Ben Foster saved the day in a penalty shootout

Both sides failed to score during the first 90 minutes and in extra time 加時(shí)賽 so the match was decided on a penalty shootout 點(diǎn)球大戰(zhàn) which Manchester won 4-1.

Manchester United’s young English goalkeeper 守門員 Ben Foster was the hero, saving Tottenham’s first spot kick 點(diǎn)球 after taking advantage of some technological assistance.

Moments before the shootout 淘汰賽 began, Foster was shown video clips on a portable media player 便攜式媒體播放器 of Tottenham players taking penalties in previous matches.

"Just before the shootout I was looking at an iPod with goalkeeping coach Eric Steele," said Foster, "on it were images of Spurs 熱刺隊(duì) taking penalties."

"I’d been told if O’Hara took a kick, he would probably go to my left. It was great that was exactly what happened and I managed to get a hand to it," he continued.

Manchester United have now won two out of a possible five trophies domestically 國內(nèi)的 and abroad 海外, having already won the Fifa Club World Cup in December 2008.

If they can go on to win the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions’ League, then they will make history to become the first ever team to win the quintuple 五個(gè)（獎(jiǎng)杯）.

However, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been quick to pour cold water 潑冷水 on the idea that the quintuple is already in the bag 已經(jīng)拿到了.

"I’m not getting carried away with it, only the media will. We will keep our feet on the ground," said Ferguson, meaning that he will not allow himself to expect success that has not happened yet.

United defender Rio Ferdinand echoed the sentiments 表示同感 of his boss saying, "we’ll take each game as it comes", which means they are not looking further ahead than the next game.

"We don’t get ahead of ourselves 有超越感 and think which silverware 獎(jiǎng)杯，銀器 we are going to win next,” continued Ferdinand.

Despite their restrained 嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)?/b> words, Manchester United are in pole position 領(lǐng)先位置 to succeed in all their remaining competitions.