In-form Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson is proud of his team's strength in depth after West Ham United were beaten 4-0.

Sir Alex Ferguson is facing a selection headache after facing one of the worse defensive injury crisis in the club's history.

Before the game against West Ham, United were without Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, John O'Shea, Fabio and Rafael. And to compound matters, Gary Neville and Wes Brown got injured during the game.

United were then forced to move Michael Carrick and Patrice Evra into the centre of defence, with Ryan Giggs at left-back. And it is the manner of this win that prompted Gibson to hail the depth of United's squad.

"It was a massive win for us and shows how good our squad is," Gibson was quoted as saying to MUTV. "We have players who can step in and do a good job. I've not seen Michael play at centre half before... and Fletch was playing out of position too."

Gibson was again among United's scorers after another outstanding strike from outside the box.

"I was buzzing after the Spurs game on Tuesday and ready to play again. It was a massive boost for me [to start against West Ham]. My two goals during the week got my confidence up and the gaffer's stuck with me, which is great.

"For my goal, Patrice gave me the ball, I gave it to Giggsy... the manager and Mick Phelan had been telling me and Anderson to get forward so I ran forward and Giggsy gave me the ball back and I just stroked it home. I think it was better than the goals against Spurs. It was a better celebration so I'm happy with that!

"Overall, we're very happy with the performance and I think we're starting to hit our stride. Hopefully we can kick on from here and keep winning."