Cristiano Ronaldos two first-half goals were enough to down Zola’s West Ham, dropping them to the bottom half of the English Premier League table.
United used this match to rest Van der Sar and give Kuszczak a spot in the starting eleven. South Americans Rafael Da Silva, Anderson, and Carlos Tevez were also included in the starting eleven. While Nani and Ronaldo secured the wings.
It only took 14 minutes for Ronaldo to sink his third goal of the season, as Nani served a brilliant ball from the left side. Ronaldo simply redirected it past the Hammers goalkeeper, Robert Green.
The 23-year-old FIFPro player of the year did it again on the half-hour mark, but it was the £30 million Bulgarian who made that goal. Berbatov chased a ball to the goal-line and with a dazzling 360 spin Berbatov lost his defender just inside the eighteen before rolling the ball back for Ronaldo at the top of the six. Only thing missing on that gift was a bow.
A much quieter second half saw Rooney and Carrick on for Nani and Fletcher. And although there were no goals in the second half United continued to dominate. With ten minutes remaining Sir Alex brought on Gary Neville for the young Rafael da Silva.
United, who still have a game in hand, are currently sixth in the Premier League but with United having found their form its only a matter of time before they are back on top of the table.
