After a two-week break for internationals, United returned to Premier League action with an away match against Tottenham Hotspur. [41] Leeds reached the Third Round after beating Kettering Town 5–1 after extra time in a replay of their Second Round tie. The streak drew United level with Ajax, whose streak was ended by Juventus in the 1996–97 semi-finals. [16] Second half goals from Wayne Rooney and Tom Cleverley secured a 2–0 win. After the departures of Ronaldo and Tevez, United sought a new striker, and Karim Benzema (who eventually signed for Real Madrid) was one player they courted. However, the lead lasted only a few minutes before Javier Mascherano pulled down Antonio Valencia. Firstly, a piece of skill took him past two defenders, before he put in a cross towards the far post, which keeper, Manuel Almunia palmed into his own net just after the half-hour. Chelsea then took the lead through a controversial Frank Lampard goal in the 70th minute; with Manchester United in possession, Michael Ballack body-checked Patrice Evra only for the referee to play advantage. 1. Although King had two opportunities to add to United's lead, the match finished at 1–0 and Manchester United progressed to the Fourth Round of the competition. Manchester United joue aussi pour sa 14 e année de suite la Ligue des Champions, tout en jouant les traditionnelles coupes anglaises : la FA Cup et la Carling Cup.Manchester United joue également du fait de sa victoire en … United were one of four teams still protecting a 100% home record in 2009–10, but it was Sunderland who took the lead after seven minutes, as Darren Bent beat Ben Foster from outside the penalty area. Everton created few chances and were saved by Leighton Baines and Joseph Yobo in the first 20 minutes as the Toffees held on. Pepe Reina saved the kick from Wayne Rooney, but could only parry the ball back to the United forward who buried the rebound. Next was a trip to arch-rivals Liverpool and if there were doubts about United’s title challenge this season, they certainly became more than that and questions were asked of United’s defence as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Anfield with some awful defending. On 28 February 2010, United won the League Cup for the second season in a row, defeating Aston Villa 2–1 at Wembley. As the game entered added time, Patrick Vieira caused a scramble in the United penalty area, but the ball was eventually cleared. Pre-season and friendlies. Then, in the sixth minute of added time, Giggs played a through-ball for Owen, who clipped the ball over Shay Given to clinch a last-gasp 4–3 win that temporarily sent the home side to the top of the table. Manchester United đã giành chiến thắng 4-3 với bàn thắng muộn từ Michael Owen trong thời gian hiệp hai. However, the top two swapped places after Chelsea defeated United 2–1 at Old Trafford in the next League game. January, the transfer window, started with a trip to Birmingham and a Scott Dann own goal gave United a point in a largely forgettable performance. He did manage to draw a foul by Jamie Carragher on the edge of the Liverpool penalty area, for which Carragher received a yellow card, although there were suggestions that the Liverpool captain was the last man and should have been sent off. [28], The following weekend, United made the trip to Stoke-on-Trent to take on Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. After Alan Dzagoev opened the scoring for CSKA with a powerful shot past Van der Sar from a narrow angle in the 25th minute, Owen equalised just four minutes later as the ball broke to him in the goal area and he passed it under the advancing Akinfeev. The ball was crossed in by Makoto Hasebe and Džeko rose above Patrice Evra at the far post to head past Tomasz Kuszczak. It was United's first successful cup tournament defence in history. It was United's fourth League Cup title, and their third in five years. United suffered another blow as they drew 0-0 at Blackburn in midweek but a goal in the last twenty seconds of the match by Paul Scholes at Eastlands against noisy neighbours City and Chelsea’s defeat to Spurs on the same day gave United an outside chance at the title going into the penultimate round of matches 1 point behind Chelsea. [18] If Manchester United had won, it would have made them the first team to win the FA Community Shield outright three times in a row. My doubts werent found baseless as United slumped to defeat just three days later at newly-promoted Burnley. In the second half, an early sending off for Rafael weakened the side and chances came few and far between, especially as Nani was left to play alone up front following Rooney being substituted for John O'Shea. Manchester United View events: More info: Sun: 20/10/19: PRL: Manchester United 1 - 1 Liverpool View events: More info: Sun: 24/02/19: PRL: Manchester United 0 - 0 Liverpool More info: Sun: 16/12/18: PRL In the draw for the Fifth Round of the competition, held on 31 October 2009, United were given a home tie against Tottenham Hotspur, in a repeat of the 2009 final. Manchester United. Arsenal came to Old Trafford with a better start to the season than the hosts and took the lead through Andrei Arshavin’s long-range strike. The striker got involved early by setting up Darron Gibson's third-minute goal to give United the advantage. The Pole was quickly called into action as Portsmouth began brightly, denying Aruna Dindane before an excellent acrobatic save to deny Jamie O'Hara. Taille de l'effectif: 30 . Chelsea's draw with Blackburn later that day left United two points clear of Arsenal and four ahead of Chelsea, who had played a game less than both the Gunners and United. 2009/2010 All statistics are with charts. Could be called a must win even at that stage of the season. Ryan Giggs levelled the scores in the 25th minute, curling a free kick past Carlo Cudicini in the Tottenham goal, before Anderson gave United the lead with his first competitive goal for the club. The ball was flicked on to Valencia from Nani's left-wing cross by Dimitar Berbatov, and the Ecuadorian's shot was too powerful to stop. This allowed pressure from Manchester United to mount, and in the fourth minute of injury time, a shot across the face of goal from Patrice Evra was turned into the Sunderland goal by defender Anton Ferdinand – brother of United defender Rio. Portuguese international Nani opened the scoring for United in the 10th minute, but Chelsea equalised through his compatriot Ricardo Carvalho seven minutes into the second half. Manchester United announced their first fixture of the 2010 pre-season schedule on 8 April 2010. 20. As the Reds – wearing their all-black change strip – searched for an equaliser, the final ball kept evading them and several moves came to nothing, leaving United to endure a defeat by the newly promoted club. Statistics accurate as of match played 9 May 2010[69]. The draw for the first knockout round of the Champions League was made in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 December 2009. James Milner's fifth-minute penalty, awarded after Nemanja Vidić fouled Gabriel Agbonlahor, gave Aston Villa an early lead, but Michael Owen equalised seven minutes later after Richard Dunne gave the ball away. The result meant that United had been eliminated from the FA Cup at the third round stage for the first time under the management of Alex Ferguson – they last lost an FA Cup third round tie in 1984, when they were beaten 2–0 by Bournemouth at Dean Court. [67], The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final took place in Nyon on 19 March 2010. Then came a big match – big, big match for Manchester United. With Wolfsburg beating Beşiktaş 3–0 in Istanbul, the draw was enough to secure United's passage through to the knockout stage of the competition, although they were yet to clinch top spot in the group.[63]. [45], The draw for the Fourth Round was made on 26 September 2009, and handed Manchester United a trip to Oakwell to play against Barnsley, who are managed by former United striker Mark Robins. 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Lee Martin, Fraizer Campbell, Richard Eckersley and Manucho also left the club for an undisclosed fee. The game was fairly tight in the first half until a Jlloyd Samuel own goal put United 1–0 up after around half an hour. Chelsea faced Wigan at home knowing if they match United’s result, they’d be the champions. A win would have returned United to the top of the table, since they played before Chelsea, but this defeat, coupled with Chelseas' victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers later in the day increased the gap at the top to four points. Overall, a good season but by Manchester United’s great standards, only the Carling Cup is not what the club asks for. A header from Owen, diverted into the net by Zat Knight, gave United the lead in the fifth minute, before Antonio Valencia doubled the lead just after the half-hour mark. Manchester United announced the first four fixtures of their 2009 pre-season schedule on 14 January 2009, with the team touring Asia for the seventh time since 1995. Rooney won a penalty after he was fouled by Michael Brown inside the penalty area; he himself stepped up to slot the resulting penalty home despite Asmir Begović tipping the curling ball. Find the Besiktas v Manchester Utd head-to-head record, latest results, odds comparison and Champions League standings. United responded immediately through a Ryan Giggs free-kick that took a large deflection off Christian Gentner in the Wolfsburg wall, wrong-footing goalkeeper Diego Benaglio, and found the bottom corner of the goal for Giggs' 150th for Manchester United. That the equaliser came was no surprise, but that it took over 70 minutes to come was. He missed the ball, but it hit his standing leg and spun into the far corner of the goal past Dida's outstretched hand. Blake himself conceded a penalty on the stroke of half-time, but Michael Carrick had his kick saved by Brian Jensen, low to the goalkeeper's right. Due to League Cup commitments, United had an early midweek fixture against West Ham United. Wayne Rooney was out injured and so Federico Macheda was up front with Dimitar Berbatov. Clarence Seedorf pulled a goal back for Milan with five minutes left in the game, flicking the ball behind his right leg with his left foot, but United held on to win the match 3–2 and take three away goals back to Old Trafford. [27] Mark Hughes later expressed his aggravation at the fact that United's winning goal had come almost 90 seconds after the added time indicated by the fourth official had elapsed, and television analysis also showed that the referee should have signalled the end of the game one second before Owen's goal had crossed the line. The score remained at 1–1 going into half-time, but no sooner than Darren Fletcher had restored United's lead, heading in a Ryan Giggs cross four minutes after the break, Craig Bellamy drew City level again as Park Ji-sung was drawn away by the run of Tevez. However, it looked as though the game would end goal-less until just 17 seconds from the scheduled end of injury time, Scholes headed in a cross from Patrice Evra to win the match for United. They later sealed it with a goal from Frank Lampard and United knew they had to win at Sunderland later in the day to keep their faint hopes alive, anything else and the title was Chelsea’s even before the final day. Adidas is the largest sportswear company in Europe. [32] Following Chelsea's 2–1 defeat by Aston Villa earlier in the day,[33] United's win sent them back to the top of the league table. Trận đấu giữa Manchester United và Manchester City trong mùa giải Giải bóng đá Ngoại hạng Anh 2009-10 được diễn ra vào ngày 20 tháng 9 năm 2009 tại Old Trafford.Đây là trận Derby Manchester thứ 153 giữa hai đội. They were, however, knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round after a surprise 1–0 home loss to fierce rivals Leeds United. Following the unexpected defeat by Leeds United in the third round of the FA Cup, United tried to return to winning ways away at Birmingham. Vidić was booked for an unnecessary foul on Torres in the 75th minute, and then committed a cynical foul on Dirk Kuyt in the 90th, resulting in his third red card in as many matches against Liverpool. With the final attack of the game, deep into the fifth minute of injury time, Arsenal had the ball in the net again, only for the goal to be ruled out for offside against William Gallas, and the match finished 2–1 to United. Arsenal opened the scoring five minutes from the end of the first half through Andrey Arshavin; the Russian playmaker had been denied a penalty claim moments earlier, but then picked the ball up from Denílson just outside the penalty area and fired a 25-yard strike past Ben Foster. Michael Owen then scored his first goal for Manchester United in the 85th minute to win the match for the club. Park Ji-sung hit the post late in the first half, but Wayne Rooney's header from Antonio Valencia's cross gave United the win. 21. [59], For the first of their two matches against CSKA Moscow, on 21 October, United travelled to the Luzhniki Stadium, the venue for their 2008 UEFA Champions League Final victory. [14] Both sides played out a cagey goalless draw, meaning that the match went straight to penalties. But they did, Rooney scored from the spot and Abou Diaby scored an own goal to give United a morale-boosting 2-1 win which they took to Tottenham and produced their best performance of the season so far as goals from Giggs, Anderson and Rooney cancelled Jermain Defoe’s first minute strike. [29], The league schedule took United back to Old Trafford for their next game against Sunderland on 3 October. United then played at home to Fulham where they exacted direct revenge for the 3–0 defeat at Craven Cottage earlier in the season after two goals from Wayne Rooney, from crosses by Nani and Berbatov and a late third from Dimitar Berbatov himself gave United a win as comfortable as the scoreline suggested. However, they were eventually drawn against Group A runners-up Bayern Munich, who they had famously played in the 1999 final. The tournament, organised to celebrate Audi's 100th year in business, featured the hosts Bayern Munich, as well as Milan and Boca Juniors. [49] United won 2–0 after a brace from Darron Gibson in the first half. Parity was short-lived as Kevin-Prince Boateng equalised for the hosts just eight minutes later via another penalty goal after Serbian international Nemanja Vidić clumsily fouled Frédéric Piquionne. The Portuguese winger cut inside off the left wing, hit a shot that was too hot for the Beşiktaş goalkeeper to handle and the ball rebounded into the path of Scholes, whose header went in off the post. Having suffered a miserable few days (including the first-leg defeat at Bayern and the previous League defeat by Chelsea), United were looking to bounce back against a team that had not lost a home game since the previous August. In the title race, Chelsea demolished Aston Villa, but Arsenal could only draw away at Birmingham City and dropped 4 points behind United in third place. Rooney secured a 2–0 win for United three minutes from the end of normal time, following some neat wing play by Gabriel Obertan – making his Premier League debut – and Anderson. The left-footed Giggs crossed the consequent free-kick into the penalty area, where John O'Shea rose above his marker, Danny Collins, to head the ball past Thomas Sørensen in the Stoke goal. The score reached 6–6 after seven penalties each before Jonny Evans saw his kick saved by Michael Rensing, allowing Daniel Van Buyten to seal the win for the host team. Chelsea visited Liverpool in the early kick-off and a dreadful Steven Gerrard back pass gave Didier Drogba a gift which he could not resist and Chelsea went 1-0 up. Ferguson also handed squad numbers to young Norwegian duo Joshua King and Magnus Eikrem. 4–3 Manchester City F.C. La saison 2009-2010 de Manchester United est la 35 e saison consécutive du club dans l'élite. 12. United needed to win to have any chance of the title, whilst City wanted to win to prevent United having any title aspirations and to boost their own hopes of being in the UEFA Champions League the following season. With the scores level going into injury time, the tie was set for a further 30 minutes of play, but Giggs played a short corner before receiving the return ball and crossing into the six-yard box, where Wayne Rooney had stolen in to head past Shay Given. However, he would have done well to score from the tight angle as Howard quickly rushed out to block his shot. I was feeling confident ahead of the Manchester derby with City but nothing could’ve prepared me, and I think any football fan, for what was in store in that match. But a man-of-the-match performance from Portuguese mis-fit Nani turned the match in United's favour. Congrats to them… now piss off, this is a Manchester United review, no more shit about Chelsea. Wayne Rooney’s third minute goal set United on their way early in the match but Gareth Barry equalized for City with an assist from former Red, Carlos Tevez. However, a few days later, Mame Biram Diouf also signed; the club explained that Diouf was originally going to sign in the next January transfer window, but that they had hurried the signing after other clubs became interested in the player.[71]. Uniteds' next game was away to Blackburn Rovers and followed the 3–2 victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League, but which was not good enough to put the Reds into the semi-finals of that competition. United’s title hopes were being dealt blows just as they seemed to be gaining momentum. The color of the away kit is black. Despite having only just recovered from a knee injury, Carlos Tevez was picked to start against his former team by City manager Mark Hughes (himself a former Manchester United striker). [58], For the next match, two weeks later, United played host to the German champions, Wolfsburg, at Old Trafford. Chelsea took the lead early against Wigan and the lights dimmed on United’s season as Chelsea went on to an 8-0 romp against the Latics making whatever United did against Stoke – which would be a 4-0 win – irrelevant. Michael Owen doubled United's lead with a coolly taken finish 14 minutes into the second half, shooting early past former Manchester United goalkeeper Luke Steele from just inside the penalty area after playing the ball through the defender's legs. Giggs again provided a cross for Fletcher to head United 3–2 up three minutes later, but with 10 seconds of normal time left to play, Martin Petrov was gifted possession by Rio Ferdinand and played Bellamy in, who scored past the onrushing Foster. Injuries to Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidić kept them out of United's next league match against Blackburn Rovers on 31 October, meaning that Jonny Evans and Wes Brown would continue their defensive partnership from the League Cup game against Barnsley in mid-week. Sky Sports Football Recommended for you If ever a practise session was needed, call upon Wigan Athletic. Away kit is used when the match is in … United ended 2009 in the league with their second 5–0 thrashing of Wigan of the season, with the goals scored by five different players. United took full advantage of playing their home game against Hull before Chelsea played to go top of the table (albeit having played two more games than their rivals), but for a long time the issue was in doubt. Burnley held out well until just after the hour mark before Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring from close range. Franck Ribéry fired a free-kick which took a deflection off Rooney and into the back of the net. Nani netted again with a strike from range after Rooney had failed to control Rafael's cross. At the start of the second half, Patrice Evra began vomiting on the pitch, but ultimately stayed on and won a penalty just before the hour mark, which Ryan Giggs scored (Wayne Rooney had picked up a groin injury in training and was ruled out of the match). However, CSKA retook the lead almost immediately through Miloš Krasić, and Vasili Berezutski doubled their lead shortly after half-time. In the second-half, a Michael Carrick shot took a wild deflection off Richard Hughes to loop over keeper James and in off the crossbar before Dimitar Berbatov made up for a close-range miss in the first-half by shooting home from just outside the penalty area. In the build-up to the game, much media attention had been spent on the fitness of Wayne Rooney, who had missed the club's last two games,[34] and the prospect of Michael Owen facing his former club in Manchester United colours for the first time. It took nearly half an hour before United had found the net. Following the loss to Chelsea, United welcomed Everton to Old Trafford on 21 November. The result helped United's goal difference column, but they remained second in the table behind Chelsea as the 2010 New Year came around. FA Premier League 2009/2010 squad 15-Aug-09 / 09-May-10 FA Premier League 2009/2010 A Villa - Arsenal - Birminghm - Blackburn - Bolton - Burnley - Chelsea - Everton - Fulham - Hull City - Liverpool - Man City - Man Utd - Portsmth - Stoke City - Sunderland - Tottenham - West Ham - Wigan - Wolves Wolves were the next visitors and were comfortably beaten thanks largely to an under-strength side put out by Wolves manager Mick McCarthy. 1. kits: Last edited on 16 September 2020, at 16:22. They beat Blackburn Rovers 7–4 on aggregate (including a 6–4 home win in the second leg) to reach their first League Cup final for 14 years and their first Wembley final since the 2000 FA Cup Final. United put on a clinic and raced to a 3-0 lead with three superb goals by Luis Nani, Wayne Rooney, Ji-Sung Park before Thomas Vermaelen pulled one back for Arsenal in a match which was all about United’s spectacular counter-attacking display with Luis Nani giving a man-of-the-match performance. Manchester United 2009/2010, Carrington, United Kingdom. It took United until five minutes into the second half to equalise: Dimitar Berbatov volleying John O'Shea's cross home with a bicycle kick. [61] It also maintained their unbeaten away record in the UEFA Champions League, which stretched back 14 matches to May 2007, when they lost to Milan in the semi-finals. Further goals in the second half – an own goal from former United player Danny Higginbotham and a late header from Park Ji-sung gave United a comfortable win, but one that was ultimately in vain as Chelsea hammered Wigan 8–0 to win the title. [54], United won the final 2–1. Dimitar Berbatov found the back of the net in the first half, set up by a square pass from Wayne Rooney, but the goal was ruled out as Rooney was found to have been offside when Nani played him the ball in the build-up. After Berbatov had twice been denied by saves from Shay Given, the Bulgarian striker was withdrawn for Michael Owen with 13 minutes left to play. However, for the remainder of the game United were poor and Bayern looked very likely to score an equaliser. The score remained at 1–0 going into half-time, but Rooney doubled the lead within a minute of the restart, sliding the ball under the advancing Abbiati after Nani had played him in with a perfectly weighted cross with the outside of his right foot. They welcomed bitter rivals Leeds United to Old Trafford on 3 January 2010. [9] After going into the half-time interval 2–1 down, goals from Federico Macheda and Dimitar Berbatov led United to a 3–2 win. Chelsea were the champions, and United were left to reflect on what could’ve been. To make matters worse, Wayne Rooney was injured in the build-up to the late winner and was reported to be unavailable for the return leg at Old Trafford eight days later. The result gave United their first win in six matches against Russian opposition. 1. [20] Despite missing several of their first-choice defenders and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, United won the match 1–0 with a first-half goal from Wayne Rooney. The club ended the season in 18th position, however, and were relegated back to the Championship.. Découvrez la composition du club Manchester United FC pour la saison 2008/2009 : liste des joueurs, postes, numéros, entraîneur et staff. United got off to the perfect start as Wayne Rooney scored after just 64 seconds in the first leg at the Allianz Arena against Bayern. Chelsea are the champions. Manchester United won the 2007-08 Champions League. Act. Park Ji-sung made it three on the night with a low shot to the far corner of the net after Scholes played him in with a disguised pass in the 59th minute. 30.05.09 – Chelsea win the 2009 FA Cup Final with a 2–1 victory over Merseysiders Everton, who were chasing their first FA Cup since their victory over Manchester United in 1995. United … However a Diniyar Bilyaletdinov goal three minutes later, followed by second-half goals from Dan Gosling and Jack Rodwell gave United their sixth Premier League defeat of the season. [3] United took a 2–0 lead in the first half-hour through Rooney and Nani, but Mohd Amri Yahyah pulled one back on the stroke of half-time before pulling the sides level seven minutes into the second half. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2003–04 Manchester United F.C. Five minutes into the second half Dimitar Berbatov scored and the rout was completed by Antonio Valencia with 15 minutes to go. City equalised shortly before half-time via a controversial penalty from Carlos Tevez; the penalty was awarded by referee Mike Dean for a pull on Bellamy by United right-back Rafael, but the Brazilian appeared to have let go of the City forward after the original foul had been committed outside the penalty area. [52], United set the pace at the start of the second leg, but it was City who made the better chances. 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In June 2009 manager Owen Coyle signed a contract extension to remain at the club until the … United then went to Wolverhampton Wanderers where a tight, poor game was decided by a Paul Scholes goal around ten minutes from time. After a goalless first half, Ryan Giggs was brought on in place of Nani ten minutes into the second half, and had an almost-immediate impact. This result lifted them back into second place. Demolished 5-0 in their own backyard in August, United did the same to them in their next match at Old Trafford. Six minutes of injury time added on and into the sixth, ex-Liverpool striker Michael Owen pops up to score the winner in his first Manchester derby to send United fans into raptures and immediately endear him to the United faithful. Nani was sent off on 29 minutes for a two-footed tackle on Stiliyan Petrov but United held out for the point, which – combined with Everton's win over Chelsea that evening – reduced the gap at the top of the table to a single point.