Man United 5 Spurs 2: Two-goal Rooney leads the way for comeback kings

26 April 2009 11:40
They stumbled, they fell, and at times it looked as though they would not pick themselves up to make it over the finish line. [LNB]Yet at the end of a remarkable 22 minutes of football, ManchesterUnited ensured the conclusion of this season's Premier League would beutterly inevitable.[LNB] Spot prize: Cristiano Ronaldo scores United's first goal[LNB] In reality, the plaudits for that glorious flourish of five goalsshould be shared equally by the dazzling forward line of DimitarBerbatov, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez. [LNB]And yet Tevez should take a special bow. For until the introductionof the Argentine at half-time, the lethargy of this United performancesuggested they might be ready to surrender their title. [LNB]Two goals down, a deathly silence had descended on Old Trafford.They were a team failing to convince, they had won just four out oftheir previous eight games and another slip here, just when they seemedto have recovered their poise, might have been decisive. [LNB]Yet United executed a mesmerising turnaround which ensures they willwin their third successive crown because they need just 10 points fromfive games to clinch the title.[LNB] Red rage: Ronaldo is mobbed after putting United 3-2 ahead [LNB] Man United v Tottenham: How the game unfoldedMAN UNITED

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