The Red Devils welcome Fulham at the Old Trafford
December 3, 2007
Manchester United 2 - 0 Fulham
1 - 0 Cristiano Ronaldo opens the score with a volley shot from a corner kick rebound.
Manchester United played a great game tonight against Fulham and won the three points awarded for this game. Alex Ferguson’s side returns to the second spot of the Premier League standings.
Cristiano Ronaldo was the hero of the night for United. The Portuguese superstar scored both goals for the Red Devils tonight. Ronaldo scored a goal in each half of the game.
Fulham couldn’t keep the pace with the home team tonight, remain with the 13 points and rank in the lower part of the EPL standings. Watch the highlights and read the extended report in the following article.
Manchester United 2 - 0 Fulham Report and Highlights full time
Live Text Coverage:
90′+3′ The referee ends the game. Manchester United 2 Fulham 0.
90′+2′ Yellow Card: Davies receives Fulham’s first yellow card of the game.
90′+1′ Simon Davies has an effort, no goal though.
89′ Louis Saha is signaled off play.
89′ Carlos Tevez shoots and the keeper saves.
87′ David Healy shoots wide.
87′ Ryan Giggs shoots but the keeper denies him.
85′ Cristiano Ronaldo goes for the hat-trick but the keeper saves.
84′ Ryan Giggs is caught offside.
83′ Ryan Giggs takes a corner kick for United.
81′ Ki-Hyeon Seol takes a short corner kick.
80′ Yellow Card: Cristiano Ronaldo is booked by the referee.
75′ Ryan Giggs has yet another corner kick.
75′ Man Utd Substitution: Rio Ferdinand is replaced by Michael Carrick.
75′ Carlos Tevez misses the target.
73′ Man Utd Substitution: Wayne Rooney is replaced by Louis Saha.
73′ Fulham Substitution: Hameur Bouazza is replaced by Ki-Hyeon Seol.
71′ Wayne Rooney is flagged offside.
70′ Ryan Giggs is caught offside.
70′ Wayne Rooney shoots and the keeper saves.
68′ Carlos Tevez is flagged offside.
68′ Hameur Bouazza delivers and Kugi misses the target.
67′ Wayne Rooney misses the target with a shot.
66′ Bouazza shoots wide.
65′ Fulham Substitution: Clint Dempsey is replaced by David Healy.
61′ Paul Konchesky crosses and a team-mate misses the target.
60′ Paul Konchesky delivers and the ball is cleared.
59′ GOOOOOAL!!! 2 - 0 Cristiano Ronaldo scores his second goal of the game with a header. John O´Shea was responsible with the assist.
53′ Carlos Tevez delivers and the danger is cleared.
49′ Simon Davies misses the target and also the equalizer.
47′ Omozusi sends a nice pass but the ball is cleared.
46′ Manchester United Substitution: Patrice Evra is replaced by John O´Shea.
46′ The second half has started.
45′+2′ The referee ends the first half.
45′+1′ Ryan Giggs sends another corner kick.
45′+1′ Carlos Tevez shoots and the keeper awards a corner.
45′ A player from the visitors sends a corner kick, danger cleared.
43′ Carlos Tevez is caught offside.
43′ A player from Tottenham misses the target.
42′ Hughes sends a free kick cross.
41′ Yelllow Card: Vidic is booked.
41′ Nemanja Vidic needs the medical staff.
40′ Clint Dempsey shoots wide.
38′ Davis shoots wide.
35′ Dempsey from the visitors is flagged offside.
33′ Carlos Tevez has a header off target.
33′ Ryan Giggs takes a corner kick.
30′ Murphy shoots wide.
30′ Simon Davies sends a corner kick for the visitors.
30′ Danny Murphy shoots from outside of the box and van der Sar awards a corner kick.
28′ Wayne Rooney sends a nice pass and Anderson shoots wide.
26′ Tevez is caught offside.
23′ Ryan Giggs delivers and Tevez shoots, the keeper bounces the ball.
22′ Dempsey has a shot on target, no goal though.
19′ Kuqi has a header off target for the visitors.
17′ A player from Fulham crosses, no result.
14′ Carlos Tevez is flagged offside at the other end.
11′ Bouazza is caught offside again.
10′ GOOOOOAL!!! 1 - 0 Cristiano Ronaldo opens the score for Manchester. (video coming soon)
10′ Ryan Giggs takes another corner kick.
9′ Giggs has a corner kick for the home team.
9′ Ryan Giggs delivers from the corner kick.
7′ Bouazza shoots wide.
5′ Wes Brown delivers and Carlos Tevez is at the other end again. He shoots but the keeper bounces the ball.
4′ A player from United crosses and Tevez sends a wide header.
3′ Fulham have a shot, no goal though.
1′ A player from Fulham is flagged offside.
1′ Man Utd have the first touch of the game.
0′ Everything is set for the kick-off at the Old Trafford.
0′ Welcome at FcFootballBlog. We will start the coverage as soon as the game kicks-off.
Manchester United 2 - 0 Fulham - Game Stats (Full Time)
| Manchester United | Game Stats | Fulham |
| 17 | Shots | 15 |
| 11 | Shots off Target | 3 |
| 7 | Corners | 3 |
| 55% | Ball Possession | 45% |
Attendance: 75,055.
Live Score: Here! (updated every 2 minutes)
Manchester United 2 - 0 Fulham - Highlights
Carlos Tevez misses the goal with a diving header.
Carlos Tevez hits the target after a superb Giggs cross.
2 - 0 Cristiano Ronaldo scores the second time tonight with a nice header.
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| Manchester United vs Fulham - Live |
Manchester United will try to keep the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal tonight live at 9pm here at the FcFootballBlog. We will cover live this match between the Red Devils and Fulham, which closes the 15th EPL round.
Our live coverage includes: extended live text commentary, streams, scores and embedded videos, usually minutes after an important event unfolds. Before the game you can read a short preview.
Manchester United vs Fulham - Match Info
Competition: Premier League
Stage: Match-day 15
Location: Old Trafford, Manchester
Date: Monday, 3rd December 2007
Kick off time: 9pm, 21:00 CET
Referee: Rob Styles
Live Coverage: FcFootballBlog
Manchester United vs Fulham - Live Streams
The live streams will be embedded sometimes before the kick-off. Using this channels allows you to watch the game live on your PC.
Sopcast: True 1.
TVants: Live 1, Live 2, Live 3.
PPMate: not available yet.
TVU Player: not available yet.
Pcast: not available yet.
VGO Player: not available yet.
Media Player: not available yet.
Manchester United vs Fulham - Head to Head
Man Utd have a clear advantage in the recent head to head meetings between the two clubs. The Red Devils obtained 5 wins out of the 5 matches played against Fulham. All of them where registered in the Premier League.
24.02.07 Fulham 1-2 Manchester United
20.08.06 Manchester United 5-1 Fulham
04.02.06 Manchester United 4-2 Fulham
01.10.05 Fulham 2-3 Manchester United
19.03.05 Manchester United 1-0 Fulham
Manchester United vs Fulham - Line-ups
The line-ups configuration will be updated at the kick-off. The current displayed line-ups are the predicted ones. As you see Alex Ferguson should start with a classic 4-4-2 formation with Rooney and Tevez upfront while Lawrie Sanchez seems to chose the same strategy. We should have a nice game tonight.
Man Utd (4-4-2)
1 E. van der Sar
6 W. Brown
5 R. Ferdinand
15 N. Vidic
3 P. Evra
7 C. Ronaldo
4 O. Hargreaves
8 Anderson
11 R. Giggs
32 C. Tevez
10 W. Rooney
Fulham (4-4-2)
29 A. Niemi
22 E. Omozusi
18 A. Hughes
6 D. Stefanovic
4 P. Konchesky
25 S. Davies
10 S. Davis
27 D. Murphy
23 C. Dempsey
24 H. Bouazza
14 S. Kuqi
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