Van Nistelrooy scores as Man Utd beats West Ham 1-0

[bad_meetz_evil]

LONDON (AP) -- Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a first-half goal Wednesday to lift Manchester United to a 1-0 victory over West Ham in the English Premier League, moving the Red Devils nine points behind league-leading Chelsea.

Van Nistelrooy, benched for five games, started as manager Alex Ferguson's captain and scored in injury time. It was Man United's seventh straight league victory and moved the team five points ahead of Liverpool in third place.

Man United dominated the game at Old Trafford and could have scored more, hitting the goalpost once and the crossbar another time.

[Straight Edge]

Glad that Ruud got the start, now hopefully the press can stop speculating about Ruud leaving Man Utd. I'm sure Ruud understands, that Saha was in better form as of late. As for the match, I completely forgot we were playing tonight. Still, 5 points ahead of Liverpool and 9 points behind Chelsea is good.