Rooney hits four as Man Utd go top
Manchester United go two points clear at the top of the Premier League after Wayne Rooney scored all four goals in the 4-0 demolition of Hull at Old Trafford.
However, Sir Alex Ferguson will be well aware that close rivals Arsenal and Chelsea have one and two games in hand respectively.
Rooney stared the rout after only seven minutes but then completed the scoring with three goals in the last eight minutes to take his tally for the season to 20.
Other than a Nick Barmby effort that Edwin van der Sar turned wide, there was little threat from the visitors.
Further encouragement for United was the impressive return of Rio Ferdinand after three months out with injury.
Less palatable was the home fans voicing their anger at United's owners, frequently chanting "Glazers out" in protest at the scale of the club's debt and their perception the Americans are holding the club back.
The England striker opened the scoring when he slotted in a rebound after Paul Scholes' shot was beaten away.
Keeper Boaz Myhill saved a Nani free kick only for Rooney again to pick up the pieces.
The hat-trick was a header from a Nani cross and number four was a low shot on the stroke of full time.
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| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Feb 11th | |||
| Manchester United | Liverpool | 2 - 1 | 12:45 |
| Everton | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | 15:00 |
| Swansea City | Norwich City | 2 - 3 | 15:00 |
| Aston Villa | Manchester City | - | 15:00 |
| Fulham | Stoke City | 2 - 1 | 15:00 |
| Blackburn Rovers | Queens Park Rangers | 3 - 2 | 15:00 |
| Bolton Wanderers | Wigan Athletic | 1 - 2 | 15:00 |
| Sunderland | Arsenal | 1 - 2 | 15:00 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Newcastle United | 5 - 0 | 17:30 |
| Sun Feb 12th | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | West Bromwich Albion | 1 - 5 | 13:30 |
| Aston Villa | Manchester City | 0 - 1 | 16:00 |
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| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 60 |
| Manchester United | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 58 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 53 |
| Arsenal | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 43 |
| Chelsea | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 43 |
| Newcastle United | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| Liverpool | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 39 |
| Norwich City | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 35 |
| Sunderland | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| Everton | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 33 |
| Swansea City | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 30 |
| Fulham | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 30 |
| Stoke City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 30 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 29 |
| Aston Villa | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 28 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 21 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 21 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -21 | 21 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | -22 | 20 |
| Wigan Athletic | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -27 | 19 |
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Comments (37)
do you know that even hull city and wolves can go to the top of the league?????????
if they play all their games and manu chelsea arsenal liverpool don't play a single game...
it would look like this...
1.hull played 36 points 30
2.arsenal played 00 ponis 00
3.......
4.............
and so on.......
therefore bpl champions hull city
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Why ManUtd will win everything?
1. They have a striker like Berbatov who has scored one goal more than Vermaelen already.
2. They have a pighead like Rooney who can score hattrick against medicore teams like Portsmouth and Hull City.
3. They can play competitive football and just lose by 1 goal against a 3rd tier team like Leeds at their own ground, Old Toilet.
4. They have bought Ronaldo and Tevez.
5. Carrick, Nani, Anderson, Macheda makes the best midfield in Europe. I mean all the ***** Europe. Got it???
6. Old Van Der Sar gets injured timely. They have the best goalkeeper in EPL to cover that, Foster who is the fifth choice goalkeeper in England squad which is full of world class goalkeepers like Robert Green and only Spain's fifth choice goalkeeper like Almunia can become the regular keeper.
7. They have only 700M in debt, less than any European club. They have made 17M profit this year which makes the debt 717M only.
8. They lead the table by 2 points and they have 2 games in hand. So Chelsea and Arsenal can't overtake them.
9. If they feel they can't win the EPL, they will bribe the EPL like always, which will only add some multi-millions to their debt. But its no problem for ManUtd.
10. They have injury gods like Ferdinand and Vidic.
11. Their fans are beggars like themselves.
Why ManUtd will win everything?
1. They have a striker like Berbatov who has scored one goal more than Vermaelen already.
2. They have a pighead like Rooney who can score hattrick against medicore teams like Portsmouth and Hull City.
3. They can play competitive football and just lose by 1 goal against a 3rd tier team like Leeds at their own ground, Old Toilet.
4. They have bought Ronaldo and Tevez.
5. Carrick, Nani, Anderson, Macheda makes the midfield in Europe.
6. Old Van Der Sar gets injured timely. They have the best goalkeeper in EPL to cover that, Foster who is the fifth choice goalkeeper in England squad which is full of world class goalkeepers like Robert Green and only Spain's fifth choice goalkeeper like Almunia can become the regular keeper.
7. They have only 700M in debt, less than any European club. They have made 17M profit this year which makes the debt 717M only.
8. They lead the table by 2 points and they have 2 games in hand. So Chelsea and Arsenal can't overtake them.
9. If they feel they can't win the EPL, they will bribe the EPL like always, which will only add some multi-millions to their debt. But its no problem for ManUtd.
10. They have injury gods like Ferdinand and Vidic.
11. Their fans are beggars like themselves.
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