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Match Review : BPL - Wigan 0 - 5 UNITED
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Manchester United
1st goal : Wayne Rooney
2nd goal : Dimitar Berbatov
3rd goal : Wayne Rooney
4th goal : Michael Owen
5th goal : NANI
UNITED are looking to avoid losing back-to-back PL matches for the second time in 2009, and only the second time in the last eight years. Their only consecutive PL defeats since 2001 were 4-1 at home against Liverpool (March 14) and 2-0 at Fulham (March 21).
Wigan Athletic and Manchester United have met eight times in the league. Wigan Athletic have won none, Manchester United eight and there have been no draws.
Carrick is missing from the squad.. and i wonder why.. Rio will be out for quite a while.. it's good to have Vida back..i hope we're not rushing him.. Michael Owen returns to the bench for the visitors, who are still smarting after their defeat at Burnley on Wednesday.. Gary Neville plays his first game of the season for United at right-back, while Alex Ferguson opts for a midfield of Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes and Nani.
A combative start, with Mohamed Diame getting stuck in for Wigan in midfield.
A sloppy Scharner pass nearly lets Rooney in but Bramble just gets there first..
Rooney finds Berbatov who plays it to the overlapping Nani, then crossed to Fletcher whose GOALBOUND EFFORT IS BLOCKED BY BRAMBLE!!
A typically uncompromising clearance from the returning Nemanja Vidic, who will hope to bring some stability to the United defence.
SCHOLES!!! Berbatov backheels into the path of the onrushing Scholes, who has a free hit from the edge of the box but blazes it over!! Bad miss for a player of his quality.
Wigan work the ball nicely to Figueroa on the left but his cross booms out of play.
Neville concedes a free-kick on the Wigan left, 40 yards from the United goal... headed clear and the champions now break.
Good industry from Berbatov (no, really), who wins a throw on the United left. The move ends with Evra sending a cross into the side-netting.
United might be two up by now, but Wigan have ridden their luck and have finally settled. A much more even game now.
The visitors pass the round their own half in a pretty but inconsequential fashion.
Valencia has got a reasonable reception from the Wigan fans on his return to the DW Stadium. Hardly rapturous, but not overly hostile either.
ROONEY!! He turns Bramble and fires a low right-footed shot straight at Kirkland.
Yellow card Scholes for sliding through Jordi Gomez... at his age, it's probably fair to say he'll never learn.
A slight clash of heads between Rodallega and Evans, but the result is a Wigan corner.
Lightning counter-attack from United as Valencia clips a long ball over the top for Rooney, who strays just offside!
It's raining goals at the Emirates.. The gunners are two up.. ish ish..
Berbatov!! Gets his head on a left-sided cross, but directs it straight at Kirkland.
The ball comes in from the left to the United box, and is helped messily along to Rodallega, who cannot make proper contact with his header.
KOUMAS!!! Cuts inside from the left, burns past Vidic and fires a curling shot that Foster does well to tip behind for a corner!
United give it away cheaply in midfield and here come Wigan. We've got a real game no our hands here.
More defensive uncertainty from United as Hendry Thomas fires a low ball into the box... finally cleared.
Long ball over the top for Rooney, who traps it brilliantly and SHOOTS LOW!! SAVED BY KIRKLAND!
Valencia clips a cross from the right to Rooney at the far post... he heads back across the face of goal but Wigan clear.
Melchiot leaves his foot up after a challenge in midfield with Evra and catches the United left-back.
Wigan have a two-on-two here and the ball is with N'Zogbia... well tackled by Vidic!!
Berbatov lobs it to Scholes, helped on to Fletcher... cannot get his volley away.. what a goal that would have been! Another wasted opportunity..
Valencia crosses again from the right...cleared as far as Scholes who finds Fletcher, and the Scot turns his man and hits a left-foot volley that is deflected for a corner.
Bramble brings Evra down and United come forward for the free-kick... out to Valencia on the right but again his cross is blocked.
Goalless at the end of an entertaining first half... but United's drought in front of goal continues.
HALFTIME!!!!!
United kick the second half off and immediately get forward, with the cap-wearing Kirkland punching away a cross from the left.
Valencia heads down a cross from the left for ROONEY!! Miscues his volley and Berbatov's follow-up is blocked!
Now Wigan come away on the break as the ball is played through to Rodallega... Vidic nicks the ball away from him!
United want a penalty after Rooney goes down under Scharner's challenge... nothing doing, says Howard Webb!
Frustration is clearly setting in for the visitors... how long until Michael Owen gets a run?
GOAL!!!! WAYNE ROONEY BREAKS THE DEADLOCK FOR MANCHESTER UNITED!! He heads in a Valencia cross from the right and the goal drought is over! Finally, now i'm a bit relieved!!Anyway.. That is Wayne Rooney's 100th goal for Manchester United, and the relief is palpable!
RODALLEGA SO CLOSE TO THE EQUALISER!!! Koumas drives a diagonal cross and the Colombian hits a looping header that Foster just keeps out! GOOD JOB BEN!!!
GOAL!!! DIMITAR BERBATOV!! Yay..our lazy Berba scored!!!!It's two for United and it's a brilliant goal!! Rooney plays a one-touch pass for Scholes, who lofts the ball over the top, Berbatov lifts it over Kirkland, collects his own lob and finishes from six yards!
What a couple of minutes' action! But the upshot is that Manchester United are two goals to the good at the DW Stadium.
GOAL!!! Three for United, and here comes goal 101 from Wayne Rooney!! Antonio Valencia and Dimitar Berbatov combine to find Rooney on the left, and his shot goes in at the near post via a generous deflection from Mario Melchiot.
It is surely game over now. United have been devastating since half-time, and this might just kick-start their season.
Dimitar Berbatov has been superb today, and that may have put paid to any hopes Michael Owen had of breaking into the United first-team.
Wigan continue to come forward through Jordi Gomez and the ever-dangerous Rodallega, but you cannot imagine them conjuring any sort of comeback.
Well, this is Owen's chance. He comes on for Rooney, while Darron Gibson replaces Paul Scholes. AND John O'Shea comes on for Jonny Evans. A triple substitution.
Darron Gibson belts a curler from 25 yards, and Kirkland holds it.
There is an altercation there and referee Webb has to physically restrain Rodallega from attacking Vidic! Unbelievable!
Berbatov drills a low cross in front of goal from the left, but the supposedly predatory Owen is snoozing at the edge of the box.
GOAL!! Michael Owen!! Runs onto a cute through ball from Nani and clips a deft left-foot shot in off the far post! His first goal for Manchester United! HEY PEOPLE MICHAEL OWEN JUST SCORES, what did i tell ya?
Sinclair again!! He has looked lively since coming on, and brings another good save from Foster from a tight angle on the right.
Nani strikes a powerful free-kick, but sends it high over the bar.
GOAL!! NANI!!!! He finds the back of the net, curling a relatively weak effort past the statuesque Kirkland! As always a stunning goal from Nani
Started off quite miserably but end up on a high.. gosh.. it feels good.. Congrats Roo for his 101 goals, Owen for his 1st goal for UNITED..
2nd goal : Dimitar Berbatov
3rd goal : Wayne Rooney
4th goal : Michael Owen
5th goal : NANI
UNITED are looking to avoid losing back-to-back PL matches for the second time in 2009, and only the second time in the last eight years. Their only consecutive PL defeats since 2001 were 4-1 at home against Liverpool (March 14) and 2-0 at Fulham (March 21).
Wigan Athletic and Manchester United have met eight times in the league. Wigan Athletic have won none, Manchester United eight and there have been no draws.
Carrick is missing from the squad.. and i wonder why.. Rio will be out for quite a while.. it's good to have Vida back..i hope we're not rushing him.. Michael Owen returns to the bench for the visitors, who are still smarting after their defeat at Burnley on Wednesday.. Gary Neville plays his first game of the season for United at right-back, while Alex Ferguson opts for a midfield of Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes and Nani.
Foster
Gaz Evans Vida Evra
Valencia Fletcher Scholesy Nani
Roo Berba
SUBS :Kuszczak, Owen, Giggs, Welbeck, Fabio Da Silva, O'Shea, Gibson
A combative start, with Mohamed Diame getting stuck in for Wigan in midfield.
A sloppy Scharner pass nearly lets Rooney in but Bramble just gets there first..
Rooney finds Berbatov who plays it to the overlapping Nani, then crossed to Fletcher whose GOALBOUND EFFORT IS BLOCKED BY BRAMBLE!!
A typically uncompromising clearance from the returning Nemanja Vidic, who will hope to bring some stability to the United defence.
SCHOLES!!! Berbatov backheels into the path of the onrushing Scholes, who has a free hit from the edge of the box but blazes it over!! Bad miss for a player of his quality.
Wigan work the ball nicely to Figueroa on the left but his cross booms out of play.
Neville concedes a free-kick on the Wigan left, 40 yards from the United goal... headed clear and the champions now break.
Good industry from Berbatov (no, really), who wins a throw on the United left. The move ends with Evra sending a cross into the side-netting.
United might be two up by now, but Wigan have ridden their luck and have finally settled. A much more even game now.
The visitors pass the round their own half in a pretty but inconsequential fashion.
Valencia has got a reasonable reception from the Wigan fans on his return to the DW Stadium. Hardly rapturous, but not overly hostile either.
ROONEY!! He turns Bramble and fires a low right-footed shot straight at Kirkland.
Yellow card Scholes for sliding through Jordi Gomez... at his age, it's probably fair to say he'll never learn.
A slight clash of heads between Rodallega and Evans, but the result is a Wigan corner.
Lightning counter-attack from United as Valencia clips a long ball over the top for Rooney, who strays just offside!
It's raining goals at the Emirates.. The gunners are two up.. ish ish..
Berbatov!! Gets his head on a left-sided cross, but directs it straight at Kirkland.
The ball comes in from the left to the United box, and is helped messily along to Rodallega, who cannot make proper contact with his header.
KOUMAS!!! Cuts inside from the left, burns past Vidic and fires a curling shot that Foster does well to tip behind for a corner!
United give it away cheaply in midfield and here come Wigan. We've got a real game no our hands here.
More defensive uncertainty from United as Hendry Thomas fires a low ball into the box... finally cleared.
Long ball over the top for Rooney, who traps it brilliantly and SHOOTS LOW!! SAVED BY KIRKLAND!
Valencia clips a cross from the right to Rooney at the far post... he heads back across the face of goal but Wigan clear.
Melchiot leaves his foot up after a challenge in midfield with Evra and catches the United left-back.
Wigan have a two-on-two here and the ball is with N'Zogbia... well tackled by Vidic!!
Berbatov lobs it to Scholes, helped on to Fletcher... cannot get his volley away.. what a goal that would have been! Another wasted opportunity..
Valencia crosses again from the right...cleared as far as Scholes who finds Fletcher, and the Scot turns his man and hits a left-foot volley that is deflected for a corner.
Bramble brings Evra down and United come forward for the free-kick... out to Valencia on the right but again his cross is blocked.
Goalless at the end of an entertaining first half... but United's drought in front of goal continues.
HALFTIME!!!!!
United kick the second half off and immediately get forward, with the cap-wearing Kirkland punching away a cross from the left.
Valencia heads down a cross from the left for ROONEY!! Miscues his volley and Berbatov's follow-up is blocked!
Now Wigan come away on the break as the ball is played through to Rodallega... Vidic nicks the ball away from him!
United want a penalty after Rooney goes down under Scharner's challenge... nothing doing, says Howard Webb!
Frustration is clearly setting in for the visitors... how long until Michael Owen gets a run?
GOAL!!!! WAYNE ROONEY BREAKS THE DEADLOCK FOR MANCHESTER UNITED!! He heads in a Valencia cross from the right and the goal drought is over! Finally, now i'm a bit relieved!!Anyway.. That is Wayne Rooney's 100th goal for Manchester United, and the relief is palpable!
RODALLEGA SO CLOSE TO THE EQUALISER!!! Koumas drives a diagonal cross and the Colombian hits a looping header that Foster just keeps out! GOOD JOB BEN!!!
GOAL!!! DIMITAR BERBATOV!! Yay..our lazy Berba scored!!!!It's two for United and it's a brilliant goal!! Rooney plays a one-touch pass for Scholes, who lofts the ball over the top, Berbatov lifts it over Kirkland, collects his own lob and finishes from six yards!
What a couple of minutes' action! But the upshot is that Manchester United are two goals to the good at the DW Stadium.
GOAL!!! Three for United, and here comes goal 101 from Wayne Rooney!! Antonio Valencia and Dimitar Berbatov combine to find Rooney on the left, and his shot goes in at the near post via a generous deflection from Mario Melchiot.
It is surely game over now. United have been devastating since half-time, and this might just kick-start their season.
Dimitar Berbatov has been superb today, and that may have put paid to any hopes Michael Owen had of breaking into the United first-team.
Wigan continue to come forward through Jordi Gomez and the ever-dangerous Rodallega, but you cannot imagine them conjuring any sort of comeback.
Well, this is Owen's chance. He comes on for Rooney, while Darron Gibson replaces Paul Scholes. AND John O'Shea comes on for Jonny Evans. A triple substitution.
Darron Gibson belts a curler from 25 yards, and Kirkland holds it.
There is an altercation there and referee Webb has to physically restrain Rodallega from attacking Vidic! Unbelievable!
Berbatov drills a low cross in front of goal from the left, but the supposedly predatory Owen is snoozing at the edge of the box.
GOAL!! Michael Owen!! Runs onto a cute through ball from Nani and clips a deft left-foot shot in off the far post! His first goal for Manchester United! HEY PEOPLE MICHAEL OWEN JUST SCORES, what did i tell ya?
Sinclair again!! He has looked lively since coming on, and brings another good save from Foster from a tight angle on the right.
Nani strikes a powerful free-kick, but sends it high over the bar.
GOAL!! NANI!!!! He finds the back of the net, curling a relatively weak effort past the statuesque Kirkland! As always a stunning goal from Nani
Started off quite miserably but end up on a high.. gosh.. it feels good.. Congrats Roo for his 101 goals, Owen for his 1st goal for UNITED..
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