Man United keeper crisis: David De Gea insists he'll come good

And the ?17.8million summer signing reckons he can go on to eclipse Edwin van der Sar's achievements.

The Dutchman won 11 trophies at Old Trafford before De Gea, 21, arrived from Atletico Madrid to replace him this term.

But De Gea has committed a series of howlers ? including gifting Grant Hanley a shock winner for Blackburn on Saturday.

The new boy has let in 26 goals in 19 games while big rival Anders Lindegaard has kept six clean sheets in a row.

But De Gea said: "Hopefully, I'll equal or even surpass the performance and contribution Edwin made."

The Spaniard let a long-range shot from Manchester City's Edin Dzeko squirm under him on his United debut at Wembley in the Community Shield.

But he seemed to have got mistakes out of his system before his Rovers ricket.

He said: "Let's face it, all keepers make mistakes once in a while, and none of us like it when we do.

"Errors happen but I've gone on to be more confident.The style of play here is more physical and as a goalkeeper you've got to be right on it."

Boss Alex Ferguson has confirmed Wayne Rooney will be back in the side to face Newcastle tomorrow.

The striker was dropped for the Blackburn match and fined a week's wages over his lacklustre showing in training after a night out last week.

But Fergie said: "Wayne will be available.

"We had a few training sessions and he missed a few.

"You've got to be fit to play in this league. You can't miss training sessions."

STRIKER Josh King, 19, will return to Old Trafford having played just twice in an injury-hit loan spell with German side Borussia Monchengladbach.

Manchester United news: Victory gives Alex Ferguson desired response

Defeat in Basel in midweek condemned United to the humiliation of life in the Europa League.

But Wayne Rooney and Nani both bagged doubles as the Premier League champions roared to a 4-1 victory over Wolves at Old Trafford.

And Fergie was quick to praise England ace Rooney for ending his goal drought to take his tally for the season to 11.

The United boss said: "Wayne in particular, does go in spurts. He scored nine in the early part of the season.

"Now we are going up to an important part of the season, if we get the goal ratio again, it puts us in good fettle."

Ferguson was delighted with the performance of his players and believes their European humbling could turn out to be a positive.

He added: "We will take a lot of stick from critics and even from people we thought were perhaps on our side.

"But this was the right response. Some of the football was fantastic."

After seeing his side humbled, Wolves boss Mick McCarthy laughed off suggestions that United had been on the verge of a crisis before kick-off.

McCarthy said: "All the hype and talk about their demise is nonsense.

Match report: Manchester United 4 Wolves 1

Understandbly, there was an uneasy atmosphere at Old Trafford after the Premier League champions were dumped into the Europa League in midweek.

But Nani settled the nerves in the 17th minute and Rooney extended the lead 10 minutes later as United went into the break in total control.

Wolves needed an immediate response in the second half and Steven Fletcher delivered it courtesy of a thumping 47th-minute header to cut the arrears.

The goal gave the visitors the boost they desperately needed, while Alex Ferguson was left biting his nails as his team were left clinging to the lead ? until Nani struck for a second time.

Antonio Valencia drilled the ball across the box after a postive run, Danny Welbeck miskicked and the Portuguese winger was on hand to roll the ball home after 56 minutes.

And Valencia was the creator once again as Rooney wrapped up the points with his second of the afternoon six minutes later.

United survived an early scare when Fletcher fired a good chance wide after just 20 seconds.

A Wolves goal at that point would have really caused the home fans to sweat.

As it was, with Nani leading the way, they swiftly took command when he drilled the ball beyond Wayne Hennessey and into the bottom corner.

It was Nani's first Premier League goal since September 24, a week after Rooney had last found the net in league action.

Roo opened his account for the day shortly after and United cruised to half-time without breaking sweat.

But within 90 seconds of the restart, Fletcher peeled off his marker and rose above Patrice Evra to power home Matt Jarvis' far-post cross.

For a few minutes at least, United were struggling as Jarvis tormented Chris Smalling.

But when Phil Jones set Valencia away, the South American's low cross was tucked home by Nani from close range.

The goal lifted United and Hennessey was forced to bundle Jonny Evans' header round the post and twice deny Welbeck.

In between, Valencia picked out Rooney with another right-wing cross.

Though not in the greatest position, the bounce was kind and the England striker managed to shape up and smash home a difficult chance.

With the points in the bag, Fergie handed Ezekiel Fryers his Premier League debut.

But it took some smart reactions from Rio Ferdinand to prevent United conceding once more after his clearance smacked Smalling in the face.

United should have added a fifth goal six minutes from time but Roger Johnson cleared Jones' cross as substitute Federico Macheda slid in.

Man Utd: De Gea, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra (Fryers 67), Valencia, Carrick, Jones, Nani (Young 77), Welbeck (Macheda 74), Rooney. Subs not used: Lindegaard, Giggs, Park, Gibson. Booked: Ferdinand.

Goals: Nani 17, Rooney 27, Nani 56, Rooney 62.

Wolves: Hennessey, Zubar, Johnson, Berra, Ward, Edwards (Milijas 31), Henry, O'Hara (Hunt 70), Jarvis, Doyle, Fletcher (Ebanks-Blake 76). Subs not used: De Vries, Elokobi, Stearman, Hammill.