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Oh Bhoy! On-fire Reds sweep aside Glasgow Celtic

On Fire!
By Chris,
October 23 2008
Manchester United cruised to a 3-0 win over Glasgow Celtic on Tuesday evening. The linesman had a nightmare – allowing two Dimitar Berbatov strikes that appeared offside, and disallowing a perfectly good strike from Wayne Rooney – but the visitors can have no complaints about the scoreline. United have now bagged seven points from their opening three European Cup games.

Celtic's last visit to Old Trafford was a classic - with United eventually edging an end-to-end contest 3-2. This time around, however, the game was largely one-way traffic with United producing another mouth-watering attacking display to sweep the Scottish Champions to one side.

Berbatov opened the scoring on 30 minutes with a poacher's goal. He poked home John O'Shea's pass but replays clearly showed the Bulgarian was offside.

Celtic's frustration turned to outrage six minutes after the interval as Berbatov again appeared offside. Artur Boruc could only palm away Cristiano Ronaldo's drive - and the former Spurs striker, who had been in an offside position when the shot came in, sent the ball home.

Rooney put the game beyond doubt on 76 minutes, teasing Glenn Loovens before sweeping the ball home from the edge of the penalty box with an accurate finish. It made up for a disallowed strike earlier in the half when the England forward wrongly had an effort disallowed.

Controversy aside, Celtic can have no complaints about the result. United were rampant - and after a slightly slow-start that had the media crowing about our potential demise, we're now in full throttle and have chalked up six consecutive wins and five clean sheets on the bounce.

Old Trafford was rocking and the atmosphere was excellent. There were a few Celtic fans sprinkled in the home end and the odd report of some hostilities - but, over the years, the club has enjoyed a largely friendly relationship with Celtic and most Bhoys fans were very complimentary of United's superb performance.

It's Goodison Park next - can we keep the run keep going?

Full Time - Manchester United 3-0 Glasgow Celtic
Attendance - 74,655

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