Thursday, February 19, 2009

Manchester United Wins and Extends Lead

Manchester United won their one game hand in last night to extend their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League to five points. Manchester United beat Fulham 3-0 at Old Traffford, while extending their clean sheets to fourteen matches. A brilliant volley from Paul Scholes opened the account for the Champions and Dimitar Berbatov doubled Manchester United' lead at the half-hour mark. Another goal from Wayne Rooney, in his first match after returning from unjury, sealed the victory for the Champions.

Manchester United looked strong as they marched on towards its eleventh Premier League titles (they also won seven old Division One titles). It will be difficult for the chasing pack to catch up to Manchester United. However, Sir Alex Ferguson has warned that the Premier League is not won yet, but at the same time, has ruled Chelsea out of the Premier League title chase.

Manchester United's next Premeir League match will be a home game against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday, 21 February. If Manchester United wins this game, Liverpool would be eight points behind Manchester United by the time they face the Blue side of Manchester on the following Sunday. Another exciting match this weekend will be third-placed Aston Villa's home game against fourth-placed Chelsea.

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