Cats floored by two shots of Berb-on

DIMITAR BERBATOV continued his remarkable recent vein of goalscoring form with two against Sunderland taking his season’s tally to 13 in as many league starts for Alex Ferguson’s team.

Yet, it was a sign of United’s current dominance over the rest of the Premier League that the veteran manager could declare himself disappointed with aspects of the performance.

When the Bulgarian headed United in front after only four minutes, United always seemed destined to extend their unbeaten league run to 22 games and counting and, in the moments that followed that goal, a repeat of last month’s 7-1 demolition of Blackburn Rovers looked every bit a possibility.