Sir Alex Ferguson landed his second League Cup triumph

With three members of the Glazer family witnessing victory in Cardiff, Ferguson said: "I'm delighted for them, they have put a lot of money in.

"I don't so much feel relief that we have won a trophy, more an assuredness in knowing we could win this cup.

"Any trophy you win is important and we're delighted. We've been criticised but we've never devalued this cup."

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Wayne Rooney scored twice and said that he was delighted to have ended a run of 12 games without a goal.

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"I was hungry because I had not scored for a while," said Rooney.

"It was not as bad as it could have been because at least the team were scoring, but I was disappointed with the situation and I wanted to put it right.

"I guess there is no better time to do it than a cup final."

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Rooney has not won a winners' medal since he played for Coppelhouse in the Liverpool and District Under-13 competition.

"I am absolutely delighted," he said. "To win any trophy gives you a big buzz and this is the best feeling I have ever had.

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"It is so long since I won anything, you can probably understand why I feel the way I do.

"Hopefully it will be two medals this season because we are going to the World Cup with England looking to win it."

Manchester United captain Gary Neville dedicated their Carling Cup victory to injured team-mate Alan Smith.

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Smith broke his leg in United's FA Cup exit at Liverpool and Neville said: "This is for Smudger.

"We were devastated last week, and after Alan picked up a really bad injury we knew he couldn't be here today.