Wayne Rooney may have scored a hat-trick in the 4-2 win at West Ham, but according to the England international it was the Manchester United substitutes who were the catalyst for the second half fight back. "(Dimitar) Berbatov was fantastic for us holding up the ball and making things happen," Rooney told Sky Sports 2. "The substitutions were good substitutions and they won us the game."
Ryan Giggs found himself in the unfamiliar position on left-back for the second half, but he was certain the game was not beyond the team.
"In the first half we played some good stuff and gave silly goals away," he said. "We felt that if we kept going and got a goal we knew we could do it. We don't give up, no matter what the score.
"We were brilliant all over the park but even when he haven't been playing well we have been grinding out results."
Even at 2-0 Giggs insisted United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was not angry with the team.
"He was calm because we were playing well," said Giggs. "We just got into some good areas and the final ball wasn't good enough, we knew the goals would come."
Rooney acknowledged that visiting Upton Park always leads to a hard game and knew how vital his free-kick was in the victory.
"It is a difficult place to come, the next goal [at 2-0] was the most important one and we managed to control the game after that," he said.
