Manchester United vs Celtic
Match pulse
MANAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Man United 3-2
Manchester United beat Celtic 3-2 on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at Old Trafford. Goals for Man United: Louis Saha (30' pen, 40') and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (47'). Goals for Celtic: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (21') and Shunsuke Nakamura (43').
Play by play
Celtic played well at Old Trafford and that will give them confidence when they face Coppenhagen and Benfica, who drew 0-0 tonight. United's win means they go top of the group.
That's it! The final whistle blows and United take all three points from an exhilarating match.
- 90'
One last chance for Celtic from a long throw. The centre-backs are up but it's a poor one and Neville heads clear at the near post.
- 89'
Neville takes his time over a throw as the clock runs down.
- 88'
Celtic load the box as Nakamura delivers a freekick from the right. United defend well and Naylor's cross from the left drifts out of play.
- 87'
Caldwell hoofs the ball up the pitch, but this time Ferdinand is equal to the challenge and heads clear.
- 85'
United make another substitution. Rooney goes off and on comes Richardson, who will take up a position on the left flank.
- 84'
Nakamura flicks the ball past Brown but Van Der Sar has read his intention and races off his line to deal with the danger.
- 83'
Saha is causing havoc to the Celtic defence. Caldwell heads towards his own goal and Boruc is forced to make the save of the game to spare the defender's blushes.
- 82'
United are happy to play keep-ball but the fans are chanting 'attack, attack, attack'.
- 79'
United will probably look to sit back and hit Celtic on the counter-attack now.
- 78'
United make a change. Scholes, who has been the best player on the pitch, is replaced by O'Shea.
- 77'
Gravesen sends Brown the wrong way and fires off a shot from the edge of the box. Van Der Sar is equal to the strike and concedes a corner.
- 76'
Rooney beats his man and cuts the ball back for Saha. Caldwell gets himself in a muddle as he attempts to clear and Boruc comes to the rescue.
- 75'
United have got wise to Miller's runs down the channel and that route to goal has dried up. Cetlic are putting in the effort but without posing too much of a threat.
- 73'
Boruc had no need to worry it was dire corner.
- 72'
United win a corner after Boruc carries the ball out of play...the keeper is furious, but it was a corner.
- 71'
A great touch from Nakamura allows McGready to drive at the United defence. The midfielder can't manufacture enough space for a strike at goal and his shot is easily blocked by Ferdinand.
- 70'
...Boruc reads Rooney's intentions and saves low to his left. A great save but Rooney should have scored.
- 69'
McManus takes too long on the ball and loses possession. Rooney skips past the last defender and is one on one with the keeper...
- 68'
Ferdinand races down the flank and drives a low pass across the face of the goal. Rooney sticks out a boot but somehow fails to put the ball in the net.
- 65'
Carrick gets chopped down as he flicks off a pass and then Saha goes down in the box under pressure from two Cetlic defenders. The ref sees nothing wrong.
- 64'
Saha is popping up all over the place. This time he drops deep and shoots over the bar from 30-yards....maybe he is getting a little excited now.
- 63'
Fletcher crosses from the right, Saha races into the box ahead of Rooney but his bullet header is saved by Boruc. Great move by United.
- 62'
Miller runs at the United defence and passes out wide for Vennegoor. There is very little support for the two strikers and Vennegoor's cross is easily dealt with.
Leaders
MANCEL 
