| 0¹ | A pin-point pass fell to LLORENTE and his looping effort raced narrowly wide. |
| 2¹ | ETO'O poked a simple chance past the righthand post. |
| 7¹ | A great effort from CASTLE scraped the outside of the lefthand post. |
| 11¹ | VALENCIA worked the ball to DZEKO, FELLAINI gathered his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper. |
| 20¹ | SALAH receives a yellow card by MUSSELWHITE. |
| 24¹ | A cross from FELLAINI left LLORENTE in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. |
| 27¹ | GIMÉNEZ booked. |
| 28¹ | DZEKO rushed an easy chance. |
| 30¹ | PODOLSKI shot wide. |
| 36¹ | PODOLSKI's shot beat the Reading 'keeper but rebounded off the Reading upright. |
| 36¹ | A neatly crafted cross from LLORENTE was nudged goalbound by ETO'O only for VORM to block. |
| 38¹ | VORM saved a beautiful effort from PODOLSKI. |
| 39¹ | A mix up in the Reading defence enabled ETO'O to blast the ball inches over. |
| 43¹ | POTTER beat COLE and flicked the ball to GIMÉNEZ who pulled his effort wide. |
| 43¹ | GIMÉNEZ headed just wide. |
| 44¹ | A weak shot from GIMÉNEZ bounced agonisingly wide. |
| 4² | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Manchester United 'keeper. |
| 9² | PETRIC chipped the ball to GIMÉNEZ who forced it inches wide. |
| 12² | GOAL!! A tackle from GIMÉNEZ gave Manchester United a free-kick thirty yards out which LLORENTE drove past the 'keeper. (1-0 Manchester United)| 22² | A delightful shot from ZAMORA was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper. | | 23² | A twenty yard shot from VALENCIA caused VORM no problem. | | 30² | LLORENTE brought the ball past PETRIC and poked a tame shot past the post. | | 32² | LLORENTE made space on the left and dragged the ball to PODOLSKI who clipped the ball wide. | | 36² | A shot from FLETCHER was smothered by the Manchester United 'keeper. | | 40² | ETO'O beat two Reading players and slammed a golden opportunity just beyond the near post. | | 42² | GOAL!! After some fine play on the left ETO'O came inside and drilled the ball in off the post. (2-0 Manchester United) | |