Birmingham 0 Manchester United 1

A second half goal from Cristiano Ronaldo helped Manchester United grab full points from a very tricky away game against Birmingham City and the red devils are second behind Arsenal.


Birmingham: Taylor 6, Kelly 6, Djourou 7 (Schmitz 76), Ridgewell 7, Queudrue 5, Larsson 7, Nafti 6 (O'Connor 85), Muamba 6 (Palacios 70, 5) McSheffrey 7, Kapo 6, Jerome 6.

Subs not used: Kingson, Danns.

Man Utd: Van der Sar 7 (Kuszczak 46, 7), Brown 7, Ferdinand 6, Vidic 8, Evra 7, Ronaldo 7, Carrick 6, Scholes 6, Giggs 5 (Saha 64, 5), Rooney 6, Tevez 6 (O'Shea 90).

Subs not used: Anderson, Pique

Goal: C. Ronaldo, m.51

Referee: Steve Bennett

Attendance: 26,526