Victory for United

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 2 United were all over their Lancashire rivals in a game played in constant rain and should have won by more. They went ahead after 31 minutes when keeper Jason Brown, claiming he was fouled, failed to collect a...

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 2

United were all over their Lancashire rivals in a game played in constant rain and should have won by more.

They went ahead after 31 minutes when keeper Jason Brown, claiming he was fouled, failed to collect a deep cross and Wes Brown got his fourth goal in 12 seasons with a simple header.

After several near misses, United wrapped up the points in the 64th minute when Cristiano Ronaldo pulled back a low cross for Wayne Rooney to finish crisply.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.