Kick-off: 16:00
Venue: St James' Park
Attendance: 52327
Referee: Webb, H

Live Commentary

92mins

The referee blows for full-time.

90mins

Terrific work from Wayne Rooney sets up Ruud van Nistelrooy to double United's lead.

87mins

Alberto Luque forces a good save from Edwin Van der Sar.

84mins

Alan Smith comes on for Darren Fletcher.

83mins

Ji-Sung Park replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.

82mins

Good cross from Stephen Carr but Edwin Van der Sar picks it out.

77mins

Alberto Luque free-kick held well by Edwin Van der Sar.

73mins

Celestine Babayaro crosses to Shola Ameobi but his header is wide from 18 yards.

71mins

Ruud van Nistelrooy is booked for diving in the box.

68mins

Scott Parker is booked for a foul on Cristiano Ronaldo.

65mins

A mix-up in the United defence allows Wayne Rooney to storm through and fire a volley past Shay Given.

61mins

Alan Shearer volleys a shot from 25 yards but it's blocked by Mikael Silvestre.

60mins

Corner swung in by Alberto Luque but cleared by Roy Keane.

57mins

Ruud van Nistelrooy spurns the best chance of the match so far as he heads wide from just six yards.

54mins

Lee Bowyer goes off injured and is replaced by Amdy Faye.

47mins

Paul Scholes shoots wide from 25 yards.

46mins

The second half gets underway with both sides keen to break the deadlock.

45mins

The referee blows for half-time.

43mins

Stephen Carr cross finds Alberto Luque who fires a spectacular volley wide.

40mins

Alberto Luque hammers a free-kick against the Manchester United wall.

39mins

Cristiano Ronaldo drills a shot just wide from 25 yards.

37mins

A visibly upset Kieron Dyer goes off injured and is replaced by Shola Ameobi.

36mins

Good chance for Cristiano Ronaldo from the centre of the box and a terrific save from Shay Given with his feet.

32mins

Cristiano Ronaldo is booked for a foul on Scott Parker.

27mins

Good corner taken by Darren Fletcher finds John O'Shea but his header is wide.

25mins

John O'Shea swings over a cross but it's cleared by Stephen Carr.

22mins

Belozoglu Emre goes off injured and is replaced by Jermaine Jenas.

19mins

Corner taken by Belozoglu Emre but it's too deep and goes out of play.

16mins

20-yard volley from Ruud van Nistelrooy saved by Shay Given.

15mins

Good cross from Stephen Carr but Alan Shearer can't quite reach it and John O'Shea clears.

14mins

Cristiano Ronaldo shoots from 25 yards but Shay Given makes the save.

13mins

Celestine Babayaro's cross finds Alan Shearer and Edwin Van der Sar fumbles his header. Alberto Luque has the ball in the back of the net but he's offside.

12mins

Corner taken by Belozoglu Emre finds Alan Shearer but his header goes wide.

11mins

Excellent turn and shot from Lee Bowyer on the edge of the box but it's deflected wide.

8mins

Deep cross from Stephen Carr drifts out of play.

3mins

Celestine Babayaro is pulled up by the ref for a foul on Wayne Rooney.

0mins

The referee gets this afternoon's match underway at St James' Park.

Match Report

The misery goes on for winless Newcastle United after two Jean-Alain Boumsong blunders cost them dearly against Manchester United.

Second-half strikes from Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy maintained Manchester United's 100 per cent start to the campaign while shell-shocked Newcastle continue to search for their first goal.

The 360-minute goal drought continued as Newcastle managed just two shots on target to emphasise their lack-lustre approach in front of goal.

Yet Graeme Souness' beleaguered side started off brightly enough with Emre pulling the strings in midfield before his 22nd minute departure with a recurrence of his hamstring injury saw a marked deterioration in Newcastle's display.

And when Kieron Dyer limped off not long afterwards to be followed by Lee Bowyer, Souness' problems escalated.

Boumsong's blunders then compounded the problem with Rooney as influential as ever after 66 minutes and then again with virtually the last kick of the game.

Watched by England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, the teenage star was awesome as he claimed the opener before setting up the deciding goal in stoppage time.

There appeared to be little danger for the opener as Edwin Van der Sar launched a long clearance forward that Boumsong made a mess of clearing and Rooney nipped in to capitalise as he fired low to Shay Given's left.

Rooney then turned from goalscorer to goal maker when he showed his awesome strength to brush aside substitute Amdy Faye down the right before crossing for van Nistelrooy to score after Boumsong made a complete mess of his attempted clearance.

New £9.5million signing Albert Luque had a quiet game although he did manage one of the two Newcastle shots on target and also had a goal disallowed.

The only other effort worth any merit came from skipper Alan Shearer after 12 minutes, just after he had headed another effort wide.

This time Shearer latched onto a Celestine Babayaro cross and forced an excellent save from Van der Sar who was unable to hold the ball which was rifled into the net by Luque who was clearly in an offside position.

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