Yoshito Okubo was guilty of a bad miss early on before Tamada showed his strike partner the way, sliding in to fire home a right-wing cross from Makoto Hasebe in the 21st minute.

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Novakovic connected with an inswinging cross to finish at the back post and then substitute Ljubijankic outmuscled Evans before sliding the beyond Taylor and into the net.

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With Villa struggling to keep hold of the ball, United continued to flow forward and a sliding Park was inches away from converting Rooney's enticing right-wing cross.

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Villa's defence allowed Malouda's driven cross to fly right across the face of goal, leaving Lampard to steal in for a sliding finish at the far post.

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Joe Cole was the orchestrator - the winger finding Kalou with an exquisite cross-field pass with the outside of his boot - and the Ivorian danced past two defenders before sliding into the far corner.

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