Manchester United vs Bolton, Player Rating
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Van Der Sar : Steady Eddie gave Reds defence a solid base to recover their form
7
Neville: Crucially gave ball away with poor clearance for Bolton’s goal. Spoilt a decent effort
6
Ferdinand: Crisis over. Largely back to his trouble-free self. Stood firm when it got hairy late on
7
Evans: Handled the robust threat of Kevin Davies with great skill and dominant late on
7
Evra: No great problems until out-jumped by Taylor for goal
6
Valencia: His best game since arriving at United. Service was good and well taken goal
7
Carrick: No frills performance was enough to keep Reds ticking over in midfield
6
Anderson: Allowed Bolton through his patch to set up the Wanderers’ goal
6
Giggs: Another display of intelligence and clever play that gave Reds a spark 8
Owen: Nothing quite came off for him in the critical penalty box area
6
Berbatov: The Bulgarian produced some brilliant eye-catching moments of inspiration 8
Subs:
O’Shea (sub Evra 83) Height a help
5
Welbeck (sub Owen 83) Never got into it
5
Scholes (sub Anderson 86) Hardly got a touch
5
Brown, Nani, Macheda, Kuszczak not used
Goals:
United: Knight (4 own goal) Valencia (32)
Bolton: Taylor (75)
Bookings:
United: None
Bolton: Davies (48)
Battle of the Bosses:
Fergie got a response after Sunderland but credit to Megson for inspiring his side to test Reds to the end
Attendance: 75,103