Manchester United Goalscorers and Assisters 08/09 [R]

Manchester United Goalscorers and Assisters 08/09


Goals


League


Ronaldo - 18 - Bolton Wonderers[pk](H); West Bromwich Albion(H); West Ham Unitedx2(H); Hull City x2(H); Stoke City[fk][fk] x2(H); West Bromwich Albion x2(A); Everton[pk](H); Blackburn Rovers[fk](H); Liverpool[pk](H); Aston Villa x2(H); Tottenham Hotspur[pk] x2(H); Manchester City[fk](H)

Rooney - 12 - Bolton Wonderers(H); Blackburn Rovers(A); West Bromwich Albion(H); Manchester City(A); Chelsea(H); Wigan Athletic(H); Fulham(H); Blackburn Rovers(H); Newcastle United(A); Portsmouth(H); Tottenham Hotspur x2(H)

Berbatov - 9 - West Bromwich Albion(H); Stoke City(H); Middlesbrough(H); Chelsea(H); Bolton Wonderers(A); West Bromwich Albion(A); Fulham(H); Newcastle United(A); Tottenham Hotspur(H)

Tevez - 5 - Liverpool(A); Stoke City(A); West Bromwich Albion(A); Manchester City(H); Wigan Athletic(A)

Carrick - 4 - Hull City(H); Stoke City(H); Portsmouth(H); Wigan Athletic(A)

Vidic - 4 - Hull City(H); Sunderland(H); Chelsea(H); West Bromwich Albion(A)

Fletcher - 2 - Newcastle United(H); Everton(A)

Giggs - 2 - West Ham United(A); Middlesbrough(A)

Macheda - 2 - Aston Villa(H); Sunderland(A)

Park - 2 - Chelsea(A); Middlesbrough(A)

Scholes - 2 - Fulham(H); Sunderland(A)

Brown - 1 - Blackburn Rovers(A)

Gibson - 1 - Hull City(A)

Nani - 1 - West Bromwich Albion(H)

OG - 1 - Portsmouth(A)

Rafael - 1 - Arsenal(A)

Welbeck - 1 - Stoke City(H)


FA Cup

Gibson - 2 - Southampton(A); Derby County(A)

Nani - 2 - Southampton[pk](A); Derby County(A)

Tevez - 2 - Fulham x2(A)

Welbeck - 2 - Southampton(A); Derby County(A)

Berbatov - 1 - Tottenham Hotspur(H)

O.G - 1 - Tottenham Hotspur(A)

Park - 1 - Fulham(A)

Ronaldo - 1 - Derby County(A)

Rooney - 1 - Fulham(A)


League Cup


Tevez - 6 - Queens Park Rangers[pk](H); Blackburn Rovers[1pk] x4(H); Derby County(H)

Nani - 3 - Middlesbrough(H); Blackburn Rovers(H); Derby County(H)

Ronaldo - 2 - Middlesbrough(H); Derby County[pk](H)

Giggs - 1 - Middlesbrough(H)

O'Shea - 1 - Derby County(H)



Super Cup


Vidic - 1 - Zenit Saint Petersburg


World Club Championship


Rooney - 3 - Gamba Osaka x2; Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito

Fletcher - 1 - Gamba Osaka

Ronaldo - 1 - Gamba Osaka

Vidic - 1 - Gamba Osaka


Champions League


Berbatov - 4 - Aalborgx2(A); Celticx2(H)

Ronaldo - 4 - Inter Milan(H)Rd of 16 2nd leg; Porto(A) QF 2nd leg; Arsenal x2[1fk](A) QF 2nd leg

Rooney - 4 - Aalborg(A); Celtic(H); Aalborg(H); Porto(H) QF 1st leg

Tevez - 2 - Aalborg(H); Porto (H)QF 1st leg

Giggs - 1 - Celtic(A)

O'Shea - 1 - Arsenal(H) SF 1st leg

Park - 1 - Arsenal(A) SF 2nd leg

Vidic - 1 - Inter Milan(H)Rd of 16 2nd leg


Total

Ronaldo - 25 + 1

Rooney - 17 + 3

Tevez - 15

Berbatov - 14

Nani - 6

Vidic - 5 + 1 + 1

Carrick - 4

Park - 4

Gibson - 3

Giggs - 3

Welbeck - 3

Fletcher - 2 + 1

Macheda - 2

OG - 2

O'Shea - 2

Scholes - 2

Brown - 1

Rafael - 1


Direct Assists (last direct pass before conversion)



League


Berbatov - 8 - Liverpool(A); West Ham United(H); Hull City x2(H); Stoke City(A); Chelsea(H); West Bromwich Albion(A); Manchester City

Giggs - 7 - Newcastle United(H); Everton(A); West Bromwich Albion x2[1ck](A); Aston Villa x2(H); Portsmouth(H)

Rooney - 7 - Blackburn Rovers(A); West Bromwich Albion x2(H); Hull City[ck](H); Sunderland(A); Tottenham Hotspur (H); Middlesbrough(A)

Ronaldo - 6 - Bolton Wonderers(H); Blackburn Rovers(A); Stoke City(H); Chelsea[fk](H); Wigan Athletic(H); Tottenham Hotspur(H)

Carrick - 5 - West Bromwich Albion(A); Fulham[ck](H); Aston Villa (H); Sunderland(A); Wigan Athletic(A)

O'Shea - 3 - Fulham(H); Newcastle United(A); Wigan Athletic(A)

Tevez - 3 - Stoke City(H); Bolton Wanderers(A); Tottenham Hotspur(H)

Macheda - 2 - Middlesbrough(A); Hull City(A)

Nani - 2 - West Ham United(H); Hull City[ck](H)

Park - 2 - Fulham(H); Newcastle United(A)

Evra - 1 - Chelsea(H)

Scholes - 1 - Portsmouth(H)


Fa Cup

Rooney - 2 - Southampton(A); Fulham(A)

Carrick - 1 - Tottenham Hotspur(H)

Fletcher - 1 - Derby County(A)

Giggs - 1 - Derby County[ck](A)

Scholes - 1 - Tottenham Hotspur(H)


League Cup


Anderson - 2 - Blackburn Rovers(H)

Giggs - 2 - Middlesbrough(H); Blackburn Rovers(H)

Rafael - 1 - Derby County(H)

Tevez - 1 - Blackburn Rovers(H)

Welbeck - 1 - Derby County(H)


Super Cup


Tevez - 1 - Zenit Saint Petersburg


World Club Championship


Giggs - 3 - Gamba Osaka[2 ck] x3

Evra - 1 - Gamba Osaka

Fletcher - 1 - Gamba Osaka

Ronaldo - 1 - Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito


Champions League


Giggs - 3 - Aalborg(A); Aalborg(H); Inter Milan[ck](H) Rd of 16 2nd leg

Rooney - 3 - Inter Milan(H)Rd of 16 2nd leg; Porto(H) QF 1st leg; Arsenal(A) SF 2nd leg

Ronaldo - 2 - Aalborg(A); Arsenal(A) SF 2nd leg

Anderson - 1 - Aalborg(H)

O'Shea - 1 - Celtic(H)


Tevez - 1 - Celtic(H)


Total

Giggs - 13 + 3

Rooney - 12

Berbatov - 8

Ronaldo - 8 + 1

Carrick - 6

Tevez - 5 + 1

O'Shea - 4

Anderson - 3

Macheda - 2

Nani - 2

Park - 2

Scholes - 2

Evra - 1 + 1

Fletcher - 1 + 1

Rafael - 1

Welbeck - 1


+ represents goals or assists in competitions outside of: Carling Cup, FA Cup, Champions League or League.

Edit after Hull City(A) 24 May

 

How the goals were scored:

Berbatov

Header

vs. Bolton Wonderers(A) - Tevez battles his way through two tackles on the right side of the attacking third and pushes into the box. The ball is deftly dinked in the air for Berbatov who heads home.

Left Foot

vs. Fulham(H) - Scholes plays an incisive 15 yard lob to O'Shea on the inside of the right flank; O'Shea miscontrols it but the deflection falls kindly to Berbatov across the box and is tapped home by the Bulgarian.

Right Foot

vs. Aalborg[CL](A) - centre-back blunder leaves Berbatov open on the edge of the box. He half-volleys into the net with his right.

vs. Aalborg[CL](A) - Ronaldo crosses high from the right, Berbatov steps back and scissor kicks into the net with his right foot.

vs. West Bromwich Albion(H) - The ball fizzes across the box after a heavy deflection; Berbatov casually stretches out his right foot and half-volleys it home from a few yards out.

vs. Celtic[CL](H) - O'Shea flick; Berbatov deftly turns it goal-ward with the outside of his right foot. He was offside when he put it in the net.

vs. Celtic[CL](H) - Ronaldo cannons a free kick at the keeper from 35yards out, Berbatov tucks away the rebound off the keeper with his right foot.

vs. Stoke City(H) - Tevez maurades inward from the right side of the penalty box and lofts a mid-height ball to Berbatov who slightly miscontrols it before bringing it down and shooting low across the keeper into the net.

vs. Middlesbrough(H) - The ball is floated in from the left side of the field and Wheater heads it downward and onto his hand, the deflection falls kindly for the lurking Berbatov who drives it on the half-volley into mid-right side of the net with his right foot.

vs. Chelsea(H) - Ronaldo takes a free kick from the left side of the pitch. The ball is driven towards the near post where Berbatov calmly side-foots it home into the bottom corner with his right on the volley.

vs. Tottenham Hotspur[FAC](H) - Carrick plays a first time high ball 25 yards upfield from the right-centre of the half-way line into Berbatov's path. The Bulgarian takes it out of the air and into his stride just outside the penalty box with his first touch and drives it low to the bottom left corner with his right foot.

vs. West Bromwich Albion(A) - Berbatov plays a perfect one-two with Carrick on the (right) edge of the box and slots home low and across the box from an awkward angle.

vs. Newcastle United(A) - Newcastle's (Steven Taylor's) blunder invites Park in as a failed chest back to their keeper leaves Park free and able to square to a gleeful Berbatov to tap home from a couple of yards out.

vs. Tottenham Hotspur(H) - Rooney is played into the left channel from there he plays a high cross into Berbotv who headers it straight at the keeper. The ball rebounds to Berbatov's feet at which point he lifts it to the inside of the left upright with his right foot.


Brown

Header

vs. Blackburn Rovers(A) - Rooney sends a deep, high cross from the left side of the pitch, Wes meets it at the back post.

Carrick

Left Foot

vs. Hull City(H) - Berbatov passes out from left-centre; Carrick takes two touches and drives with left foot from eighteen yards or so.

vs. Stoke City(H) - Ronaldo passes to the inside-right from the left flank, Carrick takes two touches and then blasts it high into the net with his left foot.

vs. Wigan Athletic(A) - The ball is played out wide right to Ronaldo who drives down the flank and then plays the ball inside to O'Shea. O'Shea cuts the ball across the box into Carrick's path. Carrick deftly strokes across the ball and buries it into the top-left side of the net with a similar elegance to his goals in the Roma 7-1 shenanigans.


Right Foot

vs. Portsmouth(H) - Scholes plays Carrick in via a perfect through-ball down the inside of the right flank. Carrick shoots across goal and buries the ball low and to James's right side.


Fletcher

Header

vs. Gamba Osaka[WCC](N) - After excellent work between Nani and Evra, the Frenchman dinks a cross mid-height into the box, Fletcher meets it and nods home.

Right Foot

vs. Newcastle United(H) - outside of right boot off a low-driven Ryan Giggs cross.

Left Foot

vs. Everton(A) - Giggs breaks into the penalty box from the left-centre side of the pitch and slots a perfect through ball to Fletcher, who takes a touch and slots home between the keeper's legs with his left foot.


Gibson


Right Foot

vs. Southampton[FAC](A) - Rooney breaks free on the left side of the pitch and cuts the ball back across the box with the outside of his right boot; Gibson dinks it into the air with his first touch on his right foot and volleys home into the top-right corner with his second.

vs. Derby County[FAC](A) - Ronaldo's free kick careers off the wall and falls kindly to Gibson right-centre of the box. Gibson volleys the ball into the bottom right corner with a cushioned effort.

vs. Hull City(A) - The ball is held by united for a period of time in which each of the attacking line have at least one touch of the ball. Finally, the ball breaks to Macheda wide left and he plays it back to Gibson. Gibson takes a sight from 35 yards out and blasts the ball in looping fashion over the stranded keeper into inside-side-netting on the right part of the goal.


Giggs

Left Foot

vs. Middlesbrough[CC](H) - broke through on goal and chipped the keeper.


vs. Middlesbrough(A) - The ball is passed wide to Berbatov from the centre of the pitch, he squares the ball from 20 yards out and Macheda faintly heels it onward where it falls to Giggs. Giggs takes a touch and then shoots low and between a boro defender's legs, thusly unsighting the keeper and drilling the ball into the bottom-right corner of the net.

Right Foot

vs. West Ham United(A) - Paul Scholes plays the ball out wide left to Ryan Giggs who is hugging the touchline. Giggs sets off diagonally toward goal. He feints to his left and turn in to the right, sending one man the wrong way, he does the same thing again whilst maintaining pace toward goal. Nearing the centre of the penalty he shoots low and early with his right foot and puts the ball in the right corner through a host of bodies. Wondergoal.

Header

vs. Celtic[CL](A) - Ronaldo shoots from distance, keeper parries into Giggs path where Giggs nods home from a couple of yards out.

Macheda

Right Foot

vs. Aston Villa - Macheda loses possession in a tackle-melee and the ball falls kindly into the path of Giggs who slots the ball to the left side of Macheda inside the box. Macheda knocks the ball to his inside with the inside of his left heel and then bends it around Friedel inside the right post with his right foot. Wonderous debut goal.

Left Foot

vs. Sunderland(A) - Carrick takes a long driving shot on. It moves towards Macheda who is standing left of the penalty spot, who diverts it into the bottom right corner with his left foot.

Nani

Right Foot

vs. Middlesbrough[CC](H) - Captilized on mix-up in the box, rounded keeper and finished low with his right.

vs. Blackburn Rovers[CC](H) - Nani initiates a one-two with Tevez from the left-central area of the final third; Tevez lays the ball into Nani's path inside the box, Nani takes a touch then shoots low into the net.

vs. Southampton[FAC](A) - Nani sends penalty to the bottom right with his right foot.

vs. Derby County[CC](H) - Shoots from 30 yards out from left-centre of the pitch; keeper is beaten to the right post after getting a hand to the ball.

vs. Derby County[FAC](A) - Giggs squares to left side of the box to Nani who cuts back across the edge of the box and finds himself just to the left of dead-centre; he then drives the ball home into the middle-right side of the upright with his right foot.

Left Foot

vs West Bromwich Albion(H) - On a counter-attack break Rooney crosses from the right flank across the box and Nani meets it on the left side of the pitch with a low left-foot-finish.

Own Goals

1. (PL) vs. Portsmouth - Darren Fletcher shot, not on target, deflects twice on the goal mouth into Pompey goal. Disputed, may revise.

2. (FAC) vs. Tottenham Hotspur(H) - Scholes' shot - which was veering wide - takes a deflection and ends up in the net.


O'Shea

Right Foot

vs. Derby County[CC](H) - played through on goal after a one-two with Welbeck; slots low to the left side with his right foot.

vs. Arsenal[CL](H)Semi-final 1st leg - Carrick takes the ball down on the left side of the penalty area from a right-sided corner and drives a low cross into a host of bodies, the ball is deflected by an Arsenal player into the path of O'Shea on the right side of the box. O'Shea slams the ball high into the centre of the net with his right foot (shin).

Park

Right Foot

vs. Chelsea(A) - followed in a rebounded Berbatov shot and drove it home, low, with right foot.

vs. Fulham[FAC](A) - Gera squares a ball from the right side of Fulham's third to the left side of their third, which is intercepted by Park who takes it forward and shoots low to the bottom right corner with his right foot from 18 yards out.

vs. Arsenal[CL](A) SF 2nd leg - Anderson slots a ball inside the left offensive channel to Ronaldo who drives to the byline and cuts the ball back across the box. Gibbs slips and the ball trundles to Park on the right side of the penalty area. Park takes two touches and then lifts the ball over the on-rushing Alumunia into the left corner of the net.

Left Foot

vs. Middlesbrough(A) - After a large passing chain involving 5-7 players, the ball is passed back to Rooney who is just ahead of the centre-circle. Rooney carries the ball forward on a slight right diagnol and then plays a slide-rule pass across himself into the left-centre channel where, after superb off-the-ball movement, Park is free of his man and shoots across his body burying the ball in the bottom right corner with his left foot.


Rafael

Left Foot

vs. Arsenal(A) - The ball breaks in the air to Rafael at the edge of the Penalty box (right side.) He meets it with a jumping chest-trap and volleys it mid-left corner with his left foot.


Ronaldo

Header

vs. Middlesbrough[CC](H) - Headed home from a Giggs corner.

vs. Hull City(H) - Nani corner; Ronaldo header home.

vs. Gamba Osaka[WCC](N) - Giggs corner from right side of the pitch is headed home.

vs. Derby County[FAC](A) - Giggs inswinging corner from the right is met by Ronaldo who heads it high into the top right corner.

vs. Inter Milan[CL](H)Rd of 16 2nd leg - After great work from Giggs to get the ball wide-left to Rooney, Wayne labours inside the inter box and suddenly drops a weighted aerial ball into the box, which is greedily nodded home by Ronaldo.

vs. Tottenham Hotspur(H) - After good work through the middle, the ball is played out wide left to Rooney who crosses into the box for Ronaldo who cuts across his man and diving headers home.


Right Foot


vs. Bolton Wonderers(H) - Penalty Kick - Awarded for non-foul on Ronaldo, Bolton CB cleanly won ball, Rob Styles blundered.

vs. West Ham United(H) - Berbatov bamboozles his man with a pirouette and knock-past on the left touchline inside the box and then passes low across the box; Ronaldo slides in and puts it away with his right foot.

vs. Stoke City(H) - Free Kick - About 30 yards out, hit straight at the keeper with applied deviation. Keeper should've done better as the ball lands high and dead-centre of the goal.

vs. Stoke City(H) - Free Kick - About 20 yard out, hit to the bottom right corner from off-centre left of the penalty area.

vs. Derby County[CC](H) - Penalty Kick - Drives home to the bottom left corner.

vs. West Bromwich Albion(A) - Vidic release to Tevez who releases down the left flank third to Giggs who squares to Ronaldo for a comfortable right foot (low) finish. MmmmMm.

vs. West Bromwich Albion(A) - Berbatov sneaks to the right and receives a ball down the flank catching WBA unawares, the red shirts swarm in following through in the middle, Berbatov plays Ronaldo through who shoots low through Carson's legs with his right foot.

vs. Everton(H) - Penalty Kick - Carrick is fouled by Arteta and from the resulting penalty, Ronaldo drives home after stutter-stepping and lifting over the keeper through the middle.

vs. Blackburn Rovers(H) - Ronaldo takes a free kick from the inside left flank just outside the penalty area. He buries it, arrow-like into the top right corner.

vs. Liverpool(H) - Tevez plays Park into the box where he is brought down for a penalty. Ronaldo hits said penalty hard to the bottom left with his right foot.

vs. Aston Villa(H) - Giggs lays off the indirect free kick inside the (left side of) box to Ronaldo who blasts it full force into the top right corner of the net.

vs. Porto(A)QF 2nd leg - Anderson taps the ball into Ronaldo's path 42 yards from goal.. Ronaldo takes the ball out of his feet and strikes from 40 yards out! The ball travels arrow-like to the top-middle of the left upright comfortably beating the keeper. Goal of the season, without question.

vs. Tottenham Hotspur(H) - penalty kick - Carrick is felled by Gomez (******** off Setanta) Ronaldo stutter-steps and lifts the ball into the middle of the net with his right.

vs. Arsenal[CL][fk](A) SF 2nd leg - Ronaldo blasts his free kick from 41 yards inside the right post at mid height.

vs. Arsenal[CL](A) SF 2nd leg - Arsenal's corner breaks down and the ball is played out of the back by Vidic to Park who is standing at the 'D' of his own box. Park breaks through the middle and plays the ball a few yards to his right into the path of Ronaldo who back-heels it back into Park's path before beginning his sprint upfield with Rooney as they run the right and left flanks respectively. Park releases the ball to the left channel into Rooney's path whilst Ronaldo works to get into the box from the right, Rooney calmly plays a ball across the penalty area into Ronaldo's path. Ronaldo side-foots the ball high into the roof of the net with his right foot.

vs. Manchester City(H)- Free Kick - Free kick from 30 yards out, which is just left-centre of the middle of the pitch. Ronaldo shoots and it deflects off the edge of the wall wrong-footing Given in the process who can only get a palm to the ball, which nestles in the bottom right corner of his goal.

Left Foot


vs. West Bromwich Albion(H) - Rooney slots Ronaldo through on left-centre side of pitch; Ronaldo slots through the keepers legs from just inside the box with his left foot.

vs. West Ham United(H) - Nani puts in a low driven cross from the left side of the pitch, from which Ronaldo converts with a left-footed drive to the bottom right corner.

vs. Hull City(H) - Driven half-volley pass from Berbatov that Ronaldo takes two touches to the left with and then drives low with the left foot.

vs. Aston Villa - Carrick squares a short ball from the left-centre side to the middle of the offensive third to Ronaldo who quickly turns and drives a low left-footed drive to the inside of the right post from 22 yards out.

Rooney

Left Foot

vs. Gamba Osaka[WCC](N) - Fletcher lobbed cross-centre ball is chest-whiffed by Rooney and falls free left-centre of the box; Rooney finishes to the bottom right with his left foot

vs. Wigan Athletic(H) - Ronaldo puts in a low cross across the box from the right side of the pitch; Rooney puts it in from a couple of yard out with his left foot.

vs. Fulham(H) - Park wildly miscues his shot straight across the face of the box. Rooney is astute enough to latch onto it and drive it home.

vs. Newcastle United(A) - Great work from O'Shea off a one-two down the right flank leaves him open in space. He rolls the ball to Rooney on the edge of the box, which Rooney lets run across his body before turning and shooting with his left.


Right Foot

vs. Bolton Wonderers(H) - Ronaldo back heel; Rooney right foot curler into far-bottom corner.

vs. Aalborg[CL](A) - Ryan Giggs plays a perfect through-ball into the heart of the opposition back-line, Rooney latches on to it and slots it into the net.

vs. Blackburn Rovers(A) - Ronaldo bursts down the right flank and cuts back a low pass; Rooney meets it with a right-footed shot into the top corner.

vs. West Bromwich Albion(H) - Rooney runs down left side of pitch after latching onto a distance pass, he cuts in on his right foot and beats the first man and then drives the ball into the bottom left corner with his right foot.

vs. Celtic[CL](H) - Tevez carries the ball across the pitch from the right side of the pitch toward the penalty spot area, he then passes low to Rooney who takes two touches before driving home low from 20 yards to the bottom left corner with his right foot.

vs. Manchester City(A) - Carrick shoots across the box from just outside the 6-yard area on the left side of the pitch and his shot is parried out into the middle of the penalty area where Rooney taps in from a couple of yards with his right foot.

vs. Aalborg[CL](H) - Anderson plays a sublime through-ball from right-centre of the centre circle along the ground between three bodies and into Rooney's path at the top of the box; Rooney drives low and hard through the Aalborg keeper with his right foot.

vs. Gamba Osaka[WCC](N) - Giggs ball played slightly behind Rooney left-centre of the edge of the box, Rooney drags it into his own path and taps it home with the outside of his right boot with his next touch.

vs. Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito[WCC](N) - Ronaldo holds up play left-centre of the penalty area line, he then passes to Rooney with the outside of his left-boot; Rooney takes a touch and then bends it low and round the keeper into the bottom right corner.

vs. Chelsea(H) - Ronaldo holds the ball up in the final third on the left side of the pitch and then slips it through down the left flank for Evra who puts a perfect cross in which flights across the box and is met right-centre and low-volleyed in by Rooney on his right foot.

vs. Blackburn Rovers(H) - Nani plays an incisive ball in from inside the right flank to which Ryan Nelsen got a touch. The prowling Rooney greedily goobles up the loose ball and buries it.

vs. Fulham[FAC](A) - Fulham blunder leads to Anderson passing to Rooney just left-centre of the 'D'Rooney takes a a few touches before shooting low to the right corner of the keeper with his right foot.

vs. Porto[CL](H) QF 1st leg - Porto's centre-back, Bruno Alves, blunders a back-pass attempt to his keeper where the prowling Rooney promptly latches onto it and dinks the ball over the keeper with his right foot.

vs. Portsmouth(H) - Anderson plays an exquisitely deceptive reverse volley-pass down the left channel onto which Giggs latches with a chest trap. He plays the ball down the channel and cross it low into the path of Rooney who slots it home from 3 yards out with his right foot.

vs. Tottenham Hotspur(H) - After good work through the middle of the pitch, Tevez plays the ball into the left inside channel for Rooney who cuts inside the left side of the box and finishes low and to the near post with his right.

vs. Tottenham Hotspur(H) - Ronaldo thunders down the right offensive third and crosses long to Rooney who takes the ball down with his first touch and drives it into a mass of Spurs' shirts who attempt to block it on the line to no avail as it trickles over.

Scholes

Header

vs. Sunderland(A) - Rooney cuts in casually from the left flank and plays a lofted ball into the box. Paul Scholes ghosts into the centre and looping headers it home.

Right Foot

vs. Fulham(H) - Carrick corner kick from the right is played directly to Scholes, who is standing off-centre right 20 yards out. Scholes Volleys it towards goal where it is met with meek resistance by Schwarzer and trickles across the line.

Tevez


Header

vs. Blackburn Rovers[CC](H) - Giggs lofted free kick from the right side of the pitch in the final 3rd, Tevez and Blackburn CB scramble for it and it deflects into the goal.

vs. Derby County[CC](H) - Rafael puts a sublime ball into the box from the right side of the pitch, which Tevez redirects to the top right corner.

vs. Fulham[FAC](A) - Right-sided corner is met at the edge of the near side by a Rooney flick-on header to the back post; Tevez nods it home from a couple of yards out.


Right Foot

vs. Liverpool(A) - Berbatov low left-footed cut-back cross, Tevez Right foot finish.

vs. Queens Park Rangers[CC](H) - Penalty kick.

vs. Blackburn Rovers[CC](H) - Tevez fouled in the box, penalty called, which he converts low and to the right, with his right.

vs. Blackburn Rovers[CC](H) - From just outside the centre circle: Anderson to Tevez to Anderson (in the box) to Tevez (low across the box) with Tevez stroking home with his right foot.

vs. Blackburn Rovers[CC](H) - Anderson plays a high pass from the middle of the pitch on the offensive-end of the centre circle out to the final third on the right, Tevez lashes it home with a cross-shot half-volley into the bottom left corner from about 20 yards out on the angle.

vs. Aalborg[CL](H) - After a smooth passing build-up Giggs lofts a pass into Tevez' path in the box, which is duely converted with the laces of the right boot , low and true into the net.

vs. Stoke City(A) - Berbatov controls the ball near the 6 yard box on the right side of the pitch and then tries to shoot to the bottom left corner, he miscues and the shot is played into Tevez' path; Tevez finishes from a few yards out with his right foot.

vs. Fulham[FAC](A) - Tevez breaks with the ball from left-centre of the centre-circle, he carries it about 15 yards whilst drifting to the middle of the pitch, from there, he unleashes a 20 yard drive with his right foot that curls away from the keeper and nestles in the top right corner of the net.

vs. Porto[CL](H) QF 1st leg - Rooney flicks the ball on to Tevez with the inside of his heel from a right-sided throw in; the Argentine scoops it high into the net at the near post after running across his man and sliding into the ball with his right foot.


vs. Manchester City(H) - The ball is played long (by Fletcher) inside the left offensive channel where Berbatov takes it down beautifully, sorts out his feet and then lays off on the inside to Tevez. Tevez takes two touches and then bends the ball to the left upright, it bounces in off the post confirming a brilliant team goal.

vs. Wigan Athletic(A) - Carrick attempts a shot from the right offensive third which is well on the way to going yards wide of the target, the ball fortuitously careers into Tevez's path. Tevez is facing away from goal when the ball gets to him but manages to skip over it and heel it into the net with his right foot with a mischievously impish finish.


Left Foot

vs. West Bromwich Albion(A) Carson drops the ball in the middle of the box near the goal line....Tevez taps home with his left.


Vidic


Header

vs. Gamba Osaka[WCC](N) - Giggs corner from the right side; Vidic Header.

vs. Chelsea(H) - Corner from the right side of the pitch which is met and flicked on with a header by Berbatov to the far post; Vidic heads home at the back post.

vs. West Bromwich Albion(A) - Giggs corner from the left side of the pitch which Vidic maurades diagonally across the penalty to head home.

vs. Inter Milan[CL](H)Rd of 16 2nd leg - Corner from left side of pitch is met by a powerful header at the back post by Vidic.

Left Foot

vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg[SC](N) - left foot drive off a Tevez cut-back from inside the box.

vs. Sunderland(H) - Carrick's long range shot is deflected onto the right post and rebounds to the penalty spot; Vidic jogs in and slots home with his left foot.

Right Foot

vs. Hull City(H) - Cushioned half-volley with right foot from a Rooney corner.

Welbeck

Header

vs. Southampton[FAC](A) - Nani corner from the left side is met by O'Shea at the near post. Keeper palms the ball out into Welbeck's path who nods home from inches out.

Right Foot

vs. Stoke City(H) - Welbeck takes the ball downfield from about 40 yards out, closes in on goal and shoots from 25-30 yards out with a screamer that is shot from off-centre right and ends up in the top right hand corner of the goal.

vs. Derby County[FAC](A) - Fletcher plays Welbeck in on the left side of the attacking third after great interplay in the middle. Welbeck bends the ball - Henry-esque - around the keeper into the bottom right corner with his right foot.

 

Re: Manchester United Goalscorers and Assisters 08/09

^^ Last season we had a ton of people asking how this or that goal was scored.. i.e left, right or head.

So this time round it'll be included in the 2nd post of this thread and updated accordingly.

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I was going to ask the board whether you think we'll have the same woeful numbers from midfield in terms of goals this season as we did in the last one?

I'm a bit concerned about it myself personally because we haven't brought any in and what we had there last term was not particularly adept at helping the forwards out.

 

Re: Manchester United Goalscorers and Assisters 08/09

Man, I don't know about goals from Anderson. just yet. The guy seems to be horrendous in front of goal and with his shooting.

I think Nani will again be our top assister, but he's got some way to go to improve his goal return. He got 4 goals last season and only 3 of those in the league and even that was enough for him to be our top scoring midfieder last season

 

Re: Manchester United Goalscorers and Assisters 08/09

Well Fletcher has bettered his entire league total of last season with a single goal in this game..

 

Re: Manchester United Goalscorers and Assisters 08/09

Fletch didn't even get the touch before the OG!

NFT

 

Re: Manchester United Goalscorers and Assisters 08/09

In spirit, sure, but show me a clip where he got the touch that sent it over the line...

it could even be argued that the first deflection of his touch guided it into the net.

 

Re: Manchester United Goalscorers and Assisters 08/09

I am not the: the official Premier League site, both official club sites, the rest of the media, the official fantasy game or the bookies, innit.

I think the dubious goals panel will amend the decision, by the way.