ahead of the United goalkeeper and set up Gareth Barry for the equaliser. The first yellow card was given to Tevez for a "clumsy lunge" on Ferdinand in the 27th minute, and in the 36th minute Tevez was the recipient of a heavy tackle from Anderson, who himself was booked for the challenge. In the 44th minute, Vidić also picked up a yellow card for a foul on Micah Richards, and a minute later Tevez nearly gave City the lead, hitting the outside of the post following good team play involving Touré and Ireland. At half-time, as the players were leaving the pitch, Tevez responded to a hostile reception from the Stretford End by applauding "sarcastically". Moments later, a coin thrown from the stands struck Tevez's teammate Javier Garrido on the head. United regained the lead four minutes into the second half, when Darren Fletcher outjumped Barry to head home a looping cross from Giggs. Park Ji-sung and Giggs himself both then had opportunities to give United a 3–1 lead, but neither was able to score. Instead, a City equaliser came quickly in the 52nd minute from Craig Bellamy, who cut inside United defender John O'Shea and shot into the top corner from just outside the penalty area. Bellamy then received a yellow card in the 59th minute for hacking down Anderson, and United soon made the first substitution of the match, bringing on new signing Antonio Valencia for Park. United had further chances to score but Given kept out several efforts, first from a close-range header by Berbatov, and again from a powerful shot by Giggs. United made their second change of the match in the 78th minute, bringing on Owen for Berbatov. United finally went ahead for a third time with 10 minutes remaining; Fletcher scored his second goal from a Giggs assist, this time from a free-kick after a foul on Evra. City responded positively, and had chances to equalise through academy players Wright-Phillips and Richards. In the last minute of normal time, winger Martin Petrov, who had been brought on in the 83rd minute as a substitute for De Jong in an attacking change, intercepted an inaccurate pass from Ferdinand near the half-way line and laid the ball off to Bellamy, who quickly raced down the left-hand side and squeezed the ball past an onrushing Foster for his second of the match. After originally instructing the