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00:00Middlesbrough hosted a Manchester United side who were looking to edge nearer to a sixth Premiership crown
00:05Borough, managed by former United favourite Brian Robson, were unbeaten in their last seven matches
00:12United were eight points clear of second-place Liverpool and determined to continue their stranglehold on the Premiership
00:19Middlesbrough fielded the same team that had defeated Tottenham 3-2 in their last fixture
00:24Fit again, Jean-Luca Fester had to make do with the place on the bench
00:27Gary Pallister was injured, so Borough went with a three-pronged attack of Andy Campbell, Brian Dean and Hamilton Ricard
00:35Sir Alex Ferguson kept faith with the same team that had started against Real Madrid in the Champions League
00:41Ferguson was fielding his strongest side as the Red Devils looked to secure the league title before concentrating on retaining their European crown
00:51A noisy Riverside Stadium, your match commentator is Ian Dark
00:58Middlesbrough in their traditional red kit to get us underway
01:07Jepp Stam and Mark Bosnisch with a nice early touch
01:14This is Paul Ince who will want to do particularly well, he was in good form at White Hart Lane last week
01:22Six trophies in his time as the governor at Old Trafford
01:27gems
01:46Here's Sculls, to Beckham
01:49York is on the near post, cross doesn't find it but here's Sculls!
01:53And well seen and well helled
01:55In the end by goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, he might not have got too clear a view of that
02:07Erwin
02:12Good covering to deny Dwight York, Fester the substitute getting across quickly
02:25Oh
02:37Cole
02:39Oh
02:51Giggs got a lucky bounce how lucky we'll see now York denied by Schwarzer
03:01Well, that was a vital save from the goalkeeper
03:05I
03:08Was a good work too by Foster it now Fester in there
03:12Schwarzer claims it again
03:14Goalkeeper whose error at Old Trafford when these two sides met allowed David Beckham to score in the very last minute
03:21It was one of the goalkeeping howlers of the season, but he's already made a couple of good saves tonight
03:26Oh
03:31Ricard helping it in there and
03:39Well, they're on fire at the moment Middlesbrough
03:45An early 21st birthday present for the England under 21 international Andy Campbell
03:56The ball
03:58bounces up
03:59Ricard and Campbell first to react
04:03Manchester United
04:05Just a little dithery here
04:07One or two chances to clear
04:09And that's well fit
04:12Sylvester's throat
04:19York across the skulls
04:22Schwarzer only half gets that and Andy Cole misses it and is wondering how
04:32It honestly didn't look that difficult for him to turn it in
04:41He just rather snatched it big chance there for Andy Cole's
04:46200th career league goal in club football
04:52Into the last five minutes of a fascinating
04:55Incident packed opening half at the riverside tonight Middlesbrough one Manchester United nil
05:04United eight points clear in the title race going into this one ahead of Liverpool, but not quite home and hosed just yet
05:17Beckham
05:21And
05:30It's back defending
05:39Can United strike late in this first half Gary nibbles long throw bounces an awful long way and York's header
05:47Had to get all the pace on the ball himself, but it was really the direction that was missing more than anything here
06:05Paul Durkin says get back there. That's where I'm telling you the ball went out of play
06:12Allowing no nonsense at all
06:17Well, that's it I make it three minutes played so does the referee blows his whistle a
06:24Halftime scoreline here at the riverside an interesting one Middlesbrough one Manchester United nil
06:39Keen making a forward run
06:42They're obviously going to try to spring him from midfield positions, he's already scored 12 this season
06:48He's one of the leading scorers in the Champions League in fact with six Roy Keane
07:07Barra may have a lot of defending to do here
07:11And
07:17Here's Gary Neville
07:20with a long throw
07:22gigs and they've equalized
07:25straightaway Manchester United level
07:29And it looked a half-hit shot that maybe Mark Schwarzer
07:34Didn't completely say was he unsighted
07:37Just what United wanted
07:41Went through a lot of players this might give you a better idea
07:46Yeah, I think Schwarzer saw that late
07:49It came out from behind Dwight York. Yes it did
07:55And Ryan gigs
07:57With the goal to put Manchester United on level terms
08:03And that goal coming
08:05And that goal coming within a minute or so of the restart
08:09In fact somebody who's had a watch on it reckons. It was 55 seconds
08:15And here are United again with Andy Cole
08:23He's not just in the mood at the moment is he Andy Cole, but Barra
08:29Absolutely caught out here Cole in behind them
08:33And that could and probably should have been 2-1
08:43Pendulums just swung the other way though in this second half
08:47Dwight York going down this time
08:55And it was almost an arm lock with Vickers
08:58Very very physical Dwight York whose
09:02Goal ratio is better than that of Andy Cole's since he joined Manchester United
09:08Now it's Beckham long way out even for him, but he might fancy it
09:22He doesn't fancy it he tries to chip gigs
09:25How did that stay out
09:29It just needed a touch
09:34No doubt about it gigs meant it as a shot
09:36It seems to have taken some kind of deflection on the way through
09:39I must say that escaped me
09:43But that's hit a Middlesbrough boot somewhere
09:49And it's a goal
09:51But that's hit a Middlesbrough boot somewhere
09:55And whoever it was
09:57Maybe that was a little miracle for Middlesbrough
09:59Here comes the corner kick
10:01Free header for York
10:03Away by Ince
10:06And Middlesbrough
10:08Just riding their luck back there
10:10But look at Andy Campbell here wants to take them all on
10:12And he's got the speed too
10:15It's a solo run from Andy Campbell
10:18But it's destined to end in a cul-de-sac
10:23Well he'd have needed to do a Michael Owen against Argentina
10:26Wouldn't he
10:27To have scored there now
10:28Let's have a look at this incident again
10:29The ball chipped out
10:31Giggs drives it
10:33And it did hit a Middlesbrough
10:35Foot on the way through
10:36It might have been that of Fester
10:48Paul Sculls
10:52Manchester United
10:54At the moment looking in command
10:57Beckham
10:59Oh that's a lovely ball
11:01It's Cole
11:02That'll do
11:032-1 to Manchester United
11:07Andy Cole's
11:09200th goal
11:11In club football
11:13And within a quarter of an hour of the restart
11:16Manchester United
11:18Have turned this round
11:20Middlesbrough had a deserved lead at the break
11:22Beautifully set up by Beckham
11:25And Andy Cole
11:26At last
11:27Gets the radar right
11:30Middlesbrough 1
11:32Manchester United 2
11:3422nd of the season
11:36For Andy Cole
11:39Crowd tonight is 34,000
11:41Crowd tonight is 34,475
11:46Beg your pardon, 775
11:50Which is not Borough's biggest of the season
11:53That was against Liverpool
12:00Andy Cole
12:05Keane
12:06Now Sculls
12:08Good save and well held too
12:10By Schwarzer
12:12Stretching that
12:13Six feet five inch frame
12:17Now here is
12:18Juninho
12:19On loan here from Atletico Madrid
12:21Until the end of the season
12:22But the word is
12:24He
12:25Will not be kept on
12:28It's Masto that comes off
12:29So a defensive midfield player
12:31Ball winning type midfield player off
12:34And a very much attacking
12:36Midfield operator on
12:38In the Brazilian
12:42Here's Brian Dean
12:45Juninho
12:49Easily hustled out of it by Stam
12:54Look at Beckham in space here
12:56Is he gonna let one go?
12:59He does
13:01He almost seemed reluctant to do it
13:03David Beckham it was
13:05The kind of angle he usually relishes
13:07I remember him exploding one into the roof of the net
13:11On the last day of last season against Tottenham
13:13From almost exactly there
13:23Here's Beckham's corner
13:25And he'll have a chance for another one
13:37Schwarzer
13:44Schwarzer seemed to be impeded
13:48Nothing given
13:49Giggs back in again
13:50He really got a hold of it as well
13:55Giggs towards the back post
13:57And Vickers has to give away the corner
13:59I must say my impression
14:00As that corner came over
14:01Was that Schwarzer
14:03The Middlesbrough goalkeeper
14:04Was being impeded
14:07Oh and that's a cracking goal
14:11From Scholes
14:15Yet another one
14:16From his locker
14:17Of magnificent strikes
14:25Well this one is hit
14:26Like an absolute tracer bullet
14:30Whack
14:33Scored a screaming volley at Bradford
14:37A couple of weeks back
14:38And look at that
14:41Dear oh dear
14:42That almost took the back of the net off
14:47Eleven this season
14:48For Scholes
14:50And five in his last
14:52Three premiership games
15:02Now here's Paul Ince
15:05Brian Dean
15:07Brian Dean
15:10Ince again but very hard going for Baranau
15:13Who
15:14To be honest with you
15:15Can hardly get a touch
15:17Not a significant one anyway
15:24And understandably
15:25Just a little dispirited
15:27Middlesbrough now
15:32Just as they did against West Ham United
15:34They're not in such spectacular
15:36Fashion Manchester United
15:37Have punished a side
15:40Who have taken the lead against them
15:46One by Henningberg in the air
15:48Flicked on by Cole
15:49Trying to pick up York
15:50It's a mistake by Vickers
15:52It's Dwight York
15:53And
15:54Somehow it stays three
15:59Well he loves to smile
16:01Dwight York
16:03But it might be a smile
16:04Of embarrassment there
16:06Vickers will be more embarrassed
16:08And very relieved
16:16Campbell
16:18Another Barra corner
16:19Spirited rally here
16:21From the home side
16:28And if they were just to sneak one
16:31Who knows
16:33Well Beckham's missed it completely
16:35And off the line somehow
16:38The goalkeeper came for that Bosnage
16:42It was an air shot from him
16:45It bounced off but
16:46And Campbell
16:48And off the line
16:51Well astonishing developments in there
16:57It's good to see the two players
17:00Having a bit of crack about it
17:02Somebody wants to get on the pitch
17:03And join in
17:05Here's the corner
17:06Bosnage has missed it again
17:07And Barra have got one
17:08With Paul Ince
17:09Would you believe
17:11Scores against Manchester United again
17:15Handball says Bosnage
17:17Who's goalkeeping on those two crosses
17:20Left plenty to be desired
17:23Was there a bit of hand by Ince
17:25Referee doesn't think so
17:27Well it might have been off his shoulder
17:30But the goal stands
17:31Well it certainly wasn't handball
17:33Looking at that
17:35It just ricocheted off him
17:373-2
17:39With
17:42A little over three minutes to go
17:47Suddenly that miss by Dwight York
17:50Looks a bit expensive
17:53And United
17:54Who may well have been in the comfort zone
17:57Have got some work to do
18:00Have got some work to do
18:02Here's Nicky Butt
18:06And a chance for number four
18:07Is that offside
18:08It looked it
18:10It looked offside from Quentin Fortune
18:16And the goal's been given
18:19Well we've got uproar here now
18:22Every Middlesbrough player
18:24Thinks that was offside
18:26Quentin Fortune
18:27Scored it
18:28And I must say
18:30There was a very strong suspicion of offside
18:33But was he offside when the ball was played through
18:42High drama
18:45The goal is given
18:47Paul Durkin says goal
18:52Andy Campbell having a lot to say
18:54Andy Campbell having a lot to say
18:58Now let's have a look at this and see if we can untangle it
19:01Nicky Butt
19:04Look keep your eye on Fortune
19:06In the middle there
19:07Now he was definitely onside
19:10And give all the credit in the world to the
19:13Assistant
19:15Who kept his wits about him
19:24Middlesbrough
19:25Feeling aggrieved
19:28A heated
19:29Emotive finish here
19:38Free kick to Middlesbrough
19:41But it surely is beyond them now
19:434-2 behind
19:44Ricard on the turn
19:45Good effort
19:54Quentin Fortune by the way
19:56His second league goal for Manchester United
19:58He got one
19:59Against Bradford earlier in the season
20:01Scored two in that World Club Championship
20:04Three minutes to be added on here
20:17Here's Campbell
20:20Wide forward
20:21Juninho
20:22Wide forward
20:23Juninho
20:26Splendid stuff so far from Juninho
20:28And look at that
20:30What a goal
20:31From the little Brazilian
20:34It's an incredible finish here
20:374-3 now would you believe
20:43A really amazing night at the Riverside
20:46This one
20:47Juninho
20:48Nutmegged
20:49But
20:50And then
20:51Bent his shot
20:52Into the corner of the net
20:55This game has
20:57Exploded into some
20:58Unexpected life
20:59Late on
21:00Fester's header
21:02Curtis Fleming
21:05United will want to keep the ball
21:07Keep the ball
21:18Colen Vickers
21:21In a rather
21:22Unseemly heap
21:24Game over
21:25Manchester United
21:26Have the three points
21:28Middlesbrough three
21:29Manchester United
21:30Four
21:32Middlesbrough's seven game unbeaten run
21:34Coming to an exciting end
21:36The team stabilised
21:37During the final run in
21:38And lost only
21:39One of their remaining
21:40Six fixtures
21:41They eventually finished
21:42In 12th place
21:43On 52 points
21:45Manchester United
21:46Were never truly
21:47Threatened at the top
21:48Of the premiership
21:49And cruised to their
21:50Sick title
21:51Scoring for fun
21:52And invincible at home
21:53They were in
21:54A class of their own