Manchester United vs. Sunderland 2015: Final score 2-0, Wayne Rooney scores both

Manchester United continue to worry and baffle their fans with odd team selections and poor performances, but they still managed to grab all three points on Saturday. As part of what’s become a trend for the Red Devils this season, they offered very little against Sunderland, but still managed to come away with a 1-0 victory.

The best chance of the match from open play arguably came for Sunderland in the 6th minute, when Connor Wickham created an open shot for himself at the end of a counter. He hit a decent drive, but David De Gea was in good position to tip it wide. Sunderland didn’t have too many decent chances after that.

United were unlucky not to score in the 25th minute when John O’Shea came up with a brilliant block. Ashley Young chested down a cross by Antonio Valencia and put a shot on target, but O’Shea deflected it up onto the crossbar, and the Black Cats eventually cleared away.

The match was a bit of a dull one until the 64th minute, when Radamel Falcao earned his team a penalty. He took a great touch with his back to goal on the spot, turned towards goal and was pulled down by O’Shea. The referee spotted it, but thought Wes Brown was the one who took Falcao down, and mistakenly showed Brown a straight red card. Wayne Rooney stepped up to the spot and converted to give his team the lead.

Rooney sealed the result for his team in the 85th minute, heading in a deflection after Costel Pantilimon made a save on Adnan Januzaj.

Goals: Rooney (penalty 65’, 85’)

Goals: None.