The Manchester Derby 04-05 [R]

Ronaldo will now be free to run at Jordan, who is already on a yellow card.

 

Scholes fouls Sibierski. Free kick.

 

Saha's ball is punched by James, the Wright-Phillips breaks but Keane does well and Carroll stops a corner.
Next attack, and City win a corner.

 

Willo Flood's ball goes wide. Throw. It was a poor corner by Anelka.
Then Saha claims a penalty, but City break through Flood.

 

Game is much more open now.
Wright-Phillips almost gets in, but Heinze gets it away.

 

Ronaldo's cross goes off Jordan for a corner. Towards Giggs, but then over Saha's head. City clear, but United come again. Ronaldo finds Smith, but the header is weak. City clear.

 

Attendance: 67,863.
Saha is flagged offside from Giggs' flick.

 

Ronaldo on the edge of the box, but he;s well tackled by the impressive Jordan. Corner United, towards Keane but it's cleared.

 

Again, Ronaldo wins a corner of Jordan. United need to use their set-pieces better. Distin heads this one behind for another corner.

 

Giggs corner is cleared for a United throw. Ferdinand finds Heinze, but his ball under pressure from Flood goes straight to David James.

 

Saha breaks to the byline, but good defending by Distin as the ball is cleared for a throw. Dunne clears to Flood.

 

Giggs is tackled by Dunne, who gets the ball to James who clears under pressure.
Scholes breaks in, well saved by James, and Smith can't capatilize. Smith gets a yellow card for a foul on Bosvelt, and is lucky to stay on the pitch.

 

Exactly. And he's therefore better than any of United's other midfield options.

 

Jordan and Distin combine well to get the ball back to James, and Rooney starts warming up.

 

Ronaldo crosses for Saha, and Dunne does brilliant to head behind.

 

Smith with a bicycle kick, deflected wide for a United corner.

 

Smith's shot was in fact cleared off the line by McManaman.

 

Saha tries to find Scholes, and Jordan concedes yet another corner. Heinze gets to the corner, but can't get anything on his header. Then a poor cross and it's a Manchester City goal kick.
City can't get out of their own half.

 

Great flick from Ronaldo, but Saha is offside.