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Aalborg BK

Manchester United

  • Rooney 22’
  • Berbatov 55’, 79’
  1. Berbatov topples Aalborg

    Berbatov topples Aalborg

    Dimitar Berbatov opened his Manchester United account with a well-taken second-half brace in a 3-0 Champions League win over AaB Aalborg. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aalborg BK
    • Manchester United
    • - Thanks for joining us tonight... plenty more action tomorrow as both Liverpool and Chelsea players lace up their boots! Join us then!
    • 90'+1 There goes the full time whistle! And United record their first win of the campaign as Dimitar Berbatov gets his United goalscoring career underway!
    • 84' Berbatov feeds Ronaldo with a delightful through pass with the outside of his boot! But Ronaldo can only find the side netting having rounded the keeper!
    • 80' And with that, United should go top of the group on goal difference.
    • 79' GOAL! BERBATOV AGAIN! Ronaldo gets to the by-line this time and crosses to the Bulgarian who allows the ball to bounce before scissor kicking past Zaza to put United three up! Super strike!
    • 76' Oooh! Tevez goes mighty close with a powerful drive from the edge of the box! The ball whistles inches over the bar!
    • 71' Evra gets to the by-line before pulling back to Berbatov! But the Bulgarian's effort is deflected high over the bar.
    • 68' Super play from Johansson as he dances past O'Shea... he should shoot, but he opts to play in Curth! But his effort is sliced wide of the mark and the danger passes.
    • 66' United make a third change... off goes Rafael and on comes Brown in his place.
    • 65' GIGGS! Oooh! He rounds the keeper, but the angle is too tight for him to get a shot off on target in the end! His effort hits the side netting and Aalborg breathe a sigh of relief!
    • 60' United have the ball in the back of the net! But it won't count! The substitute used his arm to bundle the ball over the line after Nani's attemtped chip had been only partially blocked by Zaza!
    • 59' Rooney's got a problem here though... and he can't carry on... Carlos Tevez comes on to replace him. That's a worry.
    • 56' Finally! Alex Ferguson's sigh of relief is almost audible!
    • 55' GOAL! BERBATOV OPENS HIS ACCOUNT AND UNITED GO TWO UP! It's a terrible mistake from Augustinussen who fails to control a pass to him... the ball spoons to Berbatov who finishes into a nearly open net! He looks almost embarrassed by that one!
    • 54' Zaza goes into the book for not taking a goal kick from the correct position... weird.
    • 53' Ronaldo takes the resulting free kick... but it's woeful... the ball flies well into the stand behind Zaza's goal.
    • 51' Johansson goes into the book for a trip on Rafael as the Brazilian bursts forward yet again.
    • 49' The crowd are still well behind the home side... and so far this half their side have responded well.
    • 47' No changes to tell you about at the break... it's as you were.
    • 46' Here we go again! Back underway at the Energi Nord Arena!
    • 45'+2 There goes the half-time whistle and United lead 1-0, thanks to Rooney's 22nd minute strike.
    • 45' Curth fancies his chances here with a first-time strike from the edge of the box... but it's over the bar and Van der Sar is not tested.
    • 43' Rafael profits from a bit of luck on the edge of the Aalborg box... it falls kindly for him so he lets fly! Zaza is forced into tipping over for another United corner.
    • 41' ROONEY! Rafael starts the break by nicking the ball off Pedersen... and the Brazilian hares off towards the Aalborg goal before feeding Ronaldo on the right... he crosses but Rooney's effort is saved by Zaza... but it wouldn't have counted anyway - the flag is up on the far side.
    • 40' Corner to United.... it's cleared but only as far as Giggs... the Welshman clips in a cross, but Ronaldo can't direct his header on target.
    • 38' Aalborg use the break in play to replace Beauchamp with Caca.
    • 38' Oh dear, that's a bad challenge from Rafael on Pedersen... and he deservedly goes into the book.
    • 35' Beauchamp won't be able to carry on... and Caca readies himself to make an entrance for the Danes.
    • 32' There's a bit of handbags now as Ronaldo refuses to play the ball out as Beauchamp lies injured... Pedersen loses his cool and remonstrates with Ronaldo... he's quickly surrounded by a posse of United players though and it all calms down soon enough.
    • 31' Ronaldo pops up on the left and the Portuguese is duly fouled by Augustinussen.
    • 26' Oooh! Ronaldo shows strenghth to hold off a defender before unleashing a drive from 35 yards out! The ball whistles over the bar, but it isn't too far away from really troubling Zaza!
    • 24' Bogelund is in here! No! That is a wonderful challenge from Ferdinand to stamp out any danger! Brilliant covering from the United man, after Ronaldo had rather let the Aalborg right back go.
    • 22' GOAL! ROONEY PUTS UNITED AHEAD! Giggs is the architect, slipping a delightful ball through for Rooney to run on to and finish with a first time shot low into the corner! United lead!
    • 21' Oooh! Rafael bursts forward again! He lets off a shot which Zaza finds too hot to handle! Fortunately for him, the ball falls to a red and white shirt and Aalborg maintain their clean sheet.
    • 20' But Aalborg have weathered that early storm and with 20 minutes gone, United still have no goal.
    • 19' Nothing comes of it, but United retain possession and keep up the pressure.
    • 18' Ronaldo floats in a deep cross and Giggs somehow manages to win a corner, much to the disgust of Pedersen and the majority of the crowd.
    • 17' That's a real blow for United... they had started strongly with Scholes in the heart of their midfield.
    • 16' Scholes is stretchered off... and on comes Giggs.
    • 15' Scholes is in real trouble here and it doesn't look like he'll be able to continue.
    • 14' Scholes gets caught by Augustinussen, the Aalborg skipper... and he'll need a bit of treatment...
    • 12' Here come Aalborg come again... this time with Bogelund on the right hand side! But the Denmark international's cross is easily cut out by Vidic.
    • 11' Chance for Aalborg.... Enevoldsen sends in a superb cross along the ground! But it goes all the way through without a touch from an Aalborg player!
    • 9' This has been a great start from United... they look like they want this one... but no breakthrough as yet.
    • 8' O'Shea flicks on the corner at the near post... FERDINAND! Ooh! Another volley, this time really sweetly struck, but Zaza manages to save with his legs!
    • 7' Rafael picks up the ball... the 18-year-old bursts forward and lets off a drive as it opens up ahead of him... deflected behind for a corner!
    • 6' BERBATOV! Oooh! He really should have opened his United account there! Ronaldo chases down a back pass and manages to block keeper Zaza's clearance! The ball balloons up to Berbatov, but the Bulgarian slices his first time volley wide of the mark!
    • 4' United win an early corner... Nani takes it to Scholes on the edge of the area but the visitors can't forge an opening.
    • 3' The Danish crowd are making a decent noise in the stadium... United are up against it on the terraces tonight.
    • 2' On paper, this should be one of United's easier games, but with these away games at relatively unknown destinations, you just never know.
    • 1' Underway in Denmark!
    • - And tonight's referee is Olegario Benquerenca of Portugal.
    • - And that United line-up in full: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Scholes, O'Shea, Nani, Berbatov, Rooney - Subs: Amos, Brown, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Evans, Tevez
    • - Aalborg line up like this: Zaza, Bogelund, Olfers, Beauchamp, Pedersen, Augustinussen, Risgaard, Curth, Johansson, Enevoldsen, Saganowski - Subs: Stenild, Due, Caca, Braemer, Sorensen, Kristensen, Ronnie Schwartz Nielsen
    • - The teams are in... and there's a few surprises in United's line-up. Rafael Da Silva gets the nod at right back while John O'Shea starts in midfield, alongside Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani. Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney play up front together, which means there's no place for Carlos Tevez in the side.
    • - United are in desperate need of three points after being held by Villarreal in their opening Group E game two weeks ago.
    • - Hello and welcome to our coverage of tonight's big game in northern Denmark!

  • Team Stats

    Aalborg BK Stats Manchester United
    40% Possession 59%
    12 Shots 27
    1 Shots on target 10
    4 Saves 0
    4 Corners 10
    10 Fouls 11
    1 Offsides 6
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 14
    271 Accurate passes 436
    35 Bad passes 52

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Aalborg BK
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Karim Zaza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      6 Steve Olfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 1
      3 Martin Pedersen 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 25 6 2
      16 Kasper Bögelund 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 3
      4 Michael Beauchamp 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
      21 Kasper Risgård 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 40 6 2
      14 Jeppe Curth 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 3 0
      23 Thomas Enevoldsen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 7 0
      8 Andreas Johansson 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 49 6 3
      10 Marek Saganowski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 2 0
      9 Thomas Augustinussen 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 25 1 1
      20 Simon Bræmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Ronnie Schwartz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Lucas de Deus Santos 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 24 0 0
      30 Kenneth Stenild 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Anders Due 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Patrick Kristensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jens-Kristian Sørensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 43 0 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 9 1
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 8 2
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 38 0 2
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 37 3 4
      18 Paul Scholes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 1
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 8 3 1 3 2 1 37 4 0
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 5 1 1 1 2 0 30 6 1
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 39 10 1
      10 Wayne Rooney 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 18 2 0
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 40 6 1
      40 Ben Amos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20 2 0
      6 Wes Brown 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 1
      23 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Ji-sung Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us tonight... plenty more action tomorrow as both Liverpool and Chelsea players lace up their boots! Join us then!
    • 84' Berbatov feeds Ronaldo with a delightful through pass with the outside of his boot! But Ronaldo can only find the side netting having rounded the keeper!
    • 79' GOAL! BERBATOV AGAIN! Ronaldo gets to the by-line this time and crosses to the Bulgarian who allows the ball to bounce before scissor kicking past Zaza to put United three up! Super strike!
    • 76' Oooh! Tevez goes mighty close with a powerful drive from the edge of the box! The ball whistles inches over the bar!
    • 68' Super play from Johansson as he dances past O'Shea... he should shoot, but he opts to play in Curth! But his effort is sliced wide of the mark and the danger passes.
    • 60' United have the ball in the back of the net! But it won't count! The substitute used his arm to bundle the ball over the line after Nani's attemtped chip had been only partially blocked by Zaza!
    • 55' GOAL! BERBATOV OPENS HIS ACCOUNT AND UNITED GO TWO UP! It's a terrible mistake from Augustinussen who fails to control a pass to him... the ball spoons to Berbatov who finishes into a nearly open net! He looks almost embarrassed by that one!
    • 45' Curth fancies his chances here with a first-time strike from the edge of the box... but it's over the bar and Van der Sar is not tested.
    • 43' Rafael profits from a bit of luck on the edge of the Aalborg box... it falls kindly for him so he lets fly! Zaza is forced into tipping over for another United corner.
    • 41' ROONEY! Rafael starts the break by nicking the ball off Pedersen... and the Brazilian hares off towards the Aalborg goal before feeding Ronaldo on the right... he crosses but Rooney's effort is saved by Zaza... but it wouldn't have counted anyway - the flag is up on the far side.
    • 26' Oooh! Ronaldo shows strenghth to hold off a defender before unleashing a drive from 35 yards out! The ball whistles over the bar, but it isn't too far away from really troubling Zaza!
    • 22' GOAL! ROONEY PUTS UNITED AHEAD! Giggs is the architect, slipping a delightful ball through for Rooney to run on to and finish with a first time shot low into the corner! United lead!
    • 21' Oooh! Rafael bursts forward again! He lets off a shot which Zaza finds too hot to handle! Fortunately for him, the ball falls to a red and white shirt and Aalborg maintain their clean sheet.
    • 8' O'Shea flicks on the corner at the near post... FERDINAND! Ooh! Another volley, this time really sweetly struck, but Zaza manages to save with his legs!
    • 6' BERBATOV! Oooh! He really should have opened his United account there! Ronaldo chases down a back pass and manages to block keeper Zaza's clearance! The ball balloons up to Berbatov, but the Bulgarian slices his first time volley wide of the mark!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: . Benquerença

  • Aalborg BK

    Manager: Bruce Rioch

    Captain: Thomas Augustinussen

    Starting line-up

    • K. Zaza Yellow Card
    • K. Bogelund
    • M. Beauchamp Substitution Out (38′)
    • S. Olfers
    • M. Pedersen
    • K. Risgaard
    • T. Enevoldsen
    • T. Augustinussen
    • J. Curth
    • A. Johansson Yellow Card
    • M. Saganowski

    Subs

    • .. Due
    • J. Sorensen
    • P. Kristensen
    • L. Caca Substitution In38′
    • R. Schwartz
    • L. Nielsen
    • S. Braemer
    • K. Stenild

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • M. Jakobsen

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Rio Ferdinand

    Starting line-up

    • E. van der Sar
    • R. Da Silva Yellow Card Substitution Out (66′)
    • R. Ferdinand
    • N. Vidic
    • P. Evra
    • J. O'Shea
    • C. Ronaldo
    • P. Scholes Substitution Out (16′)
    • .. Nani
    • W. Rooney Goal Substitution Out (59′)
    • D. Berbatov Goals×2

    Subs

    • W. Brown Substitution In66′
    • R. Giggs Substitution In16′
    • C. Tevez Substitution In59′
    • J. Park
    • O. Anderson
    • J. Evans
    • B. Amos

    Injured

    • G. Neville
    • O. Hargreaves

    Suspended

    None