Please feel free to laugh here! Kenny Miller gave Wolves the shock result of the Premiership season to dent Manchester United's title hopes. Miller's measured second-half finish stunned the champions and revived Wolves' hopes of avoiding relegation. Sir Alex Ferguson's side dominated possession, but Miller raced clear to score in the 66th minute. United, who lost injured Rio Ferdinand as he starts an eight-month ban, were also fortunate when veteran former midfield man Paul Ince struck a post. Wolves boss Dave Jones will hope he result can ignite a revival from a side many have already written off as doomed to relegation. But for United it was a desperate result and gives fresh hope to the chasing title pack. They were without Ryan Giggs with a back injury, but it did not stop Ferguson's side virtually dominating possession for the entire first half. Ruud van Nistelrooy, predictably, was the major threat as Wolves were forced to mount a lengthy rearguard action. He sent an overhead kick narrowly over the bar, and was then guilty of an uncharacteristic miss four minutes before the interval, heading over the bar from virtually on the goal-line. And yet it was Wolves who came within inches of taking the lead in the 48th minute when former United star Ince struck the post with a measured right-foot drive from 25 yards. United suffered a blow seconds later when Ferdinand, struggling with a knee injury after a 14th minute collision with Kenny Miller, was finally forced to limp out of the action, being replaced by Wes Brown. For all United's supremacy, Wolves goalkeeper Michael Oakes had been well-protected until he was forced into a fine diving save from Paul Scholes' close-range effort. Wolves had shown great resilience to hang on, and their efforts were rewarded when they took a dramatic lead after 66 minutes. Miller picked up a ball from a loose United throw-in, evaded Brown with surprising ease, and slid a cool finish past Tim Howard. United boss Ferguson was stung into action, replacing Phil Neville with Diego Forlan. It was another United substitute David Bellion, on for Darren Fletcher, who almost provided the equaliser with 16 minutes left when he worked space inside the penalty area but was denied by Oakes. But Wolves held on to spark scenes of mass celebration inside Molineux at the final whistle. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3385515.stm
Man United had plenty of scoring chances..Bellion,Scholes,and Van Nistelrooy had scoring chances. And yes,of all teams,it had to be Wolves. It's been 180 minutes since Man Utd has scored a goal.....
I saw the game and I too couldn't believe that Man Utd couldn not score a goal with that overwhelming domination of ball possession. V. Nistelrooy missed a pretty easy header right in front of the goal. Although I saw the replay like 3 times, who was the Man U defender who fell down allowing Miller one-on-one with Howard to score the game winner? Was that Silvestre? BTW, Bellion looks like he's going to be a pretty damn good forward.
There's the thing that people may overlook. Wolves went to Old Trafford in August, 3rd match of the season, after the disasters against Blackburn and Charlton, and only lost 1-0 on a 10th minute header off a corner kick. Wolves forced Tim Howard to make some decent saves, and they really created more chances than United in that one. Despite the record, Wolves have shown flashes this season that make you think "hey, one result to right the ship, and we've got a decent shot at staying up" I thought the comeback against Leicester in October was that moment, but it didn't turn out that way. Now... 1-0 against the defending Champions, and Liverpool coming in on Wednesday...Things may turn around yet.
I hope they win on Wednesday. Wolves have a game in hand over the 5 teams straight above them, and a win will take them to within one point of being out ofthe relegation zone. I like Wolves (doesn't everybody that don't support West Brom?) and hope they survive. A bad loss, yes. An embarrasing loss, yes. But are Wolves a team I don't mind beating us as much as others? Also yes.
Embaressing !! That was the worst game i have ever seen Manchester United played in my life .After 14 years of supporting Man Utd i've seen games where they lost heavily , example when Chelsea beat us 5-0 . we played better in that game and look at the result . Alex ferguson's ARROGANCE seem 2 be rubbing off on the whole team . They played as if they don't wabba score a goal now. it looked as if they were saying lets not score now so the game can be a little more interesting . If we can't take care of Wolverhampton how can we beat the likes of Real Madrid or a Bayern Munich is we happen to face them in the Champions League. I'm so disappointed i had a soccer game to play today and didn't go because i felt so angry and disappointed in the result !!! My country is ranked #133 in the FIFA Rankings and with Manchester United's performance Saturday they couldn't even defeat the WORST team in our LOWEST DIVISION yesterday !!!
teams like Wolves just make me sick and with the result saturday it's gotten worse!!! they only seem to have strtenght to play teams like Manchester United . they approached both games as if they weren't newly promoted and that's a good thing . but when they played Arsenal and Chelsea they looked so SCARED . i don't understand this .
Wolves played very well in this game, chased and harried, tactically well organised and played some tidy football at times.
perhaps Arsenal and Chelsea's players didn't treat the match as if it was a foregone conclusion. Comments like "we should have been talking about how many goals we've scored" from Fergie hardly hint at ideal preparation. They took it easy and were punished. Serves 'em right.
Re: Embaressing !! I agree with every word you said,and you know your football. IMO we took Wolves far too lightly "they approached both games as if they weren't newly promoted and that's a good thing . but when they played Arsenal and Chelsea they looked so SCARED . i don't understand this" They were out there to tear Man United a new *#*#*#*#*#*#*#. In the UK (maybe it's like this everywhere),you either love Man United or you hate Man United.
"teams like Wolves just make me sick and with the result saturday it's gotten worse!!! they only seem to have strtenght to play teams like Manchester United . they approached both games as if they weren't newly promoted and that's a good thing . but when they played Arsenal and Chelsea they looked so SCARED . i don't understand this ." Sorry sweetheart, We have the best HOME record outside the top three in the premiership. Just think we could of had six point off man utd this season. You are just bitter....Get over it.
Man Utd have a bad day and the world is falling in. Forgive me if I smile. The team were missing some experienced players through injury (Neville, Giggs and then Ferdinand), one that has been sold (Beckham) and Ferguson continues to perplex me by insisting by playing one up front. Youngsters like Ronaldo and Fletcher or journeymen like Fortune can't be expected to just step in and replace these guys who have a wealth of experience, whether you think Beckham is a one-trick pony or not. Combine these problems with a committed defensive display from Wolves and an inexplicable one-yard miss from Van Nistelrooy (somethings going on, didn't Owen miss from a yard last week?) and there you have it. And just think, it could have been worse, Ince's shot might have gone in rather than hitting the post!
Well, Solskjaer is injured as well and was seen as this season's first choice right winger, and he has experience, is an excellent crosser of the ball, and can also score as well.
Re: Embaressing !! Worst game in your life?! Hell, IMO this wasn't even their worst match this season. I think Utd's non-effort away to Southampton tops the list.
I'm not a fervent Utd supporter, but did anyone else notice how much difficulty Utd. had staying on their feet? They didn't seem to be at their best anyway, but Wes Brown fell at a fatal time and I saw several others who slipped to lose possesion and even during shots. It's almost like they got their stud selection wrong? Didn't see Wolves having problems.