Ryan Giggs and Park Ji-Sung increased Manchester United's stranglehold
on the Barclays Premier League title as Middlesbrough`s relegation
fears increased following a 2-0 defeat at the Riverside Stadium.
The Welshman and his South Korean team-mate fired their side to a
fifth successive league victory in front of the biggest crowd of the
season at the Riverside and established a six-point lead over closest
rivals Liverpool, who do not play until Sunday.
Whatever happens at Anfield, United will head into the closing weeks
of the season at least three points ahead of the Reds and with a game
in hand.
Giggs set the visitors on the road to victory with just his second
league goal of the campaign with 25 minutes gone and Park sealed
the points six minutes after the restart as United won at a canter.
Perhaps more importantly, they did so without having to call upon
the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Edwin van der Sar, Michael Carrick,
Darren Fletcher and Anderson ahead of Tuesday night's Champions
League semi-final decider at Arsenal.
The Boro faithful among a crowd of 33,767 trailed away from the
Riverside knowing their hopes of watching Premier League football
next season are receding by the week.
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