Tomasz Kuszczak returned in goal, but spent much of the evening admiring a virtuoso United attacking display.

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And perhaps Ferguson deliberately made a point by including the likes of Tomasz Kuszczak, Chris Smalling, Rafael and Federico Macheda.

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Pompey, though, were the next to threaten, Kamara rising higher than Martin Albrechtsen but heading wide of Tomasz Kuszczak's goal.

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Kevin-Prince Boateng made up for his miss in the defeat against Stoke last weekend by beating goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak, standing in for the injured Edwin Van der Sar.

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Rio Ferdinand withdrew from the game just before kick-off with a minor back spasm, and the Chiefs began positively, with David Mathebula and Tshabalala both testing Tomasz Kuszczak early on.

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Dindane was played in behind the United defence by Prince-Boateng but took too long to get his shot off and United keeper Tomasz Kuszczak quickly came out to smother the danger.

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Referee Dowd did not punish Vidic further, despite the fact that he was the last United defender and flirted with a red card, and Milner steered the penalty coolly past Tomasz Kuszczak.

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Beckford, who is a target for a number of leading clubs, took advantage of defensive indecision to latch on to a long ball from Jonny Howson and hold off Wes Brown before beating Tomasz Kuszczak from an acute angle.

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Despite being almost totally outplayed, Wigan did occasionally string a move together that ensured the United defence was not completely redundant, and Charles N'Zogbia missed a great chance to reduce the deficit when Won-Hee Cho's pass set him free in the box only for the winger to drift his shot wide, while Hugo Rodallega headed straight at Tomasz Kuszczak from six yards out.

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