Rooney and Ronaldo lead the celebrationsWayne Rooney scored two as Manchester United got their Premiership campaign off to an emphatic start with 5-1 Old Trafford victory over Fulham.
Chris Coleman's beleaguered troops made a decent start at Old Trafford but soon fell behind when former Craven Cottage favourite Louis Saha powerfully headed home Ryan Giggs' precise cross after seven minutes.
The unfortunate Ian Pearce then slid Saha's cross through his own net under pressure from Rooney seven minutes later at the start of three goals in four minutes for the dominant Red Devils.
Rooney then got his first on 16 minutes when he drilled home after Antti Niemi could only parry Saha's volley, before Ronaldo took advantage of some woeful defending to volley home the fourth with just 19 minutes on the clock.
Paul Scholes then hit a post with a 25-yard strike with the rebound striking the back of Niemi's head before the Finnish goalkeeper recovered to scoop the ball off the line.
Fulham looked shell-shocked but got on the scoresheet themselves five minutes before the interval when Heidar Helguson's shot hit Rio Ferdinand's chest and looped over the stranded Edwin van der Sar.
The second half was always going to prove a formality and despite the introduction of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Reds only added one further goal to their tally when Man of the Match Rooney collected Wes Brown's cross and drilled a first-time effort low into the corner of Niemi's goal.
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