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Manchester United moved above rivals Manchester City to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable win
over struggling Sunderland.
After a slow start, Memphis Depay scored his fourth of the season by tucking in from Juan Mata’s cut-back.
United doubled the lead 40 seconds after the break as Wayne Rooney bundled over to end an 11-game scoring drought in the Premier League.
Mata then converted Ashley Young’s cross as Sunderland stayed bottom.
Until Depay slid in the opener in first-half stoppage time, the hosts looked ponderous in attack but once they went 2-0 up after good work from Anthony Martial, Sunderland had little to offer in response.
Rooney’s goal took him level with Denis Law as United’s joint-third leading league scorer with 171 goals, and ended his longest barren spell in the Premier League.
David De Gea was rarely troubled but made two good saves from Jeremain Lens, meaning United have conceded just once in the league at home this season.
Follow all the reaction to Saturday’s Premier League games
Man Utd 3 – 0 Sunderland
Depay 45′ Rooney 46′ Mata 90′
IN OTHER ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHES
Tottenham 4 – 1 Man City
Leicester 2 – 5 Arsenal
Liverpool 3 – 2 Aston Villa
Man Utd 3 – 0 Sunderland
Southampton 3 – 1 Swansea
Stoke 2 – 1 Bournemouth
West Ham 2 – 2 Norwich
LINEUP, BOOKINGS (3) & SUBSTITUTIONS (5)
Manchester United
01 de Gea
25 A Valencia
12 Smalling
17 Blind (Jones – 74′ )
36 Darmian
16 Carrick (Schweinsteiger – 68′ )
28 Schneiderlin
08 Mata
10 Rooney
07 Depay (Young – 77′ )
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09 Martial
Substitutes
04 Jones
18 Young
20 Romero
21 Herrera
27 Fellaini
31 Schweinsteiger
44 Pereira
Sunderland
01 Pantilimon
02 Jones Booked
16 O’Shea
15 Kaboul
03 van Aanholt
06 Cattermole Booked
11 Johnson Booked (Fletcher – 45′ )
21 M’Vila
20 Toivonen (Larsson – 70′ )
17 Lens
09 Borini
Substitutes
07 Larsson
14 Jordi Gómez
18 Defoe
22 Coates
24 Yedlin
25 Mannone
26 Fletcher
