Newcastle United 2-2 Manchester United:Teenager David Edgar marked his home debut for Newcastle with a late equaliser to deny Manchester United a nine-point lead at the top of the Barclays Premiership table.

The 19-year-old central defender, playing at left-back, fired home from 30 yards with the help of a deflection off Paul Scholes after 77 minutes to snatch a point for the battling Magpies.

James Milner had given the home side a 33rd-minute lead with a superb strike, but a double from Paul Scholes either side of the break had put United in the driving seat.

Vidic saw a header from a 70th-minute Giggs corner blocked, but he was involved in an incident which led to the home crowd appealing for a penalty seconds later after he and Parker collided in the box.

But Newcastle got themselves back into it with 17 minutes remaining when Edgar let fly from 30 yards and saw his shot, with the help of a deflection off Scholes, nestle inside Van der Sar's left post.

United were not done and Rooney dragged a 78th-minute shot wide after being played in by substitute Michael Carrick.

But Solano had to head off his own line on 83 minutes after Ronaldo got his head to a Giggs corner and Park fired over a minute from time after being picked out by Ronaldo at the far post.