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Enjoy a recap of victory over Wigan in 2006

Manchester United claimed a first League Cup triumph away from Wembley in 2006 as the Reds ran out 4-0 winners over Wigan Athletic in Cardiff...

After losing out to rivals Liverpool in the 2003 League Cup final, the Reds were desperate to avoid the same heartache three years later, when Wigan provided our opposition at the Millennium Stadium. What followed was a clinical United display.

The game represented Wayne Rooney’s first opportunity to win a trophy since signing from Everton and he embraced the occasion by putting in a Man-of-the-Match performance with a brace in a comfortable 4-0 win.