Title turning point?

ON the night Alex Ferguson vowed Manchester United's off-field problems would not deflect his attention from regaining the Premiership title, Middlesbrough sauntered into Old Trafford and did it instead.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2004 - 00:00
Simon Stone

Manchester United 2 Middlesbrough 3

Joseph-Desire Job's 80th-minute winner condemned the Red Devils to their fifth defeat of the campaign and left them five points adrift of unbeaten Arsenal.

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