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  • Rooney (30 pen), Vidic (43), Valencia (66)
  • Date:2009-12-15
  • Kick-off:20:00
  • Venue:Old Trafford
  • Attendance:73709
  • Referee:Bennett, S

Live Commentary

90mins

The full-time whistle goes. An easy win for United.

90mins

Two minutes of stoppage time will be played.

87mins

A Jones shot is deflected behind for a corner, which is taken short and eventually cleared.

85mins

Neat build-up play allows Welbeck the chance to shoot, but his effort is weak and straight at the keeper.

84mins

Evra is released by Welbeck and the stand-in skipper's shot is saved by Hahnemann at his near post.

82mins

Jarvis does well to get a cross in, but Evra clears.

79mins

Wolves get a corner but Jarvis' delivery is poor and Kuszczak collects.

76mins

Greg Halford is replaced by David Jones, the final change of the night.

76mins

Michael Owen comes on for Wayne Rooney.

75mins

Welbeck elects to shoot when Rooney is in a better position - an easy save for the Wolves keeper.

74mins

United are playing keep-ball as the match starts to wind down, with the points safely in the home side's possession.

71mins

Danny Welbeck comes on for Gabriel Obertan.

69mins

Gibson is booked for a dangerously high tackle on Zubar.

66mins

Luis Antonio Valencia wraps up the win for United, striking a sweet half volley after good work by Berbatov.

64mins

Darron Gibson tries his luck from 20 yards, but Hahnemann is equal to it.

62mins

Carrick is now partnering de Laet in the centre of defence, with Fletcher at right back.

60mins

Matt Jarvis replaces George Friend.

59mins

Sir Alex Ferguson makes his first change, bringing on Darren Fletcher for Nemanja Vidic.

57mins

Berbatov does well to evade Mancienne, but the defender recovers to block a shot that would have tested Hahnemann.

55mins

Stefan Maierhofer is replaced by Chris Iwelumo.

54mins

Friend does the same thing at the other end. Tomasz Kuszczak is yet to be properly tested.

53mins

Obertan tries an optimistic effort from the edge of the box, which flies well wide.

52mins

Berbatov is easily beaten in the air by Elokobi. The Bulgarian has not got into this game yet.

50mins

Obertan fouls Zubar and there is a slight delay as the defender gets treatment.

48mins

A sedate start by United at the start of the second half, fully aware that they are in total control of the match.

45mins

United start the second period.

45mins

The half-time whistle goes. Wolves did well for 30 minutes but lost concentration twice at corners and now face an uphill battle to get back into the game.

45mins

Obertan plays a neat one-two with Evra, but his shot is well-saved by Hahnemann.

43mins

The corner from Gibson is firmly met by Vidic, whose header squeezes under Hahnemann.

42mins

A de Laet cross is blocked by Elokobi to give United yet another corner.

40mins

Segundo Castillo is booked for a late tackle on Darron Gibson.

40mins

Kevin Foley delivers an inch-perfect pass to release Zubar down the right flank, but the cross just evades Maierhofer.

37mins

Friend tries to find Surman, but the pass is poor and a rare Wolves attack fizzles out.

35mins

Wolves' main plan of attack is to find the large target of Stefan Maierhofer early, but the big striker is lacking support.

32mins

That was a real gift for United, as they were starting to get frustrated.

30mins

Rooney converts to give United the lead.

28mins

From the corner Ronald Zubar handles to give Rooney the chance to open the scoring.

27mins

Dimitar Berbatov is tackled by George Elokobi to give United another corner.

25mins

The corner evenutally falls to Nemanja Vidic eight yards out, but the big defender blazes over with the goal gaping.

24mins

A mazy run by Gabriel Obertan gives Rooney another chance, but Michael Mancienne gets a vital touch that sends the shot wide.

22mins

An Andrew Surman free-kick is dropped by Tomasz Kuszczak but he is able to reclaim with Maierhofer ready to pounce.

20mins

George Friend has a good chance to take a surprise lead for the visitors, but his volley flies over from inside the box.

20mins

Dimitar Berbatov springs the offside trap but Hahnemann is out quickly to clear.

17mins

Rooney goes down under a challenge from Elokobi on the edge of the area, but the referee says no foul.

15mins

The visitors are getting used to the pace of the game and appear to have weathered the early storm.

13mins

George Elokobi tries to find Stefan Maierhofer in the United box with an early ball, but the pass is mis-directed.

11mins

A good run and cross by Patrice Evra down United's left is met by Rooney at the near post, but Hahnemann makes the save.

9mins

The hosts enjoy a succession of corners but Wolves survive the danger.

7mins

The new-look Wolves team is struggling to get into the game. United are building steady pressure. Another corner is cleared by Greg Halford.

5mins

Richie de Laet is seeing plenty of the ball down the United right. He wins a corner but the referee spots a foul on Elokobi.

3mins

United have started well and Wayne Rooney should have found the net already - a Darron Gibson shot is blocked by George Elokobi and Rooney only had to beat Marcus Hahnemann from 10 yards. A decent save nonetheless.

0mins

Referee Steve Bennett gets play underway at Old Trafford.

0mins

Both these teams delivered shock results on Saturday and Mick McCarthy produces another surprise by changing all 10 out-field players that beat Spurs. Sir Alex Ferguson makes just five alterations from the line-up that was beaten by Aston Villa.

Match Preview

Manchester United welcome Premier League strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers to Old Trafford on Tuesday evening looking to get back to winning ways after a disappointing defeat on Saturday.

United suffered an unexpected setback against Aston Villa as they missed a perfect opportunity to go level on points with leaders Chelsea, who had only managed to draw with Everton earlier in the day.

Sir Alex Ferguson knows his side must grab three points when Wolves come to town but Mick McCarthy's side will be high on confidence after their excellent 1-0 triumph at Tottenham Hotspur over the weekend.

Kevin Doyle was the hero after glancing home in the third minute in the capital and, after a resolute defensive performance, the Molineux-based side held on for a vital success.

The reigning champions' defence is still in tatters with a whole host of big-name stars remaining in the treatment room.

Jonny Evans and Rio Ferdinand (both calf), Rafael (ankle), Gary Neville (groin) and John O'Shea (thigh) are the absent defenders who continue to give Ferguson reason for concern.

He is also still without Owen Hargreaves and Edwin Van Der Sar, both of whom have knee complaints.

The European giants are likely to play with another patched up back-line that has consisted of Darren Fletcher, Darron Gibson and Michael Carrick in recent times although the return of Nemanja Vidic and Wes Brown has aided their plight.

McCarthy must select his squad without three regular first-team players.

Andy Keogh and Michael Kightly (both ankle) and Matt Murray (knee) will miss out with Ronald Zubar (thigh) facing a race against time to feature.

The two sides have met already at Old Trafford this season when they clashed in the third round of the Carling Cup.


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Match Report

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy made ten changes from the side which won at Spurs last Saturday and it was no surprise that his team slumped to defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann was the only survivor from their unexpected 1-0 win at White Hart Lane.

While United were far from their best, they did enough to repair some of the damage done from their single goal home reverse to Aston Villa on the same day.

In as low a key Premier League encounter as you can get, it took United half-an-hour to break the deadlock.

Wolves defender Ronald Zubar went up for a Darron Gibson corner with United skipper Nemanja Vidic, only to inexplicably hook the ball away with his hand in the box.

Referee Steve Bennett pointed to the spot and Wayne Rooney sent the resulting penalty beyond the diving Hahnemann right footed into the top left-hand corner of the net.

It was Rooney's 13th goal of the season and his fourth from the penalty spot.

United's second goal came two minutes before the interval.

Gibson drove another corner into the centre of the Wolves penalty area and Vidic powered his way forward to meet the ball with his bullet header from ten yards squirming through Hahnemann's hands and into the net.

United completed the scoring in the 66th minute with the best of their three goals.

Paul Scholes found Dimitar Berbatov on the right side of the Wolves box and his overhead kick fell nicely for Luis Antonio Valencia to rifle a right-foot shot into the roof of the net from 12 yards.

The goals apart, chances were few and far between.

Rooney went close early on with a neat turn and shot which was deflected inches wide of a post, while Danny Welbeck and Patrice Evra brought comfortable saves from Hahnemann late on.

Wolves' best chances fell to George Friend, but his poor finishes from close range were much too kind to the United goal.

Manchester United

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Corners

93

Fouls

1114

Goal attempts

153

Shots off target

53

Offsides

01

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