Patrice Evra was delighted with Manchester United's thumping of Portsmouth yesterday.

Evra was his usual energetic self as the champions strolled to a 5-0 victory thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Carrick in addition to two own goals.

The left-back admitted it was disappointing not to take the lead much earlier, but once the goals came he knew there was only going to be one winner.

"It was a very good result," Evra told MUTV. "We're happy because we played in the right spirit and it was pleasing to score so many goals.

"I wasn't concerned because I knew we could go on and win the game but I was angry that we didn't score earlier. We scored at the right moment just before half-time. 2-0 made a real difference because it's a lot harder to come back from. We kept going forward and scored lots more goals."