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United moved into 3^rd spot thanks to some 3-0 victory over West Ham United at Old Trafford. Goals from Wayne Rooney, Nani and Dimitar Berbatov gave the Red Devils victory which leaves the Hammers bottom of the table after 3 matches.

Sir Alex Ferguson made 3 adjustments to the team who drew at Fulham the previous match with Nani, Giggs and Rooney coming in for Park, Valencia and Hernandez.

The visitors’ defensive formation made it tough for United to create any good chances in the opening stages of the game. Despite this United continued to exert pressure and within the 24th minute Nani was denied by the crossbar. A lengthy cross area pass from Vidic was aimed at Berbatov, who beautifully back-heeled the ball directly to Nani who struck a 20 yard shot. Robert Green couldn’t get a clear hold of the ball but he managed to get enough on it to push it onto the crossbar.

The United pressure was finally rewarded in the 33rd minute in the penalty area when a trademark Scholes pass found Giggs on the left wing, he then jinked past Spector and into the box where the ex-United players challenge brought the Welsh winger down. After all the stats being banded about of Rooney not scoring in 13 games he was finally able to get the monkey off his back when he sent Robert Green the wrong way to open his account.

Five minutes before half-time United should have had a second goal if it was for Rob Green making an excellent save from a 25 yard strike by Darren Fletcher.

Instead the second goal came just five mins into the 2^nd half.. A ball into Rooney from Fletcher was neatly flicked into Nanis path who jinked past Gabbidon before firing in from the edge of the penalty area.

Manchester United extended their lead further inside the 69th minute by means of Berbatov who along with Vidic where potential man of the match candidates. A great flowing move saw O’Shea roll the ball to Nani within the penalty area who then chipped a cross to the back post where an acrobatic volley by Berbatov fired the ball into the back of the net. It was a good performance by United even though they seemed to coast their way through the match.

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