Stoke 0 United 2: Player ratings
MEN - September 26, 2009
Foster: Nothing to seriously test if he was over his derby dithering
6
O’Shea: Didn’t have much opposition so a comfortable outing and a well steered in goal
6
Ferdinand: Didn’t let his derby clanger affect him back to more like old self
7
Vidic: Only one striker to deal with and he played his part in mopping up limited threat
7
Evra: Right winger Lawrence was Stoke’s liveliest player and that was dealt with well
6
Valencia: Bad eighth minute one-on-one miss and never seemed to get over it
5
Fletcher: Great ball to Giggs to set up goal and a busy partner to Scholes
7
Scholes: Bossed the midfield completely. His persistence meant United stayed on top 9
Nani: One decent shot was a poor return for amount of ball he saw.
5
Rooney: Came very deep at times to get involved
6
Berbatov: Hadn’t been able to make much headway until he walked the goal in
6
Subs:
Giggs (sub Nani 55) Geed Reds up
7
Owen (sub Rooney 80) No chances
5
Carrick (sub Scholes 80) Steady
5
Neville, Anderson, Evans, Kuszczak not used
Stoke City: Sorensen, Huth, Faye, Shawcross, Collins, Lawrence (Pugh 86), Delap, Whelan, Whitehead (Tuncay 71), Etherington, Kitson (Beattie 71)
Goals:
Stoke:
United: Berbatov (62) O’Shea (77)
Bookings:
Stoke: Huth (28)
United: Scholes (58)
Battle of the Bosses:
Pulis packed his midfield but had no answer to Fergie’s choice of Scholes
Referee: Howard Webb - No great problems
6
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