Van Der Sar – 6 Not at fault for any of the goals, but no impressive saves to note.
Neville – 5 Showed that his crossing ability is still fantastic, but his defensive ability leaves a lot to be desired. Completely flat footed when Donovan threaded the ball through to Pienaar to setup Dan Gosling for the second goal.
Brown – 6 Dealt with most things that came his way on the ground, but struggled aerially when the long balls were pumped up to Saha.
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Van der Sar – 9 Kept us in the game with key saves in the first half. One excellent stop from a Pirlo free kick stood out. Not at fault for either goal.
Rafael – 5 Still a lot to learn. Lost possession cheaply and then was out of position for the Seedorf goal. We were then on the back foot for the remainder of a game when we should have been cruising.
Evans – 6 Terrible in the first half. Got his act together after a rollocking from Ferguson.
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Van der Sar – 7 - Hardly tested.
Rafael – 6 - Tormented by Arshavin early on, but settled after that.
Brown – 7 - Excellent. Dominated aerially and restricted Arsenal to mostly long shots.
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Van der Sar – 8 - Made some excellent saves to keep us in the tie early on. Wasn’t at fault for the Tevez goal.
Rafael – 6 - Struggled at times against the impressive Bellamy. Needs to learn to stay calm and develop his footballing brain.
Ferdinand – 7 - Could have done better to keep Tevez out, but other than that he was very impressive. Good to have his experience back in central defence.
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Van Der Sar – 7 – Nothing really to test him.
Rafael – 6 - Relatively quiet game. Nothing much to trouble his flank, but could have contributed more to the attack.
Ferdinand – 7 - A rock in the centre of defence. Brought a sense of calm that’s been missing recently. (Except when swinging for Craig Fagan)
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Van Der Sar – 7 - Made a couple of good saves, but wasn’t tested much. Wasn’t at fault for either goal.
Rafael – 5 - Defensive naivety let him down again. It was never a penalty though.
Brown – 6 - Doesn’t look like he’s at his best at the moment. Needs to pull his socks up.
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Van Der Sar – 8 - Played well in his come-back game. Kept a clean sheet.
Neville -6 - Caught out of position a few times and short of pace, but also used his experience well on other occasions. A mixed afternoon for Gaz.
Brown – 6 - Not his best game. Run ragged at times.
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Kuszczak – 8 - Dealt with most of what Birmingham threw at him, which was very little in truth. Not at fault for the goal.
Rafael – 6 - Negligible contribution to the attack and caught out of position at times.
Brown – 5 - Struggled aerially at times against both Jerome and Benitez.
Evans – 5 - Passing was poor and his failed clearance fell to Jerome to score the opener.
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PIG – 6 - Great save early on. Should have done better with the opening goal.
De Laet – 5 – Good going forward, but was caught out in defence several times.
Fletcher – 5 - Beaten in the air for the second goal. Doesn’t help that he’s being played out of position.
Carrick – 6 - Did okay. Could have closed down Danny Murphy to prevent the opener.
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Kuszczac – 5 – Struggled with aerial deliveries and was fortunate not o give away a goal.
De Laet – 7 – Never looked in trouble in defence and contributed well to the attack.
Carrick – 6 – Not the most troubling of days for Carrick as Wolves offered nothing in attack.
Vidic – 7 - Got himself on the scoresheet and defended as well as you’d expect against a poor attack.
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