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Angry fans
Wed, 04 Mar, 2009 - 00:00

HAVE Manchester United made some kind of Faustian pact over penalty shoot-outs? And, if so, is it too early to ask if the Devil is going to keep his side of the bargain and carry them off to that special level of Hell which is reserved just for them?

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