Manchester United vs Maccabi Haifa
Who won: Man United 5-2
Manchester United beat Maccabi Haifa 5-2 on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 at Old Trafford. Goals for Man United: Ryan Giggs (10'), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (35'), Juan Sebastián Verón (46'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (54') and Diego Forlán (89' pen). Goals for Maccabi Haifa: Yaniv Katan (8') and Raffi Cohen (85').
Play by play
- 91'
Giggs, Solskjaer, Veron, Van Nistelrooy and, believe it or not, Forlan got the goals in an expected home win - but a tougher test awaits in Leverkusen next week.
- 91'
And that's the end of it - Manchester United have won 5-2 and, after the early hiccup of Katan's goal, it was comfortable for United
- 89'
And after a scramble, Ricardo can finally clear for United. They're still not looking solid in defence, though
- 88'
Cohen turns Ferdinand again - but the England man gets back to tackle well. But the ball only falls to Rosso, whose shot is headed behind by Ferdinand
- 86'
Forlan begs Beckham to let him take it - and Beckham accedes. He steps up and finally, finally, in his 27th game the £6.9 million man has scored!
- 86'
Ejiofor brings down beckham in the box with a clumsy challenge - penalty
- 86'
Awat comes out to claim from Veron as United look for a fifth - but Sir Alex Ferguson must be worried they have conceded twice tonight
- 85'
Cohen is played in by Rosso and accelerates past his marker, Ferdinand, to poke the ball past Ricardo - 4-2 and Haifa have scored again!
- 83'
Treatment for Israilevich, who came off worst in a challenge with Pugh
- 81'
Vralia fires a cross-shot across goal. It takes a minor deflection off O'Shea for Haifa's first corner - which Ferdinand heads away
- 80'
5-2 in Athens now - can Leverkusen come back? Haifa are unlikely to.
- 79'
Badir chips the ball over the top for the on-rushing Cohen - but Ricardo beats him to the ball
- 77'
Silvestre's deep cross earns another corner but the visitors clear
- 76'
A rare Haifa attack is broken up by Pugh's tackle on Katan
- 76'
It's the end for Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Danny Pugh, 19, comes on for his debut
- 75'
Leverkusen are 5-1 behind now - who would have expected that?
- 74'
Forlan whacks one from 25 yards - but straight at Awat.
- 74'
It's very easy for United now. They really could score five or six here.
- 73'
Haifa's final change - Cohen replaces Harazi
- 73'
Beckham crosses, the unmarked Forlan peels off - and heads over
- 72'
Veron wins United another corner - that's 11 tonight so far
- 72'
Great shot by Phil Neville - he nearly hit the linesman...
- 71'
Beckham's deep cross is headed behind by Harazi - another corner
- 70'
Beckham whips in a low cross - but it's just too far ahead of Forlan and Awat claims
- 69'
Ricardo's first touch for Manchester United - and it was a good one after Silvestre underhit a backpass
