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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. To all Wigan fans, don't let yourself or your team­ down. Wigan played better in the first half.­ There're more matches to come....against the­ pretenders Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.....you could­ do better! Today. you lose to a better team, a champion­ - Manchester United!!! .....from ManU fan.

    From CHONG, on Sat 22 Aug 6:01PM

  2. 423 and 435,

    At least there's a couple of people­ on this board congratulating us on a well deserved­ victory instead of denying that we're still a good­ team without Ronaldo and being haters. Thanks both of­ you.
    FROM A MAN U FAN

    From rishi.dayal, on Sat 22 Aug 5:58PM

  3. Poor Roberto and poor Wigan. Your team was devastated­ to ashes by a feeble United.

    Now I do recommend Bob to­ turn to Spain for reinforcements:

    Arzu (midfielder)­ from Real Betis.

    Alejandro Alfaro (right winger) and­ Lolo (midfielder) from Sevilla F.C.

    Albert Crusat­ (left winger) from U.D. Almeria.

    Iñaki Bea (central­ defender) from Real Valladolid.

    Javier Portillo­ (striker) from Atletico Osasuna.

    With these signings,­ Wigan would have no problems to stay at the­ Premiership.

    From wotyagaveme, on Sat 22 Aug 5:45PM

  4. it is a chance for man utd this match other wise the­ team would lose

    From Anaas, on Sat 22 Aug 5:44PM

  5. HAHAH YEAH agreed, so funny, man utd won, and all the­ haters have suddenly disappeared. PFFF

    GLORY GLORY

    From Vlad, on Sat 22 Aug 5:33PM

  6. hey ( heatherkean) i think ur really stupid moneycity ­ owner is Sheikh from abu dabi not dubai , so zip ur­ mouth monkey boy

    From alialrasheed82, on Sat 22 Aug 5:33PM

  7. Lampard should think again what he says yesterday ­ about united he says that " Manutd are missing­ Ronaldo and they will take 2 aur 3 years to recover­ " well Mr. Lampard Rethink it now, will u still b­ on ur statement .No u should take or statement back...­ Common Man United.... We have Shuts up every one who­ were saying that ronaldo is every thing .... no v still­ have great player so go on Manutd.

    From msh, on Sat 22 Aug 5:32PM

  8. good job man U..huhuh..champion...hahah..arsenal­ loser...

    From fahmi, on Sat 22 Aug 5:31PM

  9. My name is Nnamuru chisom othniel. Like i said earlier­ before this event, we can bit the teams with or without­ ronaldo.Because i lean on the team, not on one­ man's ability.Thanks to sir alex and juel.

    From newyokers4hero, on Sat 22 Aug 5:25PM

  10. nice job manchester united with the 5-0 victory from a­ chelsea fan

    From randy.cena, on Sat 22 Aug 5:24PM

  11. Now, now 425 - you shouldn't be so nasty, you­ certainly can vent your feelings without being so­ horrible - don't forget the RED DEVILS will cap the­ lot of them - we're back after two blips - yes,­ only two - and we mean business, this is where the buck­ stops - ONLY TWO BLIPS - that's all Sir Alex will­ allow his players, so don't feel down-hearted - I­ surely am not.

    From heatherkean, on Sat 22 Aug 5:24PM

  12. Too many fake, glory hunting whopper's on here!­ Can't even spell and talk as if they are massive­ supporters of the horrible Mancs. Go the game every now­ and again, or support your local team, you tossers!!

    From sean_gower, on Sat 22 Aug 5:22PM

  13. i totally agree with you on the gerrard thing
    i bet the­ judge was a liverpool fan!

    From kuledX, on Sat 22 Aug 5:21PM

  14. great to see the lads back on form, and nice to see­ Owen and Nani getting a look in on the score sheet­ aswell, proof that Ronaldo wasnt the only thing to keep­ United going!! May the rest of the premiership be­ silenced cos United are back on form!!

    and post 349­ from BabyK, as of today i believe that United have­ played 3 and lost 1 if you knew your match fixtures??­ it was Birmingham 1-0 to United, Burnley 1-0 defeat for­ United, and 5-0 today victory against Wigan...they hada­ few shock defeats last season but they still went on to­ win the Premiership if i recall correctly....

    From Princess Crunchie, on Sat 22 Aug 5:21PM

  15. Where are the ManU haters gone???

    From CHONG, on Sat 22 Aug 5:17PM

  16. Come on MAN CITY is that all you can produce today -­ ONE goal?????? What a waste of all the spending by­ the Sheikh of Dubai - now, now, you must do better to­ beat MANU!!!!

    From heatherkean, on Sat 22 Aug 5:16PM

  17. So where are United's critics?
    Any sad scousers­ spying on this page as usual? ;)

    From Roy, on Sat 22 Aug 5:15PM

  18. someone was going to pay...well sadly for wigan.

    From JEANNE, on Sat 22 Aug 5:15PM

  19. Season start's today-bet the stupid scouser's­ are already worried that we can live without­ Ronaldo,but those filthy pig's cannot do anything­ without lady Torres and the thug Gerrard,should have­ went to prison

    From max, on Sat 22 Aug 5:11PM

  20. THANKS RED DEVILS FOR A WONDERFUL GAME TODAY - I'LL­ BE WATCHING THE HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT AND WILL SURELY­ CHEER YOU ON FROM MY ARMCHAIR - GOOD LUCK FOR THE­ SEASON - YOUR FANS WILL BE ROUTING FOR YOU AS WE DID IN­ THE LAST AND PREVIOUS SEASONS. WELL DONE SIR ALEX YOU­ CERTAINLY KNOW YOUR STUFF - YOU HAVE A CLASS TEAM OF­ PLAYERS AND WE HAVE FAITH IN YOU TO SEE MANU THROUGH TO­ GLORY THIS SEASON - GLORY GLORY MAN­ UNITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From heatherkean, on Sat 22 Aug 5:11PM
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