Lille vs Manchester United
Match pulse
LILLAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Lille 1-0
Lille beat Manchester United 1-0 on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at Stade Grimonprez-Jooris. Goals for Lille: Milenko Acimovic (38').
Play by play
- 90'
It was awful from United. Hesitant in defence, sloppy in midfield and static up front. Troubled times indeed
- 90'
It was Lille's first goal in the Champions League this season - and only their second ever victory in the competition. They certainly deserved the three points
- 90'
And that's it, the final whistle goes. With Villarreal winning at Benfica, United drop out of the two qualification places
- 90'
Gygax thinks he has the chance to run the ball into the corner - he's offside and United get it back
- 90'
The Lille fans start to make some noise at last, cheering every tackle
- 90'
Two minutes for United to find a very, very unlikely equaliser
- 90'
Chalme wins the ball from Rooney - and the Lille man stays down as though Rooney has stamped on his leg. Disgraceful and, quite simply, cheating
- 90'
Another change for United - a bit too late now surely - as Guiseppe Rossi replaces Cristiano Ronaldo
- 89'
Rooney shows his infamous frustration, kicking the ball away and entering the book
- 88'
Lille pick up another free-kick, well inside the United 35-yards out. The first shot is blocked and Tafforeau fires the rebound into outer space
- 87'
United look a beaten team now - but they've looked like that for most of the game
- 86'
United again lose the ball in attack, Cabaye able to break. Predictably he goes for the shot from distance and puts it over
- 85'
A final change for Lille as Peter Odemwingie is on for Matt Moussilou
- 84'
...Park's shot is dragged wide, but the ref should have brought the game back for the free-kick, with the South Korean pulled off balance. Great pass from Van Nistelrooy
- 84'
Van Nistelrooy slips Park through the centre, he's been tugged and pulled but still gets the shot in...
- 83'
...and like the rest of this forgettable game for United, Rooney's shot is sliced and flies off towards the corner flag.
- 82'
Rooney finally get the ball on the edge of the box, he cuts back inside and it's a perfect Rooney moment...
- 81'
Rooney gets past Tavlaridis, tries to stay on his feet then crumples when the ball runs away - the ref's not impressed but neither is Rooney
- 80'
Silvestre goes into the book for arguing with Chalme, strange decision
- 79'
Silvestre is penalised for going in too hard on Debuchy, free-kick. Lille happy to take their time
- 78'
Another change for Lille - Daniel Gygax comes on for Geoffrey Dernis
- 77'
Van Nistelrooy wants a penalty from a strong challenge by Schmitz - he won't get that
- 76'
Rooney's done almost nothing in this game, the midfield has been weak and uninventive and, again, the defence culpable
- 75'
A change for Lille as goalscorer Milenko Acimovic leaves to huge applause. He's replaced by 19-year-old Yohan Cabaye
- 74'
Rooney tries to find Ronaldo on the right - it's a regulation pass 10-15 yards and Rooney gets it completely wrong - well underhit. Shocking
