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Saturday 15 November 2008Barclays Premier League, Old Trafford

MANCHESTER UNITED 5(Ronaldo 3, 89; Carrick 45; Berbatov 49; Welbeck 84)

STOKE CITY 0

United: van der Sar; O’Shea, Evans, Vidic, Evra; Ronaldo, Fletcher (Gibson 63), Carrick, Park (Welbeck 63); Berbatov, Tevez (Manucho 74). Not used: Foster, Rafael, Anderson, Nani.

Stoke: Sorensen; Higginbotham, Ab Faye, Shawcross, Griffin (Wilkinson 79); Olofinjana (Cresswell 31), Diao, Am Faye, Delap; Fuller (Kitson 68), Sidibe. Not used: Simonsen, Cort, Tonge, Whelan.

30/01/2012 14:18, Report by J Tuck and M Shaw

United taught Stoke a harsh lesson on their first Premier League visit to Old Trafford with a ruthless five-goal display in November 2008.

Cristiano Ronaldo hit his 100th United goal with a trademark 30-yard free-kick to open the scoring, while Danny Welbeck netted on his Premier League debut with a spectacular, rising strike from a similar distance after coming on as a second-half substitute.

In between, Michael Carrick’s left-footed drive found its way through a crowd of Stoke defenders to hit the top corner and Dimitar Berbatov fired low past Thomas Sorensen.

Stoke sporadically threatened – though were perhaps overly reliant on – Rory Delap’s long throw-ins, but United comfortably held firm and Ronaldo completed the scoring with another arrowing free-kick a minute from full-time.

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Source : ManUtd News

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