Match summary

First half
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring after 26 minutes. An interchange of passes between Paul Scholes and Wes Brown after a throw-in on the right flank gave Brown time to pick out a cross for Ronaldo, who directed his header past Petr Čech. Chelsea almost equalised in the 33rd minute when Frank Lampard's cross was headed back into the six-yard box by Didier Drogba. United's Rio Ferdinand, under pressure from Michael Ballack, was forced to head the ball towards his own goal and Edwin van der Sar pulled off a save to deny Chelsea a goal. United spent the rest of the first half pressing for a second goal, and had two good opportunities to extend their lead, but were denied by a double-save from Čech. Wayne Rooney delivered a long ball into the path of Ronaldo and the United goalscorer placed his cross on the head of the diving Tévez only for Čech to deny him. Chelsea's failure to clear the loose ball gave Michael Carrick the chance to extend their lead but again Čech was equal to the task with another fine save.

Chelsea survived the pressure and equalised in the dying minutes of the first half. The goal followed from a long range shot by Michael Essien, being deflected first off Nemanja Vidić and then Rio Ferdinand. The ball's change in direction caused Edwin van der Sar to lose his footing, leaving Lampard, who had made the run from deep, with a simple finish.


Second half
Lampard's equaliser coming at the end of the first half led to a transformed Chelsea in the second half. Chelsea kept United on the back foot for long periods. Nevertheless, they managed to contain most of Chelsea's attacks. Chelsea had a few opportunities to take the lead, with Essien breaking free of United's defence in the 54th minute, only to blast his shot too high. Michael Ballack also sent his long shot just off target. Chelsea's closest opportunity to take the lead came in the 77th minute when a Didier Drogba shot struck the post from 20 yards (18 m) out. Drogba went very close to convert Joe Cole's low cross home for the winner four minutes from time, but blasted wide. Ryan Giggs was then introduced in place of Scholes, making a record 759th appearance for Manchester United.


Extra time
The game moved into extra time, and the thrilling pace was maintained throughout. Both teams had chances to score a vital second goal, with a Lampard left-footer hitting the underside of the crossbar and Ryan Giggs having a shot headed off the line by Terry. Following a fracas involving most of the 22 players and the match officials, Didier Drogba became only the second player in history to be sent off in a European Cup Final – the first being Arsenal's goalkeeper Jens Lehmann in 2006 – for a slap on Vidić.


Penalty shootout
Rio Ferdinand won the toss of the coin, and opted for United to go first in the shootout. Carlos Tévez stepped up first and sent Čech the wrong way. Ballack was next up, shooting powerfully past van der Sar. Carrick buried his spot-kick, as did Juliano Belletti with his first touch of the game. The first miss of the shootout came from Ronaldo, who stuttered in his run-up but Čech dived to his right to save. Lampard then put Chelsea 3-2 ahead. Owen Hargreaves levelled things up with a shot into the top corner. Ashley Cole was the next up, and van der Sar got a strong hand to the ball but couldn't keep the ball out. Nani then knew that he had to score to keep United in it, and he did it just. Thus it was all up to John Terry to win the Cup for Chelsea. However, Terry lost his footing when planting his standing foot by the ball and, even though Edwin van der Sar was sent the wrong way, Terry's mis-hit effort hit the outside of the right post and went wide.

Anderson scored the first penalty in sudden death. Salomon Kalou then sent van der Sar the wrong way to make it 5-5. Giggs was next up and he was also successful. Van der Sar then pulled off the crucial save for United by distracting

We went down to Barça one fine day in May,
With all the fans drinking to Busby's birthday,
And when it was over, and when it was done,
We'd defeated Bayern Munich by two goals to one.

The first was by Teddy, he out-foxed the rest,
The second by ¡Ole!, to finish our quest,
We could have scored 4 and we could have scored 9,
But we didn't start playing 'til injury time!

The Germans they thought that they had it sewn up,
Their ribbons were already tied on the Cup,
But Teddy said "Hang on, it's not over yet",
As he steered the ball into the back of the net.

From Beckham's next corner, Teddy got the first touch,
And Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said "Thanks very much",
The Bayern defenders fell down to the floor,
As from round the Nou Camp came an almighty roar!

If they'd asked the Scousers or Juventus Turin,
They'd have known it's not over 'til the fat lady sings,
When you're playing United, as they found to their cost,
One minute you're winning and the next you have lost!

United keep fighting and never give up,
That's why we're the Champions and we've won the Cup,
We're Champions of Europe too, we've won them all,
We're Manchester United, the Kings of Football.

SCOREBOARD
Bayern Munich 1 Final
Manchester United 2
Score Board
Bayern Munich: Mario Basler (6)
Manchester United: Teddy Sheringham (91), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (93)
Lineups
Bayern Munich: Oliver Kahn; Lothar Matthaeus (Thorsten Fink -- 80), Sammy Kuffour, Thomas Linke, Markus Babbel, Jens Jeremies, Michael Tarnat, Stefan Effenberg, Mario Basler (Hasan Salihamidzic -- 90), Carsten Jancker, Alexander Zickler (Mehmet Scholl -- 71).

Manchester United: Peter Schmeichel; Gary Neville, Jaap Stam, Ronny Johnsen, Denis Irwin, David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Jesper Blomqvist (Teddy Sheringham -- 67), Ryan Giggs, Andy Cole (Ole Gunnar Solskjaer -- 81), Dwight York.

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy).

Final played in Barcelona, Spain.