Manchester United v. Fulham – English Premier League Live Tweetstream

Well, due to certain arrangements falling through and promises not being fulfilled, I find myself homeless for the moment. No matter. That’s what personal blogs are for!

Anyway, Manchester United have had their share of problems at Fulham as of late, losing big in each of their last two trips to Craven Cottage. United got off to a great start, defeating newly-promoted Newcastle on Monday. Fulham, however, have been trying to find their way under new manager, and former United forward Mark Hughes. A third straight win against United would definitely go a long way towards righting the ship.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Big fixture for United today. Craven Cottage has been a house of horrors for them as of late.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – No Rooney for United today, so we’ll get a good look at Chicharito. Evra is back after his knock last week.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Danny Murphy has scored in each of the last two home defeats of Manchester United. Also, no Schwarzer for Fulham.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Chicharito prays at the center circle and looks amped up. Berbatov is nonchalantly adjusting his pads. That’s appropriate.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – By the way, Newcastle 6-0 Aston Villa might be the most shocking result I’ve seen so far. More than Blackpool over Wigan.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Scholes has had a rough time at Fulham the last couple of years. Sent off two years ago and gave away a goal last year.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Not loving Van der Sar’s purple kit. He should always wear green. It suits him better.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Ill-advised back-pass from Evans and Van der Sar needs to show off his fancy footwork to get it away.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Valencia goes on the attack and leaves it for Scholes, but they get a little crossed up and Scholes overruns it.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Park with some great hustle and wins back in the Fulham box. He gets it to Berbatov, who tries a one-two with Fletcher.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Great opportunity for Berbatov as he volleys Chicharito’s volley goalward, but Stockdale makes a great save. Mark who?

#Fulham, #ManUtd – GOAL! Corner to United and they set up Scholes outside the box and he puts it past Stockdale. Typical Scholes.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Scholes always seems to get one of those early in the season when people aren’t quite wise to it.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Davies comes back and puts one just over the crossbar. I believe this is United’s first lead here in three years.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Michaels Owen and Carrick are on the bench today. Looking forlorn, I’m sure.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Fletcher has his back to goal and sets up Chicharito. He tries a shot, but it’s wide of the post.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Fulham look a little disorganized right now. Being behind to United at home is a new feeling for them.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Dempsey tries a speculative shot from distance. Unfortunately for him, Van der Sar holds onto it, unlike one Rob Green.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Evans with a great header away to break up a pass to Zamora. Vidic delays his clearance and Fulham have a corner shout.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Poor giveaway from Hughes and Chicharito passes it wide to Berbatov. He goes for the near post, but Stockdale covers it.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Zamora with a great chance as he gets between O’Shea and Evans and heads it just wide of the post.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – One thing we know about United is that they can get caught on defense. Zamora almost made them pay right there.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Murphy skies his shot, ending a good bit of possession for Fulham.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Zamora spins away from Evans and looks like he might have a chance. Evra comes over and Zamora goes down. No penalty.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – That was Scholes’s 150th goal, tying him with Ruud Van Nistelrooy. He is 6 behind Giggs and 13 behind Mark Hughes.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Berbatov with half-a-chance, but he can’t get his header down. Seems to be a recurring problem with Berbatov.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Van der Sar saves Utd as Etuhu is in but is denied twice. Wow! He had the entire net to shoot at, but gets a glove on it.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Can’t believe Etuhu didn’t score there. I’m sure Etuhu can’t believe it, either.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Fabio Capello is in the house. Sitting with Hugh Grant. I hear Grant has more of a chance to make the squad than Becks.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Much better from Fulham in the last 10 minutes or so. Really asking a lot of questions of the United defense.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Valencia tries to thread it through to Berbatov, but the Bulgarian can’t control it. Valencia then picks up a booking.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Murphy wipes out Scholes. He doesn’t complain about the late tackle, but then again, how could he?

#Fulham, #ManUtd – So, is Rafael Van der Vaart coming to United? Who knows? I’m sure Carrick is praying it doesn’t happen.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – But hey, if it means we get to see more of Sylvie Van der Vaart, then all the better!

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Sloppy clearance by Vidic and Dempsey gets it on the edge of the box. It’s well over the bar, so Vidic is off the hook.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Vidic goes down holding his head after no contact at all. Maybe he hears his wife screaming at him for staying in England.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – There’s the whistle and it’s halftime. Good recovery from Fulham and United probably need another goal or two.

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#Fulham, #ManUtd – Apparently, the Fulham guys all changed their shirts at halftime. Maybe that’s why they couldn’t score. Too much starch.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Rafael Van der Vaart says he’s staying at Real Madrid, but you can’t always take people at their word. I should know.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Ball bounces around like a pinball and Scholes has a chance. His shot is blocked and Fulham go on the counter. Corner.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Duff sends a nice cross towards Hughes in front of goal, but it’s just over his head.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – According to the commentators, Hughes hasn’t scored in 6 years. Even Alan Smith feels sorry for him.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Zamora leads the counter attack and he slots a pass through towards Duff. He can’t get to it, though.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Free kick to Fulham in a dangerous area. Evans is all over Zamora, but Scholes gets called for the foul.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – It’s further out than I originally though. Zamora’s shot hits the wall and his return effort is well off the mark.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – GOAL! Duff gets past Evra and sends it to Zamora, who beats Evans easily. He slices it back to Davies, and he scores!

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Fulham deserved a leveler. United need a goal and not sure if Chicharito is the one to provide it. He hasn’t looked good.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Chicharito gets a good chance to shoot, but he puts his effort over the bar. Will we see Michael Owen?

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Hughes takes Dempsey off in favor of new-signee Moussa Dembele.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Dembele goes down from the challenge of Vidic and he wants a penalty, to no avail. Welcome to the EPL.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – The replay shows Vidic got away with a pretty blatant shirt-pull. Lucky man. Should have been a penalty.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Park comes off for Nani. United almost get something out of nothing as Evra’s cross careens off Scholes and forces a save.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Nani with a nice pass into the box to Berbatov, and he turns and fires a tame shot on goal.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Evans gets caught out again and he has to foul Zamora before he can get behind him and thru on goal. Yellow for Evans.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Very poor afternoon for Evans. Don’t think he deserved red on that one per “last defender” rule, but he’s been bad today.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Murphy tries a shot from distance, but Van der Sar makes the diving stop. Fulham seem to be growing in confidence.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Giggs and Owen are on for Valencia and Chicharito. Time to prove yourself, Mikey.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Nani with a long cross for Giggs. He scored on a volley like this against Newcastle, but this time he doesn’t.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Free kick on the edge of the box for United. Nani takes it and it’s just over the crossbar.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Etuhu gets in some space in the United box, but he uses his hand and is caught. Henry, he isn’t.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – United are gifted a corner and Vidic sends in a header that is well wide of the post.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Almost a goal for United as Zamora sneaks past Evans and flashes his shot just wide of the far post.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Jonny Evans must have had a rough night. Murphy comes off for Fulham in favor of United old boy Jonathan Greening.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Vidic gets another header off the corner and it’s wide of the post once again.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Nani forces another corner from the right side. He’s been a force since coming on.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – GOAL! United’s second-leading scorer from last season finally shows up. Own goal off the corner and it’s Hangeland.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – I was hoping Own Goal would show up today. He was great for United last year.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Hand-ball in the box on Duff, and Nani’s penalty is tame. Fair result since Duff shouldn’t have been penalized for that.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Duff was trying to jump out the way of the ball and it brushed against his hand. Clearly not a penalty.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Another handball shout, this time on O’Shea in the United box. It looks like it his buttocks, though. Good no call there.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – GOAL! Hangeland redeems himself as he heads it past Van der Sar! What a match!

@Fulham, #ManUtd – Great header from Hangeland. He had both Vidic and Berbatov on him.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Nani’s penalty miss looms large now, and United need another goal. Who will step up? Berbatov? Owen? Own-Goal?

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Evans gets caught out again by Zamora. Vidic cleans up the mess, but Evans will need therapy after this match.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Perfect opportunity for Fulham to bring in their supersub, and former United boy, Erik Nevland. Too bad he’s gone.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Corner to Utd and this could be their last chance. Nothing doing and that’s it! United just can’t win at Craven Cottage.

#Fulham, #ManUtd – Great match, but a bad result for United. It’s obviously early in the season, but you don’t want to drop too many points.