MUFC 1-0 Brum

By Chris O'Brien
January 1 2008

Carlos Tevez's excellent strike was enough to keep Manchester United in touching distance with Premier League leaders Arsenal. However, it was a difficult day for Sir Alex Ferguson's men who struggled to breakdown a resilient Birmingham outfit. The biggest disappointment of the day was New Year's Day graveyard atmosphere at Old Trafford.

Tevez's first-half strike was enough to give Manchester United a laboured victory against Alex McLeish's brave Birmingham side.

The Argentinean's overhead kick was met by a Cristiano Ronaldo back-heel and Tevez was on hand to slot the ball home before celebrating in bizarre fashion by sucking on a pink baby's dummy! The former West Ham man was on good form on an otherwise dull afternoon at Old Trafford and twice hit the woodwork before hobbling off with an ankle injury late in the game.

Birmingham played with a 4-4-2 formation and looked determined to get something from the game. It was testimony to the Blues' gutsy display that United nervously played out time at the death and Mikael Forssell had a golden opportunity to restore parity in the closing moments. However, despite the battling nature of their performance, United rarely looked like conceding.

Arsenal's home win against West Ham means United remain two points behind the Premier League leaders. Next up is F.A Cup action with Sir Alex Ferguson's men once again facing a third round away trip at Villa Park.

Full Time - Manchester United 1-0 Birmingham City
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Tevez strike enough to edge out Brum

Discussion started by manutdweb.com , 01/01/2008 19:28

manutdweb.com
01/01/2008 19:28

Tevez strike enough to edge out Brum

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Andre
01/01/2008 22:08

Dude, why did he have a dummy?

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ManUnited4Life
01/01/2008 22:46

He used to do it alot at Corinthians.

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Mick_MUFC
01/01/2008 23:58

Not a great game and we really should have scored more but its another 3 points. The goal was excellent and Ronaldo didnt look out of place up front with Tevez. Good to see Park getting a decent run out and he played well.

The league can go on the backburner just now with Villa in the cup next up.

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red is the colour
02/01/2008 06:31

On another day we would have scored plenty more. Tevez denied twice by the post, Ronny was unlucky on a couple of occasions also. Nice to see park back with all the energy that he had before, not bad after being out so long. We got very nervous towards the end and brum put us under alot of pressure for the last 15 mins.
Roll on saturday and the FA cup.

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Andre
02/01/2008 11:12

Ronaldo's little back-heel for Tevez... that was perfection.

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Van Demon
02/01/2008 16:32

Yeah that was a great goal, better than the Rooney/Tevez 1-2 against boro imo.

I was massively impressed with Park aswell. Considering he's been out for 9 months he's come back with the same workrate and determination he had before his injury which is absolutely fantastic! Long may it continue..

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