Ryan Giggs 17 scores the winner

In a match where chances were few and which could have been lost Giggs showed why he is considered an all time great of Manchester United . He dribbled like a 17 year old and scored in the all the premiere league seasons .Scholes swept a fine ball out to the left flank on 62 minutes and Giggs cut inside, jinking past two defenders before curling a right-footed shot beyond Green.

The Hammers gave United a stern test but their best chance was an ambitious Carlton Cole chip that was well saved.The visitors were not at their free-flowing best but Giggs cut in from the left and curled in a shot to provide the moment of magic needed for the winThe hosts pushed for a leveller but United stood firm to complete a 13th-straight clean sheet in the league.The result ended West Ham's run of six league games without a defeat and, despite their good play, they just could not find a way through United's defence.The Hammers showed plenty of the style and vision that boss Gianfranco Zola was famed for in his playing days as they tried to end United's run of seven league wins on the trot.

Cole had earlier managed to gain half a yard on Ferdinand to reach David Di Michele's through ball but he is not the first striker in recent times to find Van der Sar too big a wall to knock over.When the 34th minute ticked by, Van der Sar eclipsed the record of old Aberdeen stalwart Bobby Clark, who went 1,155 minutes of league action without conceding a goal during the 1970-71 campaign to claim that British recorThe veteran Dutchman's goal was still intact when Di Michele was crowded out on the edge of the visitors' penalty area and the loose ball fell to a marauding Lucas Neill, whose curling shot probably did not stretch Van der Sar enough.