United move three points clear

United were without Cristiano Ronaldo, Darren Fletcher, Gabriel Heinze and Gary Neville for their trip to Wigan.

Wigan took the lead after four minutes, after a great free kick from England Under-21 Leighton Baines.

Vidic leveled the score with a powerfull header in the 62nd minute, from a corner. It was the Serbian’s first goal for the club.

Four minutes later, Saha managed to controll a cross from Wayne Rooney, and hit the ball off the far post and into the goal, and made it 2-1 to the visitors.

Solskjaer made it 3-1 after 93 minutes, after a great pass from Rooney. The Norwegian remains United’s top scorer.

Teams:

Wigan:
Kirkland, Boyce, Hall, De Zeeuw, Baines, Teale, Landzaat, Scharner, Kilbane, Camara, Heskey. Subs: Pollitt, Jackson, McCulloch, Valencia, Todorov.

Manchester United:
Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Solskjaer, Carrick, O’Shea, Scholes, Rooney, Saha. Subs: Kuszczak, Giggs, Smith, Richardson, Jones.