▁into ▁second ▁place . ▁ ▁United ▁ended ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁with ▁their ▁second ▁ 5 – 0 ▁thr ash ing ▁of ▁W igan ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁with ▁the ▁goals ▁scored ▁by ▁five ▁different ▁players . ▁Wayne ▁Ro oney ▁continued ▁his ▁fine ▁run ▁of ▁form ▁with ▁the ▁opening ▁goal ▁just ▁before ▁the ▁half - hour ▁mark , ▁before ▁Michael ▁Car rick ▁and ▁Rafael ▁scored ▁before ▁half - time . ▁Five ▁minutes ▁into ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁Dim itar ▁Ber bat ov ▁scored ▁and ▁the ▁rout ▁was ▁completed ▁by ▁Antonio ▁Val encia ▁with ▁ 1 5 ▁minutes ▁to ▁go . ▁The ▁result ▁helped ▁United ' s ▁goal ▁difference ▁column , ▁but ▁they ▁remained ▁second ▁in ▁the ▁table ▁behind ▁Ch else a ▁as ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁New ▁Year ▁came ▁around . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁unexpected ▁defeat ▁by ▁Le eds ▁United ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁FA ▁Cup , ▁United ▁tried ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁winning ▁ways ▁away ▁at ▁B irmingham . ▁However , ▁United ▁– ▁despite ▁playing ▁well ▁– ▁went ▁behind ▁and ▁only ▁equal ised ▁just ▁after ▁an ▁hour ▁through ▁an ▁own ▁goal ▁by ▁Scott ▁D ann . ▁Both ▁teams ▁tried ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁match , ▁but ▁despite ▁late ▁ch ances ▁for ▁both ▁sides ▁the ▁game ▁ended ▁ 1 – 1 ▁in ▁a ▁match ▁that ▁could ▁have ▁seen ▁United ▁go ▁top ▁had ▁they ▁won . ▁ ▁United ▁returned ▁to ▁winning ▁ways ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁with ▁an ▁ultimately ▁comfortable ▁ 3 – 0 ▁win ▁at ▁home ▁to ▁Burn ley