00:0025 years old and six feet four makes his premiership debut before a crowd of 55,000 at Old Trafford
00:06and he's not the only one to whom they give a baptism of fire
00:09because 20 year old Costa Rican international Paolo Wanchop starts for the first time in attack
00:15his compatriot Maurizio Solis is among the substitutes but Derby's two Croatians
00:21Stimac and Asanovic are both injured, Gary Rowett suspended
00:24so Paul McGrath is asked to exercise those tender knees once more in an arena he knows so well
00:31the league leaders are without the injured David May
00:34but David Beckham, Gary Pallister and Gary Neville have all recovered after missing the England game
00:40there may be a surprise for Eric Cantona who will be the subject of a man-to-man marking job
00:44fit again Andy Cole is preferred as his striking partner to top scorer Solskjaer
00:51Alec Ferguson knows the champions could go six points clear tonight
00:55on Monday they leave for Germany in a European Cup semi-final
00:58and in his programme notes Ferguson challenges again the FA's decision
01:03to take part in that end-of-season tournament in France
01:07and talking of internationals, FIFA referee David Ellery
01:11back on the ground where he set the strict standard for Euro 96
01:15and in the middle here is Ward half away by Pallister
01:20this is Trollope
01:23Chris Powell number three
01:34Giggs and Keane's got three on the far side
01:36Cole's gone near post but it's Keane
01:38and it's wide
01:40oh he got completely free
01:43and Van der Laan is pointing but somebody let him go
01:47and really Giggs
01:51and Keane
01:52contrived here a great opening
01:54it's a lovely cross
01:55Derby have all got sucked in
01:57look at the space
01:57and it goes wide from Keane
02:02and Trollope just couldn't get to him there
02:04he was only a yard away
02:06but the cross was so good
02:08that Cantona got there first
02:10it's Phil Neville
02:11who delivers the ball
02:12and he just beats his marker there Cantona
02:14and Pawn manages to get down by the post
02:21Cantona's waiting
02:22Trollope stretching didn't make it
02:24it's come to Roy Keane
02:26Cole is in the centre
02:27the block by Powell
02:31Gary Neville
02:32three of them now
02:34looking for a diagonal cross
02:37Keane plays it shorter
02:39but
02:42Gary Neville again
02:44and Giggs coming in
02:45oh and
02:47he feels he was shoved
02:48running up to the referee
02:50Ryan Giggs
02:51spreading wide to the right
02:53back into Trollope
02:54and now Van der Laan
02:58Derby working it well
02:59Trollope again
03:00three in the middle for a cross
03:02and here's Ashley Ward
03:03oh and he was onside
03:06and he had Sturridge behind him
03:08maybe in a better position
03:11what a great chance for Derby
03:13you won't get many like that at Old Trafford
03:15come across to challenge him
03:21Darryl Powell
03:22played back to Trollope
03:24Derby have got plenty of players forward here
03:26one chop on the far post here with the header back
03:28it's a good one
03:29Ward
03:29oh it's in
03:31Derby have scored
03:33Derby have taken the lead
03:35and the Costa Rican played a part in the goal
03:38knocking it back to Ashley Ward
03:40and Manchester United
03:43can't quite work out what happened here
03:45one chop gets up
03:47to beat Neville
03:49knocks it back
03:50Ward hits it
03:51it hits the ground I think
03:53and spoons up over Schmeichel
03:56and Derby County
03:58from the bottom half of the Premiership
04:00strike a blow here
04:03which might have just caught a defender as well
04:05but Schmeichel was struggling to backpedal
04:08Ward will claim it
04:09having missed
04:10with two others up within Sturridge
04:12and Ward and the Costa Rican
04:13quite happy to run at the Manchester defence
04:15and he's gone right through the one chop
04:16and he's scored
04:18oh what a fantastic goal
04:20by the Costa Rican
04:22would you believe that
04:24on his debut
04:26that is a staggering moment
04:29of individual expertise
04:31by the long-legged 20-year-old
04:34in the English game
04:35for the first time
04:36he's gone clean through the defence
04:38of the league champions
04:40taken four of them on
04:41and just nudged it by Schmeichel
04:44what an impact
04:46by a fellow who wasn't heard of
04:48until he was on trial
04:49at Queen's Park Rangers
04:50then on trial at Derby
04:52well he's not on trial anymore
04:54Paolo one chop
04:55because he's made the score here
04:57Manchester United nil
04:59Derby County two
05:00with 35 minutes gone
05:04and it was taken off him
05:06just for a moment
05:07by Daly
05:10this is Darryl Powell
05:12again
05:12Derby are playing with
05:14some real flamboyance
05:16at the moment
05:16Sturridge
05:17their confidence
05:18is spreading
05:19and Ward is up there
05:21one shots up there
05:22Sturridge still it is
05:24couldn't be three
05:25could it
05:25it's Ward
05:26oh it should have been three
05:28it should have been three
05:29and it still is a three
05:31on the post
05:33could you credit that
05:35Ashley Ward
05:36had three chances
05:37and the important point
05:39to be made
05:40is that the flag
05:41never went up
05:43even though the
05:44Manchester United defence
05:45are standing and watching
05:46Schmeichel saves the first
05:47Schmeichel saves the second
05:49and then Ward hits the post
05:52it should have been
05:53three nil to Derby
05:57what an unexpected
05:58first half we have here
06:18Trollope with the tackle
06:19they really mean it
06:20Derby
06:20they're hungry for the ball
06:22and as David Ellery blows
06:23Schire and Cole
06:24playing up front
06:25with Cantona
06:26as Manchester United seek
06:28to cancel out
06:30a two goal deficit
06:31and retain their
06:33prime position
06:35in the title race
06:40defeat here for United
06:41would reopen
06:42the proceedings
06:44to say the least
06:46but there's a long way
06:47to go yet
06:47for Derby
06:48Schire to Cantona
06:50oh the way he brought
06:51that down was fabulous
06:52Cantona
06:53oh
06:56magnificent
06:58oh what a response
07:00and who else but Cantona
07:02to strike the blow
07:04that puts Manchester United
07:05back in business
07:06Solskjaer's immediate impression
07:09as a substitute
07:10but this was
07:12of the highest order
07:14look at the way
07:14he got that down
07:15away from Trollope
07:17his marker
07:17makes the angle
07:19and fires it across
07:20Corm
07:21and suddenly
07:23the whole atmosphere
07:24changes
07:26the man who changed
07:27the history of this
07:28famous club
07:29when he signed here
07:30now may have changed
07:31the course
07:32of this important game
07:33Eric Cantona
07:36Bonnie Johnson
07:37good interception
07:39here's Pallister
07:46Phil Neville
07:47and they're coming in
07:48in their droves
07:49on the far side here
07:50Keane
07:54agonisingly close
07:57oh it's Sturridge
07:58Michael committed himself
08:00and it's hit the post
08:01it's in
08:02it's in from Sturridge
08:03Derby have scored
08:04a monumental blunder
08:06by Schmeichel
08:07and Derby a 3-1 up
08:10a gift goal
08:11but Sturridge says
08:13you have to be there
08:14to score them
08:14and he was
08:16the 74th
08:17and look at this
08:18Schmeichel's come out
08:20he's lifted his right foot
08:21missed the ball
08:22completely
08:22Sturridge has gone past
08:24him and Pallister
08:25back off the post
08:26and Sturridge
08:27tucks it in
08:28for what must be
08:29one of the easiest goals
08:30he'll ever score
08:31but what was
08:32Peter Schmeichel doing
08:33Ronnie Johnson
08:34tried to save it
08:35on the line in fact
08:36and he got himself
08:37a bit tangled up
08:38and Derby have gone
08:403-1 up
08:45he's still got
08:46Schroll up
08:46look at that
08:47it hasn't changed
08:48all afternoon
08:50and he's driven a ball
08:51there forward for Cole
08:52McGrath
08:53didn't make that
08:54Solskjaer
08:55for Manchester United
08:56goal
08:58it's 3-2
09:01and Solskjaer
09:03confirms his position
09:04as top scorer
09:09a ricochet really
09:11off Paul McGrath
09:12set that up
09:13the old Manchester United
09:14player
09:15Cantona
09:16drove the pass
09:16who else
09:17but McGrath's header
09:18really deceived Daly
09:20and put Solskjaer in
09:21and the baby-faced
09:23Norwegian
09:23doesn't miss those
09:24it's 3-2
09:26and Erik Cantona
09:27well you just can't
09:29cater for what he can do
09:30even from that deep position
09:31the volley
09:32was conclusive
09:36any touch will do here
09:40even a Derby one
09:41as far as they're concerned
09:42just to relieve the
09:43tension for a moment
09:50and here comes
09:52Ryan Giggs
09:53with the cross
09:53Cole was there
09:54oh it's come off
09:56oh Cole again
09:57side letting it
09:58came off Christian Daly
09:59earlier on
10:00and he didn't know
10:00anything about it
10:03oh it's over the bar
10:06and Giggs
10:07puts his hands
10:08to his face
10:09this was the moment
10:11when it could have been
10:113-3
10:12and perhaps from his
10:13point of view
10:14it should have been
10:14it was a bit wide
10:16but it sat up
10:17for the volley
10:17oh it was going
10:18in the right direction
10:19but it rose over the bar
10:21Paul didn't have
10:22to make a save
10:24Paul picks it
10:25out of the air
10:28well
10:28the Estonian
10:29will certainly remember
10:31his first experience
10:33of the English Premiership
10:36Keane and the referee
10:37are talking
10:44forward by Philip Neville
10:46and out by Powell
10:48Simpson couldn't reach it
10:49Scholes to Becker
10:51Solskjaer in the middle
10:52and here comes
10:53Cantona again
10:54it's running away from him
10:55it's running
10:56did it run out
10:58Derby say yes
10:59no
10:59the Reinsman says
11:00no
11:00and there's the header
11:01oh it was
11:02fracturedly over the bar
11:03from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
11:06in the 48th minute
11:08of the half
11:11well
11:12you just can't
11:14take it for granted
11:15can you
11:15referee Ellery
11:17is finding more time
11:29what is Jim Smith
11:30going through at the moment
11:31this is possibly
11:32Premier League survival
11:42and now it's
11:43Philip Neville again
11:44just listen to the crowd
11:45oh and Porm
11:46started to come
11:47and he's had to go back
11:49McGrath leads the charge out
11:50and we've now played
11:51and there it is
11:53surely yes
11:53Derby County
11:54win at Old Trafford
11:55and they turn the championship
11:57race upside down
11:58for now
11:59and Jim Smith
12:00doesn't care about that
12:01he's got three points
12:02towards Premiership survival
12:04and I reckon
12:05one point from two
12:06home games coming up
12:07will see Derby safe
12:08that's going to be
12:09their programme now
12:11what a memorable performance
12:12by Derby County
12:14Estonian goalkeeper
12:15on his debut
12:16one chop who scored
12:17and had to go off
12:18look at those celebrations
12:20but what has it done
12:21to Manchester United
12:22and the championship
12:252-0 down
12:26back to 2-1
12:28then the mistake
12:29by Schmeichel
12:31and they couldn't save it
12:33in the end
12:34it's the second defeat
12:36only in 28 months
12:37here in the league
12:38for Manchester United
12:40Derby County's
12:41second win only away
12:42in the Premiership
12:43this season
12:43but what a gripping
12:45thrilling match
12:46and the final score here
12:48Manchester United 2
12:50Derby County 3
12:52and a significant match
12:54and result
12:54out
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