Dimitar Berbatov scores twice to inspire Manchester United to a 4-0 win over Bolton and restore the champions' narrow lead at the top of the Premier League.
anchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson:
"It was a real battle. I said to the referee at half-time it was supposed to be a game of football.
"He handled it the best way he could.
"You need to show composure because the ball is never out of the air, and we needed some fantastic defending at times.
"I don't know how many times Nemanja Vidic headed the ball clear but it must have been thousands."
Bolton manager Owen Coyle:
"I'm disappointed with the defeat and the manner of the defeat late on.
"That's what happens when you play against the top teams. If you start them goals as we did you're going to be punished. But for 70 minutes of the game I thought we were terrific.
"There was a lot of things we could have done better. The scoreline flatters Manchester United - no doubt about it. We were the architects of our own downfall."
By Les Roopanarine
Dimitar Berbatov scored a second-half brace as Manchester United swept aside Bolton to restore their one-point advantage at the Premier League summit.
Jlloyd Samuel inadvertently handed United the initiative when he turned a Ryan Giggs cross into his own net.
Berbatov stretched the lead, turning in the rebound from a Darren Fletcher shot before flicking in Nani's cross.
Fabrice Muamba had earlier gone close for Bolton, but Nani set up substitute Darron Gibson to seal the win late on.
A point ahead in the title race at the afternoon's outset, United briefly relinquished the lead to Chelsea, who hammered Aston Villa 7-1 at Stamford Bridge, but re-established their slender advantage with a performance of growing authority.
Bolton provided stern opposition in the initial stages, weathering an early United storm and testing Edwin van der Sar's reflexes through Johan Elmander and, notably, Muamba, who drew a flying, fingertip save from the United keeper
But Samuel's own goal - the 11th that has gone in United's favour this season - was a hammer blow, and once Berbatov had tucked home to double the champions' lead in the 69th minute, the spirit slowly ebbed from Owen Coyle's side.
anchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson:
"It was a real battle. I said to the referee at half-time it was supposed to be a game of football.
"He handled it the best way he could.
"You need to show composure because the ball is never out of the air, and we needed some fantastic defending at times.
"I don't know how many times Nemanja Vidic headed the ball clear but it must have been thousands."
Bolton manager Owen Coyle:
"I'm disappointed with the defeat and the manner of the defeat late on.
"That's what happens when you play against the top teams. If you start them goals as we did you're going to be punished. But for 70 minutes of the game I thought we were terrific.
"There was a lot of things we could have done better. The scoreline flatters Manchester United - no doubt about it. We were the architects of our own downfall."
By Les Roopanarine
Dimitar Berbatov scored a second-half brace as Manchester United swept aside Bolton to restore their one-point advantage at the Premier League summit.
Jlloyd Samuel inadvertently handed United the initiative when he turned a Ryan Giggs cross into his own net.
Berbatov stretched the lead, turning in the rebound from a Darren Fletcher shot before flicking in Nani's cross.
Fabrice Muamba had earlier gone close for Bolton, but Nani set up substitute Darron Gibson to seal the win late on.
A point ahead in the title race at the afternoon's outset, United briefly relinquished the lead to Chelsea, who hammered Aston Villa 7-1 at Stamford Bridge, but re-established their slender advantage with a performance of growing authority.
Bolton provided stern opposition in the initial stages, weathering an early United storm and testing Edwin van der Sar's reflexes through Johan Elmander and, notably, Muamba, who drew a flying, fingertip save from the United keeper
But Samuel's own goal - the 11th that has gone in United's favour this season - was a hammer blow, and once Berbatov had tucked home to double the champions' lead in the 69th minute, the spirit slowly ebbed from Owen Coyle's side.
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