an English Premier League encounter at Old Trafford, on Saturday, April 10. United extend their lead to 10 points on top of the league table with this win.
The Red Devils made several changes to their team from the 1-0 win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985 in a 4-5-1 formation.
On the other hand, Fulham made only one change to their team from the 3-0 win over Blackpool last weekend. Gael Kakuta replaced Damien Duff in a 4-4-2 formation for the visitors.
The game witnessed a calm start, as both teams looked to pass the ball around the park. Fulham had a glorious opportunity to take an early lead in the 8th minute; Moussa Dembele found Bobby http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zamora-c40983 clear on goal but the striker fired his shot over
the bar.
United, on the other hand, opened the scoring with their first effort at goal in the 12th minute. Nani skipped past two defenders and played a lovely link-up game with Berbatov before the Bulgarian tucked the ball into the corner of the net to
make it 1-0 for the hosts.
Red Devils dominated proceedings after the goal and created several decent openings. Moments later, Berbatov made a splendid run from the right flank to tee-up Anderson, but the Brazilian fired his shot off-target.
Just after the half-hour mark, United managed to double their tally for the afternoon. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Valencia-c6345, who headed it into the net to make it 2-0.
United continued to apply the pressure and played the game in Fulham’s half. The hosts could have scored three or four goals in the first half had they converted their chances.
United came close to scoring immediately after resumption of the second half; Schwarzer cleared the ball straight into Valencia’s path, who picked out Anderson with a lovely pass and the Brazilian’s thunderous shot was tipped away by the goalkeeper.
Fulham’s first chance of the half came just before the hour mark, when Eidur Gudjohnsen tried an audacious shot from long range and it missed the goal by a few centimetres.
The hosts looked settled and created several scoring opportunities but all went in vain as they marched to a 2-0 win.
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