Manchester United 3-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2003
Result
Manchester United 3-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 3-0 Portsmouth: match report
Manchester United beat Portsmouth 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 November 2003. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Diego Forlán Corazo opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Diego Forlán Corazo (37'), Cristiano Ronaldo (80') and Roy Keane (82'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 22 points from 10 and Portsmouth 11th on 12 points from 10. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Portsmouth 13th with 45.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Portsmouth's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Arjan de Zeeuw
- 32'Yellow card · Tim Sherwood
- 37'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 54'Yellow card · Nigel Quashie
- 80'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 82'Goal · Roy Keane
Team news
Manchester United line-up
Tim Howard, Rio Ferdinand, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ryan Giggs, Diego Forlán Corazo, John O'Shea
Portsmouth line-up
Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Boris Zivkovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Hayden Foxe, Tim Sherwood, Teddy Sheringham, Steve Stone