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Wigan Athletic

Manchester United

  • Rooney 55’, 64’
  • Berbatov 57’
  • Owen 84’
  • Nani 90’

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  1. Deadly United blitz Wigan

    Deadly United blitz Wigan

    A second-half goal blitz saw Manchester United put their Premier League campaign back on track with a 5-0 win at Wigan Athletic. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Wigan Athletic
    • Manchester United
    • 90+3' That's full time, and Manchester United have romped to victory at Wigan.
    • 90+2' GOAL!! NANI!!!! He finds the back of the net, curling a relatively weak effort past the statuesque Kirkland!
    • 90+1' Yellow card Paul Scharner for an argicultural tackle from behind on Berbatov.
    • 90' Nani strikes a powerful free-kick, but sends it high over the bar.
    • 89' The stadium is emptying at speed, and the only sound is now coming from the visiting fans.
    • 87' Sinclair again!! He has looked lively since coming on, and brings another good save from Foster from a tight angle on the right.
    • 85' GOAL!! Michael Owen!! Runs onto a cute through ball from Nani and clips a deft left-foot shot in off the far post! His first goal for Manchester United!
    • 84' Berbatov drills a low cross in front of goal from the left, but the supposedly predatory Owen is snoozing at the edge of the box.
    • 82' United play a corner short from the left. Gibson shoots from range, but it is a tame pea-roller and Kirkland saves.
    • 80' We may not have heard the last of that. Rodallega and Vidic may both find themselves in trouble.
    • 79' There is an altercation there and referee Webb has to physically restrain Rodallega from attacking Vidic! Unbelievable!
    • 78' Sinclair cuts in from the right and fires a shot high over the bar.
    • 77' Rodallega tests Foster with a shot from the edge of the box... held.
    • 76' Rodallega slides in late on Foster, who reacts angrily. Yellow card to the Colombian.
    • 75' Darron Gibson belts a curler from 25 yards, and Kirkland holds it.
    • 74' Get this: Jonathan Trott has got a hundred. Played. Fifth Test: LIVE
    • 73' Wigan changes: Jason Scotland and James McCarthy for Charles N'Zogbia and Mohamed Diame.
    • 72' Well, this is Owen's chance. He comes on for Rooney, while Darron Gibson replaces Paul Scholes. AND John O'Shea comes on for Jonny Evans. A triple substitution.
    • 71' Figueroa hacks Berbatov down with a frustrated and tired challenge.
    • 69' Wigan continue to come forward through Jordi Gomez and the ever-dangerous Rodallega, but you cannot imagine them conjuring any sort of comeback.
    • 68' Dimitar Berbatov has been superb today, and that may have put paid to any hopes Michael Owen had of breaking into the United first-team.
    • 66' It is surely game over now. United have been devastating since half-time, and this might just kick-start their season.
    • 65' GOAL!!! Three for United, and it's Wayne Rooney again!! Antonio Valencia and Dimitar Berbatov combine to find Rooney on the left, and his shot goes in at the near post via a generous deflection from Mario Melchiot.
    • 63' Photos from the DW Stadium: Match gallery
    • 62' Wigan substitution: Scott Sinclair replaces Jason Koumas.
    • 60' What a couple of minutes' action! But the upshot is that Manchester United are two goals to the good at the DW Stadium.
    • 58' GOAL!!! DIMITAR BERBATOV!! It's two for United and it's a brilliant goal!! Rooney plays a one-touch pass for Scholes, who lofts the ball over the top, Berbatov lifts it over Kirkland, collects his own lob and finishes from six yards!
    • 58' RODALLEGA SO CLOSE TO THE EQUALISER!!! Koumas drives a diagonal cross and the Colombian hits a looping header that Foster just keeps out!
    • 57' That is Wayne Rooney's 100th goal for Manchester United, and the relief is palpable!
    • 56' GOAL!!!! WAYNE ROONEY BREAKS THE DEADLOCK FOR MANCHESTER UNITED!! He heads in a Valencia cross from the right and the goal drought is over!
    • 55' By the way, we're continuing to do rather well in the cricket. Fifth Test: LIVE
    • 53' Frustration is clearly setting in for the visitors... how long until Michael Owen gets a run?
    • 51' United want a penalty after Rooney goes down under Scharner's challenge... nothing doing, says Howard Webb!
    • 50' SCHARNER!! Heads N'Zogbia's free-kick goalwards, it takes a deflection and flashes wide!
    • 49' Yellow card Evra for a crude trip on N'Zogbia.
    • 48' Now Wigan come away on the break as the ball is played through to Rodallega... Vidic nicks the ball away from him!
    • 47' Valencia heads down a cross from the left for ROONEY!! Miscues his volley and Berbatov's follow-up is blocked!
    • 46' United kick the second half off and immediately get forward, with the cap-wearing Kirkland punching away a cross from the left.
    • 45' Goalless at the end of an entertaining first half... but United's drought in front of goal continues.
    • 45+1' Just one minute of stoppage time to be played.
    • 45' Bramble brings Evra down and United come forward for the free-kick... out to Valencia on the right but again his cross is blocked.
    • 44' Scholes tries to jink past Diame but is dispossessed by a firm but fair tackle.
    • 42' Rodallega chases a diagonal ball over the top... Foster comes out to get it.
    • 41' Wigan free-kick 35 yards out. Hendry Thomas stands over it... he fires his shot into the wall.
    • 39' Another offside flag up against Wayne Rooney, who strays just beyong the last man as Fletcher plays it through.
    • 38' Valencia crosses again from the right...cleared as far as Scholes who finds Fletcher, and the Scot turns his man and hits a left-foot volley that is deflected for a corner.
    • 37' Berbatov lobs it to Scholes, helped on to Fletcher... cannot get his volley away.. what a goal that would have been!
    • 36' Wigan have a two-on-two here and the ball is with N'Zogbia... well tackled by Vidic!!
    • 35' Melchiot leaves his foot up after a challenge in midfield with Evra and catches the United left-back.
    • 34' Valencia clips a cross from the right to Rooney at the far post... he heads back across the face of goal but Wigan clear.
    • 32' Long ball over the top for Rooney, who traps it brilliantly and SHOOTS LOW!! SAVED BY KIRKLAND!
    • 31' More defensive uncertainty from United as Hendry Thomas fires a low ball into the box... finally cleared.
    • 29' Click the link for scores and scorers from every Premier League game. Premier League multiplex
    • 28' United give it away cheaply in midfield and here come Wigan. We've got a real game no our hands here.
    • 26' KOUMAS!!! Cuts inside from the left, burns past Vidic and fires a curling shot that Foster does well to tip behind for a corner!
    • 25' The ball comes in from the left to the United box, and is helped messily along to Rodallega, who cannot make proper contact with his header.
    • 24' Neville slides through the back of Koumas and is lucky not to get booked.
    • 23' Berbatov!! Gets his head on a left-sided cross, but directs it straight at Kirkland.
    • 22' It's raining goals at the Emirates - find out what is happening here. Arsenal v Portsmouth
    • 20' Lightning counter-attack from United as Valencia clips a long ball over the top for Rooney, who strays just offside!
    • 20' A slight clash of heads between Rodallega and Evans, but the result is a Wigan corner.
    • 19' Yellow card Scholes for sliding through Jordi Gomez... at his age, it's probably fair to say he'll never learn.
    • 17' ROONEY!! He turns Bramble and fires a low right-footed shot straight at Kirkland.
    • 16' Valencia has got a reasonable reception from the Wigan fans on his return to the DW Stadium. Hardly repturous, but not overly hostile either.
    • 14' The visitors pass the round their own half in a pretty but inconsequential fashion.
    • 13' United might be two up by now, but Wigan have ridden their luck and have finally settled. A much more even game now.
    • 12' Good industry from Berbatov (no, really), who wins a throw on the United left. The move ends with Evra sending a cross into the side-netting.
    • 10' Neville concedes a free-kick on the Wigan left, 40 yards from the United goal... headed clear and the champions now break.
    • 9' A bit of reading matter for you - here's what our man Jim White makes of the season so far. White: Jumping to conclusions
    • 8' Wigan work the ball nicely to Figueroa on the left but his cross booms out of play.
    • 7' SCHOLES!!! Berbatov backheels into the path of the onrushing Scholes, who has a free hit from the edge of the box but blazes it over!! Bad miss for a player of his quality.
    • 5' A typically uncompromising clearance from the returning Nemanja Vidic, who will hope to bring some stability to the United defence.
    • 4' Rooney finds Berbatov who plays it to the overlapping Nani, then crossed to Fletcher whose GOALBOUND EFFORT IS BLOCKED BY BRAMBLE!! Great move, great save by Titus Bramble!
    • 4' A sloppy Scharner pass nearly lets Rooney in but Bramble just gets there first..
    • 3' A combative start, with Mohamed Diame getting stuck in for Wigan in midfield.
    • 2' Gary Neville plays his first game of the season for United at right-back, while Alex Ferguson opts for a midfield of Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes and Nani.
    • 1' Game on at the DW Stadium! Michael Owen returns to the bench for the visitors, whoare still smarting after their defeat at Burnley on Wednesday.
    • - TEAMS - WIGAN: Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, N'Zogbia, Thomas, Diame, Koumas, Gomez, Rodallega... Subs: Pollitt, Edman, Scotland, Sinclair, Boyce, McCarthy, King... MAN UTD: Foster, Neville, Vidic, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes, Nani, Rooney, Berbatov... Subs: Kuszczak, Owen, Giggs, Welbeck, Fabio Da Silva, O'Shea, Gibson... Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)
    • - HEAD TO HEAD FACTS: Wigan Athletic and Manchester United have met eight times in the league. Wigan Athletic have won none, Manchester United eight and there have been no draws.
    • - Manchester Utd have won all eight PL matches against Wigan, scoring 21 goals and conceding only four - the only team to have a 100% record against Wigan in the top flight.
    • - Wigan have taken the lead in three of their four PL home matches against Manchester Utd, only to lose on all three occasions.
    • - WIGAN ATHLETIC FACTS: Not lost back-to-back PL home matches in 2009. They last lost consecutive home matches with a 1-0 defeat to Middlesbrough and 4-0 to Aston Villa in Oct 2008.
    • - Scored only six goals in ten PL home matches in 2009 - fewer home goals than any other team in the division. They have not scored more than once at the DW Stadium since a 2-1 victory against Newcastle Utd in Dec 2008.
    • - Failed to score in 17 of their 38 PL matches last season - only Bolton (18) failed to score on more occasions in the 2008-09 season.
    • - Hugo Rodallega has scored four of the club's last five PL goals, including the opening goal in their 2-1 home defeat to Manchester Utd on May 13. He has scored more goals since the start of May than any other Wigan player has netted in the whole of 2009.
    • - Michael Brown is set to make his 400th English league appearance.
    • - MANCHESTER UNITED FACTS: Looking to avoid losing back-to-back PL matches for the second time in 2009, and only the second time in the last eight years. Their only consecutive PL defeats since 2001 were 4-1 at home against Liverpool (March 14) and 2-0 at Fulham (March 21).
    • - Have the best PL away record in the division in 2009 - winning eight of their ten matches and picking up 24 points, two more than Arsenal who have the second most.
    • - Only conceded more than once in three of their 19 PL away matches last season - at Liverpool (1-2), Arsenal (1-2) and Fulham (0-2).
    • - Wayne Rooney is one goal short of 100 goals for Manchester Utd. He has scored 99 goals in 241 appearances for the club. If he scores today he will become the 12th fastest player to reach this milestone for the club.
    • - Striker Federico Macheda is 18 years old today (August 22). If he scores he will be the first player to score a PL goal on his birthday since his team mate Michael Owen scored on his 29th birthday in Newcastle's 3-0 win at Portsmouth on Dec 14, 2008.
    • - Antonio Valencia scored seven goals in 84 PL appearances for Wigan for 2006 to 2009. He scored only four goals in 43 PL appearances at the DW Stadium, averaging a goal ever 14 hours and 49 minutes of home football.

  • Summary

    • 90+2' GOAL!! NANI!!!! He finds the back of the net, curling a relatively weak effort past the statuesque Kirkland!
    • 87' Sinclair again!! He has looked lively since coming on, and brings another good save from Foster from a tight angle on the right.
    • 85' GOAL!! Michael Owen!! Runs onto a cute through ball from Nani and clips a deft left-foot shot in off the far post! His first goal for Manchester United!
    • 79' There is an altercation there and referee Webb has to physically restrain Rodallega from attacking Vidic! Unbelievable!
    • 65' GOAL!!! Three for United, and it's Wayne Rooney again!! Antonio Valencia and Dimitar Berbatov combine to find Rooney on the left, and his shot goes in at the near post via a generous deflection from Mario Melchiot.
    • 58' GOAL!!! DIMITAR BERBATOV!! It's two for United and it's a brilliant goal!! Rooney plays a one-touch pass for Scholes, who lofts the ball over the top, Berbatov lifts it over Kirkland, collects his own lob and finishes from six yards!
    • 58' RODALLEGA SO CLOSE TO THE EQUALISER!!! Koumas drives a diagonal cross and the Colombian hits a looping header that Foster just keeps out!
    • 56' GOAL!!!! WAYNE ROONEY BREAKS THE DEADLOCK FOR MANCHESTER UNITED!! He heads in a Valencia cross from the right and the goal drought is over!
    • 51' United want a penalty after Rooney goes down under Scharner's challenge... nothing doing, says Howard Webb!
    • 50' SCHARNER!! Heads N'Zogbia's free-kick goalwards, it takes a deflection and flashes wide!
    • 47' Valencia heads down a cross from the left for ROONEY!! Miscues his volley and Berbatov's follow-up is blocked!
    • 32' Long ball over the top for Rooney, who traps it brilliantly and SHOOTS LOW!! SAVED BY KIRKLAND!
    • 26' KOUMAS!!! Cuts inside from the left, burns past Vidic and fires a curling shot that Foster does well to tip behind for a corner!
    • 23' Berbatov!! Gets his head on a left-sided cross, but directs it straight at Kirkland.
    • 17' ROONEY!! He turns Bramble and fires a low right-footed shot straight at Kirkland.
    • 7' SCHOLES!!! Berbatov backheels into the path of the onrushing Scholes, who has a free hit from the edge of the box but blazes it over!! Bad miss for a player of his quality.
    • 4' Rooney finds Berbatov who plays it to the overlapping Nani, then crossed to Fletcher whose GOALBOUND EFFORT IS BLOCKED BY BRAMBLE!! Great move, great save by Titus Bramble!
    • - TEAMS - WIGAN: Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, N'Zogbia, Thomas, Diame, Koumas, Gomez, Rodallega... Subs: Pollitt, Edman, Scotland, Sinclair, Boyce, McCarthy, King... MAN UTD: Foster, Neville, Vidic, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes, Nani, Rooney, Berbatov... Subs: Kuszczak, Owen, Giggs, Welbeck, Fabio Da Silva, O'Shea, Gibson... Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)
    • - MANCHESTER UNITED FACTS: Looking to avoid losing back-to-back PL matches for the second time in 2009, and only the second time in the last eight years. Their only consecutive PL defeats since 2001 were 4-1 at home against Liverpool (March 14) and 2-0 at Fulham (March 21).

Live Team Line-Up

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Roberto Martinez

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • M. Melchiot
    • P. Scharner Yellow Card
    • T. Bramble
    • M. Figueroa
    • H. Thomas
    • M. Diamé Substitution Out (73′)
    • C. N'Zogbia Substitution Out (72′)
    • J. Koumas Substitution Out (61′)
    • J. Gómez
    • H. Rodallega Yellow Card

    Subs

    • M. King
    • E. Edman
    • E. Boyce
    • S. Sinclair Substitution In61′
    • M. Pollitt
    • J. Scotland Substitution In72′
    • J. McCarthy Substitution In73′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Starting line-up

    • B. Foster
    • G. Neville
    • N. Vidic
    • J. Evans Substitution Out (71′)
    • P. Evra Yellow Card
    • D. Fletcher
    • P. Scholes Yellow Card Substitution Out (71′)
    • A. Valencia
    • Nani Goal
    • W. Rooney Goals×2 Substitution Out (71′)
    • D. Berbatov Goal

    Subs

    • M. Owen Substitution In71′ Goal
    • J. O'Shea Substitution In71′
    • R. Giggs
    • T. Kuszczak
    • D. Welbeck
    • D. Gibson Substitution In71′
    • Fábio

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    No no no you can't compare them with the matching­ gunners. go go Arsenal go! Arsenal is the tiger of­ Europe. Man poo might be the monkey of the jargon.­ Arsenal for ever. Next week it will be Arsenal 4- 1Man­ u. line up almunia, sagna, clichy, thomas, gallas,­ song, diaby, eduado, arshavin, denilson,­ fabrigas/ramsey. no team can can defeat !@^%$#~

    From Erick, on Sun 23 Aug 3:08PM

  2. wayne look at the rating on your comment remember that­ mauling?

    From kuledX, on Sun 23 Aug 1:46PM

  3. even you or they could add man utd is always going to­ win wigan only for jjb stadium home ground for wigan it­ is sure a heavy heavy loss, with koumas, bramble,­ n'zogbia, brown, scharner, melchiot, being crused­ with the goals of rooneyx2 berbatov owen & nani­ you've got to ask the big question! do they really­ play ball(soccer)(wigan that is)! yeepeeeeeeee like­ myself huge manu fan.........................bring on­ next weeks game home entertainment on show verses­ ARSENAL! GOALS GOAL GOALS.................... I MUST­ VISIT A GAME SOMWHERE SOMEPLACE SOMEHOW..............

    From Gary, on Sun 23 Aug 10:36AM

  4. wigan

    From wazif, on Sun 23 Aug 7:50AM

  5. Where is Carrick?

    From Tham, on Sun 23 Aug 6:26AM

  6. good win i hope to see man u win the epl and cl

    From Edwin, on Sun 23 Aug 3:07AM
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    jeez united, pity you couldn't beat burnley you­ ovepriced donkeys GO CALRETS

    From Jake, on Sun 23 Aug 1:15AM

  8. united is a team with bunch of average players with­ brilliant strategies..

    From Mohamad, on Sat 22 Aug 11:41PM

  9. ManU has not won or lost the title but we are comapring­ its with Arsenal? Wigan just could nopt hold up during­ the second half. ManU will lose so will Arsenal or any­ other team during the season. Let us see who wins the­ next game: ManU or Asenal. I think the best and­ consistant team Arsenal will win 3:2. I also hope for­ a more consistant refereeing.

    From Jack C, on Sat 22 Aug 11:41PM

  10. Why do you guys too proud about this victory over­ Wigan????
    This is only low club...
    The true test begins­ in Champions League to show which
    football club is the­ best among the best...

    From pakDin, on Sat 22 Aug 10:59PM

  11. And really who cares about CR7 we have lost out best­ players before and still survived we will win again 19­ Leauge titles 4 in a row... MANCHESTER UNITED FOR­ LIFE....

    From Danny, on Sat 22 Aug 9:46PM

  12. Matt did you see the game Foster is a great Goalkeeper­ made some brilliant saves...

    5-0 Away from home and we­ wont win without Ronaldo .... Umm sure we did worse­ last season with him...

    From Danny, on Sat 22 Aug 9:43PM

  13. if u want or not MAN UTD will be the CHAMPION, and­ actually that was not just the CR7, always and always­ Sir ALEX. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, JUST RED DEVILS

    From John kuchulu, on Sat 22 Aug 9:39PM
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    man u does not have a chance without ronaldo to win the­ premier league also they should start kuszczak instead­ of foster cuz foster suks

    From Matt, on Sat 22 Aug 9:09PM

  15. keep quoting your google facts loser ynwa with them lol

    From Andrew A, on Sat 22 Aug 8:58PM

  16. VICTORCKC..YOU SIR, ARE A DOORKNOB! And i don't­ have time to make your fears of not winning go away,­ man u fans talk of liverpool fans living on past­ glory...new season, new times, Man U are done! Now take­ that to the bank! I will not banter with your silly a­ rse anymore...next week come talk to me, remember,­ ARSNEAL is not Burnley or Birmingham...so pray your­ team can match what we bring and pray there is a diver­ in Rooney, Berbatov or your CR7 replacements

    From Dale, on Sat 22 Aug 8:26PM

  17. Where the chicken Dale A has gone to?

    From CHONG, on Sat 22 Aug 7:59PM

  18. Dale A (463) read my comments thoroughly you dumbhead!­ I'm saying the MOST important thing is to get the­ max points.....like last season when ManU got 90 pts­ and goal difference (44 goals) against 2nd place­ Liverpool, 86 pts and goal difference (50 goals)!
    That­ season, ManU was 3rd. Past history, Arsenal is nothing­ if compared with ManU. Since EPL was formed in 1992 (17­ years), ManU champion 11 times, 3 times 2nd place and 3­ times 3rd place. Arsenal, won 3 times, 2nd place 5­ times and 3rd place twice!

    From CHONG, on Sat 22 Aug 7:32PM
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    gunner 4 life.
    lets see if how you compare to the­ mighty unstoppable ARSENAL

    From wayne, on Sat 22 Aug 7:26PM

  20. Dale A (457), of course you don't care about who­ ManU plays.....cos ManU won the EPL many times until­ makes you sick! This season you will get sick again cos­ ManU will win the EPL for the 4th straight time!

    From CHONG, on Sat 22 Aug 7:18PM
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