Scholes Reaches Milestone In Style

There was only one thing missing from a memorable week for United veteran Paul Scholes - a second victory for his team.

It was otherwise a successful seven days as the evergreen midfielder followed up a man-of-the-match performance in United's win over Newcastle on Monday night by scoring his 150th goal for the club in Sunday's draw at Fulham.

The goal was reminiscent of many Scholes goals from down the years, his torpedo-like strike scorching low into the bottom corner of the net after being unleashed first-time from just outside the box.

"It’s never easy to score from 20 yards," said Sir Alex after the Fulham match.

"But Paul has done it in the past, he’s got a tremendous record at that over the years and he’s done it once again. And once again, I think he was one of the best players on the pitch. It was another outstanding performance."

Scholes remains ninth on the Reds' list of all-time top scorers and is again just six goals shy of Ryan Giggs' tally. The Welshman netted for the 156th time in the game against Newcastle, from a chipped pass by his long-serving team-mate.

New Fulham boss and United legend Mark Hughes is ahead of Giggs in seventh place with 163 goals while the top six comprises, in order, Sir Bobby Charlton (249), Denis Law (237), Jack Rowley (211), George Best and Dennis Viollet (both 179) and Joe Spence (168).