Source: http://ift.tt/eKERsB - Saturday, February 28, 2015
London (AFP) - A case of mistaken identity helped Wayne Rooney return Manchester United to winning ways in the Premier League with a brace in a 2-0 victory over Sunderland on Saturday. Beaten 2-1 at Swansea City last weekend, Louis van Gaal's United were frustrated by Sunderland until the 64th minute at Old Trafford, when John O'Shea conceded a penalty for dragging back Radamel Falcao. However, referee George East elected to send off O'Shea's team-mate Wes Brom -- like O'Shea, a former United player -- despite protests from Sunderland's disbelieving players that he had got the wrong man. Rooney planted the penalty into the bottom-left corner and then added a second goal to take United up to third place in the table, two points above Arsenal, who host Everton on Sunday. Van Gaal made five changes to his starting XI, with Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young and Falcao brought in as the Dutchman switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation with Rooney at number 10. Sunderland had enjoyed their two previous visits to Old Trafford, beating United in a League Cup penalty shootout and then winning 1-0 in the league last May, and they started brightly. United goalkeeper David de Gea had to turn a low shot from Connor Wickham around the post, while Jermain Defoe fired over the bar. United began to make inroads at the other end, with Young shooting over and then seeing a shot deflected onto the bar by O'Shea, before Sebastian La
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London (AFP) - A case of mistaken identity helped Wayne Rooney return Manchester United to winning ways in the Premier League with a brace in a 2-0 victory over Sunderland on Saturday. Beaten 2-1 at Swansea City last weekend, Louis van Gaal's United were frustrated by Sunderland until the 64th minute at Old Trafford, when John O'Shea conceded a penalty for dragging back Radamel Falcao. However, referee George East elected to send off O'Shea's team-mate Wes Brom -- like O'Shea, a former United player -- despite protests from Sunderland's disbelieving players that he had got the wrong man. Rooney planted the penalty into the bottom-left corner and then added a second goal to take United up to third place in the table, two points above Arsenal, who host Everton on Sunday. Van Gaal made five changes to his starting XI, with Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young and Falcao brought in as the Dutchman switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation with Rooney at number 10. Sunderland had enjoyed their two previous visits to Old Trafford, beating United in a League Cup penalty shootout and then winning 1-0 in the league last May, and they started brightly. United goalkeeper David de Gea had to turn a low shot from Connor Wickham around the post, while Jermain Defoe fired over the bar. United began to make inroads at the other end, with Young shooting over and then seeing a shot deflected onto the bar by O'Shea, before Sebastian Lafrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1AFKDjp
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