Wigan 0 United 5: Player ratings
August 22, 2009 Stuart Mathieson, MEN
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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
Evra: Booked but otherwise not a great deal to trouble him 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 sepi amat .. 
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