Fulham 0 Manchester United 3 (Hargreaves 15, Park 44, Davies 72 og)
A routine victory with a non-routine side against relegation bound Fulham meant the gap at the top was reduced to a solitary point. Rooney and Ronaldo were rested and United had such depth of squad that United were still far too good for the London team. 
From the start United played with pace, power and purpose. When United go at teams from the start, they usually win. The big question is why they don’t do it more often, particularly in Europe. On five minutes, Saha was put clear through on goal, but sliced his shot horribly wide. They didn’t let Fulham go when United won a freekick on the edge of the area. In the absence of Ronaldo, Owen Hargreaves struck an excellent curler into the net for his first goal.
From then on it was a cruise and the game ended as a contest when Park put away an excellent header on the stroke of half time. Scholes used his experience and class to make a great run to the byline, pulled back an excellent cross that Park slammed home.
United’s final goal was an unfortunate own goal by Simon Davies. As he was running back to cover, he managed to run onto the ball and kick it into his own net.
Man of the Match
Paul Scholes. Ran the game with excellent passing, and the combination of Scholes and Hargreaves looked good.
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Fulham v Manchester United
As the title race is so tight, each game for Manchester United is a must win. United are three points behind Arsenal and Chelsea are still on our heals. Fulham, however, have the opposite problem down at the wrong end of the table. The three points on offer are needed just as much by Fulham.
United team news
Ryan Giggs is the only doubt with a calf strain. With such a strong squad, United can cope easily by either drafting in a like for like replacement in Park or Nani, or add another central midfield and play with a three strong forward line of Tevez, Rooney and Ronaldo. Against a team like Fulham, I think a 4-4-2 would be best.
Fulham team news
New signing Jari Litmanen will miss out after a heart scare as will suspended Leon Andreasen. However, Fulham are a much better team with the return from long term injury victims Brian McBride and Jimmy Bullard.
Previous Meetings
The reverse fixture this season saw United comfortably win 2-0 on a Monday night at Old Trafford with both goals coming from Ronaldo. Last seasons fixture at Craven Cottage was a season defining 1-0 win with a late late winner from that man Ronaldo again.
Form guide and analysis
Fulham have one win in 15 games whilst United have lost one in 11 and United are going for a seventh straight win over Fulham and everything points to a United win, except that struggling sides have a habit of scraping results from nothing. Unlike Derby Fulham are not dead and buried yet and have returned to some sort of form with the return of the excellent Bullard. However, do not despair if United are not winning with 10 minutes to go. United have a habit of getting late goals and Fulham have got a habit of conceding late, including last weeks game against West Ham.
Prediction
2-0 to United.
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