Ronaldo scored a brace against the Hammers.
After turning in United's opener with his left foot from Nani's cross after 13 minutes he screamed with joy to the heavens and then gave a wide grin towards the Reds bench.bThe toothy beaming smile was absent when he slid in to poke his second of the match on the half hour but maybe that was more to do with the fact that it was a routine finish and Dimitar Berbatov deserved to be the focus of attention for his jaw-dropping assist.
It was a sumptuous moment from the Bulgarian as he took the ball to the by-line and completely flummoxed Hammers defender Collins with a turn and flick to leave him rooted to the spot looking at the space where the Reds striker had previously been. bIt was a magical moment that summed up United's swaggering command of this game. One by one all United's wizards had their party trick moments.
If there was any slight downside to this stroll it was the fact that United didn't vastly improve their goal difference figures having opened up West Ham so early and so clinically. It wasn't for want of trying and nobody tried harder than Wayne Rooney when he came on as a sub. He tried a thunderbolt, a delicate chip and a curler to get his name on the scoresheet again in his 21 minutes on the pitch. Ronaldo almost had the final say and should have been celebrating his first hat trick since his treble against Newcastle last January but having been set up by Evra he made it an easy gather for Hammers keeper Robert Green who must have felt like he'd escaped a real thrashing on the night.
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