Saturday 23 November 2002

Won

Man Utd
5–3
Newcastle

25′
Scholes
38′
van Nistelrooy
45′
van Nistelrooy
53′
van Nistelrooy
55′
Solskjær
35′
Bernard
52′
Shearer
75′
Bellamy
0′HTFT
  1. 25' Paul Scholes
  2. 35' Olivier Bernard
  3. 38' Ruud van Nistelrooy
  4. 45' Ruud van Nistelrooy
  5. 52' Alan Shearer
  6. 53' Ruud van Nistelrooy
  7. 55' Ole Gunnar Solskjær
  8. 75' Craig Bellamy

Starting XI

10van Nistelrooy×320Solskjær21Forlán↓ 79′
11Giggs18Scholes25Fortune
5Blanc↓ 69′22O'Shea24Brown27Silvestre
1Barthez

4-3-3 — approximate shape; some positions inferred from career data, not this match

Substitutes

Verified from 30 cited sources and the canonical match record.