Van der Sar: Perfectly placed for Liverpool's one good chance that fell to Kuyt 6

Neville: Forced Liverpool to sub Gonzalez and Pennant didn't get any more change out of him 7

Ferdinand: One second half lapse almost let in Garcia but it was his only moment of anxiety and what a goal! 7

Vidic: His usual no-nonsense robust style contained Liverpool with relative ease 7

Evra: Last season he'd have been a fish out of water in such a fixture but not now 7

Fletcher: Worked like a Trojan down the right side and put the block on Riise's dangerous runs 8

Scholes: Immaculate passing and brilliantly timed run into box for goal just like most of other 499 games 9

Carrick: A disappointment. Passing was poor but then he was very much in Scholes' shadow 5

Giggs: Floated along the surface and Liverpool just couldn't contain him 8

Rooney: Worked his socks off but never got the opportunity to have a go at finding that elusive goal 7

Saha: Dangerous whenever he was on the ball but his finishing was mixed 8

Substitutes:

O'Shea: (sub Neville 78) Slotted in comfortably - 5

Brown: (sub Evra 90) On late. No mark

Referee: G Poll - A high octane game but largely the players made it easy for him 7

Attendance: 75,828

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