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Van Nistelrooy lifts United, Spurs stun Charlton
Fulham were level before the half-hour mark through Danish midfielder Claus Jensen but van Nistelrooy scored the winner before the end of a breathless half after being teed up by the excellent Park. The win followed United's Champions League victory over Benfica in midweek, secured by a late Van Nistelrooy goal, and will help to further ease the pressure on Ferguson after his team's disappointing September. The Scot was in good humour after the game. "I thought at halftime this could have ended up 20-all," he told Sky Sports television. "But in the second half common sense took over. Some of our football was scintillating in the first half." The defeat put Fulham into the bottom three with five points. BRAVE SPURS Spurs left Charlton reeling with a superb fightback at The Valley. Playing in front of England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, Darren Bent scored twice to give Athletic a 2-0 lead after 48 minutes but the prospect of defeat merely spurred Tottenham into action. Ledley King quickly pulled one back and Egyptian striker Mido lashed in an equaliser through goalkeeper Stephan Andersen's legs after 64 minutes. Irish substitute striker Keane completed Tottenham's comeback 10 minutes from time with a neat finish after a counter-attack by Martin Jol's improving team. "We believed in it," said Jol. "I think we deserved it because we played
brave, we played all the strikers."
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