Robin van Persie, Shinji Kagawa open Manchester United goalscoring accounts

Both Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa scored their first goals for Manchester United during this afternoon's ongoing Premier League encounter against Fulham at Old Trafford.

Having gone a goal down courtesy of a strike from Damien Duff, Van Persie drew the Red Devils level in the 10th minute.

Japanese international Kagawa, who joined United from Borussia Dortmund earlier this summer, then put his new club 2-1 up.

Brazilian full-back Rafael made the score 3-1 in United's favour prior to the break.

You can follow our live commentary of the encounter here.