Source: Manchester_EveningNews
West Ham 0 United 4: Player ratings
Kuszczak: Safe hands throughout and a marvellous save from Diamanti free kick 7 Fletcher: Up against a young opponent and he never gave him a chance at right back 7 Neville: Not in much trouble until he pulled up with groin injury 5 Brown: Very little aerial danger from West Ham's attack so it was a pretty comfortable afternoon 7 Evra: Didn't have to be much more than solid to ensure the Hammers didn't chisel an opening down his flank 7 Valencia: Fairly quiet because of lack of service until he had a burst of power to help put Reds on Easy Street 7 Gibson: Kept everything simple in midfield and struck another absolute beauty 7 Scholes: Cracking goal and ran the show for Reds in the engine room 8 Anderson: The Brazilian didn't impose himself on midfield but did set up Valencia goal 6 Giggs: Ran the show in the first half and then took a back seat for a while before coming to fore again 8 Rooney: Not much to get his teeth into until a simple tap in presented itself 6 Subs: Carrick (sub Neville 34) Competent makeshift defender 7 Berbatov (sub Gibson 77) Neat cameo 6 Owen (sub Rooney 73) Did okay 6 Berbatov, Park, Nani, De Laet, Foster not used West Ham: Green (Kurucz 73), Gabbidon, Parker, Franco, Kovac, Spector, Ilunga, Tomkins, Collison, Hines (Diamanti 45), Stanislav Goals: West Ham: None United: Scholes (45) Gibson (61) Valencia (71) Rooney (72) Bookings: West Ham: None United: Scholes (80) Battle of the Bosses: Gianfranco Zola has a lot to learn from Fergie about how to make a silk purse when all the material is not available Referee: Peter Walton - Controlled it well 7 Attendance: 34,980 Agree with the ratings? Have your say.
