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Invincible:
OMFG, losing to Leeds now. Our season is turning into a joke.
Adam Donnelly:
--- Quote from: K.Dub on January 03, 2010, 06:35:52 AM ---God damn I hope City crash n burn!
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Whatever
How good was that match at the swamp today hahahaha
Maybe the Carling cup is now more important for United hahaha
Elano:
--- Quote from: Invincible on January 03, 2010, 07:26:28 AM ---OMFG, losing to Leeds now. Our season is turning into a joke.
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Because Manchester United can win everything even without ronaldo :D
Elano:
Leeds United caused the biggest shock of the FA Cup third round so far with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Jermaine Beckford, the Leeds striker, scored in the 19th minute for the League One leaders as United lost at this stage of the competition for the first time since losing to Bournemouth in 1984.
Beckford struck his fifth goal in three games and 20th of the season when he ran on to a 50-metre pass from Johnny Howson. The striker's poor first touch sent him wide but he managed to angle a shot past Wes Brown and goalkeeper Tomas Kuszczak.
It was the first time Sir Alex Ferguson had suffered defeat in the third round, the stage at which the top clubs enter the FA Cup, since he became Manchester United manager in 1986.
The 9,000 away fans went wild with delight at the end of a thrilling Cup tie which produced the first big shock of the round after a series of predictable results yesterday.
"It was a good long diagonal ball from Johnny Howson and nine times out of ten Jermaine finishes them off and that's what he did," Simon Grayson, the Leeds manager, said. "We gave ourselves an opportunity to go and win the game from there and with a bit of luck here and there we've hung on."
The margin of victory which could have been even greater if Beckford had scored after 78 minutes instead of dragging his shot just wide.
Robert Snodgrass smashed a 25-metre free kick against the United bar two minutes later before goalkeeper Casper Ankergren parried a goalbound effort from Wayne Rooney in stoppage time.
Michael Owen, Dimitar Berbatov and Rooney went close to equalising for Manchester United but Leeds, who needed a replay to get past non-League Kettering Town in the last round, hung on for a memorable victory - their first at Old Trafford since 1981.
Lil White Azz:
I'm shocked! We were bad! :-X
I'm getting lil bit frustrated with Berbatov, he did nothing today, in my opionion...
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