Rooney leads MU

Two goals from Wayne Rooney, including a controversial penalty won by Ashley Young, helped Manchester United reclaim a five-point lead in the Premier League following a 4-0 win over Aston Villa.
With United owners the Glazer family making a rare appearance at Old Trafford, Danny Welbeck and Nani were also on the mark as Sir Alex Ferguson's team closed in on a 20th English league title.
Should United and second-placed neighbours City achieve the same results in their next fixtures, on Sunday, then Ferguson would see his club make mathematically certain of that title with victory in the Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium on April 30.
Before Young's early intervention, United survived a scare inside the opening minute as Stephen Ireland's through ball sent Andreas Weimann bearing down on goal only for the Austrian to shoot too close to United goalkeeper David de Gea who saved comfortably.
But as United quickly gathered steam, there was a sense that Villa might be left to rue such a miss and, just six minutes into the game, that certainly appeared to be the case.
Former Villa winger Young skipped into the area and tripped, theatrically, over Ciaran Clark's outstretched leg.
Young, who found himself at the centre of a similar controversy after a disputed penalty against QPR last week, clearly made contact with Clark.
But questions will be asked of the manner in which he fell to ground and the haste with which referee Mark Halsey pointed to the spot.
Rooney had little interest in the debate, however, and confidently placed his penalty past the dive of Shay Given into the bottom right-hand corner for his 30th goal in 39 games for United this season.
Rooney appeared greedy to add to his tally and he appeared on the end of a Young corner, helped on by Michael Carrick, to head just wide after 24 minutes before Antonio Valencia created an opening for Welbeck which struck James Collins.
Villa had moments that concerned United -- Clark headed just wide from a free-kick and Ireland curled a shot just wide -- but the remainder of the first half belonged to the home side.
Veteran Paul Scholes sent a spectacular 20-yard volley whistling just wide, connecting directly from a Young corner, and Valencia's cross was met by Welbeck whose point-blank shot was somehow kept out by Given.
United's second goal arrived two minutes from half-time, via an attack mounted after good midfield play by Carrick and Rooney.