Money may not be able to buy happiness, but it sure helps with confidence.

Both Toure and Tevez had some comments for United. If this was three or four years ago, no Manchester City player would dare shout out a warning of any kind to United. Mostly because they would have been dismissed as rubbish.

Gary Neville becomes only the second of the United's "Class of 92″ to hang up his boots. The famed "class of 92″ which won the Youth FA Cup in 1992 included the likes of David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Keith Gillespie, Robbie Savage and Paul Scholes.

But like Nicky Butt last season, Gary Neville is well aware of his abilities at age 36 and has decided to step back.

Berbatov becomes only the third player in Premier League history to score three hat tricks in one season. He joins van Nistelrooy and Alan Shearer.

United wasted no time as Berbatov scored a header in the first two minutes of play off a flick from O'Shea. The man who replaced Rafael, who is out due to a suspension.

Since United officially signed 26-year-old Danish goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard on January 6th. It has put the number two spot, soon to be number one spot, up for grabs.

Kuszczak has been waiting for this opportunity since 2007, and says he is ready to succeed Van der Sar, but I'm not sure he is too confident based on his interview with the Manchester evening news.

Federico Macheda has been loaned to Italian club Sampdoria after Antonio Cassano departure to Milan.

"Macheda has easily filled the void left by Cassano, he will definitely do well," Garrone said.

"In these five months we will try to treat him well. With him here, the enthusiasm has increased tenfold.

The last time Manchester United suffered a defeat on New Years day back was back in 1996, against Spurs at White Heart Lane. This time it was Rooney who would lead the Red Devils. Rooney who has had a rocky start to the season, to say the least would finally get his first goal from open play since last March!