United 1 Sunderland 0



The most unlikely of heroes rescued United from an embarrassing 0-0 draw against 18th-placed Sunderland at Old Trafford on Saturday evening.

Nemanja Vidic scored his eighth United goal, and surely his most important, in the 91st minute to keep United in touching distance at the top of the table.The Serbian was first to react after Michael Carrick’s deflected shot bounced off the post and back across goal, with Black Cats stopper Marton Fulop stranded.The visitors, rattled on Thursday by Roy Keane’s exit, certainly didn’t show too many signs of crumbling completely. They defended doggedly and would have been delighted to take a point off the English and European champions.

Nemanja Vidic Goal