Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester United

It wasn't pretty , but it was job done again even if they left it late.Even more than the Wigan game this was the kind of performance that wins league titles. As gary Neville said after the game United kept on passing, kept on probing and eventually got their reward. United were never at the top of their game but they played well enough to deserve the win.
Bolton's tactics even at home were to get everybody behind the ball and hope for the best from set pieces and long balls. The Kevin Davies header aside in the second half Van Der Sar hardly had a save to make. Evans and Tevez both shrug off their injury problems to start the game, midfield saw the changes with Carrick and Anderson paired in the middle with Fletcher on the right hand side and Ronaldo on the left.
United had some good spells in the first half without ever really putting the Bolton rearguard under serious pressure. But it was only in the last 10 minutes where they really started to complately boss the game. Ronaldo saw a header well saved by Jaaskelainen and also had a cracking free kick brilliantly saved by the Bolton number 1. Anderson also had a long range effort saved, one of the better moments in a pretty poor performance from him again.
The second half was completely one way traffic, but we just couldn't seem to make that clear cut chance that was needed. Tevez didn't have the greatest game either but the run and cross for the winning goal made up for the rest of his performance. I thought Berbatov had a decent game although most reports this morning seem to suggest the goal was the only thing he did in the match. Top of the table for the first time this season let's hope Everton can get something from Anfield tomorrow.

Match report from the Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jan/18/premier-league-bolton-manchester-united

Kaka not keen on the boo camp report
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jan/18/kaka-manchester-city-milan

Abramovitch wants out of Stamford bridge according to the times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article5537222.ece

Maybe this is the reason as Russia' economic woes worsen
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/18/russians-hoard-cash

Ireland has seen better times also as the Celtic tiger starts to limp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/18/ireland-economy-crash

A trio of reports on our worsening economic woes, first Will Hutton,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/18/recession-banking

Secondly William Keegan,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/18/economic-depression

Third Ruth Sunderland
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/18/barclays-equitable-life-salary-pensions

How did the ordinary man and woman fare under George W.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jan/16/president-bush-workers-rights