It was a great afternoon for United fans as the red devils picked up a win at Old Trafford and now share the top spot with Chelsea.

Sir Alex couldn’t have picked a better back line. With Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, and Evra across the back and Van der Sar in goal. This is the best back line in the world at the moment. Fletcher, Carrick, Park and Nani would play across the middle, while Oberton and Macheda were the two strikers.

It was a first half with little chances for either team. Van der Sar did make a great save in the 37th minute to keep United in the game and 7 minutes later just before the half Park would provide a great ball for Evra who pushed up high enough and snuck in behind the wigan defense to put in a great header. To put United up 1-0 just before the half.

United would only let 10 minutes pass before he decided to take off Park and Macheda for Scholes and Rooney. And it wasnt all “Boo’s” for Rooney as he made his way on to the pitch in a United uniform for the first time in over a month.

And if it wasn’t difficult enough for Wigan, they would make it impossible for themselves in a span of 3 minutes. in the 59th minute Alcaraz would earn a second yellow for a late unnecessary tackle on Fletcher, while Rodallega would earn a straight red after a reckless tackle on Rafael just 3 minutes later.

And with Wigan down to 9, Sir Alex would take off a midfielder and bring on a striker, The Little Pea, Javier Hernandez would come on in the 64th and would make an instant impact on the game. Just 10 minutes later he would find the back of the net with a spectacular diving header, from a Rafael cross. It was great to see two youngsters put together such a brilliant play for the game winner.

United are now on top of the table with Chelsea, after the blues lost to Birmingham.

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