Aston Villa vs Manchester United
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Who won: Man United 2-1
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at Wembley Stadium. Goals for Aston Villa: James Milner (5' pen). Goals for Man United: Michael Owen (12') and Wayne Rooney (74').
Play by play
- 100'
Patrice Evra lifts the trophy and the United end erupts. Wembley blasts out some kind of soft rock anthem. Not sure about that....
- 99'
Now United start their march up to lift the trophy.
- 98'
Villa start the long walk up the stairs to get their medals. They will be wondering what might have been had Phil Dowd given Vidic a red card. They played well in spells but didn't create too much.
- 97'
I think we'll be hearing a lot more about the decision not to dismiss Vidic but he doesn't think he should have been sent off. He says Rooney is having a "magnificent season."
- 96'
Muted celebrations really from the United players but Villa's lot look suitably gutted. Rooney says scoring the winner was "an unbelievable feeling."
- 95'
FULL TIME. Manchester United have beaten Aston Villa to win the Carling Cup.
- 94'
Young finds a cross and Agbonlahor flicks it wide. That should be game over.
- 93'
Friedel's long punt is cleared by Evans. Throw in on the left. Time nearly up.
- 92'
The linesman's flag goes up for offside for some reason. Not entirely sure why.
- 91'
Villa throwing caution to the wind and leaving big gaps. Valencia tries to exploit them by running the length of the field and having a pop from wide but he can only find the side netting.
- 90'
Four minutes added....
- 88'
What a lovely little interchange from Villa, they spread it wide to Downing who lofted it to the back post where Richard Dunne couldn't get enough on it to turn it home. Good opportunity.
- 87'
Gibson shows nice feet to get down the left wing and secure a corner.
- 86'
United have gone five in midfield now with Rooney dropping into that wide left position. Berbatov ploughs the lone furrow up top.
- 85'
Valencia now jinks into the area and lays it off to Berbatov but he skies his effort well over the bar. Final United change: Park off, Gibson on.
- 84'
Rooney skips round Warnock and crosses with outside of his right boot but Collins clears before Fletcher can meet it, then Berbatov got in on goal down the left side but slipped at the crucial moment.
- 83'
Dunne met the header but he was climbing all over his marker Berbatov. Phil Dowd awards United a free kick.
- 81'
Now Rooney is accused of handball as the corner hit him in the stomach. Nothing doing but Villa win another corner.
- 80'
Dunne has gone up front for Villa and as a Downing cross comes in, Collins was in there but it flicked up off Vidic and Kuszczak is forced into a good save.
- 79'
Villa change: Carew on, Cuellar off.
- 78'
Brilliant touch from Fletcher to control a long ball in the area but his spin across the face is met by Dunne rather than a red shirt.
- 77'
Rooney's hit the post! Yet another Valencia cross to the back post, a free header for the striker but though he beats Friedel the ball comes back off the upright.
- 76'
Rooney finds Valencia in space on the right and his first time cross is narrowly ahead of Berbatov and Friedel claims.
- 75'
Another Valencia cross, another Rooney header. A huge blow for Villa but they still have 15 minutes to rescue something.
- 74'
Good work down the right between Berbatov and Valencia, the winger crosses and Rooney's looping header drops over Friedel and into the net.
