Van der Sar surrenders after 1311 minutes
Thursday 05 March 2009
Edwin van de Sar has surrendered
his unbeatable status on Wednesday by conceding a goal
against Manchester United and he has no one to blame
but himself.
Van der Sar was well on the way
to breaking the European shutout record of Belgian Danny
Verlinden.
For that Van der Sar would have
had to keep his goal clean until the 89th minute of
last night's game.
But it all went wrong early on.
In the ninth minute of the game
Van der Sar let go of a seemingly easy shot from Jonas.
The bouncing ball fell to the feet
of Peter Lövenkrands who beat the Dutchman from
close range.
It was the first time since 8 November
2008 that Van der Sar let in a goal.
On that day Samir Nasri of Arsenal
scored two.
Van der Sar kept a clean sheet
in 16 consecutive games and broke several records in
the UK.
Against low ranked Newcastle breaking
the record seemed possible, but the Magpies played what
was perhaps their best game of the season.
Lövenkrands' goal didn't get
them anywhere though, because Wayne Rooney and Dimitar
Berbatov secured a 1-2 victory for United.
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