Back In Business

Finally Manchester United are back to their winning ways with some thanks to the referee who called for a dubious penalty kick against visiting Bolton.

Ronaldo was brought down in the United penalty area but the Bolton defender had a clean tackle. Perhaps the ref was under the heavy influence of the red crowd in Old Trafford? He pointed to the spot and Ronaldo converted the spot kick.

The Bolton defence was resilient and United were clearly frustrated until the penalty kick. Then Wayne Rooney came on as a sub and combined with Ronaldo to make the score 2-0. United never looked back after that.

It was about time that Rooney broke his duck to score after a few frustrating matches. New signing Berbatov also showed some glimpse of his magic. A few more games and Berba will fit in nicely as United's attacking threat.

With this win, United moved up to the top half of the table but they still trail leaders Liverpool by 7 points with a game in hand.