Premiership: O'Shea makes full debut for Man Utd

Laurent Blanc’s absence with a broken nose forced Alex Ferguson to hand John O’Shea his full Premiership debut and field his 12th centre-half pairing of the season.

Sat, 08 Dec, 2001 - 14:50

Laurent Blanc’s absence with a broken nose forced Alex Ferguson to hand John O’Shea his full Premiership debut and field his 12th centre-half pairing of the season.

O’Shea lined up alongside Gary Neville, who shrugged off a groin injury to play, at the heart of the Manchester United defence.

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