De Ridder is the latest to run at O'Shea and beat him to the byline where he bends one in for Camara but his looping header drops into the arms of Van Der Sar.

There will be three minutes of added time here.

Great chance for Berbatov! Ronaldo eases round Figueroa and feeds it across for Berbatov but his effort is weak and Kirkland saves with ease.

Wigan are continuing to press and they believe they have the Champions on the rack here and that they can get a point out of this.

Valencia is giving O'Shea a torrid time and again he knocks it past O'Shea with ease but he fails to keep his shot down when perhaps he should have equalised.

United seem to have weathered the real storm of Wigan pressure as the game calms down again but Wigan still look dangeous.

Finally Ronaldo gets himself into a wide position where he beats Figueroa but Tevez is on his heels as the ball skids past him in the six-yard box.

Wigan are playing some really good stuff now and they look really dangerous - particularly when Valencia gets the ball.

Valencia again makes a mockery of O'Shea as he gets to the byline and flashes one across for Heskey who heads goalwards but its straight at Van Der Sar - an escape for United.

United look sloppy now! They are really struggling to get themselves going in this second half and Wigan actually look like taking advantage now.

Wigan attackers are queuing up to have a shot now as Valencia beats O'Shea yet again but Zaki, Heskey, Taylor and Palacios all see shots blocked.

Superb football from Wigan as they play some delightful one-touch football to free Valencia down the right and he looks for Zaki but Evans is in bravely to head clear.

Paul Scharner is treading a very very tight rope here as he hauls Tevez to the ground once more and is slightly fortunate that the referee didn't take a dimmer view of that.

Back comes Tevez and he appears to be moving pretty freely now.

Tevez is still down and looking in some pain - Ferguson will not want to lose Rooney and Tevez in the same night.

Ronaldo and Tevez try a clever one-two on the edge of the box but Bramble reads it well to step in and steal the ball.

A slow start to the half with neither side really coming out of the blocks firing on all cylinders.

There will be one minute of added time.

Wonderful run from Nani as he cuts inside Figueroa and delivers a superb ball into the box that just evades Ronaldo at the far post.

Sir Alex Ferguson might not be all the impressed when his side join him in the dressing room at the break because they have let Wigan back into this game.

Wigan are really starting to motor as the break approaches and Ryan Taylor has a great chance but Rafael positions himself well to make it more difficult and Taylor can't quite curl it enough to find the corner.

Luis Antonio Valencia is starting to find his feet on the Old Trafford turf and he beats O'Shea to flash it across towards Zaki and Vidic has to react quickly to turn it behind.

Sublime from Ronaldo! The Portuguese skips away from three in the centre circle and sets up Nani, who refuses the shot in favour of crossing for Tevez but it hits the striker and drops for Scholes but Wigan defenders throws themselves in the way.

Nani has seen himself stuck on the sidelines for much of this campaign to date but he almost gets himself a goal on a rare start tonight as he flashes a right-footed drive a fraction over the cross bar.

Figueroa gets a little over-excited as he tries to score his second goal in four days but this time he steps onto his right foot and slices it wildly wide and over.

Wigan are actually beginning to dominate possession for the time being - a strange situation at Old Trafford and the home support are a little silent as a result.

The problem for Wigan so far tonight is that as they try to hit Zaki and Heskey early, Vidic and Evans are getting in and about them before they can hold it up for supporting runners.

Great chance for Tevez but he wastes it! The Argentine is one-on-one with Kirkland but he takes it too wide round the keeper and Wigan scramble it out for a corner through Bramble.

...the Bulgarian takes it all the way to the byline and looks for Ronaldo at the far post and it would be 2-0 - but for a superb challenge from Palacios who gets enough on the ball to divert it away from the Portuguese.

Wigan almost level as O'Shea makes a hash of a clearance but United somehow clear and manage to break with Berbatov...

Carrick and Scholes are keeping the ball beautifully in midfield tonight and are dictating the tempo of play.

The visitors muster their first real attempt on goal of the evening as Wilson Palacios - whom the Latics have just rejected a £10million bid from Spurs for - hits one from long range that Van Der Sar is easily behind.

Wigan have a very difficult task on their hands if they are going to get back in this one - United have not conceded in any of their last eight Premier League games, a new club record.

The hosts have settled back into their passing rhythm after the Rooney change but Wigan are at last managing to take some sort of a foothold.

Rooney is off to the side of the field clutching a hamstring - worrying news for Sir Alex Ferguson. Carlos Tevez is warming up.

Worryingly for Maynor Figueroa, newly-crownded FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo really looks in the mood tonight.

Wigan really could do with not conceding a goal in the next ten minutes or so, otherwise they could be in for a really long night.