Sport 15-11-2004 United Have Shot At Glory who: Manchester United what: Beat Newcastle United 1-3 where: St James` Park, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE when: Yesterday snippet: Manchester United beat Newcastle United by three goals to one in yesterday`s Premiership clash at St James` Park in which striker Wayne Rooney scored twice "to keep alive Manchester United`s fading hopes of winning the Premiership," says the BBC. Rooney opened the scoring early on but Newcastle`s Alan Shearer made it 1-1 in the 71st minute. The visitors only really took charge a couple of minutes later when they were awarded a penalty, which was stroked home by Ruud van Nistelrooy. The victory was not without controversy, says The Telegraph`s Henry Winter, with Shearer later complaining that Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson "had placed pressure on officials by complaining after last week`s stalemate with Manchester City that United would be awarded a penalty only if an opponent came at them with an axe". Later, Wayne Rooney claimed that yesterday`s win could be enough to keep United "in the Championship race". "We are still good enough," he says, quoted in The Sun. "We have definitely got the quality. Sure, it’s going to be a difficult job to catch the top two — but you can never write us off. The one thing we always do in our dressing room is stick in there. We believe in ourselves because of the talent we’ve got." [... more]

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