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90'+4 And there it is! All over at Fratton Park and United have slipped up... the title race is back on!
90'+3 SMITH! WHAT A SAVE FROM JAMES! The Pompey keeper seals all three points with another incredible point blank save from Alan Smith!
90'+1 Giggs into the book for a frustrated challenge on Kranjcar...
90' Three minutes of time to be added...
90' GOAL! O'Shea stabs home from close range to give United some hope! Solskjaer hits an effort goalwards, only for James to spill the ball into the path of O'Shea who slots home! 2-1 now!
89' GOAL! It's all over as Ferdinand plays the ball back past van der Sar and into his own net! Terrible misunderstanding once again from the United defence and surely that is that....
84' Great run from Ronaldo, who has popped up on the right hand side... he lets fly! But James is down well to make the save!
81' Harry Redknapp makes another change... Kranjcar on for Kanu...
80' Ronaldo jinks inside after a few stepovers... but he drags his shot wide and Pompey can breathe again...
77' James is booked for a spot of time wasting, and we're on our way again...
77' Smith on for Carrick now as United throw everything forward...
76' Giggs with a header! Oooh! He glances it just wide of the far post!
74' Talyor lets rip with a powerful drive from the edge of the box! Van der Sar's well behind it!
73' Time running out for United, and they're beginning to look a little desperate...
72' Davis plays the ball into the box... LuaLua's there! But Brown comes across to hack the ball behind for a corner!
71' 'Linvoy for England' is the chant emanating from the stands!
70' Rooney played in on goal by Heinze! But what a challenge from Primus to deny him a shooting chance! Super defending!
67' Pompey make a change... LuaLua on for Benjani...
66' Ronaldo asking once again for a bit of protection from the referee... and again he doesn't get it...
65' Van der Sar saves from Davis! Great stretch from the Dutchman to deny Daivs a well placed side footer!
64' You get the feeling that these final 25 minutes are going to be rather hectic...
63' Another chance goes begging! Rooney races onto a long ball... he tries to thread ball through to Solskjaer... the Norwegian lays off for Carrick! But his shot is weak and goes wide of the mark!
62' It could be one of those days for United today... especially with James in this form...
61' Giggs! WHAT A SAVE FROM JAMES! United unlocked the Pompey defence brilliantly but Giggs is denied by a wonderful stop from James!
60' Oooh! United come so close to equalising from the corner! Ronaldo stretches to prod the ball goalwards... James saves! Solskajer's there on the rebound! Cleared off the line! Brown! No! And cleared!
59' Before the corner is taken, Solskjaer comes on to replace Fletcher...
58' O'Shea wins a corner off Taylor, and this could be dangerous...
58' United playing some nice football now... and there's an air of desperation to Pompey's defending at the moment...
57' At the other end, Giggs teases Traore on the right wing... the ball is eventually played across... but there's no one there...
55' Kanu stings van der Sar's fingers with a rasping drive! And yet again the Dutchman opts to parry out, rather than catch the ball... he's lucky this time that there's no Pompey players moving in on the rebound...
52' Scholes wins the ball off Hughes before playing it to Giggs... but the Welshman's ball looking for Rooney is poor and Stefanovic can clear...
49' Ronaldo brings the biggest cheer of the afternoon... for making a hash of an attempt to take the mickey out of Traore...
48' Rooney breaks on the left... he plays the ball into Carrick who lays off to Giggs first time.... Primus there to stamp out the danger...
46' Oooh! Straight from the restart Rooney has the ball in the back of the net! But the linesman's flag is up and it won't count! Replays show that was a close call...
46' Underway again in Portsmouth...
- United have made a change at half time... Giggs is on for Richardson...
45'+3 Half time on the south coast! And Pompey head into the dressing rooms holding a 1-0 lead, a scoreline that is sure to delight a certain part of west London...
45' Nearly a terrible mix-up at the back for United! Brown left the ball for Ferdinand who left the ball for his team-mate... confusion reigns as Taylor nips in! Van der Sar to the rescue!
44' Ronaldo looks for a free kick off Hughes... but the ref waves play on... that was surely a foul...
43' Primus heads just over the bar from a corner! That wasn't too far away from the Pompey defender as he rose above Brown...
41' Scholes arrows a pass to Ronaldo on the left hand side... but for once the Portuguese's control lets him down and the chance goes begging...
40' Bit of United pressure now as half time approaches...
39' Looks like Lauren going into the book here... it's Ronaldo who is fouled yet again, and perhaps unfortunately it's Lauren who gets booked...
36' Fletcher's in here... great pass through to the Scot from Rooney... but James is there to make the stop with his legs!
34' Rooney latches onto a Pompey clearance... and he lets fly! It's well struck, but always going wide from the England man...
31' Carrick with a chance to hit straight back! But he drags his shot wide of the mark after the ref played an advantage to United!
30' GOAL! Taylor pounces on a spill from van der Sar's spill to slide the ball home! 1-0 Pompey! It's Benjani's shot that the keeper finds too hot to handle and Taylor gets there ahead of Brown to slot home!
29' Lauren centres for Pompey.... but Brown is there to head clear... and the visitors can break here with Ronaldo... but he's stopped in his tracks by a brusing challenge from Hughes...
27' Play is just being broken up now by a series of late tackles... but the crowd are certainly enjoying it, and the atmosphere at Fratton Park is electric!
24' Richardson gets on the end of a Ronaldo free kick into the Pompey box... good touch... but his shot is wayward and the ball flies into the stand behind James' goal...
21' Carrick looks to play Rooney in on the left hand side... Primus up well to head ahead to safety...
20' Heinze climbs well to beat O'Neil to an aerial ball... and the Pompey man comes out of the challenge worse of... he stays down for a couple of minutes...
17' Fletcher heads away at the near post, but Rooney can't instigate a break...
16' At the other end, O'Neil lets fly! Ferdinand gets in the way and it'll be another corner to the hosts...
15' Penalty shout for United as Primus slides in on Rooney! Play on says the ref, and he's right too... Primus just got a toe to the ball before Rooney got there...
14' First corner of the game to Pompey... it's Taylor who won it... it goes short... pumped into the box... van der Sar pats the ball away...
13' Brilliant from Ronaldo... the Portuguese picks the ball up in midfield... Stefanovic is on the back foot... Ronaldo cuts inside and lets fly! Just wide!
12' It is Ronaldo! Poor... the ball bounces tamely wide of James' goal...
11' Ronaldo's over the free kick...
10' Traore slides in on Fletcher, and the ref toots on his whistle for a United foul... although it's Traore who comes out of the challenge worse off...
9' Kanu trying to thread the ball through to O'Neil... Heinze sees it out of play himself...
8' Taylor sticks a ball into the centre... Heinze whacks his clearance against Benjani... but the ball runs through to van der Sar without too many problems...
7' O'Shea concedes a throw near the corner flag under pressure from Taylor...
6' There's a gran in the crowd with a banner that claims she is Pompey's number one fan. Not sure what the criteria are to win that particular accolade....
5' Fletcher through here! He rounds James, who looks like he brings him down! But the flag is up and it's all rendered academic... replays show Fletcher was just off...
4' Here's Fletcher with his first touch... it's not a bad one and United can attack down the right hand side...
4' O'Shea plays a terrible cross-field pass... fortunately for him, Ferdinand mops up the danger...
3' Terrific noise from the home support at Fratton Park... it's a wall of sound at the moment...
3' Davis clatters into Scholes, and it'll be an early free kick to United...
2' Looks like Ronaldo's going to start up front with Rooney... with Fletcher taking up position on the right....
1' Here we go... the pressure's on United after Chelsea's earlier win over Spurs... the gap is just three points now and United can ill-afford any slip-ups...
- Referee: M Clattenburg (Co Durham)
- Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Brown, Heinze, Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick, Richardson, Rooney, Ronaldo - Subs: Kuszczak, Evra, Giggs, Solskjaer, Smith
- Portsmouth: James, Lauren, Primus, Stefanovic, Traore, O'Neil, Davis, Hughes, Taylor, Mwaruwari, Kanu - Subs: Ashdown, Pamarot, Kranjcar, LuaLua, Todorov
- UNITED TEAM NEWS: Patrice Evra returns to Alex Ferguson's squad after a knee injury, although Gary Neville and Nemanja Vidic are out. Louis Saha is pressing for a place in the starting line-up after having appeared as a substitute in Rome.
- PORTSMOUTH TEAM NEWS: Glen Johnson is a doubt with a knee injury, but Noe Pamarot is fit once again.
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