United threat

If Porto were unfortunate to lose Lucho, they could consider themselves lucky not to have reached the interval goals two down as Nemanja Vidić somehow turned the ball over the crossbar when it looked easier to score after John O'Shea had flicked on a Ryan Giggs corner. The heavens opened as the game restarted and there were chances at both ends, Dimitar Berbatov drawing a save from Helton before Meireles shot narrowly over from distance. With the noisy backing of the home crowd, Porto were seeing more of the ball but United's counterattacks carried the greater threat. With Giggs excelling, it took a fine block by Fernando to thwart Rooney and Helton then had to race out of his goal to beat Ronaldo to the Welshman's through ball.