사진: 울버햄프턴의 수비수를 제치는 박지성(guardian 사진)

박지성이 7일 오전(한국시간) 영국 맨체스터의 올드 트래퍼드에서 열린 2010-2011시즌 프리미어리그 11라운드 울버햄프턴과 홈 경기에서 풀타임을 뛰면서 0-0으로 맞선 전반 45분 선제골에 이어 1-1로 비긴 채 끝날 듯하던 경기 종료 직전 결승골까지 뽑아 맨유에 짜릿한 2-1 승리를 안겼다.

다음은 영국의 ‘Guardian’이 보도한 내용의 일부이다

Park Ji-sung, who has been one of Ferguson’s most underrated footballers, scored just before the interval. Then, running at a retreating line of gold shirts in stoppage time, the Korean drove his shot into the corner of Marcus Hahnemann’s net beneath the Stretford End. Mick McCarthy swore loudly and launched a furious kick at nothing in particular. No Wolves manager since John Barnwell in 1980 had earned so much as a point at Old Trafford and not only had McCarthy’s side been seconds away, they had deserved at least that reward.

“We have done this so many times. You simply have to admire [my players’] perseverance,” said Ferguson . “It was a long struggle today. We had to make so many changes. Some were playing with touches of flu, others with diarrhoea. In the first half, Wolves were the better team; they played very well. This morning we had to do checks on Patrice Evra, Paul Scholes and Nemanja Vidic, who all felt under the weather. But we took gambles because that’s what we do.”

The fan’s player ratings Van der Sar 7; Brown 6, Ferdinand 6, Vidic 6, Evra 7; Hargreaves 4 (Bebé 10 6; Macheda 74 6), Fletcher 5, O’Shea 6 (Scholes 74 6), Park 8; Obertan 6; Hernández 7