West Ham 4 United 0

From one extreme to another, United followed Saturday’s 7-1 Barclays Premier League hammering of Blackburn Rovers with a disjointed 4-0 Carling Cup quarter-final defeat away to West Ham, surrendering the Reds’ two-year grip on the trophy and ending a 29-game unbeaten run in all competitions for Sir Alex Ferguson’s men.

West Ham, playing with the shackles off from their struggles against relegation in the league, looked hungrier and certainly more organised than United, who could conjure none of the verve and magic of the weekend’s demolition of Sam Allardyce’s side, and instead at times seemed intent only on defensive self-destruction.

Despite United’s success in this competition in recent years it still does not top the list of priorities, but that will not soften the blow of a frustrating and disappointing night in East London as United missed out on a 13th appearance in the semi-finals of the League Cup.

For the trip to a snow-capped Upton Park, Sir Alex made ten changes from the team that so freely took Blackburn apart at Old Trafford, with only Anderson surviving from the weekend’s starting XI. Although there was widespread change in the United ranks, the team still boasted plenty of senior men, with Anderson joined in central midfield by Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher.

An early flurry of West Ham possession quickly gave way to a spell of United dominance, and the Reds had the first chance after seven minutes following a series of raids down the right side. After several attempted crosses, John O’Shea’s sidefooted ball found Gabriel Obertan. The Frenchman took two touches to create space for a shot, which Rob Green brilliantly tipped onto the post. Javier Hernandez slid in at the far post for the rebound, but James Tomkins beat the Mexican to the ball.

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United 7 Blackburn 1

A cakewalk, a canter, call it what you will: United, inspired by a sublime Dimitar Berbatov performance, tore Blackburn apart at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The Bulgarian netted an incredible five times as the Reds smashed seven goals past Sam Allardyce’s men to surge to the top of the Barclays Premier League.

It was the sort of one-sided performance fans had expected last weekend when Wigan Athletic were reduced to nine men. Instead, it was a full complement of Blackburn players that were on the receiving end of the Reds’ best performance of the season, and United's biggest win since AS Roma were beaten by the same scoreline in April 2007.

Sir Alex made six changes, including his entire back four, to the side that won in Glasgow on Wednesday night, with Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra all returning and Anderson and Ji-sung Park handed starts in midfield.

Wayne Rooney and Berbatov kept their spots up front and the pair took little more than a minute to combine for the Reds’ first goal. Rooney outjumped his marker at the near post to meet Nani's cross and his glancing header fell to Berbatov, who volleyed home a simple finish from six yards.

It was the perfect start for Sir Alex's men and, in particular, Berbatov, who'd previously not found the net since scoring a sensational hat-trick against Liverpool in September. Four days earlier, Sir Alex had predicted the Bulgarian would benefit more than most from Rooney's return; the early evidence at Old Trafford reinforced that belief.

The pair linked well all afternoon, swapping passes in tight spaces and making unselfish runs off the ball to open up space. At one point in the first half, a series of clever interchanges cut through Rovers' defence with such ease that the action resembled a training ground stroll rather than a Barclays Premier League fixture.

Meanwhile, Blackburn struggled to assert themselves on the game. Rafael's close attentions frustrated former Liverpool forward El-Hadji Diouf, while lone frontman Jason Roberts was starved of service from midfield.

Nani tested visiting goalkeeper Paul Robinson at his near post before Christopher Samba almost put through his own net and Berbatov headed wide from a corner.
United were knocking on the door and a second goal duly arrived on 23 minutes. Park carried the ball forward from the inside left channel and fed Rooney on the edge of the area. The South Korean continued his run, Rooney returned the pass and Park, now clean through and with only Robinson to beat, dinked the ball over the Rovers goalkeeper. It was simple, beautiful and devastatingly effective.

Clearly shell-shocked by United's storming start, Blackburn then hit the self-destruct button and gifted United a third goal on 27 minutes. Full-back Pascal Chimbonda didn't look before playing the ball back to goalkeeper Robinson and instead passed the ball straight to Berbatov, who, loitering in the Rovers penalty area, blasted the ball into the net.

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Rangers 0 United 1

Wayne Rooney kept his cool at Ibrox to slot home a late penalty and book United’s place in the Champions League knockout phase.

It was hardly a perfect performance from the no.10 (or United for that matter), but on his first start in almost two months the Englishman scored the only goal of a game in which the Reds had struggled to assert supremacy.

Indeed, it had appeared the game would fizzle out into another 0-0 draw, but when Steven Naismith felled Fabio inside the penalty area as the Brazilian headed goalwards, referee Massimo Busacca pointed immediately to the spot. Rooney stepped up and did the rest.

Sir Alex’s men had arrived in Glasgow without first-choice centre-backs Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, but the back four of John O’Shea, Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling and Fabio, a combination that had never previously taken to the pitch, repelled all Rangers could throw at them. That wasn’t much.

Playing at Ibrox, that famous cauldron of partisan ferocity, Rangers might have been expected to show more adventure. But the home team’s ambition amounted to little more than sporadic counter-attacks, meaning Sir Alex's men are now just one match away from becoming the first team to navigate the Champions League group stage without conceding a goal.

The Reds enjoyed plenty of possession in the early exchanges and Paul Scholes probed for openings from the first whistle.

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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

SPOILER ALERT!!!

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Nick Cave - O Children

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows



Lyric :

Pass me that lovely little gun
My dear, my darting one
The cleaners are coming, one by one
You don't even want to let them start

They are knocking now upon your door
They measure the room, they know the score
They're mopping up the butcher's floor
Of your broken little hearts

O children

Forgive us now for what we've done
It started out as a bit of fun
Here, take these before we run away
The keys to the gulag

O children
Lift up your voice, lift up your voice
Children
Rejoice, rejoice

Here comes Frank and poor old Jim
They're gathering round with all my friends
We're older now, the light is dim
And you are only just beginning

O children

We have the answer to all your fears
It's short, it's simple, it's crystal dear
It's round about, it's somewhere here
Lost amongst our winnings

O children
Lift up your voice, lift up your voice
Children
Rejoice, rejoice

The cleaners have done their job on you
They're hip to it, man, they're in the groove
They've hosed you down, you're good as new
They're lining up to inspect you

O children

Poor old Jim's white as a ghost
He's found the answer that was lost
We're all weeping now, weeping because
There ain't nothing we can do to protect you

O children
Lift up your voice, lift up your voice
Children
Rejoice, rejoice

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Angry Birds Peace Treaty

Have you ever wondered why the angry birds and evil pigs from Angry Birds can’t put aside their differences? A new YouTube video helps explain why.

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United 2 Wigan 0

United leapfrogged Arsenal and moved level on points with Chelsea at the top of the league after a comfortable, if unspectacular, victory over nine-man Wigan Athletic.

Patrice Evra put the Reds in front just before half-time after a first 45 minutes that hardly set pulses racing. But it was a rush of blood to the head for Antolin Alcaraz and Hugo Rodallega – both sent off within three second-half minutes – that ultimately sealed Wigan’s demise.

Substitute Javier Hernandez added a second with a little over ten minutes to go, but if there was to be one complaint on a relatively routine afternoon at Old Trafford, it was that the Reds didn’t make more of the numerical advantage for over half an hour of the game.

United were buoyed before kick-off by news of Tottenham Hotspurs’ dramatic, late 3-2 victory over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. The opportunity therefore presented itself to move above the second-placed Gunners, and later to go level on points with league leaders Chelsea, who lost at Birmingham.

Sir Alex recalled Wayne Rooney to his match squad for the first time in over a month, but the 25-year-old was only named on the bench as he is being eased back into action. Instead the boss rewarded Federico Macheda, scorer of the goal that sparked the comeback at Villa Park last weekend, with a start. The Italian teenager’s credentials for a starting berth were enhanced with a midweek brace for his country’s Under-21s.

United’s seemingly first-choice back five of Edwin van der Sar, Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Evra sat behind a midfield four of Nani, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick and Ji-sung Park, with Gabriel Obertan seeking to support Macheda in an advanced position.

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JD Relic - Heartbreaker (Cover)

JD Relic - G-Dragon's Heartbreaker (Cover)



Fan Video By MoonBdreamin



Lyric :

A yo! Finally! Is this what you've been waiting for?
Brand new J.D! I'm all by myself...
You're my heartbreaker DJ. Its still me
Let me take this solo...

I won't give in to this no matter what,
Still there's a part of me beating inside
You are the one who's been breaking me down,
Dead dreams, lost heart
If it's for you, my body will fly now,
Will rush to be by your side now...
However when I come around you say goodbye now

And why is it that you, don't even want me now
You tell me that your fine but I look in your eyes and they give you away.
But even if I give you one more chance tonight
I hate the way you stare at me those eyes could start a fight

CHORUS
*No no
You're my heart heart heart heart heart breaker
It felt so right what did I do wrong
You're my heart heart heart heart heart breaker
No way no way

Hey Girl, I said that we are thru,
Yes Im really leaving you
To see if you can live without me

Cant you cant you cant you see,
This is not how it should be
Your my heart's tragedy no way

Its all the same every day, telling me that I've changed
But you just better shut your mouth
Until you know what your talking about girl
And now I'm out of control, I hate to be all alone
However when I come around you say goodbye now

And why is it that you, don't even want me now
You tell me that your fine but I look in your eyes and they give you away.
But even if I give you one more chance tonight
I Hate the way you stare at me those eyes could start a fight

I'll still still be there (you never pick up your phone)
I'll still still be there (you're leavin me all alone)
But you don't even care (that we are nothing now but )
I will still be there

Lets work it out girl, its been so long
We used to, we used to be so strong
Why don't you care when its plain to see
Hey! Your heart is all I need

Your my heart heart heart breaker breaker
Your my heart heart heart breaker breaker
H.e.a.r.t. breaker no way
Im Out...

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Bruno Mars - Grenade

Lyric :

Easy come, easy go
That's just how you live, oh
Take, take, take it all,
But you never give
Should of known you was trouble from the first kiss, Had your eyes wide open -
Why were they open?
Gave you all I had
And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
To give me all your love is all I ever asked, Cause what you don't understand is
I’d catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I’d jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah , yeah)
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) Oh, oh
I would go through all this pain, Take a bullet straight through my brain,
Yes, I would die for ya baby ; But you won't do the same

No, no, no, no
Black, black, black and blue beat me till I'm numb Tell the devil I said “hey” when you get back to where you're from
Mad woman, bad woman,
That's just what you are, yeah,
You’ll smile in my face then rip the breaks out my car
Gave you all I had

And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, yes you did
To give me all your love is all I ever asked Cause what you don't understand is
I’d catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I’d jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah , yeah)
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) Oh, oh
I would go through all this pain, Take a bullet straight through my brain,
Yes, I would die for ya baby ; But you won't do the same

If my body was on fire, ooh You’ d watch me burn down in flames You said you loved me you're a liar Cause you never, ever, ever did baby...
But darling I’ll still catch a grenade for ya
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I’d jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah , yeah)
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) Oh, oh
I would go through all this pain, Take a bullet straight through my brain,
Yes, I would die for ya baby ; But you won't do the same.
No, you won’t do the same,
You wouldn’t do the same,
Ooh, you’ll never do the same,
No, no, no, no

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Villa 2 United 2

United staged a late fightback at Villa Park to earn a point after going two goals down to a relatively inexperienced Aston Villa side.

Gerard Houllier’s young men had taken the lead through Ashley Young and Marc Albrighton, but Reds substitute Federico Macheda gave an out-of-sorts United hope on 81 minutes before Nemanja Vidic headed home a vital equaliser with five minutes to go.

Much had been made of United’s selection problems in the build-up to the game, but Villa were equally hampered by injury and illness with as many as 10 regular first-teamers unavailable. Sir Alex made two changes to the side that earned a point at Eastlands, with Wes Brown coming in for the injured Rafael and Javier Hernandez adding weight to United’s attack, which was without the services of the suspended Paul Scholes.

Gerard Houllier, meanwhile, was forced to call upon a number of his burgeoning, yet inexperienced, youngsters to fill the squad - four of whom had played in the Reserves’ play-off final against United last May at Old Trafford. The Midlanders still posed a big threat up front, though, with Ashley Young alongside the fit-again Gabriel Agbonlahor, who was back in the starting line-up for the first time in almost two months.

Despite having not lost a league game for 15 years at Villa Park, the Reds had been forced to settle for a point on the last two visits. With Chelsea already holding a mini advantage at the top of the table, Sir Alex’s men knew only victory would do this time round and the visitors set about the task with real eagerness.

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Man City 0 United 0

You didn't really think we were going to get another classic, did you?

The four Manchester derbies last season served up enough drama to last a lifetime; the first instalment for 2010/11 was tepid in comparison and finished goalless.

A cagey first-half gave way to more entertainment in the second, but only just. In the end, neither side took enough risks to win the game. City, in particular, were devoid of attacking ambition in front of their home crowd and Reds goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar later revealed he thought Roberto Mancini's men had played for a draw.

Despite the stalemate, Sir Alex's men remain unbeaten and in second place on the Barclays Premier League table, now four points behind leaders Chelsea. The Londoners beat Fulham 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.

The Reds had been rocked by illness in the days preceding the game, yet many of those hit hardest started at Eastlands. This was a Manchester derby, after all: nobody was going to surrender easily.

One man who failed to pass a late fitness test, though, was Ryan Giggs. The 36-year-old has been nursing a hamstring strain recently and was conspicuous in his absence on Tuesday night: until now, Giggs had played in every single Manchester derby – 33 of them – since making his United debut in 1991.

The Reds' width at Eastlands came from Ji-sung Park, fresh from two goals against Wolves on Saturday, and Nani, sufficiently recovered from the groin strain he picked up in Bursaspor.

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United 2 Wolves 1

Stack the odds however high you want, United will overcome them.

Shorn of several key players through illness and fronted by a well-drilled Wolverhampton Wanderers side, the Reds negated a disjointed display to take the spoils through Ji-sung Park's injury-time winner.

The Korean, whose first-half opener had been cancelled out by ex-Red Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, slotted inside Marcus Hahnemann's near post in the third of four added minutes to send Old Trafford wild and extend United's winning run to six games.

That sequence included a similarly dramatic Carling Cup victory over Mick McCarthy's side, and the Midlanders can once again feel hard done-by after more than matching the Reds for long periods. Had substitute Steven Fletcher not blasted over from 10 yards late on, they might have been celebrating a famous victory.

Instead, United negated a display devoid of fluency to take the spoils when Park wound infield, shimmied and slipped a shot past Hahnemann. For long periods it seemed that the virus which had swept through Carrington would prove costly, while the mood inside Old Trafford was further dampened when surprise recall Owen Hargreaves was substituted with an early hamstring injury.

Michael Carrick and Dimitar Berbatov, almost certain starters, were claimed by the Carrington illness and joined a long list of absentees, while Paul Scholes was demoted to the bench - almost certainly because a booking would rule him out of the looming Manchester derby.

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Bursaspor 0 United 3

United edged a step closer to qualification for the Champions League knock-out stages with a hard-fought 3-0 victory over Bursaspor in Turkey.

After surviving a couple of minor scares in a tepid first half, the Reds were, in the end, just too good for the Turkish champions who could not be faulted for effort on the night. Effort can only get you so far, however, with quality more often than not winning out and so it proved. Darren Fletcher put the visitors ahead three minutes after the break, with Gabriel Obertan and an Ali Tandogan own goal (although at first glance it looked to be a Bebe strike) sealing the win late on with a pair of fine finishes to put United on 10 points at the top of Group C.

Sir Alex, who was missing a host of players through injury and illness, made three changes to the side that started against Tottenham, with Chris Smalling replacing the rested Rio Ferdinand at the heart of the defence, Paul Scholes returning in central midfield and Gabriel Obertan coming in for only his second start of the campaign. Javier Hernandez and Ji-sung Park dropped to the bench with Dimitar Berbatov leading the line on his own up front. Bursaspor manager Ertugrul Saglam, meanwhile, had the luxury of fielding a full-strength team, although he opted to leave defender Milan Stepanov, fit again after suffering a knee injury at Old Trafford, on the bench.

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