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This is how Manchester United won games for years and years until the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era ended with a crash last season and any old team ended up coming to Old Trafford with the impertinent belief that they might just win the match.
Alan Pardew’s Newcastle were one such club who beat the home side here last season but 12 months on they looked as far away from doing so as at any point over the Ferguson years. Newcastle had a bright start and a decent penalty shout denied – plus ça change at Old Trafford – then they were undone by the brilliance of certain individuals, Wayne Rooney chief among them, and the game was over.
It was more than a decade ago that Newcastle made a bid to sign Rooney from Everton, triggering the process that would see him join Manchester United in the summer of 2004 and since then he has done nothing to suggest Newcastle’s judgement of him was wrong. He has scored 12 times against the club, including two on this occasion.
Manchester United - the latest match in picturesShow all 124 1 /124Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Everton 3 Manchester United 0 Kevin Mirallas celebrates his match-winning goal with his team-mates.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Everton 3 Manchester United 0 John Stones scored his first Everton goal as Manchester United were swept aside.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Everton 3 Manchester United 0 James McCarthy puts the Toffees into an early lead.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Arsenal 2 Nacho Monreal celebrates scoring the opening goal with Arsenal's English midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Arsenal 2 Wayne Rooney equalises for Manchester United
Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Arsenal 2 Wayne Rooney celebrates after making it 1-1
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Arsenal 2 Danny Welbeck celebrates after making it 2-1
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Arsenal 2 Angel Di Maria is shown a red card late in the FA Cup quarter-final tie
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Newcastle 0 Manchester United 1 Johnny Evans and Papiss Cisse come together
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Newcastle 0 Manchester United 1 De Gea makes a save
Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Newcastle 0 Manchester United 1 Ashley Young scores the winner for Manchester United against Newcastle
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Newcastle 0 Manchester United 1 Ashley Young celebrates the winner for Manchester United against Newcastle
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0 Wayne Rooney scored again with a header - he hadn't scored in his previous eight Premier League matches.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0 Wayne Rooney converts the penalty to put United in the lead.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0 Wes Brown is sent-off to the protestations of the Sunderland players.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0 John O'Shea fouls Radamel Falcao to give away a penalty - but Roger East believed Wes Brown had fouled him.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0 British record signing Angel Di Maria was so bad he was substituted at half-time.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Preston 1 Manchester United 3 Wayne Rooney wins a penalty after going down under the challenge of Thorsten Stuckmann
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Preston 1 Manchester United 3 Wayne Rooney goes down after being challenged by goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Preston 1 Manchester United 3 Marouane Fellaini put the visitors back into the lead with a stabbed effort from inside the box
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Preston 1 Manchester United 3 Marouane Fellaini scores to put Manchester United 2-1 up
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Preston 1 Manchester United 3 Utd's Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera scored the equaliser
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Preston 1 Manchester United 3 Scott Laird fired Preston into the lead with a deflected effort off David de Gea
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Burnley 1 United manager Louis van Gaal leaves the field - despite the win he was not impressed with the performance
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Burnley 1 Chris Smalling heads in his second goal of the game
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Burnley 1 Smalling opens the scoring
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Ham 1 Manchester United 1 Cheikhou Kouyate scores the opening goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Ham 1 Manchester United 1 Cheikhou Kouyate celebrates the opening goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Ham 1 Manchester United 1 Wayne Rooney during Manchester United's draw with West Ham
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Ham 1 Manchester United 1 Robin van Persie fails to score
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Ham 1 Manchester United 1 Daley Blind celebrates his late equaliser
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Manchester United 2 James Wilson scored United's second to seal the win
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Manchester United 2 Marouane Fellaini celebrates with his Manchester United team-mates
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Manchester United 2 Marouane Fellaini scores to put United ahead
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Manchester United 2 Rob Green keeps out an effort by Radamel Falcao
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 0 Southampton 1 Juan Mata challenges for the ball with Fraser Forster during the Premier League match at Old Trafford
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 0 Southampton 1 Manchester United defender Tyler Blackett can't reach the shot from Southampton's Serbian midfielder Dusan Tadic
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 0 Southampton 1 Dusan Tadic celebrates the only goal at Old Trafford
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Stoke 1 Manchester United 1 Ryan Shawcross puts Stoke ahead
Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Stoke 1 Manchester United 1 A close up of Van Gaal's notes during the match appeared to show the words 'stupid free-kick'
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Stoke 1 Manchester United 1 Radamel Falcao equalises for Manchester United
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Stoke 1 Manchester United 1 Falcao celebrates his goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Tottenham 0 Manchester United 0 Neither Manchester United or Tottenham could break the deadlock
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Tottenham 0 Manchester United 0 Hugo Lloris was in inspired form, denying a host of chances for Manchester United in the first half
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Tottenham 0 Manchester United 0 Spurs threatened to steal all three points late in the game but it ended goalless at White Hart Lane
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Newcastle 1 Papiss Cisse scores a consolation for Newcastle form the penalty spot
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Newcastle 1 Robin van Persie scores the third for Manchester United with a perfectly-guided header
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Newcastle 1 Wayne Rooney scores his and United's second of the game
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Newcastle 1 Rooney celebrates with striker-partner Radamel Falcao after the pair combine to put United ahead
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Newcastle 1 Wayne Rooney opens the scoring after turning in a Radamel Falcao cross
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 1 Manchester United 1 Manchester United players embrace striker Radamel Falcao after his goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 1 Manchester United 1 Radamel Falcao celebrates scoring the equaliser against Aston Villa
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 1 Manchester United 1 Christian Benteke celebrates scoring the opening goal against Manchester United
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Aston Villa 1 Manchester United 1 Christian Benteke scores a beautiful curling effort to put Aston Villa ahead
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Southampton 1 Manchester United 2 Robin van Persie put Manchester United ahead after capitalising on Jose Fonte's poor back pass
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Southampton 1 Manchester United 2 Pelle drew Saints level before the end of the first half
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Southampton 1 Manchester United 2 Van Persie celebrates his second goal of the match that turned out to be the winner
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Stoke 1 Juan Mata and Marcos Rojo celebrate United's second
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Stoke 1 Steven Nzonzi fires in the equaliser
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Stoke 1 Marouane Fellaini scores United's first goal of the game
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Hull 0 Chris Smalling scores United's opener after a goalmouth scramble
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Hull 0 Maroune Fellaini controls the ball as Curtis Davies looks on
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Hull 0 Juan Mata attempts to close down Ahmed Elmohamady as he passes
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Hull 0 The United players congratulate Robin van Persie after he scores a much-needed goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Hull 0 Wayne Rooney scored again, netting United's second
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 3 Hull 0 Ashley Young stretches to control a high ball
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Crystal Palace 0 Michael Carrick started a game for the first time this season, in centre-midfield
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Crystal Palace 0 Robin van Persie again went scoreless - he has just three goals in 10 matches
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Crystal Palace 0 Angel Di Maria is crowded out by Yannick Bolasie and Adrian Mariappa
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Crystal Palace 0 Marouane Fellaini tries to win a header from a corner
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Crystal Palace 0 Substitute Juan Mata fires in a 25-yard strike, that took a deflection, to score the only goal of the game
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Crystal Palace 0 Mata and United players celebrate the goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0 Chris Smalling picks up a booking for blocking Joe Hart
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0 Later in the first half, Smalling was shown another and then sent off
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0 Kompany tackles Di Maria
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0 Sergio Aguero celebrates the only goal of the game
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 Robin van Persie celebrates his late goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 Robin van Persie scores the equalising goal in the final minute
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 Referee Phil Dowd shows a red card to Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 Didier Drogba celebrates his goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 Didier Drogba heads in to give Chelsea the lead
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 Thibaut Courtois saves an effort from Robin van Persie
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 Didier Drogba shields the ball under pressure from United players
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 The players make their way out onto the pitch at Old Trafford
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Brom 2 Manchester United 2 David De Gea could do nothing to stop Stephane Sessegnon's opener
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Brom 2 Manchester United 2 Sessegnon celebrates his early goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Brom 2 Manchester United 2 Marouane Fellaini celebrates bringing the scores level after his introduction at the break
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Brom 2 Manchester United 2 Berahino (right) put West Brom back in front. Picture left is Marcos Rojo, who was terrible throughout
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures West Brom 2 Manchester United 2 Daley Blind rescued a late point for Manchester United with a sweet finish
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Everton 1 Radamel Falcao celebrates scoring the winner
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Everton 1 Steven Naismith equalises for Everton
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Everton 1 Leighton Baines has his penalty saved
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 Everton 1 Angel Di Maria celebrates opening the scoring
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 West Ham 1 Wayne Rooney is shown a red card by Lee Mason
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 West Ham 1 Wayne Rooney kicks out at Stewart Downing
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 West Ham 1 Diafra Sakho scores for West Ham as his header loops over Robin van Persie
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 West Ham 1 Radamel Falcao has an effort on goal
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 West Ham 1 Robin van Persie and Luke Shaw go for the double-high-five after the striker scores for United
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 West Ham 1 Robin van Persie doubles United's lead against the Hammers
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 2 West Ham 1 Wayne Rooney opens the scoring for United
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 The remarkable comeback was complete after Leonardo Ulloa tucked in a penalty to make it 5-3. After Tyler Blackett had fouled Jamie Vardy in the box, getting sent off for his troubles, United's afternoon went from bad to worse.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 Livewire striker Jamie Vardy, who only broke into the Stocksbridge first team at the age of 21, put Leicester ahead late on.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 Despite Ander Herrera restoring United's three goal lead, Leicester just would not lie down. Following David Nugent's penalty, Esteban Cambiasso blasted City level.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 Leonardo Ulloa, a sensation since joining the Foxes, got his side back in the clash almost straight away.
Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Leicester City 5 Manchester United 3 Angel di Maria, following Robin van Persie's opener, appeared to have put the game beyond Leicester. Stunning, outrageous chip over Kasper Schmeichel.
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Radamel Falcao makes his United debut
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Juan Mata completes the rout at Old Trafford
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Wayne Rooney celebrates the third
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Daley Blind and Sandro in action
Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Angel Di Maria celebrates his first goal for United against QPR
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Burnley 0 Manchester United 0 Juan Mata is crowded out by Burnley defenders - indicative of the home side's effort and work rate for the full 90 minutes
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Burnley 0 Manchester United 0 Angel Di Maria made his United debut but couldn't influence the side and eventually limped off with an injury after 70 minutes
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Burnley 0 Manchester United 0 Manchester United players react after referee Chris Foy waved away what looked like a handball that would have been a penalty
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Burnley 0 Manchester United 0 Former United boss Sir Alex Ferguson looks on in anguish at Turf Moor as United failed to win again
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Burnley 0 Manchester United 0 Sean Dyche's team picked up their first point of the season with an excellent performance
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Burnley 0 Manchester United 0 Louis van Gaal is still winless as Manchester United manager after three matches in charge of the club
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Swansea 2 Louis van Gaal was not too disheartened at the full-time whistle, but he will know how much work lies ahead following his first defeat as United manager
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Swansea 2 The two goalscorers Ki and Sigurdsson were left to celebrate at the end after inflicting United's first opening day defeat since 1972
Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Swansea 2 Gylfi Sigurdsson stunned Old Trafford for a second time in the same afternoon as he restored Swansea's lead following a goal-mouth scramble
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Swansea 2 Gylfi Sigurdsson fires home the winner to secure Swansea a 2-1 win over Manchester United
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Swansea 2 Wayne Rooney managed to drag United level after he took advantage of a loose ball to smash home a close-range bicycle kick
Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Swansea 2 Wayne Rooney acrobatically scores a bicycle kick to level the scores
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Swansea 2 Ki-Sung-Yeung celebrates after making it 1-0 to the visitors Swansea
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Manchester United - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 1 Swansea 2 Tyler Blackett was handed a shock call-up by Louis van Gaal to start United's opening match against Swansea.
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Captain, and now midfielder, Rooney still has that fortunate knack of arriving at the right moment in goalscoring positions, and it should be said that his first goal was a beauty, a counter-attacking slice right through the heart of Newcastle that was begun and ended by the United No 10. It was also Rooney who looked up eight minutes into the second half and landed a cross on Robin Van Persie’s head for the third goal.
After Rooney’s first it was rarely less than a cruise for Louis Van Gaal’s team who won their seventh league game in eight. It is not a record which brooks much argument, especially when compared to last season. They are the only side staying close to the top two of Chelsea and Manchester City and in attack they have the kind of quality that can overwhelm any team.
They were missing Angel Di Maria, injured during a warm-up in training on Christmas Eve, the consequence, Van Gaal said later of the pelvis not being “in the right relationship with his leg”. “It was a little bit amazing,” he reflected with Di Maria in the stands and having last started a game against Hull on 29 November.
It is in defence Manchester United continue to look vulnerable and while it no longer mattered that Phil Jones conceded a penalty with five minutes left, it was hardly out of keeping with the rest of his performance. The substitute Papiss Cisse scored on that occasion, a blemish on the record of the defenders Jones, Paddy McNair and Jonny Evans, a back three who still look like they wish they were a back four.
Wayne Rooney opens the scoring after turning in a Radamel Falcao cross (Getty Images) Pardew bemoaned the state of his injuries, with nine senior players out and what he said was the imperative to sign a striker in January. “We need to score more goals if we are to make an impact in the Premier League,” he said. Manchester United, Pardew said, had “the cutting edge” that his team lacked. “When we were over-committed, they were clinical”.
There was an interesting selection from Pardew in Alan Armstrong, a 17-year-old who was given his first league start. This was never likely to be the most rewarding stage for the boy from the Newcastle academy but he acquitted himself well and was unfortunate that it was on the counter-attack from a shot of his in the first half that the home team scored.
A blocked shot from Armstrong fell to Rooney, well inside his own half, and from there Newcastle never touched it again until it was in their net. From Rooney, it went to Juan Mata on the left and the ball was crossed for Radamel Falcao in the box. He hooked the ball back generously for Rooney, who had continued his run from deep, and the deed was done.
“When a player [Rooney] score two goals and also gets the assist for the third you are happy as a manager,” Van Gaal said. “He is also very happy, I assume. He has the lung capacity to run 90 minutes as a midfielder. That’s why I use him as a midfielder. I also use him as a striker but for the team it is better for now that he plays as a midfielder.”
Wayne Rooney scores his and United's second of the game (Getty Images) Until then, by far Manchester United’s best attacker had been Ashley Young on the left wing who had left Daryl Janmaat standing on more than one occasion. As for Newcastle, they could look back with regret on one incident in particular when Mata looked like he clipped the heels of Yoan Gouffran in the area on 14 minutes and referee Mike Jones overlooked the incident.
Padrew said it should have been a penalty, a “bad call” that he said referee Jones compensated for with a “soft penalty” for Jack Colback against Phil Jones later in the game. “He [Mata] ran across the back of a player who is going to head towards goal,” Pardew said. “That was a goalscoring opportunity.”
The second United goal came on 36 minutes when Gouffran played the impressive Ayoze Perez into trouble and the determined Falcao dispossessed him. Jones tapped the ball into Mata’s path and he did an exceptional job of moving across the pitch, waiting for Rooney to move into position and then releasing the ball at the ideal moment for the captain to shoot beyond the reach of Jak Alnwick.
Rooney picked out Van Persie, lurking between Steven Taylor and Janmaat on 53 minutes to head the ball out of the reach of Alnwick for the third goal and from then on it was simple for the home side. Only after Pardew had made changes, Remy Cabella, Cisse and Haris Vuckic coming on, did Newcastle threaten.
Van Persie scores the third for Manchester United with a perfectly-guided header (Getty Images) David De Gea did come to the rescue with a save on 79 minutes from Perez after both substitute Darren Fletcher and McNair had conspired to create a dangerous situation when there was little on for Newcastle. Jones fouled Colback for the penalty, a careless leg thrust in the way of the midfielder.
Van Gaal will be without Marouane Fellaini and Adnan Januzaj, both ill, for the game against Tottenham and the Dutchman was complaining again about the demands of playing twice in 48 hours. Last January was a ruinous month for United, with four defeats in all competitions. At the moment it is enough for them that there is no prospect of a repeat.
Line-ups:
Manchester United (3-4-1-2): De Gea; McNair, Jones, Evans; Valencia (Rafael, 80), Carrick (Fletcher, 62), Rooney, Young; Mata; Falcao (Wilson, 65), Van Persie.
Newcastle United (4-2-3-1): Alnwick; Janmaat, Coloccini, S Taylor, Dummett (Cabella, 63); Colback, Anita; Sissoko, Perez (Vuckic, 82), Gouffran; Armstrong (Cisse, 63).
Booked:
Manchester United: Van Persie
Newcastle: Taylor, Gouffran
Referee: M Jones.
Man of the match: Rooney
Rating: 6
Attendance: 75,318
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