Red Devils Story

I have stepped down from the head coach of Great Britain Under 23s. The team was created especially for the Olympics and there are no current plans for the team to feature in any future competitions.

Premier League - Cardiff City (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Cesar Azpilicueta, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Fabio, Anderson, Paul Pogba, Ryan Giggs, Yaya Sanogo, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck
Subs Used: Eden Hazard, Tom Cleverley, Javier Hernandez

Man Utd start the new season with a 1-0 win. Eden Hazard made his first debut for Man Utd coming on in the 64th min.

Cardiff
Peter Whittingham

Man Utd
Ryan Giggs (29)

Phil Jones

Premier League - Sunderland (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: David De Gea, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Neven Subotic, Fabio, Antonio Valencia, Andre Ayew, Eden Hazard, Yaya Sanogo, Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez
Subs Used: Ashley Young, Dimitar Berbatov

Man Utd dominated the game and won 2-0 though they could have scored even more but all thanks to great goalkeeping by Craig Gordon.

Man Utd
Javier Hernandez (24)
Wayne Rooney (90+3)
Andre Ayew

Craig Gordon

Champions League Group Stage drawn

European Super Cup - FC Porto (Stade Louis II)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: David De Gea, Chris Smalling, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Rafael, Tom Cleverley, Eden Hazard, Ryan Giggs, Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov
Subs Used: Cesar Azpilicueta, Anderson, Carlos Fierro

FC Porto could not retain their European Super Cup title for the second consecutive times when they slumped to a 4-0 defeat by Man Utd.

Man Utd
Wayne Rooney (6)
Dimitar Berbatov (18)
Javier Hernandez (20)
Nemanja Vidic (53)
Chris Smalling (17)
Rafael (59)
Tom Cleverley (68)

FC Porto
Fredy Guarin (64)
Maicon (84)

Wayne Rooney

Injury News - Tom Cleverley out for 2-3 days due to a dead leg during the match against FC Porto

English Transfer Window Roundup

It had been a very busy transfer market with Tottenham were the biggest spenders running up a total transfer bill of £86M. Man City signed Angel Di Maria for £12.25M and Julio Baptista joined Liverpool for £6.5M.

English League Cup 3rd Round draw

Man Utd vs West Bromwich Albion

Premier League - Wigan Athletic (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: Anders Lindegaard, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Ashley Young, Andre Ayew, Tom Cleverley, Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck
Subs Used: Nani, Yaya Sanogo

A solid performance by Man Utd beating 10 men Wigan 5-0. I'm pleased that Nani is back from injury and he will be part of the reserves team as well to regain back his fitness.

Wigan
Ronnie Stam (28)
Ronnie Stam (41)
Hugo Rodallega (80)

Man Utd
Nemanja Vidic (7, 89)
Javier Hernandez (13)
Wayne Rooney (pen 61)
Danny Welbeck (69)
Patrice Evra (40)

Nemanja Vidic

Champions League Group Stage - AFC Rapid Bucharest (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Neven Subotic, Fabio, Antonio Valencia, Eden Hazard, Ryan Giggs, Yaya Sanogo, Javier Hernandez, Dimitar Berbatov
Subs Used: Paul Pogba, Danny Welbeck

Man Utd starts their new season of the Champions League campaign with a 3-0 victory over Rapid Bucharest with the highlight of the match was the goal by Valencia who made a superb solo effort but was disappointed with the cards shown today.

Rapid Bucharest
Silviu Marcu (49)

Man Utd
Antonio Valencia (21)
Phil Jones (34)
Dimitar Berbatov (44)
Fabio (18)
Phil Jones (56)
Ryan Giggs (72)
Danny Welbeck (78)
Neven Subotic (89)

Antonio Valencia

Premier League - Queens Park Rangers (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: David De Gea, Rafael, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Andre Ayew, Anderson, Tom Cleverley, Yaya Sanogo, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck
Subs Used: Nani, Ashley Young, Javier Hernandez

A good 5-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers with Wayne Rooney keeping the match ball. Wayne Rooney could have scored his fourth goal of the match but his penalty shot was well saved by Paddy Kenny.

Man Utd
Wayne Rooney (5, 21, 36)
Danny Welbeck (33)
Javier Hernandez (76)
Wayne Rooney (60)

Queens Park Rangers
Matthew Connolly (78)

Wayne Rooney

League Cup 3rd Round - West Bromwich Albion (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: Anders Lindegaard, Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Scott Wootton, Fabio, Adnan Januzaj, Paul Pogba, Nani, Will Keane, Yaya Sanogo, Carlos Fierro
Subs Used: Patrice Evra, Mats Daehli, Dimitar Berbatov

A good win with Yaya Sonogo scoring his first goal for Man Utd and I'm pleased with the youngsters performance.

Man Utd
Yaya Sanogo (54)
Dimitar Berbatov (pen 80)
Chris Smalling (2)
Nani (59)
Fabio (76)

West Brom
Gonzalo Jara (13)
Simon Cox (20)
Paul Scharner (31)
Gonzalo Jara (58)
Jonas Olsson (60)

Chris Smalling

League Cup 4th Round draw

Bolton Wanderers vs Man Utd

Premier League - Everton (A)

Formation: 4-3-3 (counter)

Line-Up: David De Gea, Rafael, Phil Jones, Neven Subotic, Patrice Evra, Andre Ayew, Eden Hazard, Ryan Giggs, Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov
Subs Used: Antonio Valencia, Javier Hernandez

Man Utd survived a defeat after came back a goal down to draw level. Man Utd started the match well but it was Everton who took the lead after Man Utd players failed to clear the ball from a corner. Man Utd fight back in the second-half but Tim Howard was equal to the task.

Man Utd nearly equalised the game but Rooney's diving header was dismissed due to offside. Berbatov ensures that Man Utd unbeaten run continues when he seized on Panddev's error to score a tidy finish.

Everton
Jack Rodwell (25)

Man Utd
Dimitar Berbatov (81)

Tim Howard

Champions League Group Stage - Sporting (POR) (H)

Formation: 4-3-3

Line-Up: David De Gea, Cesar Azpilicueta, Neven Subotic, Nemanja Vidic, Fabio, Antonio Valencia, Eden Hazard, Ashley Young, Yaya Sanogo, Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez
Sub Used: Tom Cleverley

Following a frustrating draw against Everton, Man Utd put up a good display by defeating Sporting 4-1 with Hernandez scoring two goals.

Man Utd
Javier Hernandez (17, 35)
Antonio Valencia (20)
Wayne Rooney (65)

Sporting (POR)
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (55)
Alberto Rodriguez (50)

Javier Hernandez