Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney says that he is confident that the club can start challenging for the Premier League title despite the poor start to the season. United finally managed to get the first win of the season, and also under new manager Louis van Gaal, after managing a 4-0 rout of QPR at Old Trafford on Sunday. The match saw United give debuts to a number of their new signings like Radamel Falcao and Blind. After having splashed more than £ 150 million on several new players in the summer, United now have a squad capable of winning the title according to Rooney.

Rooney was one of scorers against QPR after he secured his second league goal of the season. More importantly, the club were able to keep a clean sheet that has proven so elusive at the start of the season. United had only clean sheet, against the newly promoted Burnley, going into the encounter. Home form has been a major reason for worry in the last 14 months. Hence, the excitement from the fans died down after 20 minutes as United struggled to break down a stubborn QPR defence marshalled by their former defender Rio Ferdinand.

Summer signing Angel di Maria opened the scoring with a freekick and he was a key figure throughout the encounter. “We always could [sign top players] but it was a case of who the manager at the time wanted to bring in. Obviously last season, we know we were not good enough. But the time is now right to get these top players to get us back to where we belong – back to winning titles. It’s exciting times, it’s interesting times for United. We’ve not got off to the best start but we are confident,” said the United captain after the match.