Match Report: Middlesbrough vs Man Utd

Man Utd fought hard to equalise on a wet day at the Riverside, after losing their early advantage. The final score was a 2-2 draw, meaning two points of advantage dropped at the top of the table, putting Man Utd just 3 points above the runners-up. The line-ups for both clubs were the following:

 

Man Utd

 

1 Edwin van der Sar (GK)

22 John O’Shea

5 Rio Ferdinand

6 Wes Brown

3 Patrice Evra

7 Cristiano Ronaldo

18 Paul Scholes

16 Michael Carrick

11 Ryan Giggs

32 Carlos Tevez

10 Wayne Rooney

 

Substitutions:

63^rd minute: Tevez out, Park in

67^th minute: O’Shea out, Hargreaves in

69^th minute: Ferdinand out, Pique in

 

Unused subs: Tomasz Kuszczak (GK), Anderson

 

Goalscorers:

10^th minute – Cristiano Ronaldo  1-0 for Man Utd

74^th minute – Wayne Rooney  2-2

 

Middlesbrough

 

1 Mark Schwarzer (GK)

2 Luke Young

31 David Wheater

6 Emanuel Pogatetz

33 Andrew Taylor

4 Gary O’Neill

7 George Boateng

3 Julio Arca

19 Stewart Downing

12 Afonso Alves

11 Jeremie Aliadiere

 

Substitutions:

77^th minute: Alves out, Tuncay in

90^th minute: Aliadiere out, Johnson in

 

Unused subs: Ross Turnbull (GK), Lee Cattermole, Jonathan Grounds

 

Goalscorers:

35^th minute – Afonso Alves  1-1

56^th minute – Afonso Alves 2-1 for Middlesbrough

 

Man Utd position: 1^st

Middlesbrough position: 14^th (up from 15^th place)

 

For a detailed match report visit:

 

Premier League website

 

BBC website