Wayne Rooney scored his first goal since March, as Manchester United cruised 輕而易舉贏得 to a 3-0 victory over West Ham on Saturday.

Rooney scored from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute at Old Trafford, ending his five-month goal drought 一球未盡（原意：干旱）。

Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson was over the moon 非常高興 to see his star striker back on top form 狀態(tài)很好 saying:

"Rooney took his penalty well but his performance stood out for me. He enjoyed his football and was full of life."

Sir Alex Ferguson also admitted Rooney "looked much more like himself and worked his socks off 非常努力訓(xùn)練".

Rooney's barren goal-scoring spell 不進(jìn)球的一段時(shí)間 included England's World cup matches, where the team were criticised for underperforming.

Manchester United's assistant manager, Mike Phelen, has admitted that they had to build Wayne Rooney back up after England's disappointing World Cup campaign.

Phelen said, "He came back to us a little dishevelled 散亂的 from his England exploits 比賽."

On Saturday Nani and Berbatov were Manchester United's other goal-scorers, giving the team a comfortable win and putting them in third place in the Premier League.

Sir Alex Ferguson said he was pleased with the improvement from their 2-2 draw against Fulham last week:

"It was disappointing last week but now we are back on track 恢復(fù)正常，重新步入正軌. It was a very, very good performance."

In contrast, goal-less West Ham remain rooted at the foot 扎根在聯(lián)賽榜底 of the Premier League table after Saturday's match.

West Ham's manager Avram Grant admitted he knew this season would be tough and defended his players saying, "People can say what they like about this performance but we tried our best."