| 1¹ | DIARRA beat TERRY and hit the ball to FALCAO who fumbled his shot wide. |
| 3¹ | FABREGAS beat two Espanyol players and stroked a golden opportunity inches over. |
| 8¹ | A free-kick from VÍLLA went over. |
| 18¹ | A corner found CASTRO who touched the ball wide. |
| 20¹ | The 'keeper saved a curling shot from FALCAO. |
| 22¹ | INIESTA made space on the right and pulled the ball to XAVI who rasped the ball wide. |
| 23¹ | A cross from RONALDO left XAVI in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. |
| 24¹ | A great shot from FABREGAS was dealt with by a fine parry from the Espanyol 'keeper. |
| 27¹ | A pin-point pass bobbled toward VÍLLA and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide. |
| 29¹ | The hapless Manchester United 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from ALBIOL fell just over. |
| 33¹ | FABREGAS blasted a left foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out. |
| 1² | GOAL!! A FUKAL run down the left resulted in a perfect cross for FALCAO to drill in. (1-0 Espanyol)| 6² | A penalty box meleé resulted in XAVI tapping a low shot wide. | | 14² | GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with RONALDO blasting the ball into the net. (1-1)| 33² | BENAYOUN galloped through the Manchester United defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. | | 36² | VÍLLA was put clear by COLE and he dummied the 'keeper but rammed his shot over. | | 37² | A poor strike from VÍLLA trickled agonisingly wide. | | 39² | RONALDO ran onto a delightful ball from XAVI but pulled his shot wide. | | 42² | FALCAO knocked the ball to DAVID GARCÍA who flicked it just beyond the far post. | | 9ª¹ | FALCAO rifled an easy chance past the righthand post. | | 9ª¹ | GOAL!! As COLE was trying to hold back BENAYOUN the ball fell to DIARRA who slammed the ball into the top corner. (2-1 Espanyol)| 1ª² | DIARRA worked the ball to JUANFRAN, FALCAO controlled his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of CASILLAS. | | | |