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Commentary
DIARRA beat TERRY and hit the ball to FALCAO who fumbled his shot wide.
FABREGAS beat two Espanyol players and stroked a golden opportunity inches over.
A free-kick from VÍLLA went over.
18¹A corner found CASTRO who touched the ball wide.
20¹The 'keeper saved a curling shot from FALCAO.
22¹INIESTA made space on the right and pulled the ball to XAVI who rasped the ball wide.
23¹A cross from RONALDO left XAVI in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
24¹A great shot from FABREGAS was dealt with by a fine parry from the Espanyol 'keeper.
27¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward VÍLLA and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
29¹The hapless Manchester United 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from ALBIOL fell just over.
33¹FABREGAS blasted a left foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
GOAL!! A FUKAL run down the left resulted in a perfect cross for FALCAO to drill in. (1-0 Espanyol)
A penalty box meleé resulted in XAVI tapping a low shot wide.
14²GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with RONALDO blasting the ball into the net. (1-1)
33²BENAYOUN galloped through the Manchester United defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
36²VÍLLA was put clear by COLE and he dummied the 'keeper but rammed his shot over.
37²A poor strike from VÍLLA trickled agonisingly wide.
39²RONALDO ran onto a delightful ball from XAVI but pulled his shot wide.
42²FALCAO knocked the ball to DAVID GARCÍA who flicked it just beyond the far post.
9ª¹FALCAO rifled an easy chance past the righthand post.
9ª¹GOAL!! As COLE was trying to hold back BENAYOUN the ball fell to DIARRA who slammed the ball into the top corner. (2-1 Espanyol)
1ª²DIARRA worked the ball to JUANFRAN, FALCAO controlled his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of CASILLAS.

 
Manchester United
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WXWWWWWW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Iker CASILLAS1Gorka IRAIZOZ
Carles PUYOL2Milan FUKAL
Ashley COLE3DAVID GARCÍA de la Cruz
(c,p,f)XAVI4Alou DIARRA
Raúl ALBIOL5Rafael MARQUEZ(c)
John TERRY6José CASTRO
Andrés INIESTA7Yossi BENAYOUN
Cristiano RONALDO8LUIS GARCÍA Fernández
David VÍLLA9Radamel FALCAO(p)
Francesc FABREGAS10JUANFRAN(f)
Wayne ROONEY11Ferrán COROMINAS
Robert PETTOManager
Glen JOHNSON12  Raúl TAMUDO
SERGIO ASENJO Andrés  13  Scott CARSON
David SILVA  14  KLÉBER Giacomance
Steven GERRARD  15  Matías FERNÁNDEZ
Fernando TORRES  16  Alejandro ALFARO
 
Espanyol
 
League position: 15
Away league form: WLLW
Overall league form: WXLLLXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Espanyol go through to the next round , after extra time
Statistics
Manchester United 1 Espanyol 2
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 89,871, Stadium: Wembley, Referee: Antonio López Nieto 7½, TV: live)

Ronaldo 14²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Falcao 1², Diarra 9ª¹
FabregasóJohnson 10² 
  
  
45
2216
90
46
127
1613
24
51%49%
Man of the match: Andrés Iniesta