Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said his team turned in a "five-star performance" after yesterday's 2-0 win over Arsenal.
Wayne Rooney put United in front in magnificent fashion - taking Mikael Silvestre's cross down superbly before blasting his 17th goal of the campaign beyond Jens Lehmann.
Then as Arsenal looked for the equaliser following the introduction of Thierry Henry, Rooney skipped past Philippe Senderos and then had the presence of mind to find Park with a cut-back which the South Korean gleefully bundled home.
"It was a five-star performance," said Ferguson. "We could have won by more than two - and while people always want to talk about Wayne, it was a real team effort."
United so nearly had cause today to rue the late decision to instal Graham Poll as referee, the official failing to spot Kolo Toure palming away Rooney's goalbound shot just before half-time.
Ferguson's response would no doubt have been markedly less phlegmatic had his side not turned their superiority into goals.
"There were a few bodies around, so it was perhaps understandable Graham didn't see it. But if we had not won the match it would have been a real kick in the teeth, because they should have been down to 10 men as well," said the United boss.
Wayne Rooney put United in front in magnificent fashion - taking Mikael Silvestre's cross down superbly before blasting his 17th goal of the campaign beyond Jens Lehmann.
Then as Arsenal looked for the equaliser following the introduction of Thierry Henry, Rooney skipped past Philippe Senderos and then had the presence of mind to find Park with a cut-back which the South Korean gleefully bundled home.
"It was a five-star performance," said Ferguson. "We could have won by more than two - and while people always want to talk about Wayne, it was a real team effort."
United so nearly had cause today to rue the late decision to instal Graham Poll as referee, the official failing to spot Kolo Toure palming away Rooney's goalbound shot just before half-time.
Ferguson's response would no doubt have been markedly less phlegmatic had his side not turned their superiority into goals.
"There were a few bodies around, so it was perhaps understandable Graham didn't see it. But if we had not won the match it would have been a real kick in the teeth, because they should have been down to 10 men as well," said the United boss.
