Red Devils Story

Man Utd hammer Stoke

FA Cup 5th Round - Stoke City (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: Anders Lindegaard, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nemanja Vidic, Tom Thorpe, Rafael, Antonio Valencia, Anderson, Mats Daehli, Will Keane, Javier Hernandez, Dimitar Berbatov
Subs Used: Phil Jones, Danny Welbeck

Man Utd through to the next round after beating Stoke City 2-0. Vidic got Man Utd ahead early in the match and Hernandez scored late in the game to give Man Utd a comfortable win. Tom Thorpe made his first debut for Man Utd.

Man Utd
Nemanja Vidic (7)
Javier Hernandez (85)

Asmir Begovic

Other News (FA Cup) - Liverpool out of the competition after losing to Bolton 1-0 in the FA Cup 5th Round match. Man City on the other hand through to the next round following their 2-1 win over Derby

Man Utd narrow win

Champions League 1st Knockout Round 1st Leg - Olympique Lyonnais (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: David De Gea, Phil Jones, Neven Subotic, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Ashley Young, Andre Ayew, Nani, Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck
Subs Used: Anderson, Yaya Sanogo

It was a very exciting game with Man Utd narrowly won the game 3-2. Lyon could have taken the lead early from a penalty spot but Fernandinho attempt was well saved by De Gea. It was Man Utd who took the lead through Subotic. Hernandez superb chip over the keeper from the edge of the box doubled Man Utd's lead.

Lyon came back strong and pulled one back before half-time and Lopez equalised through Claudemir's long throw. Man Utd players were having difficulty in defending Claudemir's long throw. Wayne Rooney was the match hero when he scored a curling effort from 18 yards. A good win but we have to avoid complacency in the return leg.

Olympique Lyonnais
Nadir Belhadj (45)
Lisandro Lopez (73)
Fernandinho (16)
Lisandro Lopez (31)

Man Utd
Neven Subotic (21)
Javier Hernandez (26)
Wayne Rooney (82)
Nani (28)
Phil Jones (69)
Andre Ayew (90+3)

Wayne Rooney

Man Utd lift League Cup trophy

League Cup - Fulham (Wembley)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Chris Smalling, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Fabio, Antonio Valencia, Anderson, Nani, Will Keane, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck
Subs Used: Cesar Azpilicueta, Patrice Evra, Paul Pogba

Man Utd once again lift the League Cup trophy for the second consecutive times after beating Fulham 3-0. An own goal from Pernis and a goal from Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck each secured Man Utd victory. With this latest win, Man Utd celebrate famous treble after having won the European Super Cup and Club World Championship.

Fulham
Philippe Koch

Man Utd
Dusan Pernis (30)
Wayne Rooney (pen 43)
Danny Welbeck (47)
Chris Smalling (19)
Fabio (24)

Nemanja Vidic

Hernandez scored marvelous hat trick

Premier League - Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Cesar Azpilicueta, Phil Jones, Neven Subotic, Patrice Evra, Ashley Young, Paul Pogba, Tom Cleverley, Yaya Sanogo, Javier Hernandez, Dimitar Berbatov
Subs Used: Rafael, Eden Hazard, Will Keane

It was a great match with Man Utd winning this game 6-0 and Javier Hernandez keeping the match ball. Man Utd are currently 9 points above Arsenal with one game in hand. In other match, Arsenal drew 1-1 with Man City while Chelsea won 1-0 against Liverpool.

Man Utd
Javier Hernandez (10, 30, 45+1)
Yaya Sanogo (33)
Tom Cleverley (43)
Phil Jones (78)
Dimitar Berbatov (18)

Wolves
Stephen Hunt (90)

Javier Hernandez

Ayew relieves everyone

Premier League - Stoke City (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Rafael, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Fabio, Andre Ayew, Anderson, Nani, Will Keane, Yaya Sanogo, Danny Welbeck
Subs Used: Eden Hazard, Dimitar Berbatov

In what was a tensed match, Man Utd emerged victory by beating Stoke 2-0. Stoke were dominating in the first-half but it was all United in the second-half. Man Utd were knocking on Stoke City door and the fans were getting edgy. It was Andre Ayew who finally break the deadlock when he scored a curling effort from 18 yards out and Welbeck lift the pressure off by scoring in the dying minutes.

Man Utd
Andre Ayew (55)
Danny Welbeck (90)
Jonny Evans (5)

Stoke
Pablo Pintos (84)

Andre Ayew

Hernandez silence home fans

Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: David De Gea, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Neven Subotic, Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia, Andre Ayew, Eden Hazard, Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov
Subs Used: Cesar Azpilicueta, Ashley Young

Three quick early goals from Man Utd destroyed Tottenham Hotspur game plan. Javier Hernandez scored two goals with the first goal scored through a superb solo effort. Tottenham got their consolation goal through Jermain Defoe.

Tottenham
Jermain Defoe (53)
Christian Fuchs (62)

Man Utd
Javier Hernandez (4, 17)
Eden Hazard (10)
Eden Hazard (69)
Dimitar Berbatov (70)

Javier Hernandez

Man Utd were lucky

FA Cup 6th Round - Everton (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Rafael, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Ashley Young, Anderson, Tom Cleverley, Yaya Sanogo, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck
Subs Used: Nani, Javier Hernandez

Man Utd can consider themselves lucky to avoid defeat and an exit in the FA Cup after they were held 1-1 with Everton. Everton started well by getting the lead early through Seamus Coleman but a costly mistake by Tal Ben-Haim putting the ball into his own net deny his team the win.

In the other match, Man City out of the competition after they were beaten by Norwich 2-1.

Everton
Seamus Coleman (4)
Denis Stracqualursi (47)

Man Utd
Tal Ben-Haim (12)
Rafael (31)

Rafael

Man Utd hammer Olympique Lyonnais

Champions League 1st Knockout Round 2nd Leg - Olympique Lyonnais (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: David De Gea, Cesar Azpilicueta, Neven Subotic, Nemanja Vidic, Fabio, Antonio Valencia, Andre Ayew, Nani, Yaya Sanogo, Javier Hernandez, Dimitar Berbatov
Subs Used: Tom Cleverley, Anderson, Wayne Rooney

Man Utd progressed to the next round after beating Olympique Lyonnais 3-0. An own goal from Bakary Kone and a goal each from Yaya Sanogo and Neven Subotic secured Man Utd victory. Man Utd therefore won 6-2 on aggregate.

Man Utd
Bakary Kone (17)
Yaya Sanogo (40)
Neven Subotic (86)
Dimitar Berbatov (8)
Cesar Azpilicueta (67)
Andre Ayew (90+4)

Olympique Lyonnais
Bakary Kone (65)
Lisandro Lopez (70)
Mouhamadou Dabo (84)

Neven Subotic

Injury News - Dimitar Berbatov out for 2-3 days due to a dead leg following an accidental collision during the match against Olympique Lyonnais

Welbeck the match hero

Premier League - Newcastle United (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: David De Gea, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Ashley Young, Paul Pogba, Eden Hazard, Yaya Sanogo, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck
Subs Used: Ryan Giggs, Anderson

A good fighting spirit by Man Utd players winning this game 1-0 courtesy of Danny Welbeck strike.

Newcastle
Michael Krohn-Dehli (12)
Steven Taylor (72)

Man Utd
Danny Welbeck (72)

Chris Smalling

Hi mate, who's your top scorer? And how many goals?

Injury News - Eden Hazard out for a week due to a bruised shin while on Belgium duty

Champions League Quarter Final draw

FC Bayern vs Inter
A.C. Milan vs Barcelona
Man Utd vs Man City
Arsenal vs Real Madrid

Champions League Semi Final draw

A.C. Milan or Barcelona vs FC Bayern or Inter
Arsenal or Real Madrid vs Man Utd or Man City