Manchester United against Internazionale

Rooney - who was starting to look a bit too fired-up - is subbed. He leaves the game and Park Ji-Sung comes on.

Ronaldo drills a freekick straight at Cesar who parries the shot wide - great power in Ronaldo's drive.

Inter are having no luck - Figo is ruled to have fouled Anderson when if anything it was the other way round. Bad decision

Freekick to United for a foul by Cordoba on Berbatov

Anderson and Rooney combine to out-muscle Zanetti

Ten to go and with no Inter rabbits having appeared it looks bleak for the Italians.

Zlatan with a half-hearted toe-poke on Van der Sar's goal - so lame was the effort you thought there was an offside call... strange.

That said Adriano looks interested and dangerous, dropping deep to win the ball and fighting for his side; shame no-one else is right now.

The wind is out of Inter's sails; strangely for a Mourinho side they look robbed of all belief and confidence.

In other games Porto are going through on away goals - as it stands - they are 0-0 on the night with Atletico Madrid after a 2-2 draw in the first leg. Extra-time and penalties beckon for Arsenal who are 1-down on the night but 1-1 on aggregate with Roma. Barca are going through 5-3 on aggregate against Lyon - 4-2 on the night to the Catalan side. And, the one you all want to know: Barnsley Reserves beat Bradford Reserves 2-1.

Somehow Zlatan manages, instead of heading the ball into the goal, to let the ball hit him in the face a cannon wide of the goal. Evra mis-timed the jump letting the striker in, but Inter's Swede got it all wrong - a comical, but costly mess.

Berbatov threads a perfectly angled ball through for Ronaldo, but the pace on the pass is too strong for the Portuguese and Cesar claims the ball - nice idea.

About 20mins to go and unless Inter pull an extraordinary rabbit out of an unlikely looking hat United will be in the Champions League quarter-finals.

A freekick is Inter's and a yellowcard is Rooney's for a lunge on the galloping Maicon.

A change for United, too. Scholes has done his work for the night and he is applauded off as Anderson replaces him.

Indeed it is Balotelli who makes way as Inter bring on Luis Figo - remember him?

Evra looks a little unhappy to be clattered into by a grumpy looking Balotelli

Another change looks to be coming for Inter - Mourinho's last roll of the dice...

Inter break and Santon drives a shot - again from range - on the United goal, but Van der Sar is untroubled by the effort as it flies high and wide

Scholes claims a handball after the ball ricochets a couple of times on the edge of the box

Berbatov of all people is there at the back of the United box to head clear - United break

Corner for Inter

After a 20-30 pass build-up Rooney lauches an exocet-like shot from 30 yards, but Cesar has it covered.

And now its United's turn to probe the massed ranks of Inter players as they keep possession and look for a gap.

United have every man in their own half absorbing the Inter possession almost daring them to try and play through them. Risky tactic?

Handball given against Zlatan - hardly intentioanl, but the rules are the rules. Sometimes.

The Brazilian was only on the pitch for a minute before he was coming close to a goal; his flying half-volley clipping the post and rebounding across the face of goal after a great cross from Cambiasso. Lucky escape for United

Adriano hits the post!

A change for Inter: Stankovic is off and on is Adriano.

Balotelli and again is on the deck, this time after getting a whack on the side of the head from that man O'Shea, the Irishman is on thin ice.

A neat touch and turn by Zlatan takes him by Vidic and towards the byline where he clips a ball back into the danger area only for Van der Sar to pluck the ball from the air.

A quiet moment in the game as United have a breather and Inter try to compose themselves. Fergie will want the pace upped at the soonest opportunity.

Shoot he does but the wall absorbs the drive and Inter escape. Quiet night from Ronaldo - except for the goal!! - we've not seen his tradmark skills, runs, or indeed, dives. Instead the action has been on the other flank and with Giggs

Booking for Walter Samuel for a body-check on Ronaldo in a central position 35 yards out - Ronaldo will shoot from the freekick

Ronaldo goes to ground under a challenge from Balotelli - ironic, one diver to another.

Inter's response has not been all that Mourinho may have hoped for - they appear shell-shocked rather than stung into action

The perfect start for United: Inter now need two.

Great work again by Giggs in the build up as he drove in from wide leaving defenders in his wake before feeding the ball to Scholes who in turn found Rooney.

Great work from Rooney who resisted the temptation to shoot and instead cut inside and clipped a ball into the six-yard box where Ronaldo arrived at just the right moment to beat Cesar.

Ronaldo scores!!!

United need to regain the tempo and accuracy of their passing; in the first part of the opening 45mins Inter could not cope, but the Italian's grew in confidence as United's pace and passing accuracy dropped.

Inter open brightly with Balotelli shooting from the corner of the United box; the shot was wide, but the visitors starting where the left off.

The only change ahead of the second half feels like Mourinho admitting a mistake: Vieira is off and Muntari comes on in his stead.

And that's the half. Compelling stuff! United got off to a superb start, but Inter battled back into the game and could have scored one of three good chances. They are not to be underestimated. Keep it here for the second half.

Rooney bursts through the middle of the pitch, collects the ball and drive towards goal but his shot flies just wide of the goal after cutting his foot through the ball.

Maicon escapes the attentions of Evra and lashes a shot on Van der Sar's goal; Inter restricted to long-range efforts, but the danger signs are there.

United looking a bit more gathered and composed; with defence and midfield together. They've been pulled apart in the last 15 mins

Balotelli overhits a pass for Zlatan and this time the Inter players look at their man and wonder what on earth that pass was trying to be.

United's advantage looking more and more precarious as Inter begin to pull the strings.

Balotelli sends a pass towards Zlatan who collects it, bears down on Van der Sar's goal but pulls his shot a foot wide of the keepers far post - great chance. Inter should be level and probably deserve to be after getting right back into the game.

O'Shea misses a great chance to make it two-nil. After great work from Giggs and Rooney found O'Shea one-on-one the defender failed to either see Berbatov unmarked to his left or to clip the ball over Cesar instead passing it into the keepers chest - great move, great chance, bad miss.

Stankovic tests Van der Sar with a great dipping, swerving shot with the outside of his boot. VdS saves and turns the ball out, but the ref and linesman miss it and award a United goalkick. Stankovic not happy.

Ronaldo pounces on a loose ball to inject some much needed pace into the game just as it flagged.

Giggs is having a superb game; having cut in from the left wing he took the ball through the middle of the park before slipping a ball into Rooney. Great stuff from the veteran.

Balotelli this time is fouled by O'Shea who cuts the right-sided forward down with a clumsy, ill-timed foul. The United man lucky not to be booked.

Vieira clips Giggs and United have a freekick; which is taken quickly and wasted

Remember just one goal from Inter would be enough to see them through; 1-1 on the night after the goal-less draw in the first leg hands Inter a lifeline. United will have to be on guard, and really could do with another goal to be comfortable.

Zlatan heads a Maicon freekick down into the deck, it ricochets up and off the bar of Van der Sar's goal. It was a free header after Ferdinand's slip and Inter really should be level.

Santon tries his luck with a rampaging run from deep which ends with him collecting a one-two a lashing a shot wildly wide. United have taken the foot of the gas and Inter are looking more comfortable and more dangerous.

Berba-watch - he looks fine. The ankle seems to be holding fine. He's not doing the work of Rooney, but looks lively enough.

Scholes apologies after losing the ball. United won it back through Evra; Vidic gives the ginger middle man some forthright feedback

Yet again Balotelli goes down under the merest of touches from O'Shea.

Carrick and Scholes are being left alone to pick their passes - why are Zanetti and Vieira not hustling them, forcing errors?

No matter, the ref blows for a foul in the penalty area for Inter pushing and United are safe

Corner for Inter - Vidic claims he was pushed.

You have to admire the workrate from Rooney - always prepared to track back and defend from the front, pressuring midfielders

Inter find themselves in United territory passing the ball about; for the first time they are probing for weaknesses having so been restricted to counter-attacks

Giggs is getting a lot of joy down the left flank as right-back Maicon gets caught out in attacking positions

Backs-to-the-wall defending from Inter as Giggs carves them open to present a half-chance for Berbatov

Zlatan Ibrahimovich gets the same treatment after O'Shea blocked his run. Inter's Swedish striker went to ground and demanded a freekick on the edge of the box - nothing doing.

Giggs is unhappy that his run into the box was blocked by an Inter defender - by checking the run Giggs was unable to collect a return pass from Rooney and a chance went begging. Ref not interested.

Rooney and Giggs graft hard to create a chance for Ronaldo who tries a volley on the turn, but gets it horribly wrong as the ball flies toward the upper tier.

Again the freekick comes to nothing as United marshal their defence to deal with the lofted ball. The freekick was too far out to be a present a viable shot-on-goal opportunity, but O'Shea will have to be a bit more careful handling Balotelli; if he goes down nearer the edge of the box there could be real danger.

Balotelli again goes down under a fair tackle from O'Shea - generous from the ref

Maicon overlaps on the right wing after colelcting a ball from Santon - that could be the danger for United; attacks down the flanks, though wide attacks are not Mourinho hallmarks

Van der Sar claims the floated-in freekick and United handle the first real threat.

Balotelli wins a freekick halfway inside the United half after bumping into John O'Shea. A weak call, but a dangerous moment for United...

Carrick and Scholes so far bossing the midfield, getting the better of Cambiasso, Vieira and Zanetti - they need to get on the offensive if they are to stymie United, but the home side are relentless in their pressure.

Goal in Rome - Roma are no level on aggregate with Arsenal thanks to Juan's close-range shot.

Ahead of the game there was a worry that Berbatov would not start; he limped off during the warm-up having fallen and tweaked his ankle. But the Bulgarian starts and looks OK, at least so far.

United's goal means we can't have extra-time, meaning the pressure is really on Inter to attack. It's the best possible start for the game.

Great noise and atmosphere being generated by the Old Trafford fans, clearly loving getting the advantage over Mourinho's side.

What a start by United, do Inter and Mourinho have an answer? Anything Liverpool can do, United can do better it seems.

Giggs' whipped corner was met by Nemanja Vidic who captilasing on a slip from Patrick Vieira jumped met the ball unhindered and powered the header home. 1-0 United. Game on.

Goal to United!!!

Julio Cesar claims the ball and Inter get a breather - frenetic stuff from United who are looking to put this one to bed early with a shock and awe approach - another corner.

Corner to United - can they start like Liverpool last night?

Inter defending deep and in numbers. They manage to smother a United foray that seemed certain to end in a shot from Rooney

High tempo start as United ping the passes

Referee Wolfgang Stark from Germany blows the whistle and we're underway

So Jose Mourinho has recalled Patrick Vieira for the second leg of the Champions League last-16 clash, offering the former Arsenal captain the chance to re-establish hostilities with United. Is it a stroke of genius or an act of folly? We'll find out soon enough; kick-off in 15mins...

And for Inter Milan: Inter Milan: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Cordoba, Samuel, Santon, Zanetti, Cambiasso, Vieira, Stankovic, Ibrahimovic, Balotelli. And on the bench: Toldo, Maxwell, Figo, Cruz, Adriano, Muntari, Rivas.

The team news is in. First the hosts, Manchester United: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov. The subs: Foster,Anderson, Park, Evans, Fletcher, Gibson, Tevez.

Join us at 1945UK to see if Fergie and Manchester United can get one over on Jose and his injury ravaged Inter Milan side at Old Trafford.

A freekick is Inter's and a yellowcard is Rooney's for a lunge on the galloping Maicon.

A change for United, too. Scholes has done his work for the night and he is applauded off as Anderson replaces him.

Indeed it is Balotelli who makes way as Inter bring on Luis Figo - remember him?

Evra looks a little unhappy to be clattered into by a grumpy looking Balotelli

Another change looks to be coming for Inter - Mourinho's last roll of the dice...

Inter break and Santon drives a shot - again from range - on the United goal, but Van der Sar is untroubled by the effort as it flies high and wide

Scholes claims a handball after the ball ricochets a couple of times on the edge of the box

Berbatov of all people is there at the back of the United box to head clear - United break

Corner for Inter

After a 20-30 pass build-up Rooney lauches an exocet-like shot from 30 yards, but Cesar has it covered.

And now its United's turn to probe the massed ranks of Inter players as they keep possession and look for a gap.

United have every man in their own half absorbing the Inter possession almost daring them to try and play through them. Risky tactic?

Handball given against Zlatan - hardly intentioanl, but the rules are the rules. Sometimes.

The Brazilian was only on the pitch for a minute before he was coming close to a goal; his flying half-volley clipping the post and rebounding across the face of goal after a great cross from Cambiasso. Lucky escape for United

Adriano hits the post!

A change for Inter: Stankovic is off and on is Adriano.

Balotelli and again is on the deck, this time after getting a whack on the side of the head from that man O'Shea, the Irishman is on thin ice.

A neat touch and turn by Zlatan takes him by Vidic and towards the byline where he clips a ball back into the danger area only for Van der Sar to pluck the ball from the air.

A quiet moment in the game as United have a breather and Inter try to compose themselves. Fergie will want the pace upped at the soonest opportunity.

Shoot he does but the wall absorbs the drive and Inter escape. Quiet night from Ronaldo - except for the goal!! - we've not seen his tradmark skills, runs, or indeed, dives. Instead the action has been on the other flank and with Giggs

Booking for Walter Samuel for a body-check on Ronaldo in a central position 35 yards out - Ronaldo will shoot from the freekick

Ronaldo goes to ground under a challenge from Balotelli - ironic, one diver to another.

Inter's response has not been all that Mourinho may have hoped for - they appear shell-shocked rather than stung into action

The perfect start for United: Inter now need two.

Great work again by Giggs in the build up as he drove in from wide leaving defenders in his wake before feeding the ball to Scholes who in turn found Rooney.

Great work from Rooney who resisted the temptation to shoot and instead cut inside and clipped a ball into the six-yard box where Ronaldo arrived at just the right moment to beat Cesar.

Ronaldo scores!!!

United need to regain the tempo and accuracy of their passing; in the first part of the opening 45mins Inter could not cope, but the Italian's grew in confidence as United's pace and passing accuracy dropped.

Inter open brightly with Balotelli shooting from the corner of the United box; the shot was wide, but the visitors starting where the left off.

The only change ahead of the second half feels like Mourinho admitting a mistake: Vieira is off and Muntari comes on in his stead.

And that's the half. Compelling stuff! United got off to a superb start, but Inter battled back into the game and could have scored one of three good chances. They are not to be underestimated. Keep it here for the second half.

Rooney bursts through the middle of the pitch, collects the ball and drive towards goal but his shot flies just wide of the goal after cutting his foot through the ball.

Maicon escapes the attentions of Evra and lashes a shot on Van der Sar's goal; Inter restricted to long-range efforts, but the danger signs are there.

United looking a bit more gathered and composed; with defence and midfield together. They've been pulled apart in the last 15 mins

Balotelli overhits a pass for Zlatan and this time the Inter players look at their man and wonder what on earth that pass was trying to be.

United's advantage looking more and more precarious as Inter begin to pull the strings.

Balotelli sends a pass towards Zlatan who collects it, bears down on Van der Sar's goal but pulls his shot a foot wide of the keepers far post - great chance. Inter should be level and probably deserve to be after getting right back into the game.

O'Shea misses a great chance to make it two-nil. After great work from Giggs and Rooney found O'Shea one-on-one the defender failed to either see Berbatov unmarked to his left or to clip the ball over Cesar instead passing it into the keepers chest - great move, great chance, bad miss.

Stankovic tests Van der Sar with a great dipping, swerving shot with the outside of his boot. VdS saves and turns the ball out, but the ref and linesman miss it and award a United goalkick. Stankovic not happy.

Ronaldo pounces on a loose ball to inject some much needed pace into the game just as it flagged.

Giggs is having a superb game; having cut in from the left wing he took the ball through the middle of the park before slipping a ball into Rooney. Great stuff from the veteran.

Balotelli this time is fouled by O'Shea who cuts the right-sided forward down with a clumsy, ill-timed foul. The United man lucky not to be booked.

Vieira clips Giggs and United have a freekick; which is taken quickly and wasted

Remember just one goal from Inter would be enough to see them through; 1-1 on the night after the goal-less draw in the first leg hands Inter a lifeline. United will have to be on guard, and really could do with another goal to be comfortable.

Zlatan heads a Maicon freekick down into the deck, it ricochets up and off the bar of Van der Sar's goal. It was a free header after Ferdinand's slip and Inter really should be level.

Santon tries his luck with a rampaging run from deep which ends with him collecting a one-two a lashing a shot wildly wide. United have taken the foot of the gas and Inter are looking more comfortable and more dangerous.

Berba-watch - he looks fine. The ankle seems to be holding fine. He's not doing the work of Rooney, but looks lively enough.

Scholes apologies after losing the ball. United won it back through Evra; Vidic gives the ginger middle man some forthright feedback

Yet again Balotelli goes down under the merest of touches from O'Shea.

Carrick and Scholes are being left alone to pick their passes - why are Zanetti and Vieira not hustling them, forcing errors?

No matter, the ref blows for a foul in the penalty area for Inter pushing and United are safe

Corner for Inter - Vidic claims he was pushed.

You have to admire the workrate from Rooney - always prepared to track back and defend from the front, pressuring midfielders

Inter find themselves in United territory passing the ball about; for the first time they are probing for weaknesses having so been restricted to counter-attacks

Giggs is getting a lot of joy down the left flank as right-back Maicon gets caught out in attacking positions

Backs-to-the-wall defending from Inter as Giggs carves them open to present a half-chance for Berbatov

Zlatan Ibrahimovich gets the same treatment after O'Shea blocked his run. Inter's Swedish striker went to ground and demanded a freekick on the edge of the box - nothing doing.

Giggs is unhappy that his run into the box was blocked by an Inter defender - by checking the run Giggs was unable to collect a return pass from Rooney and a chance went begging. Ref not interested.

Rooney and Giggs graft hard to create a chance for Ronaldo who tries a volley on the turn, but gets it horribly wrong as the ball flies toward the upper tier.

Again the freekick comes to nothing as United marshal their defence to deal with the lofted ball. The freekick was too far out to be a present a viable shot-on-goal opportunity, but O'Shea will have to be a bit more careful handling Balotelli; if he goes down nearer the edge of the box there could be real danger.

Balotelli again goes down under a fair tackle from O'Shea - generous from the ref

Maicon overlaps on the right wing after colelcting a ball from Santon - that could be the danger for United; attacks down the flanks, though wide attacks are not Mourinho hallmarks

Van der Sar claims the floated-in freekick and United handle the first real threat.

Balotelli wins a freekick halfway inside the United half after bumping into John O'Shea. A weak call, but a dangerous moment for United...

Carrick and Scholes so far bossing the midfield, getting the better of Cambiasso, Vieira and Zanetti - they need to get on the offensive if they are to stymie United, but the home side are relentless in their pressure.

Goal in Rome - Roma are no level on aggregate with Arsenal thanks to Juan's close-range shot.

Ahead of the game there was a worry that Berbatov would not start; he limped off during the warm-up having fallen and tweaked his ankle. But the Bulgarian starts and looks OK, at least so far.

United's goal means we can't have extra-time, meaning the pressure is really on Inter to attack. It's the best possible start for the game.

Great noise and atmosphere being generated by the Old Trafford fans, clearly loving getting the advantage over Mourinho's side.

What a start by United, do Inter and Mourinho have an answer? Anything Liverpool can do, United can do better it seems.

Giggs' whipped corner was met by Nemanja Vidic who captilasing on a slip from Patrick Vieira jumped met the ball unhindered and powered the header home. 1-0 United. Game on.

Goal to United!!!

Julio Cesar claims the ball and Inter get a breather - frenetic stuff from United who are looking to put this one to bed early with a shock and awe approach - another corner.

Corner to United - can they start like Liverpool last night?

Inter defending deep and in numbers. They manage to smother a United foray that seemed certain to end in a shot from Rooney

High tempo start as United ping the passes

Referee Wolfgang Stark from Germany blows the whistle and we're underway

So Jose Mourinho has recalled Patrick Vieira for the second leg of the Champions League last-16 clash, offering the former Arsenal captain the chance to re-establish hostilities with United. Is it a stroke of genius or an act of folly? We'll find out soon enough; kick-off in 15mins...

And for Inter Milan: Inter Milan: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Cordoba, Samuel, Santon, Zanetti, Cambiasso, Vieira, Stankovic, Ibrahimovic, Balotelli. And on the bench: Toldo, Maxwell, Figo, Cruz, Adriano, Muntari, Rivas.

The team news is in. First the hosts, Manchester United: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov. The subs: Foster,Anderson, Park, Evans, Fletcher, Gibson, Tevez.

Join us at 1945UK to see if Fergie and Manchester United can get one over on Jose and his injury ravaged Inter Milan side at Old Trafford.