[1]New Manchester United manager David Moyes put a testing pre-season behind him as his side beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the Community Shield at a sun-soaked Wembley on Sunday.
The successor to the legendary Alex Ferguson had to endure transfer market frustration and speculation surrounding the future of Wayne Rooney during a disappointing run of two wins in seven friendly games.
His luck changed in the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season, however, as Robin van Persie scored a goal in each half to give Moyes his first piece of silverware at the helm.
For his first official outing in the United dug-out, Moyes aligned his new charges in a fluid 4-3-3 formation.
Van Persie led the line, dovetailing with Danny Welbeck, and it took the Dutchman, scorer of 30 goals last season, just six minutes to open his account for 2013-14.
He sprayed a pass wide to Patrice Evra on the left and with Giggs’ run distracting the Wigan defence, Van Persie had time and space to direct a firm header into the bottom-left corner from the Frenchman’s cross.
Leon Barnett had to be alert to prevent Welbeck from making it 2-0 from debutant Wilfried Zaha’s low centre, but United received a setback in the 16th minute when Rafael had to hobble off with an injury.
There was little spark to United’s play, but in the 59th minute they took the game beyond Wigan with a second goal by the Dutchman.
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