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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes that Wayne Rooney will be fit to play against Bolton Wanderers tomorrow evening after concerns grew following the striker ‘limping’ after the 2-1 victory over Liverpool last weekend. Wayne Rooney has been in excellent form this season, scoring 33 goals so far in this campaign. There was a concern that Sir Alex Ferguson might rest Wayne Rooney with Bayern Munich next up on Tuesday night.
Our grand old stadium is 100 years old today and I am welcoming you to share your memories with us here at the Stretty Rant. 100 years ago today United played their first match at Old Trafford – a 4-3 loss to Liverpool. Over the years the stadium has witnessed some fascinating moments and played host to a number of wonderful United sides. Old Trafford was home to Jack Rowley, Bobby Charlton, George Best, Tommy Taylor, Duncan Edwards, Eric Cantona, Roy Keane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney – players who are engraved into the history and tradition of the football club. Here is to the next 100 years!
The two sides of Manchester United were on show as Bolton Wanderers threatened to overcome a two goal deficit to snatch a point – but in the end Antonio Valencia’s first goal for the club proved to be the goal that put United to the top of the table.
Sir Alex Ferguson made a host of changes, some voluntary and some forced by circumstance – while Edwin van der Sar made a welcome return for his first league start of the season, Gary Neville, Antonio Valencia, Ryan Giggs and Anderson were restored to the line up while Michael Owen and Jonathan Evans started in place of the injured Nemanja Vidic and Wayne Rooney – Dimitar Berbatov also was selected when the birth of his daughter in the midweek had threatened to render the Bulgarian unavailable.
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Manchester United record signing Dimitar Berbatov scored a crucial, dramatic goal to clinch a vital win at the Reebok Stadium to take the champions to the top of the league for the first time this season.
It looked as if Bolton would snatch a point after a plucky first half display was matched with a resolute second performance but the Bulgarian’s header in the 89th minute was enough to take all three points.
A confident start for the visitors in possession was answered by an attacking spell by the home team, but United turned up the pressure before half time, almost scoring through a free kick from Ronaldo and a stinging drive from Anderson, before Ronaldo saw his close range header saved by Jaaskaleinen.
United began to open up Bolton in the second half, with Carrick‘s long balls to Ronaldo the most penetrative that the Champions had offered – after a quiet opening, Ronaldo really began to burst into life and on three occasions his crosses into space were wasted by his teammates.
Changes were made as Scholes and Giggs came on, but Bolton responded with defensive substitutions. It appeared as though there would be no goals, but Giggs wriggled through and played a ball to Tevez. Tevez found space on the right and crossed for Berbatov, who headed in to the centre of the goal.
The result was the trademark of United’s title winning campaigns of the past and also marked a Premier League record for consecutive clean sheets.
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