By MUWeb
November 12 2006

United won one nil at Ewood Park but after a master class of dominant football it should have been all over by the interval.Wayne Rooney missed two sitters in front of the 6,000 travelling reds but fortunately Louis Saha scored at the other end in the second half...... Sir Alex Ferguson was relieved to claim all three points at Ewood park, speaking after the game he said - "Our results have proved we have got a chance this year and it is good we have stayed with Chelsea early on. They have done fantastic to win the league so early in the last couple of seasons, but we have had a good start. I think January will be pivotal and we need to keep the injury situation low-key. I was really pleased with the guts we showed here and we worked really hard for the result."

Manchester Utd: Van der Sar, Neville (O'Shea 46), Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra (Silvestre 89), Ronaldo (Fletcher 90), Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Rooney, Saha.  Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Brown.

Booked: Vidic, Rooney, Evra.  Goal: Saha 64.

Att: 26,162.

Ref: M Riley (W Yorkshire).