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Manchester United score 1,000th Premier League Old Trafford goal

Manchester United's French striker Anthony Martial turns to celebrate after scoring the opening goal
Image: Anthony Martial scored a landmark Old Trafford goal against Everton

Manchester United reached an Old Trafford landmark with Anthony Martial's winner in their 1-0 win against Everton on Super Sunday.

When Martial turned home substitute Timothy Fosu-Mensah's cross, he became the scorer of their 1000th Premier League goal at the Theatre of Dreams.

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Image: A breakdown on Man Utd's 1,000 Premier League goals at home

There have been 50 different scorers for United at home in the Premier League, with Wayne Rooney leading the way with 99 goals.

After Rooney, Paul Scholes is the next highest scorer at Old Trafford in the Premier League era with 59 goals, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (57), Ole Gunnar Solksjaer (53) and Ryan Giggs (50).

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 02:  Wayne Rooney of Manchester United celebrates scoring his team's third goal during the Barclays Premier League match bet
Image: Wayne Rooney is United's leading Premier League scorer at Old Trafford

There have been 34 own goals scored, with Steve Watson and Anton Ferdinand both netting a couple apiece.

Former United players Wes Brown and Danny Higginbotham have also scored own goals at Old Trafford while playing for other sides.

Manchester United's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) and Wayne Rooney celebrate Ronaldo's second goal after scoring the third  goal against WIgan A
Image: Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo have 156 United goals at Old Trafford between them

When it comes to hat-tricks, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Dimitar Berbatov lead the way with four apiece at the Theatre of Dreams.

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Berbatov scored three of his trebles in the 2010/11 season, including five in the 7-1 win over Blackburn and all three goals in the 3-2 victory over Liverpool.

Manchester United's Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov (2nd L) leaves the pitch with the match ball after scoring five goals against Blackburn
Image: Dimitar Berbatov scored five against Blackburn

Van Nistelrooy is also the leading penalty scorer at Old Trafford with 12 goals from the spot, putting him ahead of Rooney (10), Ronaldo (8) and Cantona (7).

Only one United player has scored four goals or more on two occasions in a Premier League game at the Theatre of Dreams.

Andy Cole famously netted five times in the 9-0 victory over Ipswich in 1995 and then scored four in a 5-1 win against Newcastle in 1999.

4 MAR 1995:  ANDY COLE OF MANCHESTER UNITED IS CONGRATULATED BY HIS TEAM MATES AFTER HE SCORES HIS SECOND GOAL FOR MAN UTD DURING THEIR 9-0 VICTORY OVER IP
Image: Andy Cole netted five in the 9-1 win over Ipswich

Berbatov, Rooney and Solskjaer have also scored four or more in a game at Old Trafford.

Solskjaer earned his 'super sub' tag by scoring 12 times from the bench at home for United.

Nobody has come close to matching that tally, with Diego Forlan, Javier Hernandez, Ronaldo and Teddy Sheringham the next in line with four apiece.

But it was Martial who had the honour of netting the team's 1000th Premier League goal on the day that Sir Bobby Charlton had Old Trafford's South Stand named after him.