Van Persie double hands Moyes first trophy as United manager

Robin van Persie scored twice against Wigan to give David Moyes his first trophy as Manchester United manager in a comfortable 2-0 Community Shield win at Wembley.

There was no Wayne Rooney in the United squad as he continues to recover from a shoulder injury with Ashley Young and Nani also rested due to various niggles. But United won without too much fuss courtesy of their predatory Dutch forward, who netted his eighth goal in six games against last season's FA Cup winners.

Van Persie flicked a pass out to Patrice Evra before dashing into the opposition area to direct a header into the corner of the net on six minutes. He killed off Wigan with a second goal on 59 minutes when he turned on the edge of the opposition box to shoot. Wigan goalkeeper Scott Carson was left with no chance as the ball wrong-footed him via the boot of the unfortunate James Perch.

Wigan have now beaten Manchester United only once in 18 attempts in all competitions, losing the other 17. Owen Coyle's side could not really grumble with this outcome.

The first half was not exactly overflowing with chances at either end, but United could easily have moved two to the good on 16 minutes when Leon Barnett did wonderfully well to cut out a cross from Wilfried Zaha with Danny Welbeck threatening to score from close range.

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Source : Eurosports

Result - Barclay Premier League

14 May 2013


Arsenal   4 (Podolski 11', 68', Walcott 63', Ramsey 71')   Wigan Athletic   1 (Maloney 45')


Reading   0   Manchester City   2 (Aguero 40', Dzeko 88')


 

Match 37 - Barclay Premier League

14 May 2013


Arsenal   vs   Wigan Athletic

Reading   vs   Manchester City

Result Final FA Cup 2012/2013

MANCHESTER CITY   0   WIGAN ATHLETIC   1 (Ben Watson 91')

Ben Watson's last-minute header gave Wigan the FA Cup for the first time in their history as they provided one of the competition's great upsets by beating Manchester City at Wembley. Watson turned home Shaun Maloney's corner to flatten 10-man City, who had Pablo Zabaleta sent off near the end.

Match 37 - Barclay Premier League

11 May 2013


Aston Villa   vs   Chelsea



12 May 2013


Stoke City   vs   Tottenham Hotspurs

Everton   vs   West Ham

Fulham   vs   Liverpool

Norwich City   vs   WBA

Sunderland   vs   Southampton

QPR   vs   Newcastle United

Manchester United   vs   Swansea City

FINAL - FA CUP 2012/2013

11 May 2013


MANCHESTER CITY   VS   WIGAN ATHLETIC

(Wembley)

Result - Barclay Premier League 7 May 2013

Manchester City   1 (Dzeko 35' )   WBA   0


Wigan Athletic   2 (Espinoza 45’, McCarthy 53’)   Swansea City   3 (Rangel 50’, Shechter 59’, Tiendalli 76’)

Michu missing for Wigan match

Swansea will be without top scorer Michu when they face Wigan at the DW Stadium on Tuesday and he could be out for their two other remaining matches.

The Spanish forward, who has scored 21 goals for the Swans, suffered a hamstring injury in the draw against Manchester City and is set to miss the rest of the season.

His absence means Luke Moore is likely to lead the attack while Ki Sung-yueng may come back into contention after a dead leg kept him out of the game against City. Roland Lamah remains absent as he struggles with a hamstring problem.