Manchester United have passed the 3rd rounf in FA cup defeating Liverpool with 1-0 at Old Trafford, Manchester. There were great expectations for the match and both teams tried not to dissapoint their fans, when the two most successful teams in England.
The match started, and Manchester United had made a dangerous situation just in 35th second of the match. Darren Fletcher made a long pass to Dimitar Berbatov, who took the ball and went to the outline, where Daniel Agger made Berbatov fall. There was slight contact between both of them, but the situation was controversial because the contact between them was very small. However, Howard Web was confident about the penalty and Ryan Giggs was there to open the scoreline in the 2nd minute. This changed the match and Liverpool's manager Kenny Dalglish made a tactics involving closing the midfield of the host team. There followed a press bu Liverpool involving some dangerous opportunities missed by Fernando Torres. However the sides turned back to Manchester in the 33rd minute when Michael Carrick chased the ball and Gerrard who was near him made a late tackle, which deserved a red card. The match calmed and in the 45th minute Johny Evans hit the post from a corner cross. The second half started with two situations both for Berbatov and Hernandez, but United didn't had the luck to score again. In the middle of the second half Liverpool had three opportunities for scoring but either United's goalkeeper saved it or they didn't hit the target. in the 70th minute United made an attack which was very dangerous and Reina had to save his team five times to avoid the goal eventually. The match was fairly even, even though Liverpool were 10 men. The match ended and Kenny Dalglish lost his debute match, but his team demostrated a very impressive form. Manchester United will continue to the 4th round where they will face Southampton being guests.
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