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| In Bad Kompany(3/17/04) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Manchester United was well on their way to victory until a defensive lapse by their 17 year old Belgian defender, Vincent Kompany conceded an own goal in the 67th minute of Wednesday's game. Unfortunately for United, that cancelled out Ruud van Nistelrooy's opening goal just 4 minutes into the game. The scoring was opened when Harry Kewell found Louis Saha down the right side, but his shot was parried by Toldo, but van Nistelrooy was there to slide the loose ball into the net. Things appeared great for United being up 1-0, in a very evenly matched game, but then in the 67th minute, a Joseba Etxeberria run into the ride side of the | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| box, ended in a Etxeberria shot deflecting of Kompany and going far corner over the frozen Tim Howard. It was a very unlucky incident for the visitors at Villa Park. Cristiano Ronaldo earned Man of the Match honors but the "Big 3" notched only one goal between them up front. On the flip side, Aston Villa must be pleased with the draw due to the absence of Raul because of injury. Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo(Rating 9/10) Manchester United Howard 8 Helguera 7 Kompany 7 (OG-67') O'Shea 9 C. Ronaldo 9 Keane(C) 6 Makelele 7 Kewell 8 Saha 8 A(1)-4' van Nistelrooy 8 G(1)-4' Shevchenko 7 Aston Villa Toldo 8 Mancini 7 Candela(C) 4 Lucio 7 Samuel 5 Joaquin 9 Pizarro 8 Jenas 8 Denilson 9 Nihat 7 Etxeberria 7 |
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