Up,Up and Away : Manchester United trash Arsenal 4-0!

There was a great deal of hype going into Saturday's matchup of the Mighty Devils vs. the Gunners. The Manchester United squad played at home and under pressure, coming into the game after last week’s emotional loss to Manchester City, 2-1. Arsenal’s players were full of confidence, having defeated Blackburn 2-0 on Monday. But they were missing a few key players. Senderos, Clichy, Sagna, Almunia, Walcott, Van Persie, and Rosicky were all unavailable, and Adebayor did not start. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson took a risky move, leaving goal machine Cristiano Ronaldo out of the squad (Ronaldo has 27 goals this season). Carlos Tevez did not play either, which left Wayne Rooney alone at the top with Park and Nani supporting from the wings.

Manchester United dominated the game from the very beginning, with Rooney leading the Devils in the first 16 minutes. Darren Fletcher scored four minutes later with a cross from Nani, putting United up, 2-0. The third goal was the real masterpiece. Michael Carrick showed brilliant vision and found Nani lurking outside the box with the perfect ball. Nani struck a left-footed shot past Lehmann. United was up, 3-0. By now the game was surely passed Arsenal, and Jens Lehmann's performance did not help to improve his chances of keeping a permanent place when Almunia gets fit.

Van der Sar comfortably collected the rare chance that fell to Bendtner and Eduardo. Darren Fletcher added to Arsenal's woes at the 74-minute mark and Manchester United moved even further ahead, 4-0. This was a sensational performance by United, knocking Arsenal out of the FA Cup and warning that the Red Devils are coming. It was a brilliant fight back. Rooney returns, Saha and Park are fit, and Ronaldo and Tevez are fresh after some well-earned rest.
Both Darren Fletcher and Nani played excellently throughout the game and Michael Carrick once again filled the role of the unsung hero.

Wrote by : Salaar Shamsi

Glory Manchester United!!!!!!!

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16/02/2008 16:54, Report by Gemma Thompson : United 4 Arsenal 0

United spectacularly banished memories of their derby defeat with a stunning 4-0 win over Arsenal to book a place in the FA Cup quarter finals.The Reds oozed energy, class and goals to register a memorable Cup victory and, perhaps, strike a key psychological blow in the race for the title.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring on 16 minutes before Darren Fletcher made it two four minutes later. Nani put the Reds three-up seven minutes before half-time, while Fletcher grabbed his second on 74 minutes.In his 100th FA Cup tie, Sir Alex made five changes to the side that lost to Manchester City last weekend. Rooney and Patrice Evra returned from suspension, while Ji-sung Park, Michael Carrick and Fletcher were all handed starts. Ryan Giggs, Owen Hargreaves and Cristiano Ronaldo were rested, no doubt with Wednesday’s Champions League trip to Lyon in mind.
United lined up in a 4-5-1 formation with Rooney working the line as the lone striker. Support was close at hand from Fletcher, Nani, Carrick, Park and the outstanding Anderson and it was the Brazilian who produced the Reds’ first effort on goal. With nine minutes gone, Anderson lashed a first-time volley goalwards after Evra’s attempted cross was block. The shot was on target but Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann saved well down to his right.
The Reds continued to press and both Rooney and Fletcher came close to capitalising on a stray Arsenal backpass. Luckily for the Gunners, their German stopper was alert to the situation as he sprinted from goal to clear.More......