Sir Alex Ferguson hailed Dimitar Berbatov's third hat-trick of the season and hopes Wayne Rooney can enjoy a touch of luck in front of goal.
Berbatov bagged another three goals in Manchester United's 5-0 win over Birmingham at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.
The Bulgarian opened his account in the second minute, added another before half-time and then tapped home a Ryan Giggs cross to become the first United player to score three hat-tricks in a season since Ruud van Nistelrooy.
The treble took Berbatov's goals tally for the season to 18, all but one of which have come in the Premier League.
That number is 15 more than Rooney, who is performing manfully, yet rarely looks like finding the target.
"We hope the goals are going to come for Wayne," said Ferguson.
"He is working his socks off.
"He produced some great football today and his control from Edwin van der Sar's kick for the fourth goal was fantastic."
It was Berbatov who took the plaudits from a victory that consolidated United's status as league leaders and extended their unbeaten run this season to 22 matches ahead of Tuesday's trip to Blackpool.
"It was a marvellous performance from Dimitar," said Ferguson.
"He could have scored more. We were a bit wasteful with our finishing at times but you can't complain at the performance."
Veteran Ryan Giggs drilled home just before the interval to confirm his well-being after agreeing to stay at Old Trafford for a further season.
And, after a series of failed attempts, Nani wrapped up the scoring midway through the second period.
"It certainly helps the goal difference, there is no question about that," said Ferguson.
"We have some tough games ahead but hopefully the players can grasp the nettle.
"We have some experience. We have the squad. Hopefully we can manage all the games we have ahead."
The only downside was an injury to Michael Carrick that Ferguson described as "sore".
And the United boss also confirmed he will check on the state of Rio Ferdinand's groin injury on Monday before deciding whether to risk the England skipper at Bloomfield Road.
For Birmingham manager Alex McLeish the mauling was not the ideal way to prepare for Wednesday's Carling Cup semi-final decider with West Ham.
McLeish felt his side paid the price for adopting an enterprising approach, although he admitted Birmingham's wounds were self-inflicted.
"To lose a goal to a set-piece in the first minute was criminal," said McLeish.
"We did have a spell after that when we started to get in their final third but to concede again just before half-time was verging on the amateur."
