^Ronaldo scored 2 penalties today as United won 7-0^
Team Changes: Man United came into this match on a high after knocking Blackburn out of the Carling Cup in midweek. Van Der Sar returned in goal as Man United brought back a lot of their first team players. A number of players retained their places in the team after good performances in the last match. Evans started at centre back again but Pique wasn’t as lucky and he was left out of the squad. Rafael and Anderson also retained their places in the team at the expense of Neville and Scholes. Tevez started upfront with Rooney again after a good scoring run. Evra, Ferdinand, Carrick, Giggs, Ronaldo and Rooney all returned to the team.
It didn’t take United long for them to be in the lead. Ronaldo was brought down in the box and the referee pointed straight to the spot. Ronaldo stepped up and sent the keeper the wrong way and put United 1-0 up with only 16 minutes gone. 10 minutes later and United were two up. Ronaldo had the ball in the box and took a shot and it was saved by the keeper but it fell to Rooney and he took one touch before smashing the ball into the back of the net.
On the stroke of half-time Man United went 3-0 up. Ronaldo was brought down in the box for the second time in the match and the result was the same. The keeper managed to guess right this time but still got no where near the ball. Man United went into half-time 3-0 up and they were cruising. Man United looked on top form and it was only the first half.
Michael Carrick nearly extended the lead in the 48th minute when he took the ball on the chest and volleyed it but his shot came back into play off the post. Ronaldo got his third of the match in the 73rd minute. He had the ball on the edge of the box and took a shot with the outside of his boot that went in off the post. Ji-SungPark was then brought on for the last 15 minutes and Ryan Giggs was brought off for him.
Tevez got his goal in the 79th minute. The ball was chipped into the box and Tevez ran onto it before volleying it into the bottom corner. Tevez got his second of the match in the 87th minute. Blackburn got a corner and pushed a lot of their players up to try and get a consolation goal. The ball was cleared though, and it went straight to Ronaldo he played the ball right into the path of Tevez and he slotted the ball into the corner of the net. Man United play Newcastle at home next.