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Commentary
4¹MESSI charged through the Manchester United defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
4¹MESSI's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
5¹Uncertainty in the Real Madrid defence enabled WELBECK to blast an effort wide.
13¹PIQUÉ beat a number of Manchester United players and fired a shot wide.
21¹GOAL!! A long ball from MATA down the middle fell to the lurking RONALDO who placed a right foot shot into the net. (1-0 Real Madrid)
26¹GOAL!! A shot from MESSI dribbled through a ruck of players and trickled past the unsighted Manchester United 'keeper. (2-0 Real Madrid)
31¹A weak shot from RONALDO trickled agonisingly wide.
35¹The bemused VÍCTOR VALDÉS stared in disbelief as a backpass from SERGIO RAMOS dropped just wide.
40¹DIOUF headed inches over.
43¹A lovely effort from GIGGS scraped the upright.
44¹GOAL!! Unlucky CARRICK hit the crossbar before WELBECK rifled the ball into the back of the net as SERGIO RAMOS failed to clear. (2-1 Real Madrid)
45¹A penalty box meleé resulted in MESSI driving the ball over.
10²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
19²GOAL!! A shot from MESSI deflected off the boot of WILSON and dribbled past the helpless Manchester United 'keeper and into the net. (3-1 Real Madrid)
22²PEPE made space on the right and knocked the ball to RONALDO who fired the ball wide.
25²MESSI hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
26²A useful ball from WELBECK on the left was collected by CARRICK who scuffed his shot just wide.
31²MESSI's header was well saved by KUSZCZAK.
32²A refined pass from GIOVANI was slammed goalbound by DIOUF only for VÍCTOR VALDÉS to palm clear.
36²A great save prevented WELBECK from scoring a lovely goal.
42²DIOUF ran onto a wonderful ball from WELBECK but dragged his shot wide of the goal.
43²DIOUF beat CHIELLINI and drove the ball to WELBECK who fumbled his effort wide.

 
Manchester United
 
League position: -
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: LWLWWXWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Tomasz KUSZCZAK5½16 VÍCTOR VALDÉS Arribas
Wes BROWN6½27 SERGIO RAMOS García(c)
Benoît ASSOU-EKOTTO6½37½Gerard PIQUÉ
Michael CARRICK7½47½PEPE
John O'SHEA6½58 Giorgio CHIELLINI
Kelvin WILSON6 67½Vincent KOMPANY
GIOVANI dos Santos7 77 XABI ALONSO(f)
Danny WELBECK7 86½David SILVA
(p)Mame Biram DIOUF6½97½Juan MATA
(c,f)Ryan GIGGS6 106 Cristiano RONALDO(p)
KEKO6 117½Lionel MESSI
ManagerDafydd Spears-Gellar
Gabriel OBERTAN  12  Ignacio CAMACHO
Ben AMOS  13  Iker CASILLAS
Jonjo SHELVEY  14  Héctor BELLERÍN
Darron GIBSON  15  Raúl ALBIOL
ANDERSON Luís  16  Fernando TORRES
 
Real Madrid
 
League position: 1
Away league form: XWWW
Overall league form: WWXWWWWW
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Manchester United 1 Real Madrid 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 66,214, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Robert Kretzschmar 7½)

Welbeck 44¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Ronaldo 21¹, Messi 26¹, Wilson 19² (og)
  
  
  
42
210
922
47
88
1215
33
51%49%
Man of the match: Giorgio Chiellini