Sir Alex Ferguson has described Manchester United’s 5-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage as one of their best performances of the season.
The Red Devils kept pace with their neighbouring rivals Manchester City thanks to first-half goals from Danny Welbeck, Nani and Ryan Giggs.
Wayne Rooney also netted in the game which saw him become the youngest player to reach 300 Premier League appearances and Dimitar Berbatov notched his 50th goal for the club late on.
Speaking after the game, Ferguson told Sky Sports: “I think it was one of our best performances of the season, particularly in the first half when we played some superb football.
“It is not an easy place to come, we have known that for years now but tonight the players were on song and continued on from their good performance on Sunday against QPR.”
United will be keen for more blockbusting victories as they chase down City at the top of the League, with Roberto Mancini’s men currently holding a massive goal difference advantage.
Sir Alex was keen to point out the importance of big wins, saying: “Yes, they do help. We showed good patience before we got the first goal, though.
“We kept the ball, passed it around and got the penetration so it was a good start to the game and we got control and kept it until half-time.”
The Old Trafford boss also praised the quality of the milestone goals scored late on by Rooney and Berbatov and was also happy with the versatility shown by his side.
Sir Alex purred: “It was a great strike from Wayne and another great one from Berbatov near the end.
“We had to make changes tonight, we had Antonio Valencia at right-back and Rio Ferdinand missing, so great credit to the players for standing up to those problems.”