Celtic 1-0 Manchester United: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 21 November 2006

Result

Celtic 1-0 Manchester United

Champions League · Tuesday 21 November 2006, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Celtic 1-0 Manchester United: match report

Celtic won against Manchester United 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 November 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Shunsuke Nakamura of Celtic in the 81st minute.

Discipline: Celtic received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 32nd on 6 points from 4 and Manchester United 18th on 9 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-W-W-L and Manchester United's L-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · S. McManusCeltic
  • 49'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 81'Goal · Shunsuke NakamuraCeltic · 1-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Neil LennonCeltic
  • 89'Yellow card · Shaun MaloneyCeltic
  • 90'Missed penalty · Louis SahaManchester United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Celtic 0, draws 0, Manchester United 1.

Team news

Celtic line-up

Paul Telfer, Lee Naylor, Dianbobo Balde, Stephen McManus, Evander Sno, Thomas Gravesen, Maciej Zurawski, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Artur Boruc, Neil Lennon, Shunsuke Nakamura

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville