The Return of Scholes

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On 8 January 2012, Paul Scholes came out of retirement due to the injury crisis in Manchester United team and made his post-retirement debut against the noisy neighbours Manchester City in the FA Cup in which Manchester United won 3-2. Paul Scholes came in as a substitute replacing his Portuguese team-mate Luis Nani.

The Return to the Premier League 

Paul Scholes returned to league against Bolton in which he scored his first goal since retirement in which United won 3-0 at Old Tradfford. Since the return of Paul Scholes, United had not lost a single match in the premier league. Since Scholes was persuaded out of retirement, following defeats by Blackburn and Newcastle, United have taken 25 points from 27 to overtake Manchester City. As Scholes is the hub of the mid-field for Manchester United, missing him and others, United suffered a lot in the first half of the season. Manchester United had won 7 out of the 8 matches after the return of Scholes in the Premier League. And the match against Chelsea on February 5 was ended as a draw after a tremendous comeback from United. The 8 unbeaten matches includes 4 rivals out of which Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham had lost against Sir Alex Ferguson's United. 

The picture below clearly depicts the results of the red devils after Paul Scholes return.


Also on http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/03/20/the-return-of-paul-scholes/

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