OT 100 Moments & The Old Trafford Story - Centenary Special Thread

[sir_otz]

OT 100 #100: Derby epic



There have been some incredible Manchester derbies down the years, but none can match the fare served up by the city's Red and Blue factions on 20 September 2009...

What The Papers Said

"Never mind 'Welcome to Manchester', Mark Hughes and his City revolutionaries arrived somewhere new yesterday. It was somewhere cruel, tough and unfair but somewhere they look as if they may eventually feel at home. It is that place at the real peak of football where you discover that raging competitive will and stupendous ambition isn't always enough against the best around; against the teams who have been through all the rough and tumble of life at the top before."
John Dillon, Daily Express

The Background: After a summer of spending rivalled only by Real Madrid, cash-rich Manchester City had announced to the Premier League that they were ready to challenge for honours. Talk abounded of an inter-city power shift, not least because of the defection of Carlos Tevez and the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo. When the fixture list served up an early-season Manchester derby, the city had never known hype like it. When the Blues rocked up at Old Trafford, intent on knocking the champions off their perch, M16 was abuzz with expectation.

The Occasion: A giddy pre-match hum became baritone boos for the emergence of Tevez, before quickly scaling the heights of ear-stinging euphoria when Wayne Rooney skipped past two challenges to open the scoring inside two minutes. In a pattern which would last almost the entire match, however, United's good work was soon undone by catastrophic defending. Ben Foster was caught in possession by Tevez, allowing Barry to level and City to dictate play for much of the first half.

After the break, however, inspired largely by a breathtaking wingplay display from Ryan Giggs, United were utterly dominant. But, after Giggs had crossed for Fletcher to score, Craig Bellamy exposed space between midfield and defence to lash home a fine leveller. After Fletcher had seemingly headed home the winner on 80 minutes, Bellamy struck a stunning equaliser as injury-time began, capitalising on poor play from Rio Ferdinand and Foster to slip a shot inside the near post.

As City's supporters crowed long and loud about snatching an undeserved point, their players' celebrations tacked a further stoppage onto the alotted four added minutes. Midway through the 96th minute, one last punt forward from Rooney was cleared only to Giggs, who picked out substitute Michael Owen in acres of space.

The predator's perfect first touch killed Giggs' equally flawless pass, allowing him to stab home an unerring finish and send Old Trafford wild with delight.

The Aftermath: City manager Mark Hughes, naturally, was livid with the additional injury time in which United scored, but Sir Alex Ferguson was delighted to have put one over the Reds' local rivals in such dramatic fashion. "For us it’s unusual to accept that they’re top dogs in terms of media attention," he said. "But sometimes you have a noisy neighbour and you have to live with it.

You can’t do anything about them, they keep making noise, but what you can do - as we showed - is get on with your life. Put your television on and turn it up a bit louder!"

[sir_otz]

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[hellangelboyz]

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[sir_otz]

101 tahun sudah Old Trafford berdiri... menjadi saksi suka dan duka Red Army
Meski pernah hancur oleh bom Nazi, tapi dapat kembali megah kokoh berdiri....

Semoga di Theater of Dream ini... Manchester United dapat terus berjaya, meraih banyak trophy dan terus mencuptakan sejarah...

Happy birthday Old Trafford...

[renandez]

Originally Posted by sir_otz

101 tahun sudah Old Trafford berdiri... menjadi saksi suka dan duka Red Army
Meski pernah hancur oleh bom Nazi, tapi dapat kembali megah kokoh berdiri....

Semoga di Theater of Dream ini... Manchester United dapat terus berjaya, meraih banyak trophy dan terus mencuptakan sejarah...

Happy birthday Old Trafford...

Sangat layak kalo julukannya "theatre of dream" dengan sejuta ato semilyar kisah suka dan duka dan menjadi saksi kejayaan united
Happy birthday OT

[Ozzie Manchunian]

happy birthday Old Trafford.....

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