Welbeck now in need of some Ferguson rhetoric

Manchester United 4 Wigan 0

It is to be hoped that the veteran manager is similarly hard-line in his approach towards his England forward Danny Welbeck.

Just 24 hours after Ferguson had called for United fans to “draw a line in the sand” in the hated rivalry with Liverpool, a response to the findings of the Independent Hillsborough Panel last week, large sections of those supporters were lustily chanting anti-Liverpool songs.