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Manchester united have claimed the second part of their run at a historic quintuple of trophies as they beat Tottenham in a penalty shoot-out to claim the Carling Cup on Sunday.

United had already won the World Club Cup but were made to work for their prize as an even match offered few chances.  However, it was United, just slightly the better team on the day, who held their nerve to win 4-1 in the shoot-out.

After playing  a cagey 120 minutes of football that left both sets of layers exhausted, the referee blew for the end of extra time which meant only one thing - penalties. 

Ryan Giggs was first up for United but he overcame the pressure to drill the ball home off the inside of the post.  The responsibility then fell to Jamie O’Hara to level the scores, but United keeper Ben Foster clawed away the powerful spot kick.  Carlos tevez then made it 2-0 before David Bently’s miss signalled the end for Harry redknapp’s men.  Although Vedran corluka was able to score for Spurs, the shoot-out was ended after Cristiano Ronaldo and then Anderson emphatically slotted home.

Spurs, the defending champions looked dispondant as Anderson’s winning kick found it’s mark, but they can hold their heads high for matching the european champions in almost every department for over 2 hours of football.  Radknapp’s men infact, enjoyed the better of the chances and if not for some wastefull finishing from Aaron Lennon could have won the match in regulation.

It was not to be however and with one swipe of Anderson’s left boot, united had claimed phase two in their quest to five trophies this season.

Can they achieve this monumantal task? Leave your comments below.

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Ronaldo thrashes home his lethal winner

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a truly emphatic free kick to sink Blackburn rovers and Send Manchester United 7 points clear at the top of the Premiership.

United were heading towards two dropped points, being held 1-1 after conceeding their first premiership goal in over 23 hours of football to a tidy Roque Santa Cruz finish. 

Wayne Rooney had put the hosts ahead after tapping in Nani’s cross for his fouth goal in his last four games.  Twenty minutes later however, Rovers were level after a mistake from Paul Scholes and John O’Shea allowed Santa Cruz to race clear before slotting home past Tomasz Kuszkzak. 

Then, cometh the hour, cometh the man.  Cristiano Ronaldo first won the freekick, which was 30 yards out and on a tight angle, then rifled it past Paul Robinson’s outstratched hand to earn 3 points for his team.

This may have been just one of many free kick goals from Ronaldo, but may have be his best, not to mention his most important.  No less than 18 hours after Ronaldo had won the pointd for United, title rivals Liverpool drew at home to Manchester City, a result that puts an 11th league title within reach of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Next up for Ronaldo and the Red Devils - a trip to the San Siro to take on Italian giants Internatzionale Milano.  Ronaldo will be looking to prove that he is still the world’s best player as he comes up against Swedish superstar Slatan Ibrahimovic for the very first time.

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Real Madrid still want Cristiano Ronaldo.  This is hardly a revelation, but stand-in president, Vicente Boluda is explicitly adamant that Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester to join the Spanish giants in Madrid.

Boluda beamed with confidence that both Juande Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo would be at the club in 2010,

Will this be the last year we see Ronaldo in red?

 despite reports that Ramos would be fired.  “I would like to extend Juande’s stay at the club, but I can’t do it if none of the candidates request it.

“And as for Cristiano, I see him playing at the Bernabeu in the near future,” he added.

This latest claim coming out of the Spanish capitol must surely rile United boss Sir Alex Ferguson after he has repeatedly stated that Ronaldo is not for sale.  Still, it would seem that Fergie is happy to remain silent over this matter, taking the moral high ground over a club that has shown little respect for their Northern neighbours.

Ronaldo, also has remained silent and has been playing well in a star studded United team.  United are pushing for an unthinkable 5 trophies, as they sit atop the premiership, in the Carling Cup final and in the latter stages of both the FA Cup and Champions League.

Here at Christianoronaldovideos, we wish to report all news related to the world player of the year, and in the process, do so in an honest, impartial way.  As such, I would just like to plead with Ronny to stay at Old Trafford, and stay clear of that career graveyard that they call Real.  Stay, win many trophies, become a United legend.

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Manchester United looked like champions once again as they tore apart a forlorn West Bromwich side at the Hawthornes. 

United took the lead through Dimitar Berbatov’s angled drive in the 22nd minute before goals from Carlos Tevez and Nemanja Vidic made it 3-0.  Cristiano Ronaldo then put a shine on the score by netting twice, the second from an audacious no-look pull back by Ryan Giggs.

Giggs, who turned 35 in November put in his second man of the match performance in four days as he partnered Michael Carrick in the heart of the United midfield.

Before kick-off United were handed a boost by the inclusion of Rio ferdinand and Ji-Sung Park in the starting lineup.  Ferdinand and Park were expected to miss at least another week but were declared fit to play before the match.

United were in scintilating form and looked like true world champions as they completely out classed West Brom.  The win gave United a three point cushion atop the Premier league while Edwin Van Der Sar kept his premiership record eleventh clean sheet.  The United stopper has not conceded a goal for 1,032 minutes since Samir Nasri scored the winner for Arsenal in the 2-1 defeat in November.

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Manchester United reached the final of the Carling Cup after beating a determined Derby County side 4-2 (4-3 agg) at old trafford on Tuesday. 

Derby led 1-0 after the first leg of the semi-final tie but were still considered extreme underdogs going into Tuesday’s match.

Nani struck first for United with an outstanding 35 yard strike that Roy Carroll was unlucky not to keep out.  Minutes later United took the lead in the tie for the first time as John O’shea evaded the Derby offside trap to slot home his first goal since 2007 and a Carlos Tevez header made it 3-0 (3-1agg).

Derby improved after the break and got back into the game as Giles Barnes scored from the penalty spot after Paul Green was fouled by Johnny Evans.  Derby’s joy was shortlived though as Tevez was fouled by Carroll and Cristiano Ronaldo slotted home the ensuing spot kick. 

At 4-1 on the night and 4-2 on aggregate, Darby could have been forgiven for thinking the match was over but to their great credit battled to the end and got their just reward as Barnes stroked in a superb 25 yard free-kick.

In truth United were never really under pressure and seemed as though they were happy to sit back and conserve energy.  The win puts United in the final to face the winner of Wednesday’s match between Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley.

The win was soured slightly as United suffered three injury blows, with Nani, Anderson and Evans all facing lengthy spells on the sidelines.

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