From The M.E.N. (the last story filed before the match)
MANCHESTER United's search for a new number nine could end in the next month.
The lock on the Premiership club's wallets will be released on Wednesday and a frantic scramble is expected to ensue.
Reds' boss Sir Alex Ferguson has warned of the problems facing United in this mid-season market.
and then from the same paper: (filed after the match)
MANCHESTER United are set to stay clear of the January sales scramble when the mid-season transfer window opens next Wednesday.Reds' chief executive Peter Kenyon has told M.E.N. Sport that he is not expecting to do any transfer business over the 31-day shopping period.
Despite mounting speculation over potential Old Trafford imports and a list of nine strikers reportedly drawn up by manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenyon insists new faces are unlikely.
“We've got nothing planned. The manager has not come to me to say he wants this player or that," Kenyon says.
"Sir Alex and I talk all the time but there is nothing in the pipeline."