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10/26/2013

Manchester Utd vs Stoke City: 3-2 How it all happened

The red devils went down twice before making their now trademark comeback to win the game 3-2 against a resilient Stoke City side.Man Utd strikers were all fantastic with Robin Van Persie, Rooney and Hernandez all target sealing the win which ensured United got all the three points.Stoke City took the lead in the 4th minute when an Eric Pieters cross was met by a sliding Crouch forcing De Gea to a save but Crouch got to the rebound and put the ball in the back of the net.In the 43rd minute Nani's cross was met by Rooney at the far post but his effort was denied by Begovic, the rebound got to Van Persie near the penalty spot and he put the ball in the back of the net to level the scores to 1-1.A minute later, Stoke city got a freekick resulting from a Phil Jones foul and a well taken Marko Arnautovic freekick ensured Stoke were back in front.In the last 12 minutes of the second half, 2 headers from Rooney and Hernandez who had just replaced Cleverley won the game in dramatic fashion and Man Utd finally got to winning ways in the premier league.David Moyes after the match 'The supporters really played their part today.They kept the team going when we needed at the end'.All the substitutes the manager made worked out well with Valencia, Januzaj and Hernandez making a big impact to the game after they came on.Today's comeback was typical of Man Utd and you can never write them off till the game is over.