Man Utd fought hard to equalise on a wet day at the Riverside, after losing their early advantage. The final score was a 2-2 draw, meaning two points of advantage dropped at the top of the table, putting Man Utd just 3 points above the runners-up. The line-ups for both clubs were the following:
 
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Middlesbrough (Position 15th)
· Schwarzer (GK)
· Young
· Wheater
· Pogatetz
· Taylor
· O’Neil
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Barca wonderkid Lionel Messi has identified the Man Utd Champions League semi-final match as the perfect game to return from injury. The young Argentinean has torn his left leg thigh muscle in the March Last 16 game against Celtic, and has not featured for the club ever since this incident, receiving treatment in his home-country. [...]

A leading newspaper has recently claimed that the real reason that Owen Hargreaves is being left out of most Man Utd games is that he is always turning up late for team meetings. The paper has reported that Hargreaves has a habit of always turning up late for scheduled meetings, and this has angered manager [...]

John O’Shea has become a prominent media figure for Man Utd lately. He has appeared in several quoted interviews, previewing or reviewing Man Utd’s matches. His comments are always of encouragement for the whole squad to beat the hurdles they still have to face this season. John was full of praise for the Red Devils [...]