Manchester United 4-1 Charlton Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Friday 2 May 2003
Result
Manchester United 4-1 Charlton Athletic
Premier League · Friday 2 May 2003, 22:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
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Manchester United 4-1 Charlton Athletic: match report
Manchester United beat Charlton Athletic 4-1 in the Premier League on Friday 2 May 2003. It was 3-1 at half-time.
David Beckham opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Manchester United's goals came from David Beckham (11'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (31'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (37') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (53'). Charlton Athletic scored through Claus Jensen (13').
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 77 points from 36 and Charlton Athletic 9th on 49 points from 36. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Charlton Athletic 12th with 49.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Charlton Athletic.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Charlton Athletic's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 11'Goal · David Beckham
- 13'Goal · Claus Jensen
- 31'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 37'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 53'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 87'Yellow card · Jonathan Fortune