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United snatch vital points
16 January 2008
Ronaldo finally broke brave Derby's resistence by scoring the only goal to keep United firmly in the hunt for back-to-back titles.
United had started well and after just 70 seconds Wayne Rooney and Ji-Sung Park combined for the latter to whip in a cross from the right wing, but Ryan Giggs headed into straight at the outstanding Roy Carroll.
Ronaldo curled a left-foot shot narrowly wide with only Carroll to beat and Giggs then drilled a drive wide, followed swiftly by Ronaldo striking the base of the right-hand post with a low, curling shot from 15 yards.
Giggs was again the culprit in the 19th minute as he sliced a shot wide. Ronaldo was again a whisker away just after the half hour, but Carroll was able to kept his effort out of the top corner.
When Derby attacked, debutant goalkeeper Ben Foster underlined his emerging talent with two stunning saves.
His first was a reaction stop as he turned aside a snap shot from Mile Sterjovski, with his second moments later a fingertip stop in pushing away a low curler from Kenny Miller.
United ended the half with a Rooney drive into the sidenetting and a shot across the face of goal from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo had two chances after the break. The first was superbly parried by Carroll, who proceeded to save a point-blank header from the ensuing inswinging Giggs corner, while the second was inches past the post.
A drive into the sidenetting then followed in the 71st minute. But in the end there was to be no stopping Ronaldo as he finally found the net with a 12-yard sidefoot finish to a Rooney centre.
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