Sir Alex Ferguson, who was once again watching from the stands as he completed his two-game touchline ban, stuck with a number of those youngsters who had been harshly criticised after the Besiktas defeat last week – in fact eight of those who started against the Turks kept their place. The only new names on the teamsheet were Tomasz Kuszczak, who remained in goal following an impressive display in the win at Portsmouth, Ritchie De Laet, filling in at left-back, and Dimitar Berbatov, who made his first appearance for a month after an injury.
Gibson gave United the advantage on 16 minutes with a low 20-yard drive past Gomes, before notching his second with a superb curling effort from a similar distance after an excellent move involving Dimitar Berbatov and Danny Welbeck.
"We had to defend really well - Tomasz [Kuszczak] made a good save from Defoe and Vidic had a couple of great tackles which kept us in it. We took time to get going, but when we got the first goal we improved," Sir Alex told MUTV.
"We played much better controlled football in the second half and Anderson and Gibson really started to impose themselves on the game.
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