Having scored his first goal for Manchester United last week against Aston Villa, Juan Mata added to his goal tally with his two wonderful goals as Manchester United post an emphatic 4-0 victory away from home to Newcastle United.
Mata curled in a sublime free-kick on 39 minutes to put United in the lead and added a second from close range five minutes after the break, Javier Hernandez added a third on 64 minutes before Adnan Januzaj sealed the victory with late goal.
David Moyes will be happy as the victory gives them a timely confident boost as his team looks to travel to the Allianz Arena to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League in four days time.
With United playing without their inspirational Talisman, Wayne Rooney, and Van Persie also ruled out, Moyes named Javier Hernandez to lead the attack as he makes eight changes to the starting lineup against Bayern Munich in midweek.
Ashley Young and Hernandez linked up twice in quick succession early on to force Mike Williamson into near-post clearances on both occassions, before Marouane Fellaini was penalised for handball when trying to control and shoot inside the box.
Ashley Young was forced off the field for treatment on a hand injury with 14 minutes on the clock and Newcastle looked to capitalise as Cheick Tiote flashed a powerful effort over the bar from 15 yards.
The injury ultimately brought a premature end to Young's afternoon, with Januzaj introduced in his place.
An ambitious overheard kick from Papiss Cisse proved simple for Anders Lindegaard to gather as the Dane settled into his first top-flight game since the 5-5 draw at West Brom on the final day of last season.
The stand-in goalkeeper was called into action again midway through the half, tipping Cisse's powerful header over the bar.
Moments later, Rob Elliot he came out to punch away a free-kick from Mata, with the close attention of Chris Smalling causing the ball to fall loose for Shinji Kagawa, who could only drag his shot wide.
Mata however broke the deadlock in the 39th minute when he curled home a superb 20 yard free kick. Gosling was penalised for a trip on Darren Fletcher on the edge of the penalty box, and Mata stepped up to curl beyond Elliot's reach into the top-right corner.
The lead could have been doubled on the stroke of half-time but Hernandez struck Elliot's left-hand post with a low shot after racing clear.
Any hopes of a fightback were dealt a fatal blow within five minutes of the restart as Mata reap from a defensive error as he scored his second for the day. Skipper Fabricio Coloccini's ambitious attempt to chest a long ball to full-back Massadio Haidara fell short and Kagawa stole it and picked out Hernandez's run who then fed Mata inside the box and he cleverly side-stepped Coloccini's desperate lunge before slotting calmly into the open net.
The impressive Hernandez gave his side breathing space with a close-range finish from Kagawa's 65th-minute cut-back, the Mexican's fourth top-flight goal of the season.
Cisse forced two excellent late saves from Lindegaard but Januzaj added a fourth for the visitors after an excellent one-two with Mata, handing United a measure of revenge for December's 1-0 loss in the reverse fixture.
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