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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Man Utd go six points clear with Boro win

Ryan Giggs and Park Ji-sung scored in each half as Manchester United won 2-0 at Middlesbrough on Saturday to go six points clear at the top of the English Premier League.The defeat leaves Boro deep in relegation trouble and with just three games left to avoid the drop.By contrast, United have one hand on the Premiership trophy for the third year in a row and owed victory to a captain's performance from the evergreen Giggs on his 801st appearance for the Red Devils.Their nearest title rivals Liverpool can cut the gap to three points with victory over Middlesbrough's north-east neighbors and fellow relegation strugglers Newcastle on Sunday.But United will have a game in hand going into the closing games of the season and with the benefit of a near fully-fit squad.Alex Ferguson could afford to rest the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Edwin van der Sar and Michael Carrick ahead of Tuesday's Champions League semifinal decider against Arsenal.But he was still able to include Wayne Rooney, Giigs, Paul Scholes, Nemanja Vidic and Dimitar Berbatov in his starting line up at the Riverside.

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