Jekyll or Hyde?
Saturday 21st April 2007
Attendance: 75,967
Manchester United 1 Middlesbrough 1
So which Middlesbrough team would appear at Old Trafford, the Jekyll or the Hyde.
Well it looked to be the former when only three minutes into the game Wayne Rooney of all people was allowed the freedom of Manchester to accept a Scholes pass and bear down on the unprotected Schwarzer. As it turned out he overran the ball slightly in going past the keeper but, fortunately for him Kieran Richardson had read the script and hared up alongside Rooney to tap home the opener, presumably to set United on the way to another victory in their pursuit of the title.
But no, Mr Hyde did appear and it was a fine afternoon's performance from "Boro who more than held their own for the remainder of the first-half culminating in Mark Viduka showing good strength and instinct to get in front of Wes Brown to head home the equaliser on the stroke of half-time.
There were chances at both ends in a very open second-half and we can feel rightly aggrieved not to be awarded a late penalty when O'Shea took out substitute Dong Gook Lee before eventually contacting the ball. One of these days we will get our just rewards.
So Man. united have put the ball firmly in Chelsea's court prior to the meeting at St. James' but this was a good all round performance from 'Boro.
So what's the chances of maintaining this form till the end of the season to finish on a bit of a high and leave us all looking forward to next season.
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