What was your favourite moment of the final?

[RichardsReds]

I have so many favourite moments right now i cannot decide easily on a favourite moment. I definitely enjoyed seeing Terry miss his penalty. I bet everyone did. So that's it for me the Terry miss and getting us back into it! :D

[SALFORD RED]

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1-1 LAMPARD (http://101greatgoals.magnify.net/item/P0MH1G2WN4MQK3P1) :(


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[thedevils]

The whole thing!! Drogba's sending off was a beauty.:D

[RichardsReds]

that's a cop out SR you must have a favouite? :D

come on!! Ronnie scoring?!

[Begbie]

Ronnie's goal; Terry's miss; EVS's penalty save; and Drogba's sending off... that was a beautiful sight.

[Hampe]

Terry's miss and VDS's save!

[AnonymousOne]

Drogba getting what he deserved despite it being late haha.

[yangch0000]

giggs coming on.
vds's save.

[Jazz 16]

Vidic making 3 last ditch tackles/headers! ;-)

[CHEZM]

Van Der Sar's last penalty save - sealed it in a nutshell :D

[Keano4taoiseach]

Vidic making 3 last ditch tackles/headers! ;-)
Vidic full stop.

He'd be my wife if I were a woman, I'd make sure of it :D

[RichardsReds]

Anelka walking up for the penalty was quite immense all new VDS would stop him!

[SALFORD RED]

Seeing Chelski crying. :D
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[Ando2008]

Ronaldo

Just Ronaldo in all, he proved himself on the biggest stage no one can deny him now

[Keanos Magic Hat]

I have to agree with previous posts.....Vidic was absolutely immense.

[llvll]

VDS's Save

Drogba sendin out

hargreaves's penalty

[brazzo]

evening, lads!!!! I've just registered here just to say how happy i'm....
after nine years, we've done it again....
big hello to every fan of the greatest club in the world from velika kladusa, small town in bosnia...
there's a lot of supporters here, i'm one of them, and tonight i will sleep like a baby in my rooney's shirt... :)
('til six a.m., i need to go to work, celebration postponed 'til saturday... :)
)....

[Dynamite]

Seeing vds saving annelka's penalty & J.T missing his penalty & crying like a baby after the whistle

[airdrie devil]

best moment of the final was seen uz lift the trophy

[dlan4327]

The entire thing was nuts! :D I don't know about the rest of you but I never expected a match as exciting as that!

When Ronaldo scored and the commentator yelled goal, my dad was saying seriously? He didn't even see it go in!

That first goal came out of nowhere. I just remember the cross and then the ball was in the net. I didn't even celebrate I was just stunned into silence.

Then Cech made that great double save from Tevez and Carrick and I thought we were in control and going to win it.

I felt more sorry for Makelele than ever because true to form he seemed to be involved in every bone jarring tackle on the pitch.

Probably the greatest thing for me was watching Ronaldo show glimpses of brilliance against a big team in a big game.

He was a bit inconsistent, having brilliant touches then not getting too involved but whenever he had the ball he was skipping past Chelsea players.


That was great to see. Also It wouldn't be a United match without seeing Scholes get carded. Classic Scholesy.

If the first goal was out of the blue the second goal was even more random. I thought we were on cruise control then BAM!

1 - 1! What? Where in the name of all things sacred did Lamps come from? He was pretty quiet otherwise playing safe passes etc.

I was expecting a goal from Ballack who was the best on the night for Chelsea in my opinion so Lamps scoring was a bit of a shock.

Also what about the build up? Rooney saying he didn't know where Drogba's head was at.

The press predicting Drogba's wrath like the Liverpool Chelsea game where Rafa riled up Drogba and he destroyed the Scouser's.

Man Drogba's wrath was terrible to behold. :D He was so angry he didn't do anything for the entire first half!


Second half was a different story. The first half was United. The second half was Chelsea. Frankly they probably should have won it.

I knew we'd win it but I think it was the football gods smiling down on us. Chelsea hit the post twice in open play and once in the shootout.

Somebody up there hates them. :) Drogba suddenly remembers hes a striker and almost scores out of nothing.

What was it with that match where goals and chances just materialized out of nothing? Drogba smacks the post.

Lamps shaves the underside of the crossbar. Terry crumbles like swiss cheese and whacks the woodwork. Couldn't keep his footing. Poor fella. ;)

I mean thinking back on it all Chelsea had to do was take their chances and they had plenty but after Lamps effort they couldn't buy a goal.

I've got more to write but I'll stick it in a second post. Need more emoticons.

[haggler]

sir bobby looking well again and going up first . giggs getting his record cap and scoring the winner ! , ronaldo proving he can score in the big games and have a good game , tevez ran his heart out , vidic totally immense , scholes what a player . and poor john terry who had a fine game coming out on losing side

[dlan4327]

I said I'd make a second post and here it is.

THE FIGHT!!! Now that's football! :D Man Tevez starts the entire Blues squad and somehow we end up Vidic Vs Terry.

It was the one fight every football fans been waiting for. Better than Man United fans Vs Roma fans. Better the Joey Barton Vs the Cops. :)

It was simultaneously good and bad to see the fight break up. I really was waiting for either Vidic or Terry to start WWIII.

Somehow it all cooled down then Drogba gets a red for slapping Vidic. Quite a girly slap too for a big guy.

Why'd he do it in a final? There was hardly anytime left either. Either way though I think Terry still would have been a penalty taker so it doesn't change much.


Oh and what about the cramping. Towards the end of the match it all began to look like a cheesy aerobic video.

All these blokes on the floor being massaged by anyone still standing. How many players cramped up during the game?

It must have been 3 degrees. The pitch was fine don't know what everyone was talking about prior to the match.

Oh and the substitutes. When Grant brought on Anelka I laughed. I just knew he was going to bottle it big time.

When SAF brought on Anderson I began to have heart palpitations. His shooting doesn't inspire me and with penalties looming...

The shootout. Now that was better than I'd dreamed it. When the shootout began I didn't expect Ronaldo to miss.

Once he began his run up though and he did that stuttering run up. I just went oh bugger. Bad penalty from him but forgiven. :p


I never in a million years expected Terry to be the one to crack. Maybe he just slipped but I think pressure played a part.

Which surprised me because he's one of the mentally toughest players around. Anelka I knew would stuff it.

He's an international striker and he went 7th after two defenders. He just wasn't confident.

Yeah, I should wrap things up, talking too much. :) Anderson's penalty was awesome. Never expected him to blast it.

It was his confidence under pressure that impressed me.

[haggler]

so anderson gets his goal at last in the cl final . 50 years on the boys did us proud

[dckyfoxes]

For me... the lifting of the trophy...
hahaha

[ManUtd08]

TERRY MISS VDS's save!

[md92h]

VDS's save. i jumped and jumped and jumped and :D ... my brother came at my door and shouted "i'm trying to sleep here. stop it":(
....:mad:
but i jumped again:D

[X_FiLeS]

VDS saving the panilty.................The Best Moment for me!!!!!

[Lawbreaker1944]

Rio's foul on Cole in our penalty box!! :eek: :D

And Giggsy's penalty - he seemed a little bit uncertain before the kick..I was realy glad he scored a goal.


And seeing Bobby Charlton at the head of our players en route to the trophy.

[erwinvr101]

i think it's really good to see sir alex ferguson's four new signings (tevez, nani, anderson, hargreaves) take the penalties and deliver!!!

[Andreas_svan]

the best moment this day after was Anelkas behaviour after he missed " i missed?..so? "

[Lucky7]

Ronaldo's Goal
VDS's Save
and when Terry missed the Penalty..

[NateR]

When Ronnie scored and when Edwin saved the penalty.
Best 2 moments for me. Although i did quite enjoy Drogba's sending off. A fitting end to possibly his time at Chelski.

[RedForceRising]

Without a doubt Ronaldo's first goal and then Van der Sar's penalty save. I actually saw him pointing and thought to myself "What is he trying to do?"....and then absolute pandemonium..... the next few minutes were spent in a daze of pure unbridled joy and ecstasy, jumping around, singing, hugging absolute strangers, hugging my colleague with whom I had watch all the major matches this season.

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! FOOTBALL - THE BEST DRUG IN THE WORLD!

[mightymanc10]

My favourites gotta be when ronaldo scored and when terry missed that penalty. The look on his face was priceless :D

[abojodeh]

:rolleyes: terry super slide yawn :D

[Red Devil]

When anderson scored his penalty. He looked so calm, peaceful and determined. young lad, first season, champions league final. I was so proud of him. Bang thank you - goal! I knew we would win at that point.

[dlan4327]

Van der Sar's penalty save. I actually saw him pointing and thought to myself "What is he trying to do?"


Hah!:) I know I saw him doing that weird pointing thing too. My first reaction was to laugh, it looked so funny!:D

He had this weird look on his face and he kept pointing to his left with his wrist bent reminded me of that Egyptian Walk Dance.

You remember the one the Bangles did in Walk like an Egyptian?

[ADAM_85]

Giggs scoring, ensuring HE wins the double;
followed by VDS saving from Anelka!

[Forever_United]

gta be edwins save for me. i was hugging my missus cos i was scared and then he saved i hit the roof and took her with me :D one of the best days of my LIFE ! getting a tattoo to mark this occaision :)

[Jazz 16]

A lot of people are mentioning Chelsea in this thread. Of course they will cry
and be disappointed etc....but the best bits HAVE to be United's moments.
There were plenty of them as well. I think we should lay off laughing at Chelsea.
They battled well and there was absolutely nothing in it. It could have easily been
them winning the trophy. Im still a bit in shock that they didnt win it in the end.
Let's celebrate United's moments in this final.......far more fitting on the 50th
anniversary of the Munich crash. Dignity in winning is important.

[Forever_United]

A lot of people are mentioning Chelsea in this thread. Of course they will cry
and be disappointed etc....but the best bits HAVE to be United's moments.
There were plenty of them as well. I think we should lay off laughing at Chelsea.
They battled well and there was absolutely nothing in it. It could have easily been
them winning the trophy. Im still a bit in shock that they didnt win it in the end.
Let's celebrate United's moments in this final.......far more fitting on the 50th
anniversary of the Munich crash. Dignity in winning is important.

lay off chelsea ? are you serious !? from Avram's rants about influencing the ref to ballacks annoying mug of a face. from ashley cole's "little girl" temper tantrums to frank lampards lucky goal. and you want us to lay off chelsea !?

ur not a secret chelsea fan are you jazz ! :eek: :D

[Jazz 16]

lay off chelsea ? are you serious !? from Avram's rants about influencing the ref to ballacks annoying mug of a face. from ashley cole's "little girl" temper tantrums to frank lampards lucky goal. and you want us to lay off chelsea !?

ur not a secret chelsea fan are you jazz ! :eek: :D

I just think we shouls savour the victory for all the right reasons...
Who cares about Chelsea???
Lets focus on the things that United did right and well.
Its just people seem more concerned about berating Chelsea than
focusing on whats important.....

or maybe I'm going soft in my old age :D

[moondog]

The first half was brilliant until the last minute (aaaaarrrrgggghhhhh).

VDS save on anelka pen. :D :D :D :D

Has to be!

PS I said anelka would miss to a mate, I knew it.

[manutd004]

The first half was brilliant until the last minute (aaaaarrrrgggghhhhh).

VDS save on anelka pen. :D :D :D :D

Has to be!

PS I said anelka would miss to a mate, I knew it.

Agreed.

I thought the same. Anelka wasn't confident looking, and if he was confident at taking a penalty in a shoot-out he would have taken one in the first 5.

But my highlight would be seeing Sir Bobby at the end of the game. That was fantastic. It really made be proud.

[NateR]

I agree with Jazz. No point in laughin at them. They made it hard for us, they took us all the way to the end. It could have easily been them as the winners, had it not been for JT slipping and they could easily be laughin at us.
You don't have to like them, but they deserve respect.

[Forever_United]

I agree with Jazz. No point in laughin at them. They made it hard for us, they took us all the way to the end. It could have easily been them as the winners, had it not been for JT slipping and they could easily be laughin at us.
You don't have to like them, but they deserve respect.

forget respect. you think avram would have respected us if we lost. let me remind you about avram. instead of saying the better team won the prem he accused us of influencing the ref. you call that respect ? drogba slapping vidic last nite, respect? at the end of the day WE won the match. and as a united fan i want to rub it in a chelsea fans face for the next season.

some things deserve respect. chelsea's dives and temper tantrums do NOT deserve respect.

[Damian]

Exactly right about Anelka if he was confident he would have took one in the first 5 the fact that he didnt tells me that he wasnt atall confident this was shown in the way he looked walking up, placing the ball down and even running up to take it i knew he was going to miss it.

My fave moment was the 2 players and official of Terry, Giggs and the linesman all holding Vidic back when Drogba slapped him, I bet Drogba regretted that when he saw Vidic temper he would of killed him ha ha......... I also like the fact that.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[-zuco-]

My favourite moment was when Ronaldo finally
shut his critics up for good by scoring a brilliant
header in the biggest of all games. I hope they
will stop all this "Ronaldo isn't a big game player"
nonsense once and for all.

[Forever_United]

My favourite moment was when Ronaldo finally
shut his critics up for good by scoring a brilliant
header in the biggest of all games. I hope they
will stop all this "Ronaldo isn't a big game player"
nonsense once and for all.

exactly what i was thinkin when he put that ball in. terrific header.

[yangch0000]

we will respect chelsea, ever though they may not pay the same respect to us.
why go down to their standard? A club of their size, going into a champions league final is pretty wonderful for them.
we are the winners, and we will look at them from upstairs

[scott 4 evra]

Every single moment was a joy. Nani, Giggs and Anderson scoring was special.

[Bartmu]

My favourite moment was when Ronaldo finally
shut his critics up for good by scoring a brilliant
header in the biggest of all games. I hope they
will stop all this "Ronaldo isn't a big game player"
nonsense once and for all.

They probably now start whining because he missed the penalty.
I dont care if he's a "big game player" or not, for me he's the best player in the world.

Great game by VDS, he really made me proud but for me the most favourite moment is Terry missing his penalty :D

(and a crying Ballack ofcourse)

[RedForceRising]

Hah!:) I know I saw him doing that weird pointing thing too. My first reaction was to laugh, it looked so funny!:D

He had this weird look on his face and he kept pointing to his left with his wrist bent reminded me of that Egyptian Walk Dance.

You remember the one the Bangles did in Walk like an Egyptian?


Hahaha.... man..that is retro. But I like the bangles!

You gotta give credit to Edwin...he just totally psyched Anelka out - Brilliant!

[desmondo]

I most enjoyed the first half when United looked like going 2-0 up . There were moments when I thought "we are going to romp this" , after the equaliser I didn't enjoy it as much. I kept wondering if we would regret not taking them out first half. Mind you the obvious moments were enjoyable . There was also a great moment when the lads are hugging VDS and Rooney runs off sideways to the left out of his head with joy -- look out for it , that was a moment and a half!!!

[detinu]

Mine has to been and i think will always be as JT stepped up to take his penalty my 8 year old son came over to me and sat on my knee and told me not to worry that we would win it next year!Class moment.

You can imagine our reaction when he slipped and missed!!!!!!!!

[Jazz 16]

Mine has to been and i think will always be as JT stepped up to take his penalty my 8 year old son came over to me and sat on my knee and told me not to worry that we would win it next year!Class moment.

You can imagine our reaction when he slipped and missed!!!!!!!!


lol did your kid go flying across the room lol?
nice moment for you mate...

[reddwarf]

Ronaldo picking up a custard pie and slamming it in the face of his critics :D (scoring a goal in a big game against a big team!)

[marty davidson]

Vidic take drogba out of the game