Mighty Vidic stands tall as United back on track

NORMAL service has been resumed, but was there ever any doubt that Alex Ferguson’s demand for a reaction from his Manchester United players would fail?

Not a chance. In fact, it’s not in the United ethos to suffer hangovers from embarrassing setbacks.

But the statistics were stacking up for Ferguson, as was the pressure and expectation ahead of the trip to Goodison. But, as soon as Javier Hernandez opened the scoring, there seemed little doubt they would end another unwanted record hanging over them by winning on Merseyside for the first time since 2007.