EPL - Manchester United v. West Brom
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Good morning footy fans! I'm David Esposto and my sincerest of apologies for the delay in getting the blog underway. Nonetheless, welcome to theScore Live Blog's continuing coverage of the English Premier League. Today's blog features Manchester United welcoming West Brom to Old Trafford.
Can United continue their winning ways? Tune in to find out! -
Here are your starting XIs, formations and available substitutions for both sides:
Manchester United (4-2-3-1): De Gea, Smalling, Evans, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Cleverley, Young, Kagawa, Welbeck. Subs: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Giggs, Hernandez, Van Persie, Buttner, Scholes
West Brom (4-2-3-1): Foster; Jones, McAuley, Tamas, Ridgewell; Thorne, Brunt; Rosenberg, Dorrans, Odemwingie; Long. Subs: Myhill, Lukaku, Morrison, Jara Reyes, Fortune, Dawson, El Ghanassy. -
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45 mins: West Brom have a free kick now after Evans fouls Shane Long. Brunt to deliver from the right, on the stroke of half-time....
Brunt swings it into the area with his left foot. United clear from the diving header, but Cleverley commits a foul on the edge of the area. Second consecutive set piece opportunity for the visitors... -
45 + 1 mins: Brunt delivers but what a disappointing effort from such a great position. Hit straight into the wall. No height. No pace.
Referee then blows for half-time. After 45 minutes from Old Trafford, it's United 1 West Brom 0. A Gareth McAuley own goal gives the home side the lead heading into the half. -
RT @MUFCOFFICIAL: Half-time: Manchester United 1 - 0 West Bromby theChanManMixer via twitter 12/29/2012 3:48:22 PM -
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RT @UnitedHeaven_: HT Score: Manchester United 1-0 West Brom. Good performance so far, Young and Kagawa best players in my opinion. MUFCby Thulani Shabangu via twitter 12/29/2012 3:52:21 PM -
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59 mins: United continue to pry as Young gets up and tries to latch onto a cross with a header, but West Brom clear. The visitors push up and Odemwingie does well to get past Smalling, he squares it and finds Dorrens outside the area, but United block the effort. Corner, West Brom.
Brunt delivers, but Evans does well to clear the header, as United clear there lines. West Brom finally coming to life. -
61 mins: What a miss by Young, a pure air shot! Valencia finds him virtually unmarked in the area, and sends in a cross on the floor, but Young whiffs on the chance. United win a corner, a bit contentious, but given anyway. Cleverley then has the ball on the right, but its won by West Brom, as they push up the pitch.
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Come on Lukaku, 25 minutes to make an impact for West Brom and take some points away from Manchester United!!by alrickbrown via twitter 12/29/2012 4:25:18 PM -
69 mins: West Brom with a throw just inside the United half, from the right. Evra is then whistled for a handball, as the visitors continue to apply pressure. Jones tries to latch onto a through ball, but Evans maintains control. He can't keep it out for a corner though.
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70 mins: West Brom come close from the corner! The corner is driven in from the right and McAuley gets his head on the ball and it hits the underside of the bar! United are lucky there, but they clear the danger.
West Brom win the ball back again and they're turning up the pressure. WBA look more threatening now than they have at other point in the match. -
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