Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Manchester United Get More Injury Time on Average.

Has it ever come across your mind that somehow, Manchester United always get some extra 'extra time' when they need it the most? Like for example just last weekend, in the Manchester City derby, Craig Bellamy scored the what was thought to be the "last gasp" goal only to be nicked by Michael Own in the real "last gasp" goal? heheh.

Think no further, have a look at this article written by Daniel Taylor of the Guardian, titled, Revealed: Manchester United get more injury time when they need it. In 48 games when United were ahead, the average amount of stoppage time was 191.35 seconds. In 12 matches when United were drawing or losing there was an average of 257.17sec. How cool are these statistics?

So the next time Manchester United plays, have a look at the time allocated for "extra time" and see if this is true!

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