Man United gain on Liverpool for second - 10:33 AM, Mar. 13, 2006 |
| Wayne Rooney scored twice as Manchester United beat Newcastle United 2-0 to put some distance between themselves and Liverpool in the race for second place in the English Premiership. Liverpool, who began the day two points behind United in third, slipped back after they were beaten 2-1 at Arsenal, who moved up to fifth, thanks to two goals from Thierry Henry. At Old Trafford, Rooney netted his first after just eight minutes, latching on to Peter Ramage's woefully underhit back-pass before lifting the ball over the approaching Shay Given. Eight minutes later United were two up as the England striker slotted the ball home from just inside the area after a pass from John O'Shea. United missed a host of chances to increase their lead, including Rooney hitting the post after rounding Given but the scored remained 2-0 as Newcastle suffered their first loss in six matches under caretaker manager Glen Roeder. "We could have scored more - we should have," Rooney said. "We should have taken a lot more of our chances and won by a bigger margin but I'm happy to get the two goals. "I'm happy with the first one because it got us up and running, but it's always nice to score any goal. I've been playing well enough although I haven't been scoring. I thought I did well, the whole team did well, and the only disappointing thing was not to score more." At Highbury, Henry put Arsenal ahead with a sweet right-foot curled effort after 21 minutes after a superb pass from Cesc Fabregas, but Liverpool could have been level at the break had Luis Garcia or Peter Crouch done better with their chances. Henry squandered two good chances to double Arsenal's lead and Dietmar Hamann made a fabulous tackle to deny another goalscoring opportunity. Liverpool brought on Robbie Fowler in search of the equaliser and though he was not involved directly, the change did the trick as Steven Gerrard fired in a shot that Jens Lehmann could only parry and Garcia outjumped Kolo Toure to head into the empty net. Xabi Alonso was then sent off for a second yellow card ten minutes from time and Liverpool's woes were compounded when Gerrard played a terrible back-pass straight to Henry, who rounded Jose Reina to score the winner. In the day's other game, Darren Bent scored both goals - the second in the last minute - as Charlton Athletic beat Middlesbrough 2-1. |
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