- 84'
It's comfortable for United now, City have lost their spark and if anything United may grab a fifth
- 83'
Keane gets a fantastic challenge in on McManaman and starts the break. It eventually comes for Ronaldo - but his shot is so poor it goes out for a throw-in!
- 82'
Treatment for Van Nistelrooy, he picked up a knock going for a header with Distin
- 81'
It's a goal bonanza at Old Trafford, just when City seemed to have hope they went to sleep at the set-piece and it's game over again - Ruud tapping in from a couple of yards
- 80'
GOAL!!!!!
- 80'
Giggs takes the free-kick to the back post, Keane heads it back across to face and Van Nistelrooy is there...
- 80'
Tarnat hacks down Ronaldo - he's already been booked and Scholes and O'Shea try to get him sent off. Unsavoury scenes
- 79'
Tarnat's shot was unstoppable and City are back in it. Surely they cannot repeat the heroics of White Hart Lane?
- 78'
GOAL!!!!!
- 78'
Dunne has it on the right, he plays it into the box, flicked on by Distin, and it's met by Tarnat...
- 77'
Still no sign of any substitutions from City. It shows a real lack of adventure considering they were trailing to a side with ten men
- 76'
McManaman plays Fowler in on goal - but the flag is up for offside
- 75'
'Oles' now from the United fans - it's a party for the home fans at Old Trafford
- 74'
Arason's save was world class, but his was very unfortunate that the loose ball fell to a red shirt - and now it's surely game over
- 73'
GOAL!!!!!
- 73'
Fortune finds a great cross to pick out Giggs, he unleashes the shot - it's a fantastic save by Arason, superb, but the loose ball comes out to Ronaldo...
- 73'
Now it is an uphill task for City, even if United do have ten men
- 72'
United double there advantage. It was a great cross from Ronaldo and Ruud had the simple task to score from just a couple of yards
- 71'
GOAL!!!!!
- 71'
The unmarked O'Shea flicks on the corner and it goes back out wide. Ronaldo delivers it to the back stick and Van Nistelrooy is there to tap home
- 71'
A poor header from McManaman gives possession away to Giggs, he finds Van Nistelrooy on the right, the low cross wins a corner off Distin
- 70'
Still no action from the bench by Kevin Keegan - 10 minutes left to save the tie
- 69'
Barton unleashes an effort from 25-yards, but it's always rising and is well over the bar
- 68'
Keane claims a corner - but it was deflected off Giggs and will be a goal-kick
- 67'
Ronaldo does his trademark stepover but, as is so often the case, there's no end product
- 66'
Keane goes in hard on Barton, no more than a free-kick
- 65'
Tarnat blasts one from 30-yards - it deflects wide off a team-mate
- 64'
McManaman finds himself in on goal, thanks to Fowler, and it's a great chance to level - but his side-footed effort is weak and easy for Howard in the United goal
- 63'
Scholes plays a neat ball over the top for Van Nistelrooy, he goes down under the challenge from Distin and Van Buyten - Ruud wants a penalty but it never was
- 62'
This is better from City now, they should be back on level terms
- 61'
The corner comes in from Tarnat. Distin can't get there but Wright-Phillips can and he puts it back in - offside
- 60'
...superb save from Howard from point-blank range. Corner to the visitors
- 59'
Barton feeds Dunne on the right. He looks up and crosses into the danger area. Both Fowler and Siberski are there, but it's Barton with the ghosting run who connects...
- 58'
Giggs takes it, Van Buyten is there to clear and City can come forward
- 57'
Van Nistelrooy finds Neville on the right, he finds Ronaldo who in turn finds Keane - he wins the corner off Distin
- 56'
Reyna is penalised for handball. Barton argues with referee Winter about the decision and needs to be careful - he's on a yellow
- 55'
A free-kick to City half-way inside the United half. Tarnat looks up as the big boys move forward, it goes short to Reyna - he chips into the box and Sibierski's header is cleared by O'Shea
- 54'
It's clever work from McManaman, he does a backheel to find Wright-Phillips who looks to go past Scholes but, in the box, the United man does well
- 53'
Tarnat takes but poor control by Reyna lets him down and United can break with Ronaldo
- 52'
Sibierski plays in Wright-Phillips on the overlap, he's in space and has a chance here - only for Howard to make a good save and give away a corner
- 51'
City are going to have to get Macken or Elliott on to provide support for Fowler
- 50'
Giggs steps up to take. Barton heads clear, it comes back in to Van Nistelrooy but he's flagged offside
- 49'
Keane plays a fine ball over the top for Ronaldo, he's chased by McManaman and concedes the corner
- 48'
Sibierski produces a great ball down the line to Wright-Phillips on the right, there's not many in the middle and the cross headed away but only to Sibierski, who fires wide from 20 yards
- 47'
Ronaldo goes on the burst, but his cross is cleared by Van Buyten
- 46'
It's Fowler and Sibierski to kick-off for City
- 45'
City are going to have to get more bodies up front, Fowler will need a strike partner, to mak the extra man count
- 45'
It now transpires that Gary Neville was given a yellow card for the dive AND a straight red for the headbutt on McManaman - and that will be a three-game ban for the England defender
- 45'
After a quiet start to the game, it all went off in the final ten minutes. After United scored, Gary Neville has given the visitors a lifeline
- 45'
And there goes the half-time whistle
- 45'
No, it's disallowed. The Portuguese was clearly offside when Giggs played the ball
- 45'
Giggs gets away from Dunne, moves into the penalty area and checks back onto his left. It's played into Ronaldo who scores
- 45'
Two minutes to be added on
- 45'
Tarnat takes it, to Reyna, he volleys goalwards and again Howard does brilliantly to keep it out. Pressure from City at last
- 45'
Fowler is released in on goal, it's a great chance, but Howard gets down to deflect it behind for a corner
- 44'
The home crowd are incensed. They don't have the benefit of the pictures we do, it was a clear sending-off - although it should have been straight red
- 44'
Phil Neville has slipped into his brother's place at right-back
- 43'
City win a free-kick on the left, Tarnat takes, Howard claims
- 43'
Tarnat stayed on, to some surprise. It looked like he was very much involved in the fracas
- 42'
United down to ten, City back in with a chance. No doubt we haven't seen the end of the fiery nature of this game now
- 42'
Now Winter goes over to his linesman and seeks his opinion. It's Barton who's fingered, but it's just the one yellow for the City midfielder
- 42'
Referee Winter goes into his pocket and shows the yellow card - and then another he's off. A yellow for the dive in the box and then another for his reaction. It should have been a straight red
- 41'
Now it's all handbags, players and jumping in all over the place - Silvestre holds his face as if he's been struck
- 41'
Gary Neville bursts into the box - he wants a penalty for a foul by Tarnat. It's not given and it all kicks off. Gary Neville has headbutted McManaman - he has to go
- 40'
Free-kick to City on the right. Tarnat takes, but only finds the gloves of Howard
- 39'
Fortune and Sibierski have words with each other, so referee Winter joins them to calm it down
- 38'
Van Nistelrooy is played through on goal by a fine flick from Phil Neville. Dunne gets back to make a vital challenge and thwart the Dutch striker
- 37'
Tarnat enters the book for persistent infringement of the laws of the game
- 36'
Scholes got in behind Reyna, who should have been more watchful, leaving Arason with no chance. United, rightly, take the lead courtesy of poor City defending
- 35'
GOAL!!!!!
- 35'
Van Nistelrooy releases Giggs on the left, he rolls it along and Scholes comes in from six yards...
- 35'
Tarnat plays a good volleyed pass towards Wright-Phillips, he puts it past Fortune but Silvestre comes across to cover
- 34'
Ronaldo takes, it's awful and City get the chance to regroup
- 33'
Ronaldo does his stepover routine to try and get past Dunne, Distin comes back to cover and give away a corner
- 32'
Dunne puts it behind for a corner. It's Fortune who takes, Sibierski is there to clear
- 31'
United have been very much on top, but have rarely threatened Arason in the City goal
- 30'
Keane nudges Distin as he goes up for a header, free-kick
- 29'
Ronaldo takes this time, Barton and Sibierski collide but the former gets it clear
- 28'
United win a corner with Wright-Phillips heading behind. Fortune takes, Scholes wins the header, Van Nistelrooy can't get a touch, Ronaldo can and it's another corner
- 27'
Giggs shows a good turn of pace to get past Dunne and moves in on goal, again it's Van Buyten who makes the challenge
- 26'
Giggs looks for Van Nistelrooy, Van Buyten is again there to bring an end to the move
- 25'
Ronaldo and Giggs stand over the ball. Ronaldo whips it goalwards, Arason makes the dive but it goes the wrong side of the post - as far as the home side are concerned
- 24'
Scholes win a free-kick 25 yards out, it looks a home decision. City are far from happy with that
- 23'
Ronaldo tried to feed one to Van Nistelrooy but Van Buyten, from a family of famous Belgian wrestlers, intercepts
- 22'
Phil Neville spreads it to his brother, who plays a low cross into the area for Keane - great save low down by Arason
- 21'
Phil Neville is penalised for a foul on Barton, free-kick to City. Tarnat swings it in with his left, goal-kick
- 20'
Fowler is so isolated up front. City cannot really win any respite, as when the ball's cleared it's just coming straight back
- 19'
Van Nistelrooy flicks Gary Neville's pass across the face of goal. The loose ball is picked up by Giggs, and he finds to head of Keane - who puts it over the bar
- 18'
Tarnat floats a cross in from the right, and it's just ahead of the run from Sibierski so Howard can collect
- 17'
Corner to United. Giggs takes, Van Nistelrooy wins the header but it just drifts wide
- 16'
A mistake by Van Buyen allows Van Nistelrooy get onto the through ball, but the defence is back to support
- 15'
Fowler plays it out right for Wright-Phillips - it's poor and out for a throw
- 14'
Ronaldo goes down in theatrical fashion under McManaman's challenge. It's a soft free-kick
- 13'
Fortune crosses into the box, it's easy for Distin to head clear
- 12'
Ronaldo is sent crashing by Tarnat in centre-field, and referee Winter has words, but there's no card this time
- 11'
City only have Fowler up front, and they are finding it hard to work it forward with the former Liverpool man ploughing a lone furrow
- 10'
Gary Neville does well to pick out Van Nistelrooy, but the Dutchman can only finds the gloves of Icelandic goalkeeper Arnason
- 9'
Sibierski's ball finds Wright-Phillips in space, he bursts forward but Phil Neville does well to get back and make the challenge
- 8'
Fortune plays another poor ball, it's a bad start from the South African international
- 7'
Tarnat floats in the corner, it's headed away by Silvestre and back in by Reyna - Fowler is offside
- 6'
Sibierski takes, it deflects off the wall and behind for a corner
- 5'
Handball against Phil Neville 30 yards out. A chance for City.
- 4'
Sibierski loses out to Phil Neville, he finds Scholes who is tackled
- 3'
Giggs lookst o make progress down the left, plays in Fortune but his cross is intercepted by Barton
- 2'
City passing it about early doors
- 1'
Van Nistelrooy and Scholes gets the FA Cup Fifth Round underway
City also lost during the week, to Liverpool, and Keegan also rings the changes. He drafts in goalkeeper Arni Arason, Joey Barton and Antoine Sibierski while Republic of Ireland Under-21 striker Stephen Elliott was on the bench
Paul Scholes marks his 400th appearance for Manchester United. He is no doubt hoping to spoil City manager Kevin Keegan's 53rd birthday
celebrations. United manager Sir Alex Ferguson makes four changes to the side that lost to
Middlesbrough in midweek. Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Cristiano Ronaldo all return
A team without a league win in eons travel to a team with a defence which has sprung a leak. Join us at 12.30pm for the Manchester derby.
