Newcastle 1 Man Utd 5

Manchester United defeated Newcaslte 5-1 on Saturday to cut Arsenal's lead down to just 3 points. Man U lead 2-0 at the interval through goals from Rooney and Ronaldo. Man United added three goals in the second half through Ronaldo, Rooney and Saha. Newcastle's consolation goal came from Faye.

Competition: (Barclays) Premier League

Stadium: St James Park, Newcastle

Line-up(start of first half):
van der Sar
Brown-Ferdinand-Vidic-Evra
Ronaldo-Fletcher-Carrick-Nani
Rooney-Tevez

Line-up (at the end of 2nd half)
van der Sar
Fletcher-Ferdinand-Brown-O'shea
Nani-Carrick-Scholes-Rooney
Tevez-Saha

Subs used:
O'shea for Evra
Scholes for Ronaldo
Saha for Vidic

Subs not used:
Kuszacz, Anderson

Results: Newcastle United 1 Man Utd 5, Rooney(1-0,4-1), Ronaldo(2-0,3-0), Saha 5-1

Points: 61

Position: 2nd

Perfomance meter: 7/10 (V. Good)

Next Matches:
March 2008
01 Mar Barclays Premier League United Vs Fulham 15:00 A
04 Mar UEFA Champions League United Vs Olympique Lyonnais 19:45 H
08 Mar FA Cup United Vs Portsmouth 12:45 H
15 Mar Barclays Premier League United Vs Derby County 15:00 A
23 Mar Barclays Premier League United Vs Liverpool 13:30 H
30 Mar Barclays Premier League United Vs Aston Villa 13:30 H

MAN UTD GOALS! (As on Sat 23/02/2008 19:45GMT)
1.Cristiano Ronaldo-Prem:(21) FA Cup:(3) Champ Lg:(5) =29
2.Carlos Tevez-Prem:(11) FA Cup:(1)Cham Lg:(3) =15
3.Wayne Rooney-Prem:(8) FA Cup:(2) Champ Lg:(3) =13
4.Louis Saha-Prem:(5) Champ Lg:(0) =5
5.Rio Ferdinand:Prem:(2) Champ Lg:(1) =3
6.Nani-Prem:(2) FA Cup:(1) Champ Lg:(0) =3
7.Nemanja Vidic-Prem:(2) Champ Lg:(0) =2
8.Ryan Giggs-Pre:(2) Champ Lge:(0) =2
9.Gerard Pique- Prem:(0), Champ Lg:(2) =2
10.Darren Fletcher:Prem:(0) FA Cup:(2) Champ Lge:(0)=2
11.Michael Carrick-Prem:(1), FA Cup:(0), Champ Lg:(0)=1