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The FA Community Shield
Manchester United Vs Wigan Athletic
Score: 2 - 0
Kick Off: 2:00pm (BST)
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Assistant Referees: Mike Mullarkey and Scott Ledger
Fourth Official: Michael Oliver
Wigan Athletic Line Up
01 Scott Carson
03 Stephen Crainey
17 Emmerson Boyce (C)
24 James Perch
25 Leon Barnett
04 James McCarthy (Nouha Dicko-86')
08 Ben Watson (Roger Espinoza-71')
16 James McArthur (Chris McCann-61')
09 Grant Holt (Marc-Antoine Fortune-61')
10 Maloney (Jordi Gomez-71')
11 James McClean (Callum McMananman-62')
Substitutes:
13 Lee Nicholls
07 Chris McCann
14 Jordi Gomez
18 Roger Espinoza
29 Nouha Dicko
15 Callum McManaman
32 Marc-Antoine Fortune
Manchester United Line Up
01 David De Gea
02 Rafael Da Silva (Chris Smalling-16')
03 Patrice Evra
04 Phil Jones
15 Nemanja Vidic
11 Ryan Giggs (Anderson-67')
16 Michael Carrick
23 Tom Cleverley
19 Danny Welbeck (Kagawa-83')
20 Robin Van Persie (Januzaj-84')
29 Wilfried Zaha (Valencia-61')
Substitutes:
13 Anders Lindegaard
06 Jonny Evans
12 Chris Smalling
08 Anderson
25 Luis Antonio Valencia
26 Shinji Kagawa
44 Januzaj
Summary
Unfortunately, this game was a bit of a non-event after all the build-up and anticipation. Wigan did not start well and that led to Van Persie scoring once again in the seventh minute! The defence simply switched off and no-one picked up RVP and a striker such as he will not miss such a sitter. We perked up after this and United had much less of the ball. This bright spell from Wigan peaked with Emmerson Boyce knocking a header across goal from a free-kick but we just couldn't get that elusive goal.
The second half started well from our point of view and United didn't have any of the ball or trouble us for around ten minutes. But, again, a mistake in defence led to the Red Devils having a couple of chances: one of which was a scuffed shot by RVP which happened to hit James Perch's leg and deflect in to the net. After this the game calmed down and there weren't many other chances. The game just petered out.
All I will say is that several players who I thought would perform in this match did not perform. Maloney, McManaman, McCarthy, and McCarthur all disappointed and did not manage to replicate the form that ultimately won us the FA Cup. Overall a negative performance from Wigan Athletic and it didn't seem like we believed we could win the Shield.