Premier League Goal Summary: Fulham vs Manchester United
Fulham took off against Manchester United in the Premier League, as both the teams looked to claim all three points in the game. Given how well United had been playing lately, it was only a matter of time before the Red Devils claimed all three points in
the game. Following a five goal thumping, United managed to take home all three points, as they left Fulham wondering just what went wrong in the match.
Having had a decent run in prior to the game, Fulham were expected to prove to be a decent test for Manchester United.
However, with the Red Devils now desperate to close the gap between them and Manchester City, they had plans of their own.
It took United only four minutes to score the first goal, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-Welbeck-c10233 scored the opening goal of the game.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299 made a tantalizing run down the flank and then sent in a low cross towards the striker. Welbeck, with no one left to mark him simply slotted the ball into the back of the net, as he helped his side take the very early lead.
In the 28th minute, Giggs played a short corner to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863, who played the ball back to Giggs. The veteran then crossed the ball towards Nani who glanced the ball into the back of the net.
Before the end of the half, United went on to score a third goal. Valencia intercepted a poor pass from Dembele and played it to Nani. The winger then sent the ball to Giggs, whose deflected shot sailed into the back of the net with ease.
The Red Devils waited until the 88th minute to score their fourth goal of the game. This time around, it was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 who sent in a long range shot, which beat the keeper and swerved inside the post to help United go up by four goals to nil.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 decided to get in on the action as well and the Bulgarian striker back heeled a brilliant goal into the net in the 90th minute.
Following the goal, United went on to claim all three points from the game, thanks to a five goals to nil win over Fulham.
The line ups for the game were as follows:
Fulham: Stockdale, Baird, Senderos, Hangeland, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Arne-Riise-c18833, Ruiz, Murphy, Etuhu, Dempsey, Dembele, Johnson
Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Gecov, Duff, Hughes, Frei, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zamora-c40983
Manchester United: Lindegaard, Smalling, Jones, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Rooney, Welbeck
Subs: De Gea, Berbatov, Park, Hernandez, Young, Rafael Da Silva, Fryers
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