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It was Eastwood's 10th goal of a stellar season and a capacity crowd, who have not seen their team record a league win since mid-August, erupted, sensing a shock of seismic proportions, caring not a jot this is supposed to be the secondary domestic cup competition, and very much fourth on United's list of priorities.

Jones came agonisingly close to snatching an immediate leveller when his skidding left-footed shock clipped the base of a post with Shrimpers keeper Darryl Flahavan beaten.

Flahavan had dealt comfortable enough with United's sporadic goal threat, most of which came through Rooney, but the fingertip save he produced to deny Ronaldo's instinctive 25-yard drive was world class.

Ferguson felt sufficiently concerned to forgo his seat in the directors' box to make his way down to the visitors dugout and it was not long before he was involved in a heated exchange with the fourth official, although the precise nature of his complaint was unknown.

If Flahavan had been relatively inactive before the interval, he made up for it at the start of the second half as his personal duel with Ronaldo stepped up a notch.

First, the Portugal winger tried his luck with a snapshot which Flahavan managed to push away.

Then Ronaldo let fly with the type of stinging free-kick which has become his trademark this season but, again, the Southend keeper was equal to the task.

United laid siege to the Southend goal for the final 20 minutes but too often Rooney and Ronaldo tried to force a way through on their own and the visitors, marshalled
 
Make no mistake about it, we are THE top sports story on the planet at the moment. For a few short hours, Southend United are on top of the world!
 
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