- 78'
The game goes through something of a stale patch until Ronaldo brings the crowd to life with a couple of tricks.
- 75'
Brown lures in two players and flicks the ball to Rooney, whose return pass is too far ahead of the defender. Brown has been impressive tonight.
- 74'
Juninho whips a 30-yard freekick up and over Carroll's bar. He should have done much better with that effort.
- 73'
Rooney tussles with Reveillere. The youngster's shot hits the Lyon keeper.....but the flag is up for offside in any case.
- 72'
Lyon follow suit and replace Nimar with Bergougnoux - another striker.
- 71'
United make a change. Van Nistelrooy is replaced by Fletcher.
- 70'
A loose pass from Scholes means Keane, who has already been booked, has to foul the Lyon forward. He escapes another card.
- 69'
Essien brings it clear and looks for Frau. Heinze dumps the striker to the ground with a robust challenge in the box. The ref waves away the penalty protests.
- 67'
Ronaldo breaks for United. The winger cuts in from the flank and draws a good block from Puydebois with a rasping drive.
- 66'
United have dominated for ten minutes but Lyon will not submit and have stopped the red tide.
- 65'
Ronaldo races down the flank, hurdles Berthod's desperate lunge and crosses. Van Nistelrooy is beaten to the near post by the Lyon keeper.
- 64'
Smith gets taken down. Keane retaliates and gets booked.
- 63'
Heinze hoists the ball high into the box. Cris' header drops as far as Scholes, whose shot hits a defender and bounces clear.
- 62'
United have slowed the game down.
- 61'
Ronaldo sidesteps down the flank like a crab, unfortunately a crustacean could have delivered the same quality cross.
- 60'
Former Arsenal striker Wiltord takes to the pitch accompanied by a series of boos and hisses from the home crowd.
- 59'
And that is Govou's last action of the match, he is replaced by Wiltord.
- 58'
Lyon probe. Diarra lofts the ball over the United defence for Govou, who volleys over the bar.
- 57'
United get a bit too inticate in defence so Carroll smashes the ball down the pitch.
- 56'
Liverpool have gone 1-0 down in Monaco.
- 55'
...Rooney scampers down the left, looks up and picks out Van Nistelrooy. Puydebois rushes off his line and Ruud watches his lob drop just wide.
- 54'
Essien holds off Smith's challenge as Lyon look to reply. But United break....
- 53'
Juninho lines-up a freekick. His shot beats the wall but is charged down by Silvestre - sparing Carroll from making a save.
- 52'
United have started the second-half well and have got themselves back in front.
- 51'
From the resulting corner Ferdinand dances past his defender, crosses to the back post and Van Nistelrooy heads into the back of the net. 2-1
- 50'
Brown slides it through to Rooney, who tries to scoop it past the keeper. Cris heads over his own bar.
- 49'
Lyon can't find a through-ball so Essien tries a long-range strike. Kenae blocks it.
- 48'
United have started the half well. Heinze crosses and Smith concedes a foul in his desperation to reach the pass.
- 47'
Ronaldo wins a freekick in the leftback area. The winger takes it himself and Scholes' shot is blocked for a corner.
- 46'
Wes Brown has replaced Neville and his first part in the action is to smash a shot just wide of the post.
All square at the break. Lyon have played well and probably deserved their equaliser, but United did not deserve to concede in the manner they did.
- 45'
That's the end of the half. 1-1, thanks to a Neville blast and a Carroll clanger.
- 44'
Rooney keeps getting time and space in between the defence and midfield but hasn't made them pay....as yet.
- 43'
Rooney picks it up in space, drives into the box and is finally crowded out by three defenders.
- 42'
Van Nistelrooy is isolated, but the Dutchman wins a corner. United play it short and the chance is wasted.
- 41'
Smith's deep cross is cut out by Diatta, who has been immense at centre-back.
- 40'
Ronaldo breaks down the left. He hangs up a cross for Van Nistelrooy but Puydebois claws the ball away with his fingertips.
- 39'
An absolute howler from Carroll. He simply let the strike go right through him.
- 38'
Diarra smacks a 25-yard shot straight at Carroll....but the keeper fumbles and the ball trickles over the line for the equaliser. 1-1
- 37'
Rooney battles his way past three defenders but the fourth, Cris, makes the tackle.
- 36'
United are keeping Lyon in their own half. Juninho breaks, shapes to shoot instead attempts to roll a cheeky ball into Frau's path. Silvestre clears.
- 35'
Keane mops up after a United attack breaksdown.
- 34'
Juninho sets Frau free with a delightful ball in behind Neville. Ferdinand comes over to cover and Frau hits his shot straight at Carroll. He should have done better.
- 33'
Rooney ghosts in from the left, drives into the box and fires off a shot that draws 'oooos' from the crowd.
- 32'
Ronaldo forces Diarra into a mistake. He has Van Nistelrooy waiting in the middle for a quick cross but the winger delays and the chance goes begging.
- 31'
Scholes scoops a pass to Heinze, who has crept into the box. The Argentine's cross is poor and Berthod can bring the ball clear.
- 30'
Juniho hits it long for Govou but the ball is too straight and bounces through to Carroll. Neither team can create a chance at the moment.
- 29'
United's turn to probe. Rooney's loose pass is cut out. Scholes looks to win it back and concedes a freekick.
- 28'
Heinze breaks up a Lyon attack. Frau probes down the left but there is no way through there either. Good defending.
- 27'
Smith leaps to flick the ball on to Rooney, whose snap shot whistles inches wide of the post.
- 26'
A slick United move involving Smith and Van Nistelrooy is halted by the offside flag.
- 25'
The Old Trafford crowd have finally found their voices. Ronaldo skips past two and hits a long-range shot over the bar.
- 24'
Rooney drives at the defence and looks to slip the a pass through to Van Nistelrooy. Diatta cuts it out on the edge of the box.
- 23'
Lyon have responded well to going a goal behind. United are having to soak up some pressure.
- 22'
Frau and Silvestre both fallover on the edge of the box. The defender recovers quickest and shepherds the ball back to Carroll.
- 21'
Berthod sends Govou racing down the flank. The forward crosses from the left but Carroll watches the ball drift out of play.
- 20'
Lyon play keep ball.
- 19'
Neville follows up and lashes the ball into the back of the net from about 5-yards out. An excellent move with a scrappy finish. 1-0 United.
- 18'
Ronaldo one-two with Neville. Smith breaks down the right and whips in a low cross. Van Nistelrooy must score....but Lyon clear off the line.
- 17'
Neville stuns the ball for Ferdinand, who has to rush his clearence and gives a quizzical look at Neville.
- 16'
Frau looks for Govou on the left. Rooney, filling in at leftback, manages to deal with the danger.
- 15'
Smith hits the deck from Diarra'a challenge - a soft foul is awarded. Keane takes it quickly to Scholes, who skews his shot wide.
- 14'
Essien's mis-hit long-range shot rolls wide of Carroll's post.
- 14'
Keane picks out Ronaldo, who uses Neville on the overlap. The rightback whips in a cross and Cris heads clear.
- 13'
Lyon are on the back foot after an impressive first few minutes. Smith tracks Juninho and makes a good tackle.
- 12'
Rooney works himself some space, puts Reveillere on his bum and smacks a 30-yard shot against the post. So close to the opener!
- 12'
Ferdinand heads across the box. Puydebois gathers in the Lyon goal.
- 11'
Heinze floats in a cross. Smith fails to bring the ball down cleanly but it drops to Ronaldo. Cris makes a last ditch tackle and concedes a corner.
- 10'
United are getting into the game after a slow start.
- 9'
..Keane rolls it short to Ronaldo, who fires in a wicked shot. Diatta throws himself in front of the shot and winds himself.
- 8'
Ronaldo draws a foul from Juninho - on the corner of the box......
- 8'
Ferdinand rashly dives into the tackle, Nimar skips past him. The youngster whips in a cross but Carroll races of his line to collect.
- 6'
Ronaldo, Smith, Van Nistelrooy feints on the edge of the box. Scholes rides Diatta's desperate challenge and fires his shot high and wide. A good chance and he could have gone down for a penalty.
- 5'
Rooney latches onto a loose ball but his first touch is heavy and Diatta clears.
- 4'
Lyon have made a good start. Essien beats Keane once more but the midfielder recovers to block his shot.
- 3'
Good start by the visitors. Smith replies with a copycat move but his volley dips over the bar.
- 2'
Essien shrugs off Keane, chests the ball down and his snap shot is deflected wide of Carroll's left-hand post.
- 2'
Berthod gets forward. Ronaldo tracks the fullback and makes a good tackle in the box.
- 1'
Reveillere pumps it down the line for Lyon. If that is the French team's tactics for tonight I don't think they will get much out of the game.
- 1'
A strong United team get the game underway. Giggs misses out due to a hamstring injury.
Lyon: Puydebois, Reveillere, Diatta, Cris, Berthold, Diarra, Essien, Juninho, Govou, Frau, Nilmar.
Subs: Jaccard, Malouda, Bergougnoux, Wiltord, Clement, Gomez, Hima
Man Utd: Carroll, Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Heinze, Smith, Keane, Scholes, Ronaldo, Rooney, van Nistelrooy.
Subs: Howard, Brown, Bellion, Djemba-Djemba, O'Shea, Fletcher, Fortune.
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