Manchester United became European champions after beating Chelsea 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out following a thrilling 1-1 draw in Moscow. Cristiano Ronaldo headed United in front after 26 minutes but Frank Lampard equalised before the interval. In the extra time, Lampard and Didier Drogba hit the woodwork before the striker saw red in extra-time for slapping Nemanja Vidic.

Ronaldo missed his penalty, but John Terry hit the post with a kick that would have won it for Chelsea and Edwin van der Sar saved from Nicolas Anelka. It sparked wild celebrations for Sir Alex Ferguson and his players in the Moscow rain as United won Europe's elite trophy for the third time, a triumph made more poignant as it came 50 years on from the Munich air crash.

Ferguson had made it his mission to take the trophy back to Manchester this year in memory of those who died, and those who survived, in the tragedy in Munich in February 1958. And it gave the 66-year-old Scot his second Champions League triumph, repeating the success against Bayern Munich in Barcelona in 1999.

Source: BBC