Manchester United against Charlton Athletic

Darren Fletcher's afternoon comes to an end as he is replaced by John O'Shea for the last few minutes

Charlton's kit, the ball and the ad boards are all the same colour. Fancy that.

Free-kick to Charlton on the left. Konchesky takes but it's straight to Smith and United can clear their lines

Another change for United as Roy Keane is replaced by Phil Neville

It's chipped back in to Alan Smith who can only head over the bar

Giggs takes from the left, it's flicked on by Rooney to an unmarked Ferdinand at the back stick - and he completely misses his kick

Quinton Forunte feeds Rooney in the box who turns looking for the cut-back - Jonathan Forunte deflects it behind for a corner

Scholes sends Rooney through with a fine flick, he breaks the to the edge of the box and sees a power drive hit the sidenetting - good effort

And there's also a change for United as Alan Smith replaces Ruud van Nistelrooy

The visitors finally put on another striker... but take one off at the same time as Francis Jeffers comes on for Shaun Bartlett

El Karkouri makes a fine challenge to thwart the run of Rooney. If only Charlton had 11 players showing the same determination

Scholes is 30 now - which really does show how those United stars are ageing

Scholes heads over after being picked out by Brown

The Addicks were in United's half but end up working the ball back to Kiely. So, so negative at 0-2

Ironic cheers from the Charlton fans as their side string some passes around. Ole!

United break, Fletcher again stands a cross up to the penalty spot - Rooney makes a real hash of the shot and fires well wide

Corner to Charlton, it's taken by Murphy and Carroll comes to punch - he doesn't connect properly but it falls to a red shirt and he escapes

...Scholes fails to make the best contact, which enables the sprawling Kiely to make the stop

Rooney gets it and bursts into the box, he opts to cut it back rather than shoot and it comes to Scholes...

United pass it around, Charlton aren't even bothered about pressurising

Charlton's yellow away kit is pretty bright so you'd think they'd be able to pick each other out. Or maybe they just can't pass...

Scholes is flagged offside from Fortune's ball over the top - that was a close call

Ruud's got the gloves on. It's pretty cold in Holland and this time of year so you'd think he's be used to it. Ban the gloves, I say

United are just holding possession, it's that easy now.

You can't see a way back into the match for Charlton, they cannot step it up

Fletcher has been superb since the break - in total contrast to his first half display

Free-kick to Charlton, El Karkouri lofts it into the box but Keane is there to clear with ease

Giggs again breaks into the box, and El Karkouri is back at the other end to make a fine saving tackle

Johansson wins a corner off Fortune. Murphy takes from the right - but El Karkouri is penalised for a push on Ferdinand

Jerome Thomas is replaced by Paul Konchesky

Van Nistelrooy's control lets him down badly after being put in by Fletcher

Fortune gets down the line and crosses to Scholes on the edge of the box, his flick finds Rooney in acres of space - and he somehow blazes over from eight yards out. That should have been three

Giggs finds Rooney, but the former Everton man gets the return pass all wrong and it goes out for a throw-in

Free-kick to Charlton. El Karkouri shoots from 40-yards out, it's a crazy effort and well off target

Scholes gets his first goal since April with a superb acrobatic effort, powering home from 12 yards out. Great cross, excellent finish, 2-0 United and game over

GOAL!!!

Fletcher gets it on the right, and picks out Scholes with a fine ball...

Charlton start the second 45 in a far more attacking mode, which is good to see

Van Nistelrooy is penalised for a foul on El Karkouri - that's a srange decision

There's a change for Charlton at the break as Chris Perry - who has pick up a thigh strain - is replaced by Jonathan Fortune

United begin the second period with Ruud and Rooney

We can only hope for a better second half. And a shot from Charlton. That was torture.

And there goes the half-time whistle

One minute to be added on

Thomas is brought down by Silvestre - no free-kick! The ref gives a throw-in when the United man got nowhere near the ball

Charlton are going to have to look at their gameplan now, they are going to have to be more adventurous

Scholes just fails to keep his header down when picked out by Van Nistelrooy's cross

Giggs' shot took a huge deflection off the leg of Perry and gave Kiely no chance. United have the lead - but scarcely deserve it

GOAL!!!

Giggs picks up on a loose ball and bursts forward into the area, he tries a shot...

Bartlett win the ball for a flick on to Johansson, it runs away from him and Carroll claims

Brown fells Hreidarsson, free-kick

Charlton enjoying a good spell at the moment, but their midfield is as clueless as United's

Not too many shopping days left to Christmas now, you know. Better get thinking of those presents

Free-kick to United now on the left, Scholes takes and finds the gloves of teh goalkeeper. Extremely poor

Free-kick top Charlton. It's lofted high into the box and falls to Murphy on the edge of the D - his first time goal-bound drive smacks into a defender

Scholes tries some bizarre skill from Fletcher's ball into the box. Some sort of back-flick shot...

Giggs takes from the right, it's flicked on at the near post and falls at the feet of Scholes who sees his shot beaten away by Kiely

Brown finds acres of space on the right, and sees his cross knocked behind by Perry

Keane curls a cross in from the right, it evades every one - including the outstretched boot of Giggs - and goes behind

Or bed is quite tempting at this point

This really is an awful match. I'm considering going to make a cuppa

Scholes tries a shot from 25 yards out but drags it well wide

Kishishev finds Johansson with a fine ball - but again the control is poor and it gets away from him, wasteful

Van Nistelrooy holds it up well on the edge of the box and the lay-off finds Rooney - he gets his shot all wrong and it's simple for Kiely

Throw-in to Charlton, it's long into the box but Ferdinand is there to clear

Th groans go up as Rooney plays a woeful ball forward into no-one

Rooney tries to find Van Nistelrooy over the top - Offside

It comes back to Rooney, but he can only fire straight at Kiely

Van Nistelrooy does superbly to turn and feed in Giggs on the left, he flashes across the face of goal and Fletcher is inches away from connecting

Fortune skips past Young, and then wins the corner off Johansson, it's taken short for Keane to whip in only for Kiely to save Scholes' header

The United crowd are getting restless, the home side look bereft of ideas at the moment

United work it around the edge of the box without finding a route through. It eventually comes to Keane whose shot hits the offside Van Nistelrooy

It's a poor match, Charlton are set-up to frustrate United and the home side seem to lack any real verve

Van Nistelrooy is caught offside from Fortune's ball over the top

Perry does superb to intercept Giggs' through-ball to Van Nistelrooy

Charlton enjoy a bit of possession but get nowhere

Johansson catches Fortune late by the touch-line, free-kick

Scholes hits a poor ball into the area for Van Nistelrooy and Kiely claims

El Karkouri finds Johansson in the area with a superb ball, but Johansson's control is woeful and Carroll claims. That's was a fine ball and a real chance

Rooney is penalised for a high boot on El Karkouri

United very much on top at the moment, with Charlton finding it difficult to break when playing with a 4-5-1 formation

United break again, and Perry is forced to hack clear from Fletcher's centre

Kishishev's control lets him down after being found on the edge of the D by Murphy

Giggs' little back flick finds Schole, he shoots first time but the effort hits a defender and Kiely claims

Giggs picks up on a defensive error and breaks, he tries to feed in Van Nistelrooy on the edge of the six-yard box only to see his pass intercepted

Kishishev finds Murphy in the centre, but the former Liverpool man gets his pass all wrong and that's a throw-in

The corner is played short, and Giggs wins a third. He takes it himself, deep to find Fletcher on the edge of the box but he loses the ball

The cross goes across the box and Scholes sees his attempt to chip it back in knocked behind

Roonwy hits it, it clips the top of the wall and goes behind for a corner

Rooney shows great power up against Hreidarsson - and forces the Charlton defender to tug him back. It's a free kick 30 yards out in a central position

United start with a good spell of possession. Brown breaks down the right and finds Van Nistelrooy with the cross - but he can't get enough power on the header and Kiely saves down low to his right

Charlton get the game underway

Shaun Bartlett is back from suspension for the visitors, who are seeking their first win at Old Trafford since 1986, but there is no place for Denmark international Dennis Rommedahl.

Sir Alex Ferguson stands by Wayne Rooney look to maintain the momentum gained from last Sunday's excellent win at Newcastle. Despite his midweek travails with England, Rooney keeps his place in United's attack following his two-goal salvo at St James' Park. There are a few notable changes to the Red Devils line-up though as Gary Neville, Gabriel Heinze and Cristiano Ronaldo are all omitted, with Wes Brown, Quinton Fortune and Ryan Giggs taking their places.

United break, Fletcher again stands a cross up to the penalty spot - Rooney makes a real hash of the shot and fires well wide

Corner to Charlton, it's taken by Murphy and Carroll comes to punch - he doesn't connect properly but it falls to a red shirt and he escapes

...Scholes fails to make the best contact, which enables the sprawling Kiely to make the stop

Rooney gets it and bursts into the box, he opts to cut it back rather than shoot and it comes to Scholes...

United pass it around, Charlton aren't even bothered about pressurising

Charlton's yellow away kit is pretty bright so you'd think they'd be able to pick each other out. Or maybe they just can't pass...

Scholes is flagged offside from Fortune's ball over the top - that was a close call

Ruud's got the gloves on. It's pretty cold in Holland and this time of year so you'd think he's be used to it. Ban the gloves, I say

United are just holding possession, it's that easy now.

You can't see a way back into the match for Charlton, they cannot step it up

Fletcher has been superb since the break - in total contrast to his first half display

Free-kick to Charlton, El Karkouri lofts it into the box but Keane is there to clear with ease

Giggs again breaks into the box, and El Karkouri is back at the other end to make a fine saving tackle

Johansson wins a corner off Fortune. Murphy takes from the right - but El Karkouri is penalised for a push on Ferdinand

Jerome Thomas is replaced by Paul Konchesky

Van Nistelrooy's control lets him down badly after being put in by Fletcher

Fortune gets down the line and crosses to Scholes on the edge of the box, his flick finds Rooney in acres of space - and he somehow blazes over from eight yards out. That should have been three

Giggs finds Rooney, but the former Everton man gets the return pass all wrong and it goes out for a throw-in

Free-kick to Charlton. El Karkouri shoots from 40-yards out, it's a crazy effort and well off target

Scholes gets his first goal since April with a superb acrobatic effort, powering home from 12 yards out. Great cross, excellent finish, 2-0 United and game over

GOAL!!!

Fletcher gets it on the right, and picks out Scholes with a fine ball...

Charlton start the second 45 in a far more attacking mode, which is good to see

Van Nistelrooy is penalised for a foul on El Karkouri - that's a srange decision

There's a change for Charlton at the break as Chris Perry - who has pick up a thigh strain - is replaced by Jonathan Fortune

United begin the second period with Ruud and Rooney

We can only hope for a better second half. And a shot from Charlton. That was torture.

And there goes the half-time whistle

One minute to be added on

Thomas is brought down by Silvestre - no free-kick! The ref gives a throw-in when the United man got nowhere near the ball

Charlton are going to have to look at their gameplan now, they are going to have to be more adventurous

Scholes just fails to keep his header down when picked out by Van Nistelrooy's cross

Giggs' shot took a huge deflection off the leg of Perry and gave Kiely no chance. United have the lead - but scarcely deserve it

GOAL!!!

Giggs picks up on a loose ball and bursts forward into the area, he tries a shot...

Bartlett win the ball for a flick on to Johansson, it runs away from him and Carroll claims

Brown fells Hreidarsson, free-kick

Charlton enjoying a good spell at the moment, but their midfield is as clueless as United's

Not too many shopping days left to Christmas now, you know. Better get thinking of those presents

Free-kick to United now on the left, Scholes takes and finds the gloves of teh goalkeeper. Extremely poor

Free-kick top Charlton. It's lofted high into the box and falls to Murphy on the edge of the D - his first time goal-bound drive smacks into a defender

Scholes tries some bizarre skill from Fletcher's ball into the box. Some sort of back-flick shot...

Giggs takes from the right, it's flicked on at the near post and falls at the feet of Scholes who sees his shot beaten away by Kiely

Brown finds acres of space on the right, and sees his cross knocked behind by Perry

Keane curls a cross in from the right, it evades every one - including the outstretched boot of Giggs - and goes behind

Or bed is quite tempting at this point

This really is an awful match. I'm considering going to make a cuppa

Scholes tries a shot from 25 yards out but drags it well wide

Kishishev finds Johansson with a fine ball - but again the control is poor and it gets away from him, wasteful

Van Nistelrooy holds it up well on the edge of the box and the lay-off finds Rooney - he gets his shot all wrong and it's simple for Kiely

Throw-in to Charlton, it's long into the box but Ferdinand is there to clear

Th groans go up as Rooney plays a woeful ball forward into no-one

Rooney tries to find Van Nistelrooy over the top - Offside

It comes back to Rooney, but he can only fire straight at Kiely

Van Nistelrooy does superbly to turn and feed in Giggs on the left, he flashes across the face of goal and Fletcher is inches away from connecting

Fortune skips past Young, and then wins the corner off Johansson, it's taken short for Keane to whip in only for Kiely to save Scholes' header

The United crowd are getting restless, the home side look bereft of ideas at the moment

United work it around the edge of the box without finding a route through. It eventually comes to Keane whose shot hits the offside Van Nistelrooy

It's a poor match, Charlton are set-up to frustrate United and the home side seem to lack any real verve

Van Nistelrooy is caught offside from Fortune's ball over the top

Perry does superb to intercept Giggs' through-ball to Van Nistelrooy

Charlton enjoy a bit of possession but get nowhere

Johansson catches Fortune late by the touch-line, free-kick

Scholes hits a poor ball into the area for Van Nistelrooy and Kiely claims

El Karkouri finds Johansson in the area with a superb ball, but Johansson's control is woeful and Carroll claims. That's was a fine ball and a real chance

Rooney is penalised for a high boot on El Karkouri

United very much on top at the moment, with Charlton finding it difficult to break when playing with a 4-5-1 formation

United break again, and Perry is forced to hack clear from Fletcher's centre

Kishishev's control lets him down after being found on the edge of the D by Murphy

Giggs' little back flick finds Schole, he shoots first time but the effort hits a defender and Kiely claims

Giggs picks up on a defensive error and breaks, he tries to feed in Van Nistelrooy on the edge of the six-yard box only to see his pass intercepted

Kishishev finds Murphy in the centre, but the former Liverpool man gets his pass all wrong and that's a throw-in

The corner is played short, and Giggs wins a third. He takes it himself, deep to find Fletcher on the edge of the box but he loses the ball

The cross goes across the box and Scholes sees his attempt to chip it back in knocked behind

Roonwy hits it, it clips the top of the wall and goes behind for a corner

Rooney shows great power up against Hreidarsson - and forces the Charlton defender to tug him back. It's a free kick 30 yards out in a central position

United start with a good spell of possession. Brown breaks down the right and finds Van Nistelrooy with the cross - but he can't get enough power on the header and Kiely saves down low to his right

Charlton get the game underway

Shaun Bartlett is back from suspension for the visitors, who are seeking their first win at Old Trafford since 1986, but there is no place for Denmark international Dennis Rommedahl.

Sir Alex Ferguson stands by Wayne Rooney look to maintain the momentum gained from last Sunday's excellent win at Newcastle. Despite his midweek travails with England, Rooney keeps his place in United's attack following his two-goal salvo at St James' Park. There are a few notable changes to the Red Devils line-up though as Gary Neville, Gabriel Heinze and Cristiano Ronaldo are all omitted, with Wes Brown, Quinton Fortune and Ryan Giggs taking their places.