Bramble Has A Say In The Premiership Title!

But the Man Utd player could not believe the space Bramble gave him as he wandered around the edge of the Wigan penalty area.

United were in front but the pressure was getting to them despite Cristiano Ronaldo's first-half penalty. Then Giggs came on as substitute and Bramble was confused as to who he should mark. 

Giggs kept his nerve, as Bramble stood motionless, then coolly slotted home Wayne Rooney's through ball.

Yet Bramble had played well, and his distribution was faultless, but his usual five minutes of ball watching cost Wigan the match ... and how often has it happened to Newcastle in the last five years?

A quarter of an hour earlier, Giggs' had been introduced for his 758th United appearance, equalling a milestone left by Sir Bobby Charlton that will surely be eclipsed in Moscow on May 21.

Few would begrudge the Red Devils their latest success, even if the free-flowing attack that has propelled them to glory by a massive goal difference over Chelsea, was strangely muted.

But playing Bramble suggests Steve Bruce was happy enough to do his old club a favour.