Football: McManaman opens goal account
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Your support makes all the difference.STEVE MCMANAMAN opened his Real Madrid goal account in a 4-1 Spanish League victory over newly-promoted Numancia on Sunday night.
It took Real until the second half to convert their superiority into goals at the Bernabeu Stadium, and it was John Toshack's decision to take off the former Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka - who had missed three gilt- edged chances - and bring on the Brazilian Savio after 55 minutes that turned the tide.
Moments after an own-goal by Ivan Rocha had given Toshack's side the lead, Savio was introduced and, within two minutes, he had doubled Real's advantage. Then, after 70 minutes, McManaman struck his first goal for the club before an 83rd-minute penalty from Fernando Hierro made it 4- 0 to Real. Numancia scored an injury-time consolation through Caco Moran.
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