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Manchester United
2009–10 season
Manager Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson
Co-chairmen United States Joel & Avram Glazer
Premier League 2nd
FA Cup Third Round
League Cup Semi-finals
Community Shield Runners-up
UEFA Champions League First knockout round
Top goalscorer League:
Wayne Rooney (14)
All:
Wayne Rooney (15)
Highest home attendance 75,169 vs Everton
(21 November 2009)
Lowest home attendance 51,160 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
(23 September 2009)
Average home attendance 72,098
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season is Manchester United's 18th season in the Premier League, and their 35th consecutive season in the top division of English football. Having equalled Liverpool's record of 18 English league titles the previous season, Manchester United will be looking to break that record with an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title in 2009–10. They also have the chance to be the first team since Juventus in 1998 to reach three consecutive Champions League finals.

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Pre-season friendlies

Manchester United announced the first four fixtures of their 2009 pre-season schedule on 14 January 2009, with the team touring Asia for the seventh time since 1995.[1] The 22-man squad first headed out to Malaysia on 16 July 2009,[2] in time for their first fixture two days later against a Malaysia XI at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.[3] United took a 2–0 lead in the first half-hour through Rooney and Nani, but Mohd Amri Yahyah pulled one back on the stroke of half-time before pulling the sides level seven minutes into the second half. Michael Owen then scored his first goal for Manchester United in the 85th minute to win the game for the club.[4] The team was then scheduled to travel to Jakarta, Indonesia, for the first time four days later, where they would play against an Indonesian Super League Select XI at the Bung Karno Stadium on 20 July.[5] However, following the 2009 Jakarta bombings on 17 July, the club cancelled the match.[6] Instead, the team played a second match against the Malaysia XI at Bukit Jalil on 20 July,[7] which they won 2–0 with goals from Federico Macheda and Michael Owen in the first 15 minutes.[8]

They then flew to South Korea for a match against FC Seoul at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on 24 July.[9] After going into the half-time interval 2–1 down, goals from Federico Macheda and Dimitar Berbatov led United to a 3–2 win.[10] The final match of the tour was played in China on 26 July 2009 against Hangzhou Greentown at the Yellow Dragon Stadium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.[11] Although it took more than a quarter of the match before the first goal came, they then began to flow thick and fast as Michael Owen scored a brace, Dimitar Berbatov, Zoran Tošić and Nani got one each, and Ryan Giggs scored a hat-trick from the bench to secure an 8–2 win.[12]

En route from returning from East Asia, the United team travelled to Munich to take part in the Audi Cup on 29 July and 30 July 2009. The tournament, organised to celebrate Audi's 100th year in business, features the hosts Bayern Munich, as well as Milan and Boca Juniors. Four matches are being played at the Allianz Arena in Munich over two days, with United first playing against Boca Juniors.[13] With a 2–1 win featuring a maiden goal for Anderson and a debut goal for Antonio Valencia, United secured a place in the final against Bayern Munich the next day.[14] Both sides played out a cagey goalless draw, meaning that the match went straight to penalties. The score reached 6–6 after seven penalties each before Jonny Evans saw his kick saved by Michael Rensing, allowing Daniel Van Buyten to seal the win for the host team.[15] After returning to England, United played their final friendly of the summer at Old Trafford against Valencia on 5 August 2009.[16] Second half goals from Wayne Rooney and Tom Cleverley secured a 2–0 win.[17]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
18 July 2009 Malaysia XI N 3 – 2 Rooney 8', Nani 28', Owen 85' 85,000
20 July 2009 Malaysia XI N 2 – 0 Macheda 11', Owen 13' 30,000
24 July 2009 FC Seoul A 3 – 2 Rooney 31', Macheda 58', Berbatov 65' 64,000
26 July 2009 Hangzhou Greentown A 8 – 2 Owen (2) 23', 39', Berbatov 30', Tošić 32', Nani 50', Giggs (3) 71', 81', 88' 30,000
29 July 2009 Boca Juniors N 2 – 1 Anderson 23', Valencia 42' 61,000
30 July 2009 Bayern Munich A 0 – 0
(6 – 7p)		 69,000
5 August 2009 Valencia H 2 – 0 Rooney 52', Cleverley 73' 74,311

FA Community Shield

As 2008–09 Premier League champions, United kicked off the 2009–10 season with the traditional annual curtain-raiser, the 2009 FA Community Shield, on 9 August 2009, when they played against 2008–09 FA Cup winners Chelsea. Portuguese international Nani opened the scoring for United in the 10th minute, but Chelsea equalised through his compatriot Ricardo Carvalho seven minutes into the second half. Chelsea then took the lead through a controversial Frank Lampard goal in the 70th minute; with Manchester United in possession, Michael Ballack body-checked Patrice Evra only for the referee to play advantage. With Evra still on the floor, possession then changed leaving United short-handed in defence, allowing Lampard to shoot past Ben Foster in the United goal. With Chelsea leading as the match went into injury time, Ryan Giggs played in Wayne Rooney, who lifted the ball over the onrushing Petr Čech to take the match to penalties. Lampard opened the scoring in the shootout, only for Ryan Giggs to have his kick down the middle of the goal saved by the feet of Čech. Ballack, Carrick and Drogba all converted before Evra's tame effort was held by Čech. That left Salomon Kalou with the opportunity to win the game for Chelsea, which he took with aplomb, smashing the ball into the top corner of the goal.[18] If Manchester United had won, it would have made them the first team to win the FA Community Shield outright three times in a row.[19]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
9 August 2009 Chelsea N 2 – 2
(1 – 4p)		 Nani 10', Rooney 90+2' 85,896

Premier League

The 2009–10 Premier League fixtures were released on 17 June 2009, with Manchester United opening their campaign against Championship runners-up Birmingham City on 16 August 2009.[20] Despite missing several of their first-choice defenders and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, United won the match 1–0 with a first-half goal from Wayne Rooney. The goal came in the 34th minute, when Dimitar Berbatov released Nani down the left. The Portuguese international then crossed for Rooney, whose header ricocheted back off the post to him, allowing him to tap in with Hart beaten.[21]

Three days later, the Red Devils suffered their first defeat of the season, going down by a single goal at Burnley. Still missing key players at the back, United went behind after 19 minutes, as Robbie Blake hit a volley into the top corner of the net after Stephen Jordan's cross was only half-cleared by Patrice Evra. Blake himself conceded a penalty on the stroke of half-time, but Michael Carrick had his kick saved by Brian Jensen, low to the goalkeeper's right. As the Reds – wearing their all-black change strip – searched for an equaliser, the final ball kept evading them and several promising moves came to nothing, leaving United to endure a defeat.[22]

After the mid-week setback, United returned to winning ways at the weekend, beating Wigan Athletic 5–0 at the DW Stadium on 22 August. Despite a goalless first half, Wayne Rooney scored his 100th and 101st goals for Manchester United, either side of one from Dimitar Berbatov. Michael Owen scored his first competitive goal for the club five minutes from full time, before Nani made it five with a free-kick in the second minute of injury time.[23]

United faced their first "big four" opposition of the season on 29 August, when they hosted Arsenal at Old Trafford. Arsenal opened the scoring five minutes from the end of the first half through Andrei Arshavin; the Russian playmaker had been denied a penalty claim moments earlier, but then picked the ball up from Denílson just outside the penalty area and fired a 25-yard strike past Ben Foster. Wayne Rooney won a penalty for Manchester United in the 59th minute, knocking Ryan Giggs' through-ball past Manuel Almunia, who brought the English striker down. Rooney then stepped up to take the penalty himself, and slotted it home to the 'keeper's left. Arsenal responded with a free-kick from Robin van Persie that hit the crossbar, but a United attack immediately afterwards produced a similar free kick, taken by Ryan Giggs, which Abou Diaby headed into his own net. With the final attack of the game, deep into the fifth minute of injury time, Arsenal had the ball in the net again, only for the goal to be ruled out for offside against William Gallas, and the match finished 2–1 to United. For his show of frustration with the offside decision – kicking a water bottle down the touchline – Arsène Wenger was sent off.[24]

After a two-week break for internationals, United returned to Premier League action with an away match against Tottenham Hotspur. Despite United having their first-choice centre-back partnership together for the first time since the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, Spurs took the lead after 38 seconds through a Jermain Defoe bicycle kick. Ryan Giggs levelled the scores in the 25th minute, curling a free kick past Carlo Cudicini in the Tottenham goal, before Anderson gave United the lead with his first competitive goal for the club. In the space of 10 minutes in the second half, Paul Scholes received two yellow cards and was sent off, although the second booking was controversial and later criticised by manager Alex Ferguson.[25] Nevertheless, despite being reduced to ten men, the Red Devils increased their lead to 3–1 as Wayne Rooney slotted the ball through Cudicini's legs for the final goal of the game – Rooney's fifth in five league matches. The result took United to second place in the league table, behind unbeaten Chelsea and ahead of Manchester City, who had a game in hand.[26] Giggs' goal continued his record of having scored a League goal in every Premier League season since the Premier League began in 1992-93, the only player to have done so.

Five days after playing against Beşiktaş in Turkey, United returned to England for a home match against Manchester City, the first Manchester derby of the season. Despite having only just recovered from a knee injury, Carlos Tévez was picked to start against his former team by City manager Mark Hughes (himself a former Manchester United striker). United drew first blood, as Wayne Rooney, in the second minute, scored his sixth goal in as many league games, but Gareth Barry equalised for City less than 15 minutes later after Tévez had forced an error from Ben Foster in the United goal. The score remained at 1–1 going into half-time, but no sooner than Darren Fletcher had restored United's lead, heading in a Ryan Giggs cross four minutes after the break, Craig Bellamy drew City level again as Park Ji-Sung was drawn away by the run of Tévez. After Berbatov had twice been denied by saves from Shay Given, the Bulgarian striker was withdrawn for Michael Owen with 13 minutes left to play. Giggs again provided a cross for Fletcher to head United 3–2 up three minutes later, but with 10 seconds of normal time left to play, Martin Petrov was gifted possession by Rio Ferdinand and played Bellamy in, who scored past the onrushing Foster. The fourth official had already indicated that a minimum of four minutes would be added on to the 90 to account for stoppages, but Bellamy's goal celebration and United's substitution of Carrick for Anderson meant that more would have to be played. Then, in the sixth minute of added time, Giggs played a through-ball for Owen, who clipped the ball over Shay Given to clinch a last-gasp 4–3 win that temporarily sent the home side to the top of the table.[27] Mark Hughes later expressed his aggravation at the fact that United's winning goal had come almost 90 seconds after the added time indicated by the fourth official had elapsed, and television analysis also showed that the referee should have signalled the end of the game one second before Owen's goal had crossed the line.[28]

The following weekend, United made the trip to Stoke-on-Trent to take on Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. After a goalless first half, Ryan Giggs was brought on in place of Nani ten minutes into the second half, and had an almost-immediate impact. Darren Fletcher played a through-ball into the penalty area and into the path of Giggs, who then played a square ball across the edge of the six-yard box to Dimitar Berbatov, allowing the Bulgarian a simple finish. With 15 minutes left to play, Fletcher was bundled over by Rory Delap on the right side of the penalty area. The left-footed Giggs crossed the consequent free-kick into the penalty area, where John O'Shea rose above his marker, Danny Collins, to head the ball past Thomas Sørensen in the Stoke goal. The match finished at 2–0 and, combined with Chelsea's 3–1 defeat by Wigan Athletic the same day, the result meant that United finished the weekend on top of the league for the first time in the season.[29]

The league schedule took United back to Old Trafford for their next game against Sunderland on 3 October. United were one of four teams still protecting a 100% home record in 2009–10, but it was Sunderland who took the lead after seven minutes, as Darren Bent beat Ben Foster from outside the penalty area. It took United until five minutes into the second half to equalise: Dimitar Berbatov volleying John O'Shea's cross home with a bicycle kick. However, parity was short-lived as Kenwyne Jones scored for the Black Cats just seven minutes later. The Sunderland striker went up for a header with Foster, but the two collided and the ball came off the Trinidadian and trickled into the empty net. With six minutes remaining in normal time, Sunderland's former Manchester United winger Kieran Richardson was sent off for dissent, leading to a second yellow card. This allowed pressure from Manchester United to mount, and in the fourth minute of injury time, a shot across the face of goal from Patrice Evra was turned into the Sunderland goal by defender Anton Ferdinand – brother of United defender Rio. The 2–2 result maintained United's unbeaten home record for the season and gave them a one-point lead at the top of the table.[30] However, they dropped back down to second place after Chelsea beat Liverpool the following day.[31]

Another international break followed in the middle of October, from which Wayne Rooney returned with a calf strain, ruling him out of United's next fixture against Bolton Wanderers on 17 October. However, Edwin van der Sar recovered from his hand injury to make his first appearance of the season, while Berbatov returned from the birth of his first child in Bulgaria to partner Michael Owen up front. A header from Owen, diverted into the net by Zat Knight, gave United the lead in the fifth minute, before Antonio Valencia doubled the lead just after the half-hour mark. The Ecuadorian winger played a one-two with Gary Neville to work his way into the penalty area, and then fired the ball past Jussi Jääskeläinen. Matthew Taylor pulled a goal back for Bolton, heading home a cross from Kevin Davies, but it turned out to be the last goal of the game, and United won 2–1.[32] Following Chelsea's 2–1 defeat by Aston Villa earlier in the day,[33] United's win sent them back to the top of the league table.[32]

After returning from a trip to Moscow in the Champions League in mid-week, United travelled down the M62 to take on Liverpool in the first North West derby of the season on 25 October. In the build-up to the game, much media attention had been spent on the fitness of Wayne Rooney, who had missed the club's last two games,[34] and the prospect of Michael Owen facing his former club in Manchester United colours for the first time.[35] Rooney was passed fit on the morning of the game, meaning that Owen started on the bench, while Giggs and Evra also started after missing the match against CSKA Moscow. Liverpool and their manager Rafael Benitez went into the game under great pressure, as they had lost their previous four games and were on the verge of their worst losing streak in 56 years.[36] Liverpool had also been struggling with injuries, with Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson and Fernando Torres all doubtful for the starting line-up. Gerrard was eventually deemed not to be fit enough to play, but Johnson and Torres both started, and it was the Spanish striker who opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Yossi Benayoun, in the side as Gerrard's deputy, played a through-ball to Torres, who outpaced Nemanja Vidić before shrugging off the challenge of Rio Ferdinand and shooting past Van der Sar from a narrowing angle. A few minutes later, Michael Owen was brought on in place of Dimitar Berbatov to a chorus of boos from the Anfield crowd, but the former Liverpool man was unable to turn the game in United's favour. He did manage to draw a foul by Jamie Carragher on the edge of the Liverpool penalty area, for which Carragher received a yellow card, although there were suggestions that the Liverpool captain was the last man and should have been sent off. Vidić was booked for an unnecessary foul on Torres in the 75th minute, and then committed a cynical foul on Dirk Kuyt in the 90th, resulting in his third red card in as many matches against Liverpool. Deep into injury time, Javier Mascherano was also sent off for a second bookable offence – a rash tackle on Edwin van der Sar – but it was Liverpool who had the last word as David N'Gog sealed a 2–0 win with a goal in the sixth minute of injury time.[37] Following Chelsea's win over Blackburn Rovers the day before, the result meant that United dropped back down to second place in the Premier League.[38]

Injuries to Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidić kept them out of United's next league match against Blackburn Rovers on 31 October, meaning that Jonny Evans and Wes Brown would continue their defensive partnership from the League Cup game against Barnsley in mid-week. Dimitar Berbatov found the back of the net in the first half, set up by a square pass from Wayne Rooney, but the goal was ruled out as Rooney was found to have been offside when Nani played him the ball in the build-up. The first legitimate goal of the game came 10 minutes into the second half: Patrice Evra hit a shot from well outside the area, but it was going well wide; Berbatov controlled the ball with one touch before swivelling and shooting into the bottom corner of Paul Robinson's goal. Rooney secured a 2–0 win for United three minutes from the end of normal time, following some neat wing play by Gabriel Obertan – making his Premier League debut – and Anderson. The French winger made his way down the touchline before allowing the Brazilian to take over; Anderson hit a left-footed cross into the area, which Rooney met with a first-time shot.[39] A win for Arsenal in the North London derby earlier in the day had pushed United down to third place in the Premier League table,[40] but the victory over Blackburn returned the Red Devils to second place by the end of the day.

Following the loss to Chelsea, United welcomed Everton to Old Trafford on 21 November. With Berbatov out injured, this gave Michael Owen a spot in the starting 11. Tomasz Kuszczak also started ahead of Ben Foster due to Van der Sar's injury. United had early chances but found it very difficult to put the ball in the back of the net. Everton created few chances and were saved by Leighton Baines and Joseph Yobo in the first 20 minutes as the Toffees held on. United turned possession into goals in the 35th minute when Evra's cross was laid off by the head of Antonio Valencia to Darren Fletcher, who emphatically drilled home a spectacular half-volley past the outstretched and former Red Tim Howard in goal for the Merseysiders. Michael Owen had a half chance to extend the lead for United shortly before half time when he timed his run perfectly to stay onside and latch on to Wayne Rooney's skilful flick. However, he would have done well to score from the tight angle as Howard quickly rushed out to block his shot. Carrick doubled the champions' lead with a low left-foot drive; Giggs' cross found a way back to him after a poor shot from Rooney and took a few touches before he picked out an unmarked Carrick at the edge of the box. Valencia made it 3–0 eight minutes later with a deflected shot off Baines that wrong-footed Howard. Scholes laid it off to him as the Ecudorian made no mistake in wrapping up a comprehensive victory.

Still without their usual back four, the Red Devils then travelled south to a drenched Fratton Park to play rock-bottom Portsmouth. Both Berbatov and Owen were left on the bench, meaning that Giggs and Rooney would start up front together for the first time in the season. Ben Foster's status as Manchester United's third-choice goalkeeper was also underlined as Kuszczak was selected in place of the injured Edwin van der Sar. The Pole was quickly called into action as Portsmouth began brightly, denying Aruna Dindane before an excellent acrobatic save to deny Jamie O'Hara. It took nearly half an hour before United had found the net. Rooney won a penalty after he was fouled by Michael Brown inside the penalty area; he himself stepped up to slot the resulting penalty home despite Asmir Begović tipping the curling ball. Parity was short-lived as Kevin-Prince Boateng equalised for the hosts just eight minutes later via another penalty goal after Serbian international Nemanja Vidić clumsily fouled Frédéric Piquionne. Nevertheless, United put on a master-class during the second half, Wayne Rooney scoring his first hat-trick of the season with another penalty and a superb tap-in. Three minutes from time, Giggs bagged his 100th Premier League goal with a curling free kick on the eve of his 36th birthday.

Three days after a shock 1–0 home defeat to Aston Villa, United were visited by Wolverhampton Wanderers on 15 December. Wolves lasted 30 minutes before falling behind to a Wayne Rooney penalty which was awarded after Ronald Zubar handled Darron Gibson's corner kick. Two minutes before the interval, Nemanja Vidić – skipper for the day – headed United to a 2–0 lead despite Marcus Hahnemann making his best effort to stop the ball crossing the line. In the 66th minute, Antonio Valencia once again wrapped up another 3–0 victory, curling his effort from 16 yards into the top right-hand corner after neat play from Dimitar Berbatov.

United suffered their fifth loss of the season on 19 December, losing 3–0 to Fulham at Craven Cottage. This was their heaviest away league defeat for over three-and-a-half years, when Chelsea clinched the 2005–06 title by beating United by the same scoreline at Stamford Bridge on 29 April 2006.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance League
position
16 August 2009 Birmingham City H 1 – 0 Rooney 34' 75,062 9th
19 August 2009 Burnley A 0 – 1 20,872 10th
22 August 2009 Wigan Athletic A 5 – 0 Rooney (2) 56', 65', Berbatov 58', Owen 85', Nani 90+2' 18,164 3rd
29 August 2009 Arsenal H 2 – 1 Rooney 59' (pen.), Diaby 64' (o.g.) 75,095 3rd
12 September 2009 Tottenham Hotspur A 3 – 1 Giggs 25', Anderson 41', Rooney 78' 35,785 2nd
20 September 2009 Manchester City H 4 – 3 Rooney 2', Fletcher (2) 49', 80', Owen 90+6' 75,066 2nd
26 September 2009 Stoke City A 2 – 0 Berbatov 62', O'Shea 77' 27,500 1st
3 October 2009 Sunderland H 2 – 2 Berbatov 51', Ferdinand 90+4' (o.g.) 75,114 1st
17 October 2009 Bolton Wanderers H 2 – 1 Knight 5' (o.g.), Valencia 33' 75,103 1st
25 October 2009 Liverpool A 0 – 2 44,188 2nd
31 October 2009 Blackburn Rovers H 2 – 0 Berbatov 55', Rooney 87' 74,658 2nd
8 November 2009 Chelsea A 0 – 1 41,836 3rd
21 November 2009 Everton H 3 – 0 Fletcher 35', Carrick 67', Valencia 76' 75,169 2nd
28 November 2009 Portsmouth A 4 – 1 Rooney (3) 25' (pen.), 48', 54' (pen.), Giggs 87' 20,482 2nd
5 December 2009 West Ham United A 4 – 0 Scholes 45+1', Gibson 61', Valencia 71', Rooney 72' 34,980 2nd
12 December 2009 Aston Villa H 0 – 1 75,130 2nd
15 December 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3 – 0 Rooney 30' (pen.), Vidić 43', Valencia 66' 73,709 2nd
19 December 2009 Fulham A 0 – 3 25,700 2nd
27 December 2009 Hull City A 3 – 1 Rooney 45+2', Dawson 73' (o.g.), Berbatov 82' 24,627 2nd
30 December 2009 Wigan Athletic H 5 – 0 Rooney 28', Carrick 32', Rafael 45', Berbatov 50', Valencia 75' 74,560 2nd
Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chelsea 20 14 3 3 45 16 +29 45
2 Manchester United 20 14 1 5 45 18 +27 43
3 Arsenal 19 13 2 4 51 21 +30 41

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup

Manchester United entered the 2009–10 FA Cup at the Third Round stage, and were the last home team drawn on 29 November 2009. They welcomed bitter rivals Leeds United to Old Trafford on 3 January 2010.[41] Leeds reached the Third Round after beating Kettering Town 5–1 after extra time in a replay of their Second Round tie.[42]

With a League Cup semi-final against Manchester City three days later in mind, Alex Ferguson opted for a mix of youth and experience for the Leeds match; the midfield quartet of Gabriel Obertan, Darron Gibson, Anderson and Danny Welbeck had an average age of almost 21, while Gary Neville and Wes Brown started in defence with Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov up front. United went into the game 43 places above their opponents in the league system and started on the front foot; however, it was Leeds who opened the scoring in the 19th minute, when a long ball forward found Jermaine Beckford, who held off Wes Brown before poking the ball past Tomasz Kuszczak in the United goal. In search of an equaliser, Manchester United had two penalty appeals turned down in the second half and both Rooney and Michael Owen missed the target from close range, but the goal never came and the match finished 1–0 to Leeds, their first win at Old Trafford since 1981. The result meant that United had been eliminated from the FA Cup at the third round stage for the first time under the management of Alex Ferguson – they last lost an FA Cup third round tie in 1984, when they were beaten 2–0 by Bournemouth at Dean Court.[43]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
3 January 2010 Round 3 Leeds United H 0 – 1 74,526

League Cup

As one of the seven Premier League sides involved in European competition in the 2009–10 season, Manchester United received a bye to the Third Round of the 2009–10 Football League Cup. The draw for the Third Round took place on 29 August 2009, and gave Manchester United a home tie against fellow Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.[44] The match was played at Old Trafford on 23 September 2009, and Alex Ferguson took the opportunity to give playing time to some of the club's fringe players, including back-up goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak, midfielder Darron Gibson and forwards Danny Welbeck and Federico Macheda, while derby hero Michael Owen was also given a position in the starting line-up. Ferguson also handed squad numbers to young Norwegian duo Joshua King and Magnus Wolff Eikrem. However, United were reduced to 10 men half-an-hour into the match as Fábio was sent off for a professional foul on Michael Kightly, who was through on goal; Ferguson responded by bringing Ritchie De Laet on in place of Macheda. Despite the numerical disadvantage, though, United went one-up in the 66th minute, as Welbeck played a one-two with Owen before firing past Wolves' goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. With ten minutes left in the game, Ferguson gave Joshua King his professional debut, coming on in place of Welbeck. Although King had two opportunities to add to United's lead, the match finished at 1–0 and Manchester United progressed to the Fourth Round of the competition.[45]

The draw for the Fourth Round was made on 26 September 2009, and handed Manchester United a trip to Oakwell to play against Barnsley, who are managed by former United striker Mark Robins.[46] The match was played on 27 October 2009,[47] and the lower-league opposition meant that Ferguson could afford to pick some of the less experienced members of his squad, while summer signing Gabriel Obertan was given his first senior start for the club. Danny Welbeck opened the scoring for United in the sixth minute, heading home Anderson's corner for the only goal of the first half. Michael Owen doubled United's lead with a coolly taken finish 14 minutes into the second half, shooting early past former Manchester United goalkeeper Luke Steele from just inside the penalty area after playing the ball through the defender's legs. Despite a controversial red card for Gary Neville – given more for his follow-through than the actual tackle on Adam Hammill – United held on for a 2–0 win that sent them into the last eight of the competition.[48]

In the draw for the Fifth Round of the competition, held on 31 October 2009, United were given a home tie against Tottenham Hotspur, in a repeat of the 2009 final. The match was played on 1 December 2009.[49] United won 2-0 after a brace from Darron Gibson in the first half. He drove his first goal low into the left side of the net after a pass from Anderson. His second goal came after he hit the ball first time after it becoming loose just outside the box, sending it too far into the right top corner for Heurelho Gomes to reach. Despite a few missed close chances from Dimitar Berbatov, Park Ji-Sung and Kiko Macheda, the score remained 2-0 for the remainder of the match.

The semi-final draw was made on 2 December 2009 and paired United with local rivals Manchester City. The two-legged tie will be the first time in nearly six years that the two sides have met in a cup tie, and the first time in over 40 years that they have played in a semi-final.[50] The first leg was scheduled to take place at the City of Manchester Stadium on 6 January 2010, but although the pitch was playable, snow in the north of England the previous day caused the Greater Manchester Police to advise the postponement of the match for the safety of travelling supporters. The first leg is now scheduled for 19 January 2010 – the original date for the second leg, which will now be played on 27 January.[51]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
23 September 2009 Round 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1 – 0 Welbeck 66' 51,160
27 October 2009 Round 4 Barnsley A 2 – 0 Welbeck 6', Owen 59' 20,019
1 December 2009 Round 5 Tottenham Hotspur H 2 – 0 Gibson (2) 16', 38' 57,212

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League took place in Monaco on 27 August 2009. As one of the top eight-ranked sides in Europe, Manchester United were seeded in Pot 1, meaning they would avoid the three other English sides in the competition, as well as Sevilla, Milan, Bayern Munich and their opponents in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, Barcelona. However, they could still be paired with clubs such as Real Madrid, Internazionale or Juventus, amongst others.[52] Eventually, they were drawn into Group B with three clubs they had never played before: CSKA Moscow of Russia, Beşiktaş of Turkey and Wolfsburg of Germany.[53]

United opened their Champions League campaign with a 1–0 away win over Beşiktaş on 15 September. Paul Scholes headed in the winning goal in the 77th minute after Nani's shot had been saved by Hakan Arıkan. The Portuguese winger cut inside off the left wing, hit a shot that was too hot for the Beşiktaş goalkeeper to handle and the ball rebounded into the path of Scholes, whose header went in off the post.[54]

For the next match, two weeks later, United played host to the German champions, Wolfsburg, at Old Trafford. Wolfsburg began the game strongly, imposing themselves physically on the pitch, but although United had the upper hand by the end of the half, the teams went into the half-time interval at 0–0. After the break, United continued to create chances, but it was Wolfsburg who got the opening goal through striker Edin Džeko. Michael Carrick committed a foul on the edge of his penalty area, but the referee allowed play to continue as Wolfsburg were still in possession. The ball was crossed in by Makoto Hasebe and Džeko rose above Patrice Evra at the far post to head past Tomasz Kuszczak. United responded immediately through a Ryan Giggs free-kick that took a large deflection off Christian Gentner in the Wolfsburg wall, wrong-footing goalkeeper Diego Benaglio, and found the bottom corner of the goal for Giggs' 150th for Manchester United. In the 78th minute, United won a throw-in on the left side, from which Evra found Wayne Rooney. Rooney played the ball in to Dimitar Berbatov in the Wolfsburg penalty area, but the Bulgarian was unable to make room for a shot and laid the ball off to Giggs. Likewise, Giggs could not find a shooting angle and chose to nudge the ball back to Carrick, who curled it into the far corner from outside the area. United protected their lead for the remaining 12 minutes, and the win took them to the top of their group.[55]

For the first of their two matches against CSKA Moscow, on 21 October, United travelled to the Luzhniki Stadium, the venue for their 2008 UEFA Champions League Final victory. However, they were without Ryan Giggs, Patrice Evra, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher and Wayne Rooney, who were all unavailable due to injury. The stadium's artificial pitch had caused some concern prior to the game,[56] but although CSKA were more used to the surface, United also settled on the unfamiliar turf and the match became cagey, resulting in a goalless first half. The match remained goalless until the 86th minute, when Antonio Valencia fired a shot past CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to secure a 1–0 win. The ball was flicked on to Valencia from Nani's left-wing cross by Dimitar Berbatov, and the Ecuadorian's shot was too powerful to stop. The result gave United their first win in six matches against Russian opposition.[57] It also maintained their unbeaten away record in the UEFA Champions League, which stretched back 14 matches to May 2007, when they lost to Milan in the semi-finals. The streak drew United level with Ajax, whose streak was ended by Juventus in the 1996–97 semi-finals.[58]

The return match with CSKA Moscow was played at Old Trafford two weeks later, on 3 November. Following the birth of his first son, Wayne Rooney was dropped to the bench, and United had to continue without their first-choice centre-backs, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidić. Dimitar Berbatov was also absent through injury, meaning that Federico Macheda partnered Michael Owen up front for his first Champions League appearance. After Alan Dzagoev opened the scoring for CSKA with a powerful shot past Van der Sar from a narrow angle in the 25th minute, Owen equalised just four minutes later as the ball broke to him in the goal area and he passed it under the advancing Akinfeev. However, CSKA retook the lead almost immediately through Miloš Krasić, and Vasili Berezutski doubled their lead shortly after half-time. The score remained at 3–1 until the 84th minute, when Gary Neville crossed a free-kick, which deflected off Nani for Paul Scholes to head home. Antonio Valencia then salvaged a draw for United in injury time, firing in a long-range shot that looked to be going wide until it took a wicked deflection off Georgi Schennikov. With Wolfsburg beating Beşiktaş 3–0 in Istanbul, the draw was enough to secure United's passage through to the knockout stage of the competition, although they would have to win one of their two remaining matches to clinch top spot in the group.[59]

United lost their home game 1-0 to Besiktas but clinched first place in their group after beating Wolfsburg 3-1 away. Michael Owen scored all three goals, claiming his first Manchester United hat trick.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance Group
position
15 September 2009 Beşiktaş A 1 – 0 Scholes 77' 26,448 2nd
30 September 2009 Wolfsburg H 2 – 1 Giggs 59', Carrick 78' 74,037 1st
21 October 2009 CSKA Moscow A 1 – 0 Valencia 86' 51,250 1st
3 November 2009 CSKA Moscow H 3 – 3 Owen 29', Scholes 84', Valencia 90+2' 73,718 1st
25 November 2009 Beşiktaş H 0 – 1 74,242 1st
8 December 2009 Wolfsburg A 3 – 1 Owen (3) 44', 83', 90+1' 26,490 1st
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Manchester United 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13
Russia CSKA Moscow 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10
Germany Wolfsburg 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1 7
Turkey Beşiktaş 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 4

Knockout stage

The draw for the first knockout round of the Champions League was made in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 December 2009. United, as group winners, could have faced such teams as Bayern Munich and Internazionale,[60] but were ultimately paired with Milan. This presented the possibility of former player David Beckham facing United for the first time since he was sold to Real Madrid in 2003.

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
16 February 2010 First knockout round
First leg		 Milan A
10 March 2010 First knockout round
Second leg		 Milan H

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
1 GK Netherlands Edwin van der Sar 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
2 DF England Gary Neville 4(1) 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 12(1) 0 1 1
3 DF France Patrice Evra 20 0 0 0 0 0 3(2) 0 1 0 24(2) 0 5 0
4 MF England Owen Hargreaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF England Rio Ferdinand 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 0 0 0
6 DF England Wes Brown 10(1) 0 1 0 3 0 2(1) 0 0 0 16(2) 0 2 0
7 FW England Michael Owen 4(10) 2 0(1) 0 2 1 3(3) 4 0(1) 0 9(15) 7 1 0
8 MF Brazil Anderson 9(3) 1 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 17(3) 1 1 0
9 FW Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov 12(5) 6 1 0 1 0 1(2) 0 1 0 16(7) 6 3 0
10 FW England Wayne Rooney 19 14 1 0 0 0 2(1) 0 1 1 23(1) 15 4 0
11 MF Wales Ryan Giggs 11(2) 2 0(1) 0 0 0 1 1 0(1) 0 12(4) 3 0 0
12 GK England Ben Foster 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 12 0 0 0
13 MF South Korea Park Ji-Sung 4(2) 0 0 0 1 0 2(1) 0 1 0 8(3) 0 0 0
14 MF Serbia Zoran Tošić 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 1 0
15 DF Serbia Nemanja Vidić 13 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 1 7 1
16 MF England Michael Carrick 13(5) 2 0 0 1(1) 0 3(2) 1 1 0 18(8) 3 1 0
17 MF Portugal Nani 6(2) 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 12(2) 2 0 0
18 MF England Paul Scholes 10(2) 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0(1) 0 14(3) 3 8 1
19 FW England Danny Welbeck 1(4) 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 7(4) 2 0 0
20 DF Brazil Fábio 1(2) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0(1) 0 6(3) 0 1 1
21 DF Brazil Rafael 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 2 0
22 DF Republic of Ireland John O'Shea 10(2) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 13(2) 1 0 0
23 DF Northern Ireland Jonny Evans 7 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 13 0 1 0
24 MF Scotland Darren Fletcher 15(1) 3 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0 1 0 18(2) 3 3 0
25 MF Ecuador Antonio Valencia 16(3) 5 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 4(1) 2 0(1) 0 20(7) 7 1 0
26 FW France Gabriel Obertan 1(4) 0 1 0 2 0 1(2) 0 0 0 5(6) 0 1 0
27 FW Italy Federico Macheda 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0 2 0 0 0 4(1) 0 1 0
28 MF Republic of Ireland Darron Gibson 3(3) 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 8(3) 3 3 0
29 GK Poland Tomasz Kuszczak 7 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
30 DF Belgium Ritchie De Laet 2 0 0 0 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 3(2) 0 1 0
31 MF Northern Ireland Corry Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF England Sam Hewson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF England Tom Cleverley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Scotland David Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Northern Ireland Craig Cathcart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 GK Germany Ron-Robert Zieler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF England James Chester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK England Ben Amos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 FW Norway Joshua King 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
42 MF Norway Magnus Wolff Eikrem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 MF England Matthew James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Northern Ireland Joe Dudgeon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF England Oliver Gill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF England Cameron Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF Northern Ireland Oliver Norwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statistics accurate as of match played 3 January 2010[61]

Transfers

United announced early in the transfer window that they had agreed a world record fee of £80 million to sell Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. Shortly after this, they confirmed that Carlos Tévez, who had been on loan with the club for two seasons, had not taken up the offer of a permanent contract. Tévez would later sign for United's local rivals, Manchester City. Lee Martin, Fraizer Campbell, Richard Eckersley and Manucho also left the club.

After the departures of Ronaldo and Tévez, United sought a new striker, and Karim Benzema (who eventually signed for Real Madrid) was one player they courted.[62] Despite the record deal for Ronaldo, United opted for a cheaper deal in the end, signing free agent Michael Owen after his contract with Newcastle United had expired. The signing of a former Liverpool star caused some consternation amongst supporters of both clubs. Antonio Valencia and Gabriel Obertan also joined, and Alex Ferguson announced that his buying for the transfer window was over. However, a few days later, Mame Biram Diouf also signed; the club explained that Diouf was originally going to sign in the next January transfer window, but that they had hurried the signing after other clubs became interested in the player.[63]

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
30 June 2009 MF Ecuador Antonio Valencia England Wigan Athletic Undisclosed[64]
3 July 2009 FW England Michael Owen Unattached Free[65]
8 July 2009 FW France Gabriel Obertan France Bordeaux Undisclosed[66]
30 July 2009 FW Senegal Mame Biram Diouf Norway Molde Undisclosed[67]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1 July 2009 MF Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid £80m[68]
6 July 2009 MF England Lee Martin England Ipswich Town Undisclosed[69]
11 July 2009 FW England Fraizer Campbell England Sunderland £3.5m[70]
15 July 2009 DF England Richard Eckersley England Burnley Compensation[71]
17 July 2009 FW Angola Manucho Spain Real Valladolid Undisclosed[72]

Loan out

Date From Date To Pos. Name Moving To
2 July 2009 30 June 2010 MF Italy Rodrigo Possebon Portugal Braga[73]
30 July 2009 31 December 2009 FW Senegal Mame Biram Diouf Norway Molde[67]
14 August 2009 18 January 2010 DF England Danny Simpson England Newcastle United[74]
14 August 2009 30 June 2010 MF England Daniel Drinkwater England Huddersfield Town[75]
15 August 2009 14 November 2009 GK England Tom Heaton England Queens Park Rangers[76]
18 August 2009 3 January 2010 MF England Tom Cleverley England Watford[77]
14 September 2009 4 January 2010 DF Northern Ireland Craig Cathcart England Watford[78]
18 September 2009 18 December 2009 DF Scotland David Gray England Plymouth Argyle[79]
18 September 2009 18 December 2009 DF England James Chester England Plymouth Argyle[79]
29 October 2009 29 November 2009 GK England Ben Amos England Peterborough United[80]
4 November 2009 4 February 2010 FW England Febian Brandy England Gillingham[81]
13 November 2009 31 December 2009 GK England Tom Heaton England Rochdale[82]

See also

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