Can a miracle still happen? Can Manchester United trounce Swansea…or is that the wrong question? Can they even win?

The teams

Man Utd: De Gea, Jones, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Young, Rooney, Hernandez. Subs: Amos, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, Cleverley.

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Taylor, Allen, Sigurdsson, Gower, Dyer, Graham, Sinclair. Subs: Tremmel, Tate, Britton, Routledge, Monk, McEachran, Moore.

Referee: Chris Foy

And we’re off…

There is a bit of a buzz about Old Trafford despite expectations being undeniably dampened after the City result.

Swansea zipping the ball about. It’s an open game at the moment.

United look to break but, rather than subtler effort, Rooney powers a pass at Hernandez who naturally miscontrols in the box.

Twenty minutes in. United on top but not really creating. That trouncing doesn’t look like it’s coming as yet.

Chaos in the Swansea box there as Evra pummels a shot at goal, Vorm bats it away and then does the same for Rooney’s impressive – and acrobatic – response to the rebound.

GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Swansea

A well-worked United goal as Valencia beats his full-back and cuts the ball back for Carrick. He fires at goal only for Scholes to backheel it in. Impudent. But there’s barely a celebration. For United, it’s just about totting these up now.

And Hernandez goes close moments later…

And Hernandez shoulders just over now after Scholes diverted a cross on. It could/should be 3-0 to United.

Rooney curls over from just outside the box having perhaps weighed up the options a bit too long as he bore down on goal.

GOAL! Manchester United 2-0 Swansea

Surely not? Ashley Young hurries the pick the ball out of the net having curled into the bottom corner from the edge of the box after Rooney’s strike was blocked. There is a sense of focus about them here.

And Smalling just wide from a corner… this could be 5-0 to United at the moment.

Half-time. A rare focus about United.

Ferguson walks out for the second half with his head faced towards the ground.

The second half is off…

So close to a third for United as Rooney crosses and Dyer just cuts out the cross before Young can reach it.

United still in complete control but they did have a scare there as Sinclair almost forced a finish at the other end. Valencia just went close himself, with the ball bouncing around the box.

And Dyer blazes over now! United not quite as focused as they were at the end of the second half. But then a dip was somewhat inevitable.

Tom Cleverley on for Paul Scholes.

Swansea have done themselves credit with the way they’ve recollected themselves after what looked set to be a rout. Causing United problems now.

Rooney misses from just yards out after a great pass from Carrick. That really should have been 3-0.

Berbatov coming on for Rooney, in what will likely be his last appearance at Old Trafford (the Bulgarian that is).

Full-time: Manchester United 2-0 Swansea City

No real assault on the goal difference, then, for United but they did get the result that means the title race goes to the final day. City, at the very least, have to match whatever United do at Sunderland against QPR.