United scrape past Charlton...

United left Cristiano Ronaldo out of their squad today as he was supposedly suffering with a cold and as a result the Reds only managed to narrowly beat Charlton 2-0, a result which rival manager Alan Pardew rightly said 'flattered United', a first half goal by Ji-Sung Park and a late second half goal by Darren Fletcher sealed yet another vital three points, as rivals Chelsea kept the pressure on the Reds by beating Boro 3-0 at the Bridge, in doing so Chelsea broke a record for being unbeaten at home for three years in the league, Mourinho has been in charge for most of that period and at his previous club Porto he was unbeaten in the league for the previous three years. Quite an amazing record.