WOLVES: Hahnemann, Zubar, Craddock, Berra, Ward, Henry, Guedioura, Jones, Foley, Doyle, Jarvis.  SUBS: Hennessey, Elokobi, Mancienne, Milijas, Keogh, Vokes, Ebanks-Blake. 

 

UNITED: Van Der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Gibson, Scholes, Carrick, Nani, Berbatov. SUBS: Foster, Neville, Da Silva, Fletcher, Park, Obertan, Diouf.

 

0: Teams out and ready to go.  Don Goodman has done a great job as pitchside host getting the crowd going. Game on!

 

 

0: Off and running. Both teams wearing black armbands in memory of Keith Alexander, who passed away earlier this week.

 

6: Quiet start and then the first opening falls to Wolves.  Doyle breaks through midfield and finds Jarvis.  The winger knocks it back into Doyle who doesn't catch the shot right which flies across goal.

 

8: And now United's first sighter. Former Wolves loanee Gibson finds Valencia on the right and he decides to go for goal, a fierce drive wide of the post which Hahnemann watches go wide.

 

10: Assistant referee dow by the South Bank already getting some stick after two early pro-United decisions. 

 

11: United on the attack and Nani finds a bit of room but his long range drive is wide. 

 

13: Guedioura does well to dispossess Berbatov and propel forward but Scholes gets back to cover and knocks the ball off the Wolves man for a goal kick.

 

14: Oh dear. Another 50-50 with Henry and Carrick pulling each other's shirts and the free kick goes to Manchester United. 35 yards out.  Mick McCarthy in mock hysterics at the decision.

 

15: Nani's low free kick driven into the area, flicked on by Berbatov and Gibson slides in to put his effort wide.

 

16: And now widespread applause as Wolves are awarded a free kick!

 

16: Jones sends in a great delivery which flicks off a United head and out for a corner.

 

16: Corner headed out and Guedioura gets a good contact on his shot which is blocked by Berbatov.

 

18: Unbelievable decision from referee Walton.  Referee Nani flies in face high with his foot to flatten Zubar. Free kick but no card.  McCarthy and Connor enraged on the touchline.

 

20: United break and Gibson is found by Berbatov on the left and hits a shot into the ground which still forces Hahnemann into a save.

 

25: Great challenge from Guedioura sets Doyle away but the striker just runs it too far and is tackled.

 

25: Now United break and it's Gibson heavily involved, his cross-shot finishing up well wide.

 

30: Reasonable chance for United as the ball is worked to Carrick on the edge of the area.  But the midfielder is at full stretch and can only direct the ball towards Hahnemann.

 

32: Great move from Wolves sparked by the irrepresible Doyle.  Striker turns away from a challenge and then runs at the heart of the defence before feeding Jarvis.  Jarvis plays it back in to Jones whose first time shot takes a deflection off Caddick and goes through to Van Der Sar.

 

 

33: At the other end Valencia breaks and fires in a low cross. Nani misses it at the near post and the angle is too acute for Gibson at the far who can only direct the ball across goal for Hahnemann to collect.

 

36: Another great Wolves move.  Jarvis sends in a pinpoint cross and Ward, a boyhood Manchester United fan, has time to head towards goal but it's too close to Van Der Sar who gathers comfortably.

 

45: United have certainly started to shade the possession but without creating anything concrete as yet.  One minute added time to follow.

 

HALF TIME: WOLVES 0-0 UNITED

 

46: Change for United with Neville on for Brown. Off and running again.

 

47: Wolves think they've got an early corner as Zubar knocks the ball off a United defender but the ball was already out.  Goal kick.

 

48: First real chance falls to United.  Valencia turns inside Ward and finds Berbatov whose shot is blocked well  by Berra.

 

50: United have come out of the traps strongly and Berbatov is through after producing an expert piece of control from Carrick's pass.  But the need to control a half ball gives Craddock time to come back and make a crucial challenge.

 

52: Henry running across the area and sends in a shot but it's well wide.

 

53: United so close.  Evra runs into the area from Gibson pass and his effort is blocked by Craddock forcing Hahnemann into a save.  Ball bounces back to Evra and it needs a challenge from a couple of Wolves defender to force it out for a corner.  Corner is cleared out to Caddick who slices a difficult chance wide.

 

56: United doing a lot of the pressing now.  Valencia sends in a cross from the right which is met with a flicked header from Nani which drifts narrowly wide.

 

57: But Wolves still showing what they can do on the attack as well.  Jarvis finds Foley with a clever pass but his shot is blocked by Scholes.

 

58: Guedioura now running at the United defence before being hacked down by Vidic.  Predictable yellow card following the rash challenge.

 

 

59: Every United player back for the free kick just outside the area but Jones's effort is blocked by the wall.

 

60: United win a corner but Craddock is booked.  Seemingly for a late challenge on Nani earlier in the move but the replay shows he barely touched him.  Sir Alex Ferguson out of the technical area to have a few words with the fourth official.

 

61: You wait 58 minutes for a card and then three come along in three. Jones the latest for a late challenge on Carrick.

 

62: Second change for United, Diouf on for Gibson.

 

 

64: Jarvis gets to the byline and crosses but Foley misses his kick at the back post. Wolves keep up the momentum and Doyle's effort is deflected. 

 

65: Guedioura now down for treatment after challenge from Evra. 

 

67: Another probing run from Jarvis down the left and his cross is blocked for  a corner.  It's easily cleared by Diouf however. Ferguson now on the edge of his technical area having a few words with referee Walton.

 

70: Jarvis scuttles across the edge of the area but is off balance as he shoots and it's sliced high and wide.

 

73: GOAL: SCHOLES 0-1. United break the deadlock. Nani's cross is cleared and Scholes is coolness personified as he sidesteps a couple of challenges to create the space to fire low past Hahnemann.

 

74: Substitution immediately afterwards as Park comes on for Nani.

 

75: Jarvis steps inside and tries to dink in a cross. Doesn't catch it how he'd like but the curl brings the ball back in towards goal and has Van Der Sar scampering across to make sure it goes wide.

 

77: United close to an immediate second.  Park plays a neat one-two with Berbatov which leaves him through but on the right hand side of goal and his attempted pullback is blocked by Berra.

 

78: Another glorious United chance.  Neville swings in a cross to the back post where Diouf is unmarked but he gets his header all wrong and it's over.

 

78: Crowd today is 28, 883.

 

81: Wolves fail to make the most of a bit of possession and United break leaving Henry as the last man back.  Diouf stretches his legs but the skipper is across with a decent challenge which helps put pressure on and the shot is across goal and wide.

 

83: Valencia driving down the right again and his low cross almost falls to Diouf but there's a Wolves touch in there and it goes back to Hahnemann.

 

83: Park now breaks on the other flank and tries an audacious half volley which isn't too far away.

 

84: Double change for Wolves. Keogh and Ebanks-Blake for Ward and Guedioura.  Foley back to left back in a 4-4-2 with Jarvis and Keogh either side of Doyle and Ebanks-Blake.

 

86: Wolves trying in vain for an equaliser with Doyle shooting from outside of the box but he doesn't get the right connection on it and it's wide.

 

89: Final change for Wolves, Vokes on for a tired-looking Jarvis.  Doyle to wide right, Vokes up top with Ebanks-Blake.

 

90: Four minites added time to follow.

 

90+1: Agony for Wolves.  Zubar battles away inside the area and the ball breaks to Vokes but bounces up at just the wrong time and he hammers it over the bar. There wasn't a flag and replay shows a United defender was playing Vokes onside.

 

90+2: Vokes now on the end of a Keogh cross which hangs in the air.  Needs to get all the power on the header and does so but it's wide.

 

FULL TIME: WOLVES 0-1 UNITED

 

MATCH REPORT AND REACTION TO FOLLOW