Sunderland vs Manchester United

Full time

Uriah Rennie puts the remaining home fans out of their misery. United win for the fifth consecutive time in the Premier League.

United are heading for the most comfortable of Boxing Day wins. The home fans are streaming towards the exits.

Substitution

Michael Chopra makes room for Roy O'Donovan.

Goal

Louis Saha scores his second and United's fourth. Gordon is sent the wrong way.

Nani goes down under Collins' challenge.

Danny Collins mistimes a tackle on Wes Brown and is slightly lucky not to see yellow.

Yellow Card

Paul McShane goes into the book for a foul on Louis Saha.

Tomasz Kuszczak gathers a rather hopeful free kick into the Unted box.

Nani dispossesses Waghorn and finds Rooney, who should have scored but blazes over with a half-volley.

Rooney fashions a chance but shoots straight at Craig Gordon.

Substitution

Nemanja Vidic is replaced by Gerard Pique.

Michael Chopra shoots wide as Sunderland enjoy a spell with the ball.

Kenwyne Jones finds his way into the box but Vidic clears the danger.

Sustained pressure from United ends without a clear shot. The Black Cats look to be in damage-limitation mode.

Yellow Card

Sunderland skipper Dean Whitehead is cautioned for catching Nani.

Substitution

Another long-time absentee returns: Kieran Richardson replaces fellow former United man Dwight Yorke.

United carve open Sunderland again, but Nani shoots wide.

Ji-Sung Park has not played since March and finds himself in the perfect scenario to ease himself back. United are, unsurprisingly, cruising.

Substitution

A long-awaited return for Ji-Sung Park, who replaces the outstanding Ronaldo.

A great touch and a stepover or two from Ronaldo nearly puts in Rooney.

Tomasz Kuszczak collects before Kenwyne Jones can pounce.

Dickson Etuhu shoots high and wide. Very high and wide.

A poor backpass nearly lets in Ronaldo. Sunderland could do without gifting any more goals to United.

Second half

The second half begins. Is it a question of how many for United?

Substitution

Grant Leadbitter replaces Ross Wallace. That's the only half time change.

Rooney and Ronaldo have dominated proceedings and might have earned a second half break.

Half time

Vintage stuff from the champions. Boos from the home side but United have been a class apart.

Goal

Another free kick for United and this time Ronaldo does find the net, leaving Gordon with no chance.

Two minutes of stoppage time are signalled.

Rooney pulls to the left and nearly finds Ronaldo, nodded behind by Danny Collins. Vidic can't find the target from the resulting corner.

Timely interception by Danny Higginbotham from Rooney's cross. United look so dangerous when they change gears, cutting through the Mackems' defence.

Ross Wallace tests Tomasz Kuszczak with a long range effort. Pushed away for a corner, which Danny Collins heads over.

Spell of possession for Sunderland but Michael Carrick breaks up the attack.

Ronaldo smashes a free kick over the wall, saved by Craig Gordon. Good save by Gordon from Wes Brown's follow-up.

United have taken the sting out of this game and seem to be cruising. Nani nearly claims a third but shoots at Gordon from Rooney's clever pass.

Goal

Louis Saha heads in from Rooney's cross. Blistering counter attack from the away side.

Yellow Card

Darren Fletcher is the first into referee Rennie's book for chopping down Chopra.

United break quickly but the move fizzles out when Nani is crowded out.

Firm but fair challenge by Whitehead on Ronaldo rouses the home fans.

Waghorn has been a bustling presence so far, but Sunderland haven't had a clear sight of goal.

Goal

Wayne Rooney slots home, latching onto a through ball. Classy finish which silences the home crowd.

United's first corner is headed well wide by Wes Brown.

Vidic intercepts a Michael Chopra cross, who can't find a team-mate with his second attempt.

Louis Saha shoots wide after a quick break by O'Shea and Ronaldo. Best chance of the game so far.

The first corner of the match goes to Sunderland, cleared by United.

... Saved by Gordon and scrambled clear. Typically powerful Ronaldo free-kick, well-saved.

Ronaldo makes his first impact by drawing a foul on the edge of the Sunderland area. He looks like he's lining this one up...

Michael Chopra makes good progress down the right as the Black Cats continue to boss possession.

United's first real attack ends when Wes Brown can't produce a cross.

Sunderland are seeing plenty of the ball early on.

Kickoff

Uriah Rennie get the game underway.

Awaiting Kickoff

Sunderland have only won one of their 13 Premier League clashes with the Red Devils, losing nine and drawing three.

Awaiting Kickoff

United line-up: Kuszczak, Brown, Vidic, Ferdinand, O'Shea, Nani, Carrick, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Saha, Rooney

Awaiting Kickoff

Sunderland line-up: Gordon, Whitehead, McShane, Higginbotham, Collins, Wallace, Yorke, Etuhu, Waghorn, Chopra, Jones

Awaiting Kickoff

Sir Alex Ferguson rests Giggs, Evra, Tevez and Anderson, bringing in Darren Fletcher, John O'Shea and Louis Saha. Roy Keane gives 17 year old Martyn Waghorn a debut.

Awaiting Kickoff

Cold and windy conditions at the Stadium of Light. United will go top with a point or a win, at least until Arsenal play Portsmouth tonight.