Manchester United vs AC Milan, 1st Leg
Match pulse
Who won: Milan 1-0
AC Milan beat Manchester United 1-0 in 1st Leg on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at Old Trafford. Goals for Milan: Hernán Crespo (79').
Play by play
- 92'
And that's it Milan have won in England against an English side in the first time in their history, Untied have lost at home for the first time in the Champions League in three years - and it was all down to Roy Carroll's mistake!
- 92'
Milan fans whistle for fulltime as Serginho holds the ball on the right wing
- 92'
Rooney floats a ball into the Milan box and Rvn and Nesta clash heads - both are down
- 91'
Milan are just sitting back and soaking up United's attacks - classic Italian defending!
- 90'
Heinze tries to take on Ambrosini and wins a throw - United press on
- 90'
Three minutes of inury time have been signalled
- 90'
Another sub fro Milam, on comes Serginho and off goes Kaka
- 89'
Ruud van Nistelrooy fails to get a header on target from Heinze's deep cross
- 88'
Keane is pulling the strings in midfield, always on hand to collect loose defensive passes from Milan and orchestrate another attack
- 88'
Nesta clears Milan's lines after Saha and Giggs fail to capitalise on a great ball into the box by Keane
- 87'
Rooney overhits a pass for Giggs after breaking up a neat display of one touch keep-ball by Milan
- 86'
It's legend for legend as Milan substitue Cafu for Costacurta
- 85'
Kaladze tackles Brown, who is way up the pitch pressing for a United equaliser
- 84'
Scholes with a risky pass across his defenders is intercepted by Kaka who tries his luck with a long-range shot. United looking ragged.
- 83'
Ambrosini replaces Pirlo for Milan
- 83'
Saha goes down after a challenge from Crespo following a United corner
- 82'
Giggs tests Dida with a deep freekick which drifted toward the goal's top corner
- 81'
United are desperate for the equaliser and the chance to get something out of tonight, but by committing men forward they are stretched at the back
- 80'
Great shot by Kaka who fires just wide!
- 78'
Double change for United: Off go Gary Neville and Fortune and on come Silvestre and Louis Saha - so Saha, Rooney and van Nistelrooy in attack!
- 77'
That alters everything in the match and the tie overall - United undone by a goalkeeping howler.
- 76'
A terrible mistake by Carroll gifts Crespo a tap-in. Seedorf lashed a swerving dive straight to Carroll, but the keeper failed to collect it first time, spilling it into Crespo's path who couldn't miss.
- 76'
Goal for Milan!!
- 75'
Rooney and RvN link-up well and almost a chance is created fro Giggs by RvN - great move
- 74'
A blazing miss from Crespo! Kaka ran in from deep before feeding a perfect ball to Crespo. The striker chose to check inside his marker instead of shooting first time and when he shot, Crespo shot wide.

