Rooney Leads Milan Route

Manchester United 4 - AC Milan 0
Scorers
Manchester United: Rooney (13, 46), Park (59), Fletcher (87)

Team: Van der Sar, Rio, Vidic, Nevilla (Rafael 66), Evra, Scholes (Gibson 73), Fletcher, Park, Valencia, Nani, Rooney (Berbatov 66)

If the last result at the San Siro was epic, this one was even better. Milan needed to score two goals to overturn the deficit from the first leg and early in the game came strongly at us. Much like the first leg, we endured a fast and frantic open few minutes before calming down considerably. And much against the run of play, Neville crossed a superb ball and Rooney headed in his third header against Milan.

Milan were stunned and shocked into submission. With a mountain to climb, their early enthusiasm fizzled out and we began to control the game with Scholes and Fletcher running the show in midfield.

Any signs of Milan making a miracle comeback was completely dashed when Nani flicked an exquisite ball with the outside of the foot to the on rushing Rooney to give us a 2-goal advantage early in the second half. Milan were truely dead and buried.

Shortly after, Park added a third after Scholes had put him thru. Milan's response was a classy one. Leonardo brought Beckham on to the loud applause of the Old Trafford crowd. It provided an entertaining sideshow from the main event which was effectively over.

Sideshow Beckham almost scored a scorcher of a goal when he connected beautifully with the ball. It would have brought the roof down, but it went straight at Van der Sar. Instead it was Fletcher, the man who replaced Beckham on the right flank when he departed, that got on the score sheet instead. He dived and met Rafael's cross, making it an emphatic scoreline for the men in red.

The early goal did wonders to our confidence. Once we had established ourselves in the game, we were bossing proceedings. Milan had no answer to Rooney and Park. There were times in the second half that we looked like toying with Milan. If we wanted, we could have really made Milan look very bad. Instead, we spent most of the time murking around with Nani and Valencia wasting possession, but no blame attached to them as the game was handily won. Under such circumstances, the lads were allowed to have a bit of fun. As a fan watching the game, I was certainly entertained.

At the back, Rio and Vidic once again reminded everyone just what a good partnership and understanding they have. Together with Van der Sar, it formed a solid solid backline that could very well win us both the league title and with a considerable amount of luck, the Champions League as well.