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A United show all the way

Manchester United outplayed an overawed Wigan Athletic to win the English Carling Cup final 4-0 on Sunday, with England striker Wayne Rooney...

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Manchester United outplayed an overawed Wigan Athletic to win the English Carling Cup final 4-0 on Sunday, with England striker Wayne Rooney scoring twice.

Man of the match Rooney scored after 33 and 61 minutes after hitting the bar with a header early in the first half. Louis Saha, with his sixth goal in the competition, and winger Cristiano Ronaldo also netted in a blistering six-minute spell in the second half which guaranteed United manager Alex Ferguson the 27th major honour of his career.

United, whose only previous League Cup win came in 1992, dominated from start to finish and were never seriously troubled by Wigan, appearing in the first major final in the club’s history in their first season in the top flight.

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The win was the biggest in the final since it was switched from two legs in 1967 and guarantees second-placed United a place in next season’s UEFA Cup if they should finish outside the Champions League qualifying places in the Premier League.

The Wigan players seemed to freeze on the biggest day in their club’s history.

United settled quickly and could have gone ahead as early as the seventh minute when Rooney headed against the bar after the Wigan defenders failed to deal with a cross.

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