It's Rooney Again!

Manchester United 3 - Fulham 0
Scorers
Manchester United: Rooney (46, 84), Berbatov (90)

Team: Van der Sar, Rio, Vidic, Neville (Fabio 87), Evra, Carrick, Fletcher, Nani, Valencia (Park 73), Berbatov, Rooney

I'm still suffering from a borderline headache from a little too much to drink after the game. Had a mini-boys-nightout thingy with a couple of United fans, namely Kentona and Greg O, and a couple of Liverpool fans. So with a slight pounding echoing within my skull, I'll just try to make this one short and sweet so I can catch a nap and sleep it off.

Just where would we be without Rooney? 32 goals after tonight and counting. It was an awesome show of scoring prowess and instinct, to take us back to the top of the table again, against a resolute Fulham team.

The first half drew a blank, but not from a lack of effort from our part. Fulham is an organized side and they frustrated our efforts in the first 45 minutes. The second half, however, was a different story. That man, Rooney, showed up and scored an instinctive strike right from the kickoff to give us the lead and the game. You knew once we went ahead, the game was effectively over.

Fulham had their chances but Rio and Vidic, in particular, was in sparkling form. There was one incident where Zamora was one-on-one with Van der Sar, but Vidic came from no man's land and tackled the ball away. It was just incredible work by our large Serb, showing signs he's back to his best after a long layoff.

Rooney added a second late in the game and Berbatov sealed the victory with a header. It was a well deserved victory over a stubborn team that refused to lie dead.

Off the pitch, our little nights' out produced mixed results. Kentona played a bore draw, while Greg O scored a double hattrick. I had a forgettable night, where the only highlight was that United won. Well, you win some, you lose some and the big one's next week against Liverpool. We've already planned to watch it together with some of our Liverpool loving friends and lots of beer to drown ourselves in sorrow or euphoria. Either way, next week's review/thoughts will come much later and going by this weekend's experience, it might not even come at all.