The United gets the derby – Christian Ronaldo got red card
Christian applauded the referee after seeing the first yellow.
MANCHESTER .- The United won the derby in the City of Manchester and is still in the struggle to reach Chelsea and Liverpool. The whole Ferguson was reduced in 68 minutes by the expulsion of Cristiano Ronaldo. By then, Rooney had already sentenced the duel (0-1).
The ‘red devils’ dominated the encounter from the start and offered sometimes clear in the boots of Bulgarian Berbabov, the former Tottenham Hotspur, or the English attacker Rooney.
English striker was precisely the gap which the scoring just before the break to score both the 100th of his career. Rooney took advantage of a rejection of City goalkeeper Joe Hart, a shot from Carrick to decide the derby.
The City of Mark Hughes, with the former Real Sociedad Javier Garrido on the eleventh day holder, was always a step behind and despite the expulsion of Christian failed to match the duel. The Portuguese midfielder saw two yellow cards in less than 10 minutes, the second of them by an inexplicable hand, but his team was able to hang with a man less the last 20.
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