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Titolo: United 2 Newcastle 1

http://www.manutd.com/footballnow/matchreport.sps?eventid=15036&compid=&reportid=6371
Wes & Wayne Win It For United
Goals from Wayne Rooney and Wes Brown - his first in the Premiership - 
helped United to come from behind to beat Newcastle United at Old Trafford.
Darren Ambrose had given Newcastle the lead in the 27th minute and the 
Magpies looked capable of hanging on to the advantage until Wayne Rooney put 
United back in the frame with a fantastic shot thirteen minutes into the 
second half.
Newcastle would have probably settled for a point at that stage of the game 
but even that was taken from them in the 74th minute when Brown headed what 
was to prove the winning goal.
This was United's first win in four Premiership outings and it helped to 
lift them to within one point of second-placed Arsenal who play tomorrow 
evening.
Both Sir Alex Ferguson and Graeme Souness made changes from their selections 
that started the FA Cup semi-final at the Millennium Stadium seven days 
before.
United made four changes to the team that began the semi-final, whilst 
Newcastle made five alterations to the side which went down 4-1 in Cardiff.
One glaring omission from the United side was the name of Ruud van 
Nistelrooy, who, it was reported, had turned an ankle in training. Alan 
Smith was the man drafted in to fill the boots of United's leading 
goalscorer. Gary Neville and Paul Scholes were both suspended following 
their dismissals at Goodison Park in midweek.
John Tudor and Stewart Barrowclough were Newcastle's scorers when they last 
took maximum points from a league visit to Old Trafford. That was on 12th 
February 1972 and the subsequent 21 Old Trafford meetings since that day 
have produced fifteen wins to United and six draws.
Newcastle had made eleven previous Premiership trips to Old Trafford and 
although they are still awaiting their first victory they have managed to 
claim a share of the points in five of those matches.
It was a fine, sunny afternoon in Manchester as the game started with United 
defending the Stretford End goal. Both teams were in their traditional 
colours, although United were wearing white stockings so as to not clash 
with the Magpies' black.
Old Trafford really was looking a fine sight in the bright spring sunshine. 
The pitch, in particular, was resplendent with scarcely a blemish on its 
entire surface.
Ryan Giggs, who was making his first start in four games, looked eager to 
make up for lost time. He was lively, mobile and showing a good turn of pace 
in the opening minutes. He tested Shay Given early on with a fierce drive 
from well outside the area.
Newcastle put together a nice little move which ended with Darren Ambrose 
hitting a shot that missed Tim Howard's left post by a couple of yards.
The home fans were on their feet a couple of minutes later after a swift 
attack had almost ended with United taking the lead. Rooney received the 
final pass from Giggs before hitting a rasping shot which Given did 
supremely well to push away.
Twenty-seven minutes into the game and Newcastle shocked the vast crowd when 
Ambrose scored to put them in the lead. The opening stemmed from Howard's 
poor clearance after he'd taken a back pass from Phil Neville. The ball 
landed at Ambrose's feet, well short of where Howard had intended. The 
Newcastle midfielder was quick to seize the opportunity and after, swapping 
short passes with Shola Ameobi, he calmly slotted the ball past Howard.
United's problems increased six minutes before the break when they lost 
defender Gabriel Heinze with what appeared to be a leg injury. The 
Argentinian international received treatment on the field, but was then 
transported to the dressing room on a stretcher. Cristiano Ronaldo was the 
Reds' substitute.
United had a penalty appeal turned down just before the half-time interval. 
Alan Smith tumbled to the ground following a clumsy challenge from Andy O'Brien. 
The referee, Neale Barry, was just yards away and he immediately gestured 
for the game to continue.
The opening minutes of the second half promised little with neither side 
producing much in the way of invention, but then, from virtually out of 
nothing, Rooney blasted United back into the game with the kind of shot we 
thought was patented to Sir Bobby Charlton! There appeared to be little 
danger when the ball fell to the feet of the young Liverpudlian, but from a 
position well outside the box he let rip with a thunderous shot that Given 
had no chance of stopping.
Newcastle replaced Alan Shearer with Patrick Kluivert in the 67th minute, 
but the Magpies' skipper wasn't allowed to leave the scene quietly. The Old 
Trafford faithful jeered his every step as he made his way to the dug-out.
Barely fifteen minutes from the end and United completed their comeback when 
their second goal arrived from the least likely of sources. Giggs provided 
the assist with a corner-kick from the left and Wes Brown got above the 
Newcastle defence to head his first-ever Premiership goal. His only other 
senior goal was scored in the Champions League against Juventus two seasons 
ago.
Newcastle had improved immeasurably from the side which capitulated so 
tamely in Cardiff, but they were still to leave Old Trafford empty-handed. 
The Magpies really had a go in the second half, but in searching for an 
equaliser they left gaps at the back, which United very nearly exploited.
Smith was presented with a chance to increase United's lead when a mix-up in 
the Magpies' defence gifted him the ball with keeper Given way off his line.
The blond-haired striker instinctively hit the ball towards the unguarded 
net, where it found Robbie Elliott. The ball struck the defender, rather 
than the other way around, and it appeared to be on its way into the net 
until Given arrived on the scene in the nick of time to complete the save.
Ronaldo raced through the Newcastle defence in the very last minute, but his 
shot carried no pace and so the final chance of the game passed.
MANCHESTER UNITED: Howard; Neville P., Ferdinand, Brown, Heinze (Ronaldo, 
39); Fletcher (Kleberson, 61), Keane (Silvestre, 77), Rooney, Fortune, 
Giggs; Smith.
Substitutes: Carroll, O'Shea.
NEWCASTLE UNITED: Given; Ramage (Robert, 83), Boumsong, O'Brien, Elliott; 
Ambrose, Carr, N'Zogbia, Milner; Ameobi, Shearer (Kluivert, 61).
Substitutes: Harper, McClen, Brittain.
Attendance: 67,845
Report by Cliff Butler. 


Ma che gol ha fatto Rooney?!? e che rinvio ha fatto Howarth?!?
Incredddibbbili ambedue!
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