Game of Two Halves (Wigan 1 - Manchester United 3)

After a terrible first half, a Rooney-inspired United scored thrice to pull clear at the top of the table in an early kickoff.

Wigan scored early in the first half and had United on the backpaddle. We obviously didn't help ourselves by playing some really uninspired football. There was no flair, no width and no idea in our play. Quite frankly when the half time whistle came, I was pretty much ready to call it a day and go to bed. Luckily my girlfriend was using it, if not I would have missed the second half. The only bright spark in that terrible first half was a determined effort by Rooney which struck the crossbar.

The second half started with Giggs replacing Wes Brown and inspiring some really sweet attacking play from United. It was literally a reverse from the way we played in the first half. Our attacking movement was crisp and quick, and we tore the Wigan defence apart, but failed to find the net.

However in the 60 odd minutes, we found the opening when Vidic scored from a corner. It's nice to see us actually threatening from corners since the days of Daisy and Dolly. A couple of minutes later, Saha fired us into the lead.

It was all United and by that time, Rooney had completely taken over the show. It's a pity he didn't annouce his return with a goal. He lead the team with his determined style of play, inspiring all around him to play above themselves.

Hell, even Evra had a good game. A far cry from the usual crap that comes from him. The disappointing player for me was once again Carrick. His impersonation of Invisible Man is wearing thin.

We rounded off the scoring in injury time with a really sweetly taken goal from fan favourite, Ole. Quite frankly, after looking at today's team sheet, with Heinez, Ronaldo, Fletcher and Neville missing from the starting lineup due to injury, I would have gladly taken a draw. Credit to the boys who rose above themselves with a come-from-behind performance.

It also marks the second time we've put three past a Liverpool keeper. We did it against Scott Carson at Charlton and today against Kirkland with Wigan. Let's hope I didn't jinx the team and we make it three times lucky next week against Reina next week when we face Liverpool.