Sport 20-08-2001 Nistelrooy Double Ends Fulham Challenge who: Manchester United what: Beat Fulham 3-2 thanks to two goals from £19million Nistelrooy where: Old Trafford, MANCHESTER when: Yesterday snippet: "Ruud van Nistelrooy became an instant Old Trafford hero," reports The Sun, "after Manchester United broke Fulham`s hearts in a thriller." Van Nistelrooy scored two goals in three minutes to kill off Mohamed Al Fayed`s newcomers, says Matt Dickinson in The Times, "but not before they had proved that they will be a wonderful addition to the FA Barclaycard Premiership." United beat the Londoners 3-2 more by habit than design, says David Lacey in The Guardian. Without suspended Roy Keane, they "were always vulnerable to the pace through the middle of Louis Saha, who scored both Fulham`s goals." "The simplest way to score against us is to play right through us and, until they get this sorted, there are going to be days like these," complained United manager Sir Alex Ferguson afterwards, quoted in The Independent. "Our habit of scoring goals kept us alive but one day we will get caught." "If I have Saha injured, I do not have other strikers," responds Tigana, quoted in The Telegraph. "I prefer Alex Ferguson`s problems." [... more]

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