Ratings: Manchester United 4 – 0 Stoke City

Van der Sar 8 - He could have brought his deckchair for most of the game, but pulled off two world class saves towards the end to keep a clean sheet.

Neville 7 - Got forward well and contributed to the attack, but his crossing was poor by his standards.

Ferdinand 8 - Nothing really to trouble him. Solid.

Vidic 7 - Needed to commit fouls on a couple of occasions due to poor positioning, but played well overall.

Evra 7 - Defended well and was his usual energetic self in attack. Some neat tricks got the crowd going.

Nani 8 - United’s main threat throughout the match. All of our good work went through him.

Fletcher 6 - Unusually quiet game from the Scot. Passing was off and didn’t really stamp his authority on the game.

Scholes 7 - Controlled the midfield with relative ease. Customary booking saw Sir Alex replace him with Gibson with 20 minutes left.

Giggs 6 - Took his goal well, but was poor overall.

Berbatov 6 - Did well to get in good opsitions, but his finishing has become abysmal, particularly with his head. Great assist for Giggs’ goal.

Rooney 7 - Creatively he was very good and his passing was superb. Never really got the opportunity to score and is unfortunate to lose out on the golden boot to Drogba.

Subs:

Gibson 6 - Made a couple of good tackles.

Macheda 5 - No real impact.

Park 7 - Scored United’s 4th with a well taken header.

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