Portsmouth 0 Manchester United 1
Posted on August 27, 2008
Filed Under Premiership 08/09
Manchester United won there first game of the season against a Portsmouth side where they don’t really have much success. But they total looked in control & Portsmouth look to have work to do if they want to finish like they did last year.
This was the live Monday night game & it could have started with a bang as with only 15 seconds on the clock when Diop shot from 25 yards & it wasn’t that far away. They could have had a penalty after 13 minutes when the ball seem to strike Vidic on the hand but the ref waved that away. Diop then got booked 5 minutes later for bringing down Tevez but the resulting free kick brought a save out of James from Paul Scholes. Portsmouth then had 3 great chances Crouch was stopped from taking a shot by Evra then Defoe made space for himself but shot wide then Kaboul had a free header from a Diarra corner but could only head wide. Then Man United struck Evra went down the left put in a great low cross & there was Darren Fletcher to get the last touch to guide it past James & into the net while Sylvain Distin was trying to clear the football. Portsmouth tried to get back into it but Defoe could only hook the ball wide from a Campbell knock down from a corner. Rooney nearly had a wonder goal just before half time when he sold a dummy to Kaboul but could only shoot straight at James.
The second half started with Portsmouth feeling hard done by but couldn’t break the defence of Man United so after 55 minutes they made a sub bringing on Jerome Thomas for Armand Traore. He could have made his mark within 10 minutes when he sent in a stinging shot but Van Der Sar punched away. Tevez & Rooney almost got Man United’s second goal when some good inter play found man of the match Anderson but he failed to force the football into the net. Crouch then had a chance when he out-jumped Brown but Van Der Sar comfortably held his near post header. For the rest of the match Man United held Portsmouth to just long range shots as they couldn’t break down there defence & held on for victory & there first 3 points of the season..
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