As most people around the world, unwrapped their Christmas gifts and opened the boxes to see what is in store for them, there was a big box awaiting Manchester United at Old Trafford, the Theatre of Dreams. At the end of 90 minutes, United found out what Santa had given them for Christmas; 5 goals, 3 points, dropped points for our rivals and the helping hand from referee Phil Dowd in sending Wigan Athletic’s Conor Sammon off in the 40^th minute. Maybe with his belly, Phil Dowd probably thought that in the spirit of Christmas, he would assume the guise of Santa for the Old Trafford faithful. Read the full story

A comfortable home win for Man United against Wigan on Saturday, but yet again there’s a feeling of frustration tainting the victory in that United weren’t able to create more clear-cut chances and turn domination of possession into goals.

As Sir Alex stated himself in his post-match interview, “… we had a lot of the ball without doing anything with it. We seem to be playing our best football in the final 20 minutes. We need more quickness in our play, especially in the first half.”

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Man United defeated nine-man Wigan to draw level on points with Chelsea at the top of the Premier League (28 points). In the game where Wayne Rooney made his comeback, Patrice Evra broke the deadlock before half time while super-sub Javier Hernandez scored his seventh goal with an awesome header. Read the full story

Did it really have to come to this? Why should a quasi military operation be required for a highly anticipated European Champions League cup tie at Old Trafford? Stringent security measures will be put in place for Rangers fans travelling to the game because violence marred their last visit to Manchester for the Uefa Cup final against Zenit St Petersburg at Eastlands in May 2008. This time, the Scottish team’s fans will be forced to meet at Wigan Athletic’s DW Stadium before boarding official coaches to Old Trafford.

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It is not often that an end of season Manchester derby is just as important to City as it is to United but Saturday’s clash could go a long way towards deciding whether the home side can break up England’s big four. As for United, they are of course not out of the Premier League title race but even victory at Eastlands would still leave Chelsea strong favourites for the silverware.

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After Antonio Valencia speculation to join Manchester United at the end of 2008-2009 season, Maynor Figueroa is another Wigan Athletic player to be linked with a move to Old Trafford.

The sun reported that the Honduras international has impressed Man United scouts and he will be a good number two for our left back Patrice Evra. Read the full story