The third meeting between Derby County and Manchester United in the last 6 weeks took place at their 5th round FA Cup encounter. Evans, Ferdinand and Evra was expected to start after having injuries and start they did. The weird thing for United this time around was that I could not tell who was playing up front. Berbatov, Rooney and Tevez were not on the starting lineup so it was pretty much a guess between Ronaldo, Park and Giggs.
Fletcher had a decent chance twelve minutes in when a slick passing play between Fletch, Ronaldo and Giggs ended back on Fletch's right foot. But his drive went straight towards Bywater. United's finest effort came on the 29th minute, when Nani striked a right footed unstoppable shot. 1-nil for the red devils. It was not the end for United then, when Ronaldo's free kick ricochets off the wall and gave Gibson the opportunity to score, which he did sublimely with a low right foot drive.
3 minutes inside the second half, it could not get any better than a Ronaldo goal. A typical Ronaldo goal who connected a corner kick with his big head of his. 3- nil up and United were cruising to the 6th round with more than 40 minutes to go. Derby Counnty did get one goal back on the 56th minute with an Addison header. The action packed game did not end there and Welbeck's introduction to the game provided him with the opportunity to score United's fourth goal.
A comfortable win and United gets through to the last 8 without any problems whatsoever.
Final Score
Derby County (1) vs Manchester United (4)
Nani's Goal - 29th Minute
I'M BACK...WOOOHOOOO!!
15 years ago
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