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Saturday, 1 March 2008

Fulham 0-3 Man Utd

Manchester United cruised past Fulham and closed to within one point of Premier League leaders Arsenal. (BBC Sport Sunday 2nd March 2008))

United rested Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, but Owen Hargreaves set them on their way to victory with a 20-yard free-kick after 15 minutes.

They missed a host of chances before Ji-Sung Park headed in Paul Scholes' cross a minute before the interval.

Fulham's misery was complete when Simon Davies turned John O'Shea's cross into his own net 18 minutes from time.

Ronaldo and Rooney were rested in readiness for the Champions League clash with Lyon at Old Trafford on Tuesday - but it did little to disturb United's rhythm in a first 45 minutes they dominated with embarrassing ease