EPL - Newcastle vs Manchester United - Mar 4
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PICTURE SPECIAL: Vidic gets the elbow! United star in the wars again after clash with Newcastle
Ouch: Obafemi Martins elbows Nemanja Vidic
Blow: Vidic after the clash
Nemanja Vidic has shed blood on more than one occasion for Manchester United.
And the Serbian hardman was on the receiving end of another nasty injury after an elbow from Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins.
Vidic was left with blood pouring out of a wound under his right eye after the collision during United's 2-1 victory at St James' Park.
You can see for yourself with our pictures below taken by Sportsmail photographer Ian Hodgson...
Cristiano Ronaldo lies holding his face after a tangle with Stephen Taylor, a confrontation which continued into the tunnel at half-time
In an extraordinary spat as United restored their seven-point lead at the Premier League summit, the pair traded insults at half-time just moments after the United forward had been left writhing in agony, clutching his face on the cinder track, following an intemperate challenge by the England Under-21 captain.
According to witnesses, Ronaldo and Taylor were involved in a war of words as they headed to their respective dressing-rooms which saw the World Player of the Year allegedly ridicule his opponent's footballing skill.
Taylor hit back by branding the Portuguese international "ugly" as temperatures rose before Ronaldo's team-mate, Rio Ferdinand, and referee Steve Bennett, intervened.
The fracas occurred shortly after Ferdinand was booked by Bennett for his furious reaction to Taylor's challenge on Ronaldo. Newcastle's caretaker manager, Chris Hughton, defended his player. "Steven's not a malicious type of player," he said. "He's a player of high energy and enthusiasm and that's what we expect from his play.
"Ronaldo was going past Steven and it was probably a bit headstrong of Steven but in his endeavours to pull him back he caught him on the shoulder and I think that's all it was. I have had the opportunity to seen it again on television. Anybody that would have looked at the incident again would have seen where it made contact and he made contact on the top of his shoulder and his neck."
Hughton said that he did not know if any United players had been enraged by Taylor's challenge on Ronaldo in which he used his hands and feet.
Hughton did, however, speak with Taylor in an attempt to avoid having him sent off as he had been booked by Bennett. "The only word that we had with Steven was the same as we would have with anyone that had been booked in the first half," Hughton said. "That's that they have to be careful because they are only one booking away from a red card."
Newcastle are just one point above the relegation zone and were also the subject of reports of a training ground altercation between team-mates Andy Carroll and Shola Ameobi.
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CRISTIANO RONALDO was involved in a furious half-time tunnel bust-up with Newcastle’s Steven Taylor last night. The Portuguese winger was fuming with the England Under-21 skipper after a clash seconds before the break.
Taylor looked lucky to escape a red card, after appearing to hit Ronaldo in the side of the face and leaving the United ace stretched out on the turf.
Ronaldo felt he was clobbered by Taylor, who got only a booking from ref Steve Bennett, and let fly with a verbal blast at the Toon’s style.
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The dirty Newcastle team was trying to intimidate this United side with the over physical style of football... I think they are a disgrace to the previous Newcastle sides who played with more skill and style... Last night all I saw from this bunch was, kicking at opponents, elbowing, pulling down opponents in the box... all sorts of rubbish they dish out and the referee let them get away with it... United had 2 good penalties calls and this referee didn't give a thing... The way they set out to play, I thought they were worse than Bolton and Blackburn...
In the end, I guess its very fitting that they lost by a stupid goal... lol
Serve them right...
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Man u doesnt have it easy especially when every team wants to beat the "best in the world".
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Highlights available at: http://www.footytube.com/
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wa steven and martin lost their cool sia .......... so many injuries liao, still wanna tio ban ar
so sad newcastle is now in a very risky position sia
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Vidic had a wild night man..
First a crazy lunge on Martins that warranted him a yellow.
Later almost scored an OG.
Then Missed a header from about 2 feet out.
Then got whacked in the head by Martins.
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RON AND ROO'S UGLY BUST-UP
Wayne Rooney
Thursday March 5,2009
By Simon Yeend
Manchester United’s march to a third straight Premier League title continued smoothly with a 2-1 win at Newcastle last night but there was rough-house stuff at half-time as Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney had an amazing tunnel bust-up with Steven Taylor.
United striker Rooney took exception to Taylor’s attempted forearm smash on Cristiano Ronaldo just before half-time and was overhead in the tunnel saying to Taylor: “You’ve always been a s*** footballer.”
The Newcastle defender responded with: “I might be a s*** player but at least I’m not ugly like you. You’ll always be ugly.”
They lunged at Taylor but were restrained by team-mate Rio Ferdinand as tempers flared. The FA are certain to investigate if referee Steve Bennett saw the incident and includes it in his match report.
The game had another shock as Edwin van der Sar was finally beaten after 1,311 minutes when Peter Lovenkrands put Newcastle ahead in the ninth minute.
But Rooney equalised 11 minutes later and United moved seven points clear of Chelsea and Liverpool when Dimitar Berbatov fired the winner after 56 minutes. -
Park was his usual self, very hard working player...
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Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:
Vidic had a wild night man..
First a crazy lunge on Martins that warranted him a yellow.
Later almost scored an OG.
Then Missed a header from about 2 feet out.
Then got whacked in the head by Martins.
Vidic didnt have a good night!
But he still can smile when going for treatment, thats how strong he is!
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
but nice to get a win... I bet all Poo and Chelski fans are disappointed..
but overall i felt that jonas guy quite good leh..
i think those fans must be cheering when newcastle score!
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so... is rooney really that ugly?
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Originally posted by iSkiMask:
lol, seriously no joke. newcastle players are so dirty?
damn. that should be a penalty for park. that guy just held him by the arms and brought him down in the box.
i think steve benett has an issue with man utd.
all learn from nicky butt one what... hahaha -
Taylor: No row with Ronaldo
Steven Taylor has played down suggestions he was involved in a bust-up with Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo.
Taylor and Ronaldo clashed towards the end of the first half in Newcastle’s 2-1 defeat at St James’ Park.
The England Under-21 international appeared to manhandle Ronaldo, shortly before scything down Michael Carrick, and it was suggested that the altercation sparked a brawl in the tunnel.
Taylor refused to be drawn on reports of a tunnel bust-up but claims he and Ronaldo parted on amicable terms.
“There was no bust-up with Ronaldo,” said Taylor. “I shook hands with him at the end of the game.”