Derby County 1 Utd 0

With Derby’s in-your-face tactics the Reds struggled to impose themselves. It left young Danny Welbeck up front facing a tough task even with United’s Carling Cup talisman Carlos Tevez, shrugging off all the pre-match contract controversy to get the nod from Fergie, as his partner. There were none of the easy titbits provided by Dimitar Berbatov on the south coast four days earlier.
Derby persistence in piling pressure on United’s increasingly nervy side paid off after 30 minutes when Kris Commons enjoyed a ridiculous amount of space to line up and then crash in the opener from 25 yards.