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February 25, 2010, Thursday
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TWO Wayne Rooney headers led Manchester United to a 3-0 win over West Ham United at Old Trafford on Tuesday, taking the champions within a point of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.
Rooney, who also scored two headers when his side beat AC Milan in the Champions League last week, took his tally for the season to 27 - with 19 of those goals coming in his last 19 matches.
Substitute Michael Owen added the third in the 80th minute, two minutes after replacing goal machine Rooney who executed both headers with real power from crosses by Antonio Valencia after 38 and 55 minutes.
Manchester United is second with 60 points from 28 matches, one behind leader Chelsea which has a game in hand.
The only blemish for United was revealed when manager Alex Ferguson said afterwards that defender Rio Ferdinand, who missed the game with a twinge in his back, was also out of Sunday's League Cup final against Aston Villa at Wembley.
The center back is also now a doubt for England's friendly against Egypt at the same stadium three days later.
"He felt a twinge in his back this morning... and we couldn't risk it," Ferguson told Sky Sports. "He won't be playing on Sunday."
Ferguson, though, was pleased with United's win which ended 13th-placed West Ham's recent revival. Gianfranco Zola's men had lost once in six matches but was always second best on Tuesday.
"It was a good attitude from the players, they were hungry for the victory and did very well. West Ham have been doing very well recently so it was a good result for us," Ferguson added.
He reshuffled his side after Saturday's 1-3 league defeat at Everton, making five changes including bringing back defender Nemanja Vidic and goalkeeper Ben Foster.
United gradually took control of the game and deservedly went ahead seven minutes before halftime with a brilliantly-executed goal, Valencia providing a cushioned volley cross for Rooney to score.
The hosts went close again 20 seconds into the second half when South Korea's Park Ji-Sung smashed the ball against the goal post.
Nine minutes later Rooney doubled the lead with another fine header and Owen made sure of victory when he opened his body and found the far corner of the net after a through pass from Paul Scholes.
Rooney, who also scored two headers when his side beat AC Milan in the Champions League last week, took his tally for the season to 27 - with 19 of those goals coming in his last 19 matches.
Substitute Michael Owen added the third in the 80th minute, two minutes after replacing goal machine Rooney who executed both headers with real power from crosses by Antonio Valencia after 38 and 55 minutes.
Manchester United is second with 60 points from 28 matches, one behind leader Chelsea which has a game in hand.
The only blemish for United was revealed when manager Alex Ferguson said afterwards that defender Rio Ferdinand, who missed the game with a twinge in his back, was also out of Sunday's League Cup final against Aston Villa at Wembley.
The center back is also now a doubt for England's friendly against Egypt at the same stadium three days later.
"He felt a twinge in his back this morning... and we couldn't risk it," Ferguson told Sky Sports. "He won't be playing on Sunday."
Ferguson, though, was pleased with United's win which ended 13th-placed West Ham's recent revival. Gianfranco Zola's men had lost once in six matches but was always second best on Tuesday.
"It was a good attitude from the players, they were hungry for the victory and did very well. West Ham have been doing very well recently so it was a good result for us," Ferguson added.
He reshuffled his side after Saturday's 1-3 league defeat at Everton, making five changes including bringing back defender Nemanja Vidic and goalkeeper Ben Foster.
United gradually took control of the game and deservedly went ahead seven minutes before halftime with a brilliantly-executed goal, Valencia providing a cushioned volley cross for Rooney to score.
The hosts went close again 20 seconds into the second half when South Korea's Park Ji-Sung smashed the ball against the goal post.
Nine minutes later Rooney doubled the lead with another fine header and Owen made sure of victory when he opened his body and found the far corner of the net after a through pass from Paul Scholes.
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