Instinctive Ingenuity

The major talking points were Javier Mascherano acting like a daft punk and Wes Brown flawlessly executing a 180 Reverse Blind Salmon to score a massive goal using his back, but perhaps the most striking aspect of United's victory over Liverpool was Wayne Rooney's incredible footballing acumen.

As David Pleat pointed out, Rooney terrorized Carragher and Skrtel with his instinctive, incisive movement. He showed his remarkable strength and determination early on when he refused to go down under the weight of a desperate Carragher challenge after Anderson threaded a gorgeous through ball into his path. And his unselfishness and awareness were on display once again, as he set up the third goal with a beautiful one-two with Nani.

Though Paul Doyle criticized Rooney last week for what he deemed poor finishing, it was a shallow smear piece that laughably proposed that Rooney has a "grubby lust to inflate the hype around him, to soup up his image."

Armed with immense skill and creativity, Rooney has been a bit unlucky recently but look for him to bag some more goals before the season draws to a close.


Honorable Mention: Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick, who combined for an incredible 254 touches and controlled the midfield with style, spraying passes about with ease.