However, it was Redknapp's opposite number David Moyes whose team changes worked most effectively, and after a goalless first half, it was Pienaar, restored in midfield in place of Louis Saha, who broke the deadlock.
RM David Beckham 5 Was chatting happily with opposite number Figo before teams came out, but ended his afternoon weeping following the injury that removed him.
Was chatting happily with opposite number Figo before teams came out, but ended his afternoon weeping following the injury that removed him.
His opposite number on the Spanish team is the World Cup hero Andrés Iniesta, perhaps the most influential player on the world's best team.
Swann received praise from his opposite number in the Australian team, Nathan Lyon.
If Cullen looked forlorn, however, his opposite number, Dai Young – whose team have a week to recover, while Leinster have a day less to prepare for the trip to Bath – was beaming.
His opposite number Danny Wilson, guided his team to a fifth game without defeat at home and they remain two points away from safety.
While his opposite number, Alastair Cook, has named his team a day before each Test this summer, Misbah has consistently kept his plans quiet until the toss.
Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino, who was without a host of key players, looked disappointed with a point at the final whistle whereas opposite number Manuel Pellegrini will be frustrated his team, now fourth, did not cash in fully on Chelsea's shock loss at Stoke City.
But he defended United's approach, despite only 18 of their 81 crosses finding a team-mate and opposite number Rene Meulensteen, a former Manchester United coach under Ferguson until last season, describing their game plan as "straightforward".
A fuming Graham Henry described it as "a ready-made team-talk for [his opposite number] Rod Macqueen".
