Scholes' Timing Simply Perfect ; 17 Seconds to Go and United Veteran Kills Off City Hopes [Eire Region]

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THE crushing sense of disappointment and shattered hopes were almost too much to bear yesterday as the Manchester derby reached its 92nd minute and 43rd second. Just 17 seconds of added time were remaining when Paul Scholes, the 35-year-old veteran of these affairs, rose to meet a cross from Patrice Evra.

Shamefully neglected by his opposing midfielders, the little Englishman spun his header goalwards, towards the bottom corner of Shay Given's goal. Around the sky-blue decked City of Manchester Stadium, where passionate, hopeful voices had been raised in anticipation of a defining, changing moment in the relationship between these famous clubs, a ghastly silence descended. It was quickly broken by the confined, ecstatic roars from outnumbered United fans as they caught sight of the net billowing in front of them.

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Scholes' Timing Simply Perfect ; 17 Seconds to Go and United Veteran Kills Off City Hopes [Eire Region]

They have been here before, of course, those ever-patient City fans, with that Michael Owen goal in the sixth minute of added time at Old Trafford which sealed United's 4-3 win earlier in the season. Somehow, though, this was esp...

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