Morgan Amaltifano and Saido
Berahino saw West Brom win at Old Trafford
for the first time in 35 years as they beat
Premier League champions Manchester United
2-1 on Saturday. The Baggies, whose last triumph at Old
Trafford was a 5-3 success in the old First
Division in 1978, inflicted a third defeat in six
league games on David Moyes’s United that
left the hosts a lowly 12th in the table. French midfielder Amaltifano, on loan from
Marseille, opened the scoring with a fine solo
effort just after the hour. Wayne Rooney pulled the home side level with
a free-kick but England Under-21 international
Berahino scored the Baggies’ second goal to
earn a well-deserved win. United substitute Marouane Fellaini had an
effort rightly ruled out for offside and the
hosts, who have not scored from open play
since the first day of the season, created few
chances. Before the match, United manager Moyes
referred to last Sunday’s humbling 4-1 defeat
at Manchester City as “embarrassing” and just
four players that started that game were in the
Scot’s line-up for the West Brom clash. West Brom’s cause was hampered when Scott
Sinclair, a winger on loan from City, limped off
after just 12 minutes. The visitors were finally sparked into life when
Stephane Sessegnon burst past Shinji Kagawa
and into the area from a short free-kick only
for United’s Michael Carrick to clear at the
second attempt. The Premier League champions finally
threatened when Anderson picked out Nani
with a raking pass and the Portuguese winger
clipped in an impressive cross that just evaded
Javier Hernandez for West Brom goalkeeper
Boaz Myhill to gather. Nani always looked dangerous and sent over a
free-kick that found Rooney only for the
striker to head straight at Myhill. Just before the half hour, West Brom created a
fine opening when Liam Ridgewell found
Amalfitano on the left flank and the
midfielder’s cross was glanced just wide of
goal by Berahino.
Anderson also had a low drive held by Myhill
and Rooney headed over as United tried to end
their first-half frustration. United always looked more comfortable on the
break and one quick counter-attack from
Kagawa ended with the Japan midfielder
crossing for Anderson to head against the bar. A one-touch passing move then saw Anderson
thread the ball through for Kagawa and he eked
out the space for a shot only for the midfielder
to fail to stretch Myhill. Jonas Olsson flicked on a corner shortly before
the break and Sessegnon thumped well off
target from just a couple of yards as the
visitors passed up another opportunity. Belgian youngster Adnan Januzaj came on for
Kagawa at the interval but fine work from
Sessegnon opened up United once again
shortly after the restart. The Benin forward cut inside Alexander Buttner
and Jonny Evans before feeding Berahino,
whose low drive was turned wide by goalkeeper
David de Gea. However, West Brom scored eight minutes into
the second period when Amalfitano picked the
ball up on halfway, slipped past Rio Ferdinand
and waited for de Gea to commit before lifting
the ball over the keeper. But the lead lasted just four minutes, with
Rooney clipping in a free-kick from the left
that was missed by Hernandez but flew into the
far corner. Youssef Mulumbu thumped a shot narrowly
wide from just outside the area as West Brom
showed they were not finished. From an Amalfitano corner shortly afterwards
Olsson beat Ferdinand to the ball and his
header bounced away off the bar. Amalfitano threatened with a bending free-
kick that was pushed away from the top corner
by de Gea. But midway through the second period, the
visitors took the lead again when Sessegnon
clipped a ball to Amalfitano and youngster
Berahino hit a powerful effort into the bottom
corner. Fellaini came off the bench and turned in from
Nani’s pass but was rightly ruled offside before
Carrick and Januzaj failed to equalise with late
efforts.(AFP)
Berahino saw West Brom win at Old Trafford
for the first time in 35 years as they beat
Premier League champions Manchester United
2-1 on Saturday. The Baggies, whose last triumph at Old
Trafford was a 5-3 success in the old First
Division in 1978, inflicted a third defeat in six
league games on David Moyes’s United that
left the hosts a lowly 12th in the table. French midfielder Amaltifano, on loan from
Marseille, opened the scoring with a fine solo
effort just after the hour. Wayne Rooney pulled the home side level with
a free-kick but England Under-21 international
Berahino scored the Baggies’ second goal to
earn a well-deserved win. United substitute Marouane Fellaini had an
effort rightly ruled out for offside and the
hosts, who have not scored from open play
since the first day of the season, created few
chances. Before the match, United manager Moyes
referred to last Sunday’s humbling 4-1 defeat
at Manchester City as “embarrassing” and just
four players that started that game were in the
Scot’s line-up for the West Brom clash. West Brom’s cause was hampered when Scott
Sinclair, a winger on loan from City, limped off
after just 12 minutes. The visitors were finally sparked into life when
Stephane Sessegnon burst past Shinji Kagawa
and into the area from a short free-kick only
for United’s Michael Carrick to clear at the
second attempt. The Premier League champions finally
threatened when Anderson picked out Nani
with a raking pass and the Portuguese winger
clipped in an impressive cross that just evaded
Javier Hernandez for West Brom goalkeeper
Boaz Myhill to gather. Nani always looked dangerous and sent over a
free-kick that found Rooney only for the
striker to head straight at Myhill. Just before the half hour, West Brom created a
fine opening when Liam Ridgewell found
Amalfitano on the left flank and the
midfielder’s cross was glanced just wide of
goal by Berahino.
Anderson also had a low drive held by Myhill
and Rooney headed over as United tried to end
their first-half frustration. United always looked more comfortable on the
break and one quick counter-attack from
Kagawa ended with the Japan midfielder
crossing for Anderson to head against the bar. A one-touch passing move then saw Anderson
thread the ball through for Kagawa and he eked
out the space for a shot only for the midfielder
to fail to stretch Myhill. Jonas Olsson flicked on a corner shortly before
the break and Sessegnon thumped well off
target from just a couple of yards as the
visitors passed up another opportunity. Belgian youngster Adnan Januzaj came on for
Kagawa at the interval but fine work from
Sessegnon opened up United once again
shortly after the restart. The Benin forward cut inside Alexander Buttner
and Jonny Evans before feeding Berahino,
whose low drive was turned wide by goalkeeper
David de Gea. However, West Brom scored eight minutes into
the second period when Amalfitano picked the
ball up on halfway, slipped past Rio Ferdinand
and waited for de Gea to commit before lifting
the ball over the keeper. But the lead lasted just four minutes, with
Rooney clipping in a free-kick from the left
that was missed by Hernandez but flew into the
far corner. Youssef Mulumbu thumped a shot narrowly
wide from just outside the area as West Brom
showed they were not finished. From an Amalfitano corner shortly afterwards
Olsson beat Ferdinand to the ball and his
header bounced away off the bar. Amalfitano threatened with a bending free-
kick that was pushed away from the top corner
by de Gea. But midway through the second period, the
visitors took the lead again when Sessegnon
clipped a ball to Amalfitano and youngster
Berahino hit a powerful effort into the bottom
corner. Fellaini came off the bench and turned in from
Nani’s pass but was rightly ruled offside before
Carrick and Januzaj failed to equalise with late
efforts.(AFP)
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