Wayne Rooney scored a second-half winner as Manchester United got 2016 off to the perfect start by defeating Swansea at Old Trafford. The Reds' winless run had looked in danger of being extended to nine games after Gylfi Sigurdsson cancelled out Anthony Martial’s opener. But with just over 10 minutes remaining, Rooney flicked home Martial’s cross to net his 238th goal for United, moving him above Denis Law into second place in the club’s all-time highest scorers list. Though there was only one change to the side that drew with Chelsea on – Phil Jones replacing Matteo Darmian – the Reds began the new year in a different system, with Jones joining Chris Smalling and Daley Blind in a three-man defence flanked by wing-backs Young and Martial. This is what we want to see from Louis van Gaal and his men. And if we kept seeing performance like that, the Reds will be able to get the silverware. And maybe LVG can do what Moyes couldn't and prove himself as manager.
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