Fulham stun nine-man United

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Danny Murphy put Fulham in front from the penalty spot when Paul Scholes was sent off for handling Bobby Zamora's goal-bound header in the 17th minute.

Zoltan Gera condemned United to their first back-to-back top flight defeats for four years when he scored a second in the 87th minute and United's miserable afternoon was capped seconds later when Wayne Rooney was sent off for a second bookable offence.

It was all Fulham early on with United looking decidedly shaky and their pressure paid off in dramatic fashion when Scholes was sent off for handball.

The corner from Simon Davies was headed goalwards by Brede Hangeland and after Zamora's first flick-on was saved by Edwin van der Sar, his second attempt was kept out by the hands of Scholes. Captain Murphy stepped up to send Van der Sar the wrong way from the spot to give Fulham the lead.

Fulham wasted two more chances to go further ahead with Van der Sar saving brilliantly from Zamora again in the 27th minute and then two minutes later Clint Dempsey sent a right-foot drive flashing wide from 20 yards.

Sir Alex Ferguson brought Rooney on at half-time, but Cristiano Ronaldo became more and more frustrated at referee Phil Dowd's reluctance to award a free-kick each time the Portugal international was tackled.

The United winger was so incensed that he produced a lunge at Murphy which was punished by a yellow card.

Fulham had Mark Schwarzer to thank in the 61st minute when he saved superbly to keep out a powerful header from Ronaldo. In the 64th minute, the Australian produced an double save at point-blank range to deny Park Ji-Sung and Rooney and then dived to keep out a Ronaldo drive.

Fulham made the game safe three minutes from time when substitute Gera struck from Andy Johnson's assist and Rooney saw red for a second bookable offence.