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Manchester United 2, Aston Villa 1: Aston Villa Competed But Rooney’s Header Wins Carling Cup

It is intriguing how things go sometimes. Of the their three meetings with United this season, I thought this was Aston Villa’s best performance as they were able to be a constant menace on the counter attack the entire game

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Everton 3, Manchester United 1: Inspired Everton Subs And Rooney Has An Off Day

It was bound to happen to Wayne Rooney. He had such a terrific run but he finally had a game where he was disappointing. He wasn’t awful, but he also failed to contribute to the game. He had a one-on-one

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REPORT: Manchester United 3, Arsenal 1

The game was built up all weekend and Manchester United put forth a complete performance and dominated Arsenal 3-1. The game was entertaining and open from the start and Andrei Arshavin was giving Wes Brown all sorts of trouble with

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Hull City Game

The storyline of this game will be Wayne Rooney’s four goals and it should be but there were a wealth of good performances for United. It helped that United got the early goal in the game in the 8th minute.

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The Day In Soccer: Saving Rooney, Tiebreakers, and Dempsey Update

I did not put it into the my report on the Manchester derby, but I have to say it. I’m not sure why Sir Alex Ferguson constantly turns out squads with Wayne Rooney up front by himself. He is just

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My Thoughts On The Manchester City-Manchester United Game

This was a mouth watering matchup that I was excited about and the game certainly lived up to its billing. Both teams came out with pretty much their full strength squads. Carlos Tevez was the hero scoring two goals, although

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Premier League Midseason Recap and Predictions

This past weekend completed the halfway point for most teams in the Premier League. I figured it was time to put up a recap of the season so far. I would focus on the surprising/disappointing teams as well as my

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