Manchester United 4-2 Blackpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011
Result
Manchester United 4-2 Blackpool
Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Manchester United 4-2 Blackpool: match report
Manchester United beat Blackpool 4-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 May 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Park Ji-Sung opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Park Ji-Sung (21'), Anderson (63'), an own goal by Ian Evatt (74') and Michael Owen (81'). Blackpool scored through Charlie Adam (40') and Gary Taylor-Fletcher (57').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 77 points from 37 and Blackpool 18th on 39 points from 37. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Blackpool 19th with 39.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackpool in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 0 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Blackpool's W-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Park Ji-Sung
- 34'Yellow card · Darren Fletcher
- 40'Goal · Charlie Adam
- 57'Goal · Gary Taylor-Fletcher
- 63'Goal · Anderson
- 69'Yellow card · Michael Owen
- 74'Own goal · Ian Evatt
- 77'Yellow card · D. Vaughan
- 81'Goal · Michael Owen
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Jonny Evans, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Dimitar Berbatov, Nani, Paul Scholes
Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)
Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Alex Baptiste, Keith Southern, Jason Puncheon, Dudley Campbell, Ian Ross Evatt, David Vaughan, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Matthew Gilks, Charlie Adam