A late fight back by Manchester United against Fulham counted for little as Darren Bent scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to claim a 2-2 draw for the Premier League’s bottom team against the struggling champions on Sunday.
Fulham first stunned Old Trafford in the 19th minute when Steve Sidwell scored to leave seventh-place United facing a ninth loss of its title defence.
It took Robin van Persie until the 78th minute to level and Michael Carrick netted again for United inside two minutes, bringing Wayne Rooney to his knees in celebration and manager David Moyes punching the air with relief.
But just when United thought it was collecting three valuable points, Bent grabbed Fulham’s equalizer.
Goalkeeper David de Gea turned away a shot from former United winger, Kieran Richardson, but sent the ball straight into the path of the substitute Bent, who nodded into an empty net.
Now it was the turn of Fulham manager, Rene Meulensteen, United’s assistant under Alex Ferguson until May, to punch the air as his side snatched a precious point.
For Moyes and United, now nine points away from a Champions League place, a miserable season just keeps getting worse.
And, with a visit to Arsenal on Wednesday, there is no end to the trouble in sight for Manchester United.
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