Blackpool 2-3 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 25 January 2011
Result
Blackpool 2-3 Manchester United
Premier League · Tuesday 25 January 2011, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Blackpool 2-3 Manchester United: match report
Blackpool were beaten by Manchester United 2-3 in the Premier League on Tuesday 25 January 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Craig Cathcart opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Craig Cathcart (15') and Dudley Campbell (44'). Manchester United scored through Dimitar Berbatov (72'), Chicharito (74') and Dimitar Berbatov (88').
Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 12th on 28 points from 22 and Manchester United 1st on 48 points from 22. Blackpool went on to finish that season 19th with 39 points, and Manchester United 1st with 80.
Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Manchester United's W-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Craig Cathcart
- 44'Goal · Dudley Campbell
- 45+1'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 45+2'Yellow card · Darron Gibson
- 62'Yellow card · Charlie Adam
- 72'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 74'Goal · Chicharito
- 88'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
Team news
Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)
Richard Kingson, Neal Eardley, Alex Baptiste, Craig Cathcart, Elliot Grandin, Luke Varney, Dudley Campbell, Ian Ross Evatt, David Vaughan, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Charlie Adam
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov