Source: PA
Rooney ends goal drought
Wayne Rooney ended his five-month wait for a goal as he set Manchester United on their way to a comfortable 3-0 Barclays Premier League win over West Ham.
Rooney's 33rd-minute penalty after Jonathan Spector had fouled Ryan Giggs will hardly enter his personal hall of fame, but it ends the talk of his scoring drought and should go some way to easing the 24-year-old back to top form after a slow start to the season.
Second-half efforts from Nani and Dimitar Berbatov, who took his tally to three in four games, sealed victory to keep United in touch with early pace-setters Chelsea.
Nani profited from some excellent approach work from Paul Scholes and Rooney, dumped Danny Gabbidon on his backside, then beat Robert Green with ease.
United duly collected a third when Berbatov propelled a perfectly-executed airborne volley beyond Green after Nani had charged into the box and clipped a cross to the far post.
