Source: Manchester_EveningNews
Stoke 0 United 2: Player ratings
Foster: Nothing to seriously test if he was over his derby dithering 6 O?Shea: Didn?t have much opposition so a comfortable outing and a well taken goal 6 Ferdinand: Didn?t let his derby clanger affect him back to more like old self 7 Vidic: Only one striker to deal with and he played his part in mopping up limited threat 7 Evra: Right winger Lawrence was Stoke?s liveliest player and that was dealt with well 6 Valencia: Bad eighth minute one-on-one miss and never seemed to get over it 5 Fletcher: Great ball to Giggs to set up goal and a busy partner to Scholes 7 Scholes: Bossed the midfield completely. His persistence meant United stayed on top 9 Nani: One decent shot was a poor return for amount of ball he saw. 5 Rooney: Came very deep at times to get involved 6 Berbatov: Hadn?t been able to make much headway until he walked the goal in 6 Subs: Giggs (sub Nani 55) Geed Reds up 7 Owen (sub Rooney 80) No chances 5 Carrick (sub Scholes 80) Steady 5 Neville, Anderson, Evans, Kuszczak not used Stoke City: Sorensen, Huth, Faye, Shawcross, Collins, Lawrence (Pugh 86), Delap, Whelan, Whitehead (Tuncay 71), Etherington, Kitson (Beattie 71) Goals: Stoke: United: Berbatov (62) O?Shea (77) Bookings: Stoke: Huth (28) United: Scholes (58) Battle of the Bosses: Pulis packed his midfield but had no answer to Fergie?s choice of Scholes Referee: Howard Webb - No great problems 6 Attendance: 27,500 Agree with the ratings? Have your say. [LNB]
