Wigan 0 United 5: Player Ratings

Foster: Two excellent saves at key times from Koumas and Rodallega helped set Reds up 8

Neville: Stuck rigidly to the task of keeping Koumas quiet and it worked 6

Vidic: The Serb’s first start of season and he was quickly back into thick of it 7

Evans: Stable partner to Vidic and with Wigan only playing one up wasn’t unduly troubled 6

Valencia: Hadn’t done much for old support to wish he’d stayed until he expertly set Rooney up for breakthrough 6

Fletcher: Caught in possession at times but ensured the midfield not overwhelmed 6

Scholes: A typical booking for rash tackle and an awful miss. It wasn’t his day overall 6

Nani: Couldn’t get a cross or corner past first man in first half but finished with a flourish with a goal and nice set up for Owen 6

Rooney: Tempting to ask already where United would be without him 8

Berbatov: Intelligence set up Reds excellent early chances and finally off mark with goal 7

Subs:

Owen (sub Rooney 72) Off the mark 6

O’Shea (sub Evans 72) No trouble 5

Gibson (sub Scholes 72) Solid cameo 5

Giggs, Welbeck, Fabio, Kuszczak not used

Goals:

Wigan:

United: Rooney (56, 65) Berbatov (58) Owen (85), Nani (90)

Bookings:

Wigan: Rodallega (76) Scharner (90)

United: Scholes (19) Evra (48)

Battle of the Bosses:

Fergie obviously got stuck in at half time. Newcomer Martinez’s first half plan was viciously wrecked

Referee: Howard Webb - Didn’t get too much wrong. 7

Attendance: 18,164