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Wigan 1 - Manchester United 2 Premier League, May 13, 2009 On a wet and filthy night in Wigan, Manchester United never looked assured in the early stages. And they fell a goal behind when a long Cattermole pass towards Hugo Rodallega popped up in the air when Vidic came into challenge, but the Colombian was quicker to regain his bearing when the ball landed to fired inside Van der Sar's near post. With United still looking flat after the break Fergie replace Anderson with Carlos Tevez and within four minutes the Argentine converted with a fantastic touch in box from a Carrick shot. With United upping their tempo as the match progressed finally the Red Devils took the lead when Michael Carrick arrowed a perfect left-footer into the top corner from O'Shea's pass.

Manchester United 1 - Arsenal 0 Champions League semi-final first-leg, April 29, 2009 The hosts started with a high tempo, Ronaldo flashing a cross across the Arsenal box in the early exchanges. Manuel Almunia made a stunning point-blank save to deny Carlos Tevez, and moments later United's pressure paid dividends with John O'Shea arriving in the box to smash home the opener 17 minutes in. Almunia came to the Gunners' rescue midway through the half when the Spanish keeper saved brilliantly to deny a Ronaldo header. Arsenal barely tested Van der Sar in the first half, Cesc Fabregas trying his luck from 20-yards out without success. As Adebayor flashed a shot over the bar for Arsenal midway through the second half, Ronaldo came within inches of adding a second only to see his dipping strike crash against the bar.