Van der Sar: His part in the match turning blunder wasn't his finest United moment. 5

Neville: Didn't sew up United's flank as you would normally expect. 5

Brown: Was looking solid enough until Bentley warmed to his task and he suffered like the rest. 5

Vidic: The Reds best defender but he must be wondering what he's walked into. 6

Evra: Rovers found too many gaps in behind the new left back. 5

Ronaldo: Robust Rovers ensured that he never got into a punishing stride. 5

Fletcher: Did a lot of leg work in the middle of the park but without too much impact. 5

Rooney: Quieter by his standards but until the match ran away from Reds he was the big danger. 6

Ferdinand: After all his great press recently he undid it in three fateful incidents. 5

Richardson: Two early wayward shots but not much else to follow up Molineux successes. 5

Saha: Kept up his great scoring rate and was a lively handful. 6

Subs:

Van Nistelrooy (sub Richardson 54) Typical Ruud cameo almost paid off. 7

Park (sub Fletcher 54) Didn't change course of game. 5

Silvestre (sub Brown 76) A late effort to shore up defence. 5

Pique, Howard not used

Blackburn: Friedel, Neill, Todd, Nelsen, Savage (Mokoena 90), Kuqi, Pedersen, Reid, Tugay (Emerton 45), Bentley (Johnson 90), Gray

Goals:

Blackburn: Bentley (35,41,57) Neill (45 pen)

United: Saha (38) Van Nistelrooy (63,68)

Bookings:

Blackburn: Tugay (30)

United: Brown (70), Vidic (78), Ferdinand (86)

Referee: P Dowd - Handled it well. 6

Attendance: 25,484 Tweet