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Manchester United

  • Tevez 3’
  • Rooney 52’

Aalborg BK

  • Jakobsen 31’
  • Curth 45’

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  1. Aalborg give United scare

    Aalborg give United scare

    Manchester United won Group E of the Champions League despite being held to a 2-2 draw by AaB Aalborg at Old Trafford. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Aalborg BK
    • 90+2 That's it, an unbeaten 11-game record for stand-in Aalborg coach Allan Kuhn - shame he has to leave! United win the group thanks to a big favour from Celtic, who beat Villarreal 2-0!
    • 90' Good ball from Anderson again frees Nani and he shoots but just over!
    • 89' Three minutes addded time to be played.
    • 84' Wonderful ball in from Rooney to free Tevez who takes a superb first touch but he takes a second when he should have finished, rounds the keeper but is too wide and hits the side netting!
    • 80' Nani screams in pain as he goes down then gets up as soon as he realises the ref isn't biting.
    • 78' After some good play between Anderson and Rooney it is spread wide to Rafael who wins a free kick.
    • 77' MANCHSTER UNITED SUB: Rafael on for Neville.
    • 76' Good play from United, passing it around Aalborg and letting the ball do the work but Nani's shot flies over. AALBORG SUB: Sorensen on for Pedersen.
    • 75' AALBORG SUB: Caca on for Curth.
    • 73' Aalborg clear the corner, on the left now with Rooney who crosses and it takes a touch off Olfers and Zaza is back-pedalling and it hits the bar!
    • 72' Rooney gets the ball 40 yards out, he spots Neville running into space on the right and clips a wonderful hanging pass to Neville who takes it on his chest and fires in a volley but blocked and behind for a corner! That would have been some goal from Neville.
    • 69' Great play from Rooney to drill a teasing low ball across the area but Park can't quite get there!
    • 64' Tevez and Scholes combine well, Tevez turns and slips a superb ball in for Scholes who's in but a great tackle from Olfers sliding in to deny at the last! Brilliant challenge!
    • 61' Tevez twists and turns and gets a shot away but parried by Zaza! Anderson gets the ball and swings over a cross from the left but the ref pulls him up for a non-existent foul. His marker was pulling his shirt and went down and the ref bought it.
    • 60' United are piling it on now, Neville playing up front and tries an overhead kick but it doesn't come off, United think there was a foul but play on...
    • 57' Good diagonal ball from the right and Park is in but he inexplicably heads it across the penalty area with no support and the finish on.
    • 55' Nani swings over the free-kick, it causes Aalborg some problems with Scholes almost getting in but the end result is a corner.
    • 54' Curth is booked for a heavy, late tackle on Tevez on the United left.
    • 52' Anderson on the halfway line, he looks up and plays a brilliant through ball for Rooney on the edge of the box AND ROONEY SMASHES A LOW DRIVE PAST ZAZA FOR 2-2! Great pass, great finish, great goal. United level.
    • 51' Neville forward to Nani on the right, Nani cuts inside and sends over a brilliant cross with his left foot AND TEVEZ ON THE EDGE OF THE SIX-YARD BOX IS TOTALLY UNMARKED AND MUST SCORE BUT HE HEADS WIDE! What a miss!
    • 50' Tevez gets in on the right and from the most acute of angles fires in a shot that hits the side netting. It took a deflection so a corner is awarded.
    • 48' Rooney is down injured after landing awkwardly but he seems okay.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 46' Half-time change for United - Giggs and Gibson are off for Scholes and Park.
    • 45+2 And that is half time, a shock lead for Aalborg with United defending terribly tonight. United still top the group though - Villarreal are faring even worse, 2-0 and a man down at Celtic.
    • 45+1 Due on the left and he cuts inside and then lofts a cross to the far post where Curth arrives on the edge of the box and he sends a brilliant looping header over Kuszcack and into the top left! 2-1 to Aalborg! United stunned!
    • 44' Tevez on the left, he's in and drags it into the middle but cleared before O'Shea can finish!
    • 39' Rooney with a great ball from the right that sets Tevez away but Zaza is quick out to claim ahead of him.
    • 37' Neville almost connects with a free-kick but just too high for him.
    • 35' Long-range shot from Due but straight at Kuszczak, who holds on this time.
    • 33' Rooney almost gets beyond the last man but cleared. United started very well but have gone flat.
    • 31' Free-kick to the Danes on the right... the ball is swung over diagonally and United's defence are all at sea and Jacobsen is unmarked but at and angle so stoops to flick the ball with the back of his head and Kuszczak gets a hand on it but it creeps in! Aalborg level, a lovely little header but poor defending and Kuszczak really should have kept it out.
    • 28' Due almost gets in behind United on the left but the crossfield pass from the right is just too long for him.
    • 25' Anderson on the ball, he pings it to Giggs who flicks the ball up to NANI WHO'S IN but he makes a mess of the first touch and puts the ball wide from an angle.
    • 18' Nani with some good skill on the edge of the box, he took a kick as well but carried on and tries a chipped ball to Tevez getting in behind but Aalborg clear.
    • 16' Rooney chases down a long ball and he could be clean through but Zaza rushes out, sliding in to clear for a throw.
    • 14' Aalborg on the break after O'Shea slips and Saganowski gets away from him down the right, he cuts inside and evades Evans to get the shot in but it goes well wide. Could have been embarassing for United.
    • 11' Giggs gets onto a good ball from Nani but his cross is blocked for a corner to United, which is taken short and Evans has a pop but well over.
    • 9' Aalborg come forward this time but Saganoswki has no support... O'Shea gets the ball caught in his foot and he takes down Augustinssen but no penalty!
    • 7' United are utterly dominating this match, Aalborg have barely touched the ball.
    • 5' United swarm forward again, Rooney plays a great angled pass in for Tevez who is free again and must score a second but somehow puts it wide of Zaza's right-hand post! Should have been 2-0.
    • 3' Giggs slips a ball through the middle and Tevez is clean through and be smashes it past the keeper for 1-0! United off to a great start.
    • 1' Match underway at Old Trafford!
    • - Manchester United are already through to the last 16 and Aalborg have UEFA Cup football secured so this match is just about first place and top seeding for United - LIVE from 19:45!

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Aalborg BK
    65% Possession 34%
    17 Shots 10
    5 Shots on target 5
    1 Saves 3
    5 Corners 1
    7 Fouls 9
    2 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    17 Tackles 16
    551 Accurate passes 253
    72 Bad passes 28

  • 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
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 80 1 1
      22 John O'Shea 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 56 18 3
      2 Gary Neville 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 42 0 0
      23 Jonny Evans 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 61 6 1
      28 Darron Gibson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 1 0
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 94 14 2
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 27 6 3
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 33 7 3
      10 Wayne Rooney 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 32 9 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 1 6 1 1 1 2 0 16 2 2
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Rodrigo Possebon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Ji-sung Park 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 1 0
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Ben Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 1
      18 Paul Scholes 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 58 7 1
    • Aalborg BK
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Karim Zaza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      6 Steve Olfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1
      3 Martin Pedersen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 3 0
      16 Kasper Bögelund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1 3
      2 Michael Jakobsen 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 13 0 4
      21 Kasper Risgård 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 32 3 0
      14 Jeppe Curth 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 13 0 0
      7 Anders Due 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 14 4 1
      23 Thomas Enevoldsen 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 34 7 0
      10 Marek Saganowski 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 20 4 0
      9 Thomas Augustinussen 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 36 3 6
      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 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
      30 Kenneth Stenild 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Siyabonga Nomvete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Patrick Kristensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      24 Jens-Kristian Sørensen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

  • Summary

    • 90' Good ball from Anderson again frees Nani and he shoots but just over!
    • 84' Wonderful ball in from Rooney to free Tevez who takes a superb first touch but he takes a second when he should have finished, rounds the keeper but is too wide and hits the side netting!
    • 73' Aalborg clear the corner, on the left now with Rooney who crosses and it takes a touch off Olfers and Zaza is back-pedalling and it hits the bar!
    • 72' Rooney gets the ball 40 yards out, he spots Neville running into space on the right and clips a wonderful hanging pass to Neville who takes it on his chest and fires in a volley but blocked and behind for a corner! That would have been some goal from Neville.
    • 69' Great play from Rooney to drill a teasing low ball across the area but Park can't quite get there!
    • 64' Tevez and Scholes combine well, Tevez turns and slips a superb ball in for Scholes who's in but a great tackle from Olfers sliding in to deny at the last! Brilliant challenge!
    • 61' Tevez twists and turns and gets a shot away but parried by Zaza! Anderson gets the ball and swings over a cross from the left but the ref pulls him up for a non-existent foul. His marker was pulling his shirt and went down and the ref bought it.
    • 52' Anderson on the halfway line, he looks up and plays a brilliant through ball for Rooney on the edge of the box AND ROONEY SMASHES A LOW DRIVE PAST ZAZA FOR 2-2! Great pass, great finish, great goal. United level.
    • 51' Neville forward to Nani on the right, Nani cuts inside and sends over a brilliant cross with his left foot AND TEVEZ ON THE EDGE OF THE SIX-YARD BOX IS TOTALLY UNMARKED AND MUST SCORE BUT HE HEADS WIDE! What a miss!
    • 45+1 Due on the left and he cuts inside and then lofts a cross to the far post where Curth arrives on the edge of the box and he sends a brilliant looping header over Kuszcack and into the top left! 2-1 to Aalborg! United stunned!
    • 44' Tevez on the left, he's in and drags it into the middle but cleared before O'Shea can finish!
    • 31' Free-kick to the Danes on the right... the ball is swung over diagonally and United's defence are all at sea and Jacobsen is unmarked but at and angle so stoops to flick the ball with the back of his head and Kuszczak gets a hand on it but it creeps in! Aalborg level, a lovely little header but poor defending and Kuszczak really should have kept it out.
    • 9' Aalborg come forward this time but Saganoswki has no support... O'Shea gets the ball caught in his foot and he takes down Augustinssen but no penalty!
    • 5' United swarm forward again, Rooney plays a great angled pass in for Tevez who is free again and must score a second but somehow puts it wide of Zaza's right-hand post! Should have been 2-0.
    • 3' Giggs slips a ball through the middle and Tevez is clean through and be smashes it past the keeper for 1-0! United off to a great start.
    • - Manchester United are already through to the last 16 and Aalborg have UEFA Cup football secured so this match is just about first place and top seeding for United - LIVE from 19:45!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Laurent Duhamel

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Rio Ferdinand

    Starting line-up

    • T. Kuszczak
    • G. Neville Substitution Out (77′)
    • J. Evans
    • R. Ferdinand
    • J. O'Shea
    • O. Anderson
    • D. Gibson Substitution Out (46′)
    • .. Nani
    • R. Giggs Substitution Out (46′)
    • W. Rooney Goal
    • C. Tevez Goal

    Subs

    • P. Scholes Substitution In46′
    • D. Fletcher
    • J. Park Substitution In46′
    • N. Vidic
    • B. Foster
    • R. Possebon
    • R. Da Silva Substitution In77′

    Injured

    • M. Carrick
    • C. Ronaldo

    Suspended

    None

  • Aalborg BK

    Manager: Allan Kuhn

    Captain: Thomas Augustinussen

    Starting line-up

    • K. Zaza
    • K. Bogelund
    • S. Olfers
    • M. Jakobsen Goal
    • M. Pedersen Substitution Out (76′)
    • T. Augustinussen
    • K. Risgaard
    • J. Curth Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (75′)
    • .. Due Substitution Out (66′)
    • T. Enevoldsen
    • M. Saganowski

    Subs

    • S. Nomvethe
    • J. Sorensen Substitution In76′
    • P. Kristensen Substitution In66′
    • L. Caca Substitution In75′
    • R. Schwartz
    • S. Braemer
    • K. Nielsen

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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