Van Nistelrooy penalty enough to see United home

Manchester United 1 Middlesbrough 0

Wed, 04 Sep, 2002 - 01:00

Simon Stone

The Dutchman fired in his first league goal of the campaign after Ugo Ehiogu had tugged him back in the box to give United the edge after a closely-fought opening period.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson sprang a major surprise by naming Fabien Barthez, Paul Scholes and Mikael Silvestre.

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